Emerging from the styling salon, Ye Tian looked at the eye shadow he had painted on himself and said with some helplessness, "I'm not a male celebrity, why do I need eye shadow?"
Han Lingyan smiled, "I think it looks good. Let's go eat something first."
After running around all afternoon, they hadn't eaten lunch yet, and Han Lingyan's stomach was already growling.
The two arrived at a specialty restaurant and ordered several dishes. While waiting for the food, Ye Tian suddenly heard someone call his name from behind.
"Are you Ye Tian?"
Ye Tian turned his head and saw a girl with an apple face and short hair, who looked about seven and a half points attractive and somewhat familiar.
The girl was about his age, and she smiled, "You really are Ye Tian. You've gotten so handsome after all these years."
Memories surfaced in Ye Tian's mind, and he slapped his forehead, saying, "You're He Pingping!"
The girl was indeed He Pingping, Ye Tian's junior high school classmate. He rarely kept in touch with his junior high classmates, only occasionally greeting a few close friends.
He Pingping smiled, "You finally remembered. Is this your girlfriend? Wow, she's so beautiful!"
Out of politeness, Han Lingyan nodded slightly at her.
Behind He Pingping sat a man, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, wearing work clothes and foreign shoes worth thousands of yuan. He had been playing on his phone.
His gaze swept over Ye Tian and Han Lingyan, and his eyes were immediately captivated by Han Lingyan's beauty. He stood up and smiled, "Pingping, your friend?"
He Pingping smiled, "Dazhi, this is Ye Tian, my junior high classmate and fellow townsman."
This man, Dazhi, ignored Ye Tian and extended his hand to Han Lingyan, "Hello, beautiful. My name is Huang Dazhi."
Han Lingyan did not extend her hand, and Huang Dazhi felt a bit awkward, retracting his hand.
Ye Tian said, "He Pingping, let's exchange contact information. We can get together sometime."
After not seeing each other for many years, Ye Tian was using a traditional polite phrase. The so-called "get together" likely meant they wouldn't meet again, as the world was vast and meeting once was already rare.
They each sat at their own tables. He Pingping's food arrived quickly, and they finished eating and left soon after.
What Ye Tian didn't know was that He Pingping was fond of posting photos on her social media. She quietly took a few pictures of Ye Tian and Han Lingyan and posted them in the junior high classmates' group chat.
After leaving the restaurant, Huang Dazhi exclaimed, "Your classmate is such a show-off, all fake designer brands. I've seen that watch before, it's worth over eight hundred thousand. Would someone wearing a watch like that come to a place like this to eat?"
He Pingping smiled, "I noticed it too. His clothes are also designer brands, costing over a hundred thousand a set. I don't believe they're real."
Huang Dazhi shook his head, "People nowadays are too vain. Why pretend if you can't afford it?"
He Pingping, "It seems like if I post a few photos in the classmate group, someone will naturally expose him, hehe."
Ye Tian also had a junior high classmate group, but he had muted notifications and hadn't looked at it in a long time. While eating, someone suddenly mentioned him. He casually clicked on it and found that a group of classmates in the junior high group were discussing him.
"What the heck, is that Ye Tian? What happened to him?"
"Haha, some of the male escorts I know dress like that."
"Isn't that watch a luxury brand? I think it's worth over eight hundred thousand?"
"Fake! You can get better ones on Pinduoduo for fifty yuan with free shipping."
"Classmates, it seems our classmate Ye Tian is doing quite well." He Pingping deliberately created a topic.
"Hmph! If this is considered doing well, then am I a noble?" A person named Zuo Wensheng commented, clearly disdainful of Ye Tian.
As soon as he appeared, everyone remembered something. In junior high, Ye Tian was a notable figure in the school, as he had practiced martial arts and was good at fighting. At that time, Zuo Wensheng was also quite capable of fighting. The two had a conflict over a girl, and that girl was the most beautiful one in Ye Tian's school, still leaving a deep impression on everyone.
Seeing Ye Tian looking at his phone, Han Lingyan glanced over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Ye Tian sighed, "It's all because of you. You insisted on buying me a watch and a suit, and now my classmates are saying I'm pretending. Am I pretending? I'm being forced."
Han Lingyan said angrily, "Buying what you like with your own money is pretending? Your classmates are so boring. Give it to me!"
She snatched Ye Tian's phone, then took out the receipts, took photos, and posted them in the group, saying, "I am Ye Tian's girlfriend. It seems you are all discussing my boyfriend."
Upon seeing this message, Zuo Wensheng immediately said, "Miss, you'd better leave Ye Tian, that hypocrite. Besides pretending, he's good for nothing!"