Listening to Guo Mengyao recount Cheng Yuhuan's experiences over the years, Chen Feng couldn't help but let out a sigh.

In high school, Cheng Yuhuan was undoubtedly the unanimously recognized school beauty, capturing the admiration and fascination of countless boys from the start of freshman year.

Throughout the three years of high school, no girl appeared who was more beautiful or had a better temperament than her.

Even Chen Feng, the bookworm, had a fondness and even some affection for her back then. It was the natural yearning of youth for beauty and admirable qualities.

However, in his eyes, Cheng Yuhuan was a goddess. Not only was she a city girl, but she also had a very refined taste in clothing and lifestyle, clearly indicating that her family background was quite good.

Moreover, she had so many admirers, including some rich and influential second-generation heirs. Chen Feng, who was from a rural background, could not compete with them at all.

Of course, more importantly, Chen Feng always had a very clear understanding of himself. He knew that with his family background and origins, going to college was the only way to change his destiny and move up in social class.

Aside from taking the college entrance exam, everything else had to be put aside, including relationships. There was plenty of time for those after he got into college.

This idea of his was incredibly correct.

For countless small-town aspiring scholars, the college entrance exam is the only path to change their fate. It is only by going to college that they have the chance to escape the lower classes. If they succeed in passing civil service exams after graduation, only then they are considered to have truly broken free from the lower class.

Unfortunately, even though Chen Feng successfully got into a university that counted as first-tier, the four years of college passed by aimlessly. After graduation, he didn't take civil service exams or further his education, ultimately becoming a part of the working class.

If he hadn't chosen the wrong faction in the company, he might have been able to carve out a path in the professional world and, on his own merits, take his place among the middle class.

But naturally, things didn't go as he wished. Because he chose the wrong side, he was suppressed in the company and completely fell into insignificance.

His experiences before his divorce last year are, in fact, a microcosm and representation of many small-town aspiring scholars.

Not all of them will have a bright future just because they get into college. Only a few manage to succeed in civil service exams and secure a stable future, while the majority end up as ordinary members of the working class, unable to afford city living but also unable to return to the countryside.

After silently sighing for a moment, Chen Feng couldn't help but ask, "How do you know all this in such detail?"

Guo Mengyao laughed and said, "Yuhuan herself told me. She asked me to keep it a secret, but I only told you. You have to help me keep it confidential and not tell anyone else."

Chen Feng was speechless and wanted to say that she trusted you to keep a secret, yet you told me.

Indeed, a woman's words can be deceiving.

Chen Feng nodded and sighed, "I really didn't expect Cheng Yuhuan to have gone through so much over the years. Fortunately, it seems she has a good place now. At least her husband adores her, and she has a daughter."

But Guo Mengyao shook her head and sighed, "You don't know this. She doesn't really like her current husband. She married him, an honest and dependable older man, to fulfill her mother's last wish. Of course, it's also important that this older man is quite wealthy.

Still, the imperfection is that her husband has a son from his previous marriage, who is currently in college, and he treats this son very well. Therefore, in the future, not all of her husband's assets might go to her and her daughter."

Chen Feng curiously asked, "What does her husband do?"

"You know Shangtai Electronics, right?" Guo Mengyao asked.

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng couldn't help but be shocked and exclaimed, "Her husband wouldn't happen to be the owner of Shangtai Electronics, would he? Though, the owner of Shangtai should be around sixty or seventy by now, right? Could he be the son of the Shangtai owner?"

Shangtai Electronics is quite well-known nationwide, and in Lu City, it's a household name. It's one of the first star private enterprises from Lu City to go international, and its current market value is nearing a hundred billion scale.

The owner of Shangtai Electronics is a recognized figure, a well-known private entrepreneur with numerous titles and is a topic that many people in Lu City love to discuss.

"Of course not," Guo Mengyao hurriedly shook her head and then laughed, "Seeing your reaction just now, you were genuinely shocked. But yeah, if she indeed married Li Guohui or his son, that would be quite something."

Li Guohui is the owner of Shangtai Electronics, a former richest man in Lu City, and currently ranks among the top few wealthiest in Lu City. Chen Feng didn't recall his name immediately, but as soon as Guo Mengyao mentioned it, he remembered.

Chen Feng furrowed his brow and asked, "If it's not Li Guohui or his son, could it be a shareholder of Shangtai Electronics?"

Guo Mengyao smiled and nodded, "You guessed it right. It turns out he has some familial relationship with Li Guohui. So back when Li Guohui was starting up and had cash flow issues, his father invested some money. Over the years, although his father's shares have been diluted to less than one percent, it's still quite a bit relative to Shangtai Electronics' current billion-dollar scale. He's also one of the directors, earning a substantial amount in dividends each year. Furthermore, he runs a fairly large valve factory, making a few million a year for sure."

"That's pretty good."

Chen Feng made a somewhat perfunctory assessment. In reality, if Cheng Yuhuan's husband is only so, Chen Feng isn't all that impressed. After all, he opened a film company and made over a hundred million in less than half a year.

Moreover, at first, when Guo Mengyao mentioned Shangtai Electronics, she made him think that her husband was Li Guohui or his son. However, it turned out to be a minor director with less than one percent of Shangtai shares—this discrepancy extinguished Chen Feng's interest immediately.

The different status and value lead to different perspectives and levels of thinking.

Before his divorce, Cheng Yuhuan's wealthy husband was someone he could only look up to and never reach.

Guo Mengyao noticed his perfunctory tone and laughed, "Don't underestimate her husband. His worth is over a billion, which isn't less than ours."

A billion-dollar net worth is truly a wealth of fortune in ordinary people's eyes, but now to Chen Feng and Guo Mengyao, it doesn't count as much.

"I don't even know her husband, why would I look down on him?" Chen Feng replied, then curiously asked, "You just said Zhao Zixuan is prettier than Cheng Yuhuan. How so? Did she get plastic surgery?" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Guo Mengyao rolled her eyes, "Don't say things like that, giving people a bad name. She was naturally beautiful. In high school, she didn't like to dress up, even deliberately dressed down. Her personality also made her not very talkative or expressive, so people didn't focus on her. Especially you boys, all your attention was on Cheng Yuhuan, practically ignoring other girls in the class."