High School Belle Fell in Love with Me

Chapter 632: Chapter 270: Official Graduation! (3)

The dean smiled warmly as he handed two certificates to Li Yang and asked, "Li Yang, congratulations on successfully completing your four years of university studies. Taking this opportunity today, is there anything you’d like to say to the younger students?"

Li Yang leaned towards the microphone and said, "Though I might be a bit of a rebel sometimes, I’m truly honored to live in this country. If I were elsewhere, I might have already been sunk in the Mississippi River. I won’t say much in the way of blessings; I hope we all can witness the re-greatness of China together!"

...

For the first time, Li Yang expressed his stance and emotions in a public setting.

In the past, he was a troublemaker, often writing short essays on Weibo whenever he had the chance.

But at that time, he was weak.

Even with some money, there were many who coveted it.

Now, no one covets it anymore, or even if there are some, they don’t dare to act without absolute certainty.

In this environment, Li Yang naturally doesn’t have to be like before, nor does he worry about being slapped in the face.

Li Yang took his group photo and posted it on Kuai Pai immediately.

He doesn’t plan to use Weibo anymore, or at least as little as possible.

After all, many people want to see his daily life, so it’s better to update on his own software.

Currently, Kuai Pai has over fifty million registered users; though Douyin later surpassed it with eighty million registered users.

But... the activity level is far behind Kuai Pai.

Not to mention, Kuai Pai also has nearly twenty million users in the overseas market, maintaining top download ranks abroad for months.

In contrast, Douyin struggles because it lacks a medium, and its overseas operations are not very smooth, needing to start from scratch.

Now, all of ByteDance is under heavy financial pressure.

It’s time for everyone to compete in funds.

Next was the graduation dinner, which Li Yang arranged at Ruyi Hall, having Liu Ruyi prepare a large private room in advance.

Jiang Banxia took her child home early and didn’t participate.

The emotions during this dinner were abundant.

After all, early tomorrow morning many people will leave, with less than 40% staying.

Those staying are mostly taking the civil servant path and need to take exams at Jing University.

Initially, there was some restraint, but after a few drinks, restraint was gone.

He Lewei, expert at socializing, was engaging with classmates in conversations that Li Yang didn’t know about, but the atmosphere just grew livelier.

By the end, Li Yang felt his alcohol tolerance wasn’t quite up to par.

Luckily, Li Yang had people in the Capital City who he called to send the classmates home while he spent a dizzy night at Ruyi Hall.

Waking up the next day, stepping out of the room, he saw Liu Ruyi watering potted plants in the yard.

Liu Ruyi’s attire last night and today was very simple, with a long dress almost dragging on the ground, not revealing her figure at all.

Thinking about it, Li Yang realized he hadn’t really seen Liu Ruyi’s figure in photos, unlike others in the wealthy women’s group who had sent him photos, even if jokingly, showing off their figures.

Liu Ruyi was the only exception.

Upon hearing the sound, Liu Ruyi looked towards Li Yang and said, "You drank too much last night so I didn’t let the driver take you back, since this is your place anyway."

"Did I trouble you a lot last night, Ruyi?"

Liu Ruyi smiled slightly, "I helped you to rest last night, but you mistook me for Jiang Banxia."

"Hahaha, I thought something felt off with the touch last night."

"Hmm? What felt off?"

"Master Jiang is rather reserved..."

Liu Ruyi: "..."

Insinuating she’s cheeky...

Li Yang washed up, knowing there was nothing really happening last night; after all, what could happen being drunk? Just unsure why Liu Ruyi chose to joke about it.

But he’s not one to shy away from jokes.

Later on, Liu Ruyi brought breakfast, and during the meal, asked, "Are you leaving now that you’ve graduated?"

Last night, Liu Ruyi indeed felt a bit impulsive, having known Li Yang for over four years; it was Li Yang who bit by bit helped her out of life’s mire.

When she was at her poorest, Li Yang asked her to help buy wine, investing billions, successfully allowing her to earn tens of millions to cover debt interest.

He later loaned money for them to buy Wanliu Capital’s stock, allowing her to completely clear her debts, and still have a substantial amount left.

Besides the wealthy women’s group, no one knew she had billions in cash and tens of billions in Wanliu Capital stock.

Previously, the group repaid the borrowed three billion to Li Yang in full, with only Xiangnu needing funds, the rest retaining most of the stock without selling.

To avoid crashing Wanliu Capital’s share price, cashing out several hundred million was near the limit.

If it weren’t for their cashing out, Wanliu Capital might have seen a fifteen-consecutive-day bullish trend.

"I might leave; part of Wanliu Capital’s staff has already moved to my hometown."

"Oh oh oh..."

Liu Ruyi regretted it.

Then Li Yang said, "But I’ll definitely return, needing to manage Wanliu Capital’s international market fund."

"Really?"

"Yeah, with no more dining hall to bum meals from, you’d need to regularly prepare here, I might pop by early mornings for breakfast."

"For sure! Whenever you come, there will definitely be food prepared here!"

Liu Ruyi suddenly didn’t regret it so much anymore.

After the meal, Li Yang said, "Ruyi, remember to attend my wedding with Jiang Banxia on the 18th, I’ll give the invitation to Xiangnu, so I won’t make a separate trip."

"Okay, I’ll definitely come."

...

Li Yang returned to school for a chat with classmates, had a substantial discussion with those two guys at noon, and in the afternoon packed up his bed to leave.

Downstairs, as he loaded things into the car, he saw Meng Yuhang.

He smiled at Meng Yuhang, greeting him.

After all, time was short; he still needed to practice singing.