CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 56: RECORD OF DORMITORY SOCIAL GATHERING (HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE)

At this moment, everyone arrived at Brother Hao’s Barbecue.

This barbecue place isn’t small, it’s over a hundred square meters, and tonight it was already packed. Newcomers outside wanting a table had to be turned away by the owner, who could only smile apologetically, saying there were no spots left.

Liu Longsheng said, "Luckily, I reserved a spot in advance. I heard from an upperclassman that this place has great food, so I got the owner’s contact and booked ahead this afternoon!"

Xu Lin immediately praised, "Gotta hand it to Liu Longsheng for thinking ahead, otherwise, we’d have nowhere to sit!"

"It’s nothing, just a bit of precaution!"

Liu Longsheng chuckled, then generously said, "Everyone, order whatever you like. Dinner’s on me tonight!"

"Liu Longsheng is awesome!"

Xie Zhengrong gave Liu Longsheng a big thumbs up.

Liu Longsheng was beaming with pride: "I get 20,000 as my monthly allowance, so don’t be shy to eat tonight, I can cover it."

"Whoa! 20,000 as an allowance, while my dad gives me 2,000 a month for college."

Xie Zhengrong said enviously.

Bear in mind, many students don’t get even 20,000 for their whole year’s living expenses.

But Liu Longsheng, he gets 20,000 a month.

Really surprising for the average person.

Then Hu Donghai also said, "I get 2,000 as well."

Zhao Fangfei thought for a moment and said, "I don’t have a fixed monthly allowance, I just ask my family when I’m out of money, but it’s not much since we’re just an average middle-class family, so I don’t dare to ask for too much."

Liu Wange said, "My parents give me 2,500 a month for college."

Li Sinan sat upright, with the poise of an elegant lady, thought for a moment then said, "About 4,500."

After pausing, Li Sinan added, "My dad says girls should be raised richly, otherwise it’s easy to get tempted when they’re out in the real world and might end up going down the wrong path!"

Having said this, Li Sinan, with a sense of superiority, looked at Rong Xiyi, who was sitting across with Xu Lin: "Rong Xiyi, how much is your monthly allowance?"

"I... I."

Rong Xiyi, with her beautiful eyes, glanced at the opposite party and said, "My family is just an ordinary household, not much money."

An ordinary family with a five-million-dollar foundation, huh?

Xu Lin really wanted to expose her.

When Li Sinan heard that Rong Xiyi came from an ordinary family, she felt much better. At least Rong Xiyi’s family situation wasn’t surpassing hers, giving her a slight sense of superiority, enough to outshine her in this matter.

"Xu Lin, what about you?"

Li Sinan asked.

Huh?

Why are you asking me?

Xu Lin glanced at the other party.

Actually, Xu Lin’s family situation was a bit complicated, with divorced parents. However, unlike other divorced families that might agree on giving a fixed monthly allowance, nobody cared what the other gave, as long as Xu Lin asked, he’d get it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to install the 5090 during his senior year of high school. You know, the 5090 was only launched at the beginning of this year, with a ridiculously high starting price of over 10,000. But as everyone knows, top-tier electronic products like the 5090 are prime targets for scalpers to hoard and inflate prices, so Xu Lin ended up spending 26,000 on a 5090, and with other PC components and peripherals, the whole setup with two gaming monitors cost over 60,000.

What family spends so much just on a computer setup?

Clearly, Xu Lin wasn’t from an ordinary family; Ms. Ren and Xu Lin’s father were quite wealthy.

Ms. Ren was a partner at a major law firm in the provincial capital, a real boss lady.

Xu Lin’s father, despite not working, never seemed to run out of money.

Still, Xu Lin was quite low-key.

Damn it, why does the conversation always turn to allowances?

Is it that interesting?

Some are rich, some are poor.

Although Xu Lin’s family wasn’t lacking, he also didn’t look down on people with less.

Mind you, many people only get one to two thousand a month for allowance, and a fair number, those coming from rural areas, had to take out student loans for school. Like in tonight’s class introduction, out of the 38 students in Xu Lin’s class, six were from rural areas.

Xu Lin was quite aware of these things.

"Xu Lin, you must have a lot of allowance, right?" Li Sinan asked again.

Now everyone in the class knew Xu Lin had a Panamera, which made everyone wonder how rich his family was.

Li Sinan came from a regular prefecture-level city in the south. Her dream was to establish herself in super first-tier cities like Jiangdu and transform like a phoenix. Her other half had to be a well-rounded high scorer guy.

So now, Li Sinan had her eyes on Xu Lin and Liu Longsheng.

Of course, Liu Longsheng couldn’t really compare to Xu Lin; one was a high-class rich and handsome, the other a low-tier rich and handsome, simply different leagues.

But Li Sinan didn’t guarantee she could grab Xu Lin, and she might meet someone even better in the future, so she considered Xu Lin and Liu Longsheng as options, one to strive for, and one as a safety net.

Moreover, Li Sinan understood she needed to find a strong partner by the age of twenty-four because, for a beauty, youth was her biggest asset. After that age, even if she was prettier, her value would significantly decrease.

Li Sinan was well aware of her advantages.

The 18-year-old Li Sinan already knew to wait for a good offer and act opportunistically.

Her mindset surpassed most girls her age, ahead of countless others.

But if Xu Lin knew what Li Sinan was thinking, he’d probably curse right away.

"Keep dreaming!"

You can’t just see me as one of your options!

Back to the topic.

Xu Lin was asked about his allowance.

How much allowance do I have?

Xu Lin pondered.

First of all, he was a low-key person.