After the reply from Lin Ruan came through, someone in the private room gestured toward Chen Xuan with their chin. “What did she say?” Chen Xuan reported, “Lin Ruan has plans. She can’t make it tonight.” The woman who had asked scoffed, slumping in her seat. “‘Has plans,’ right,” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “She just looks down on us old classmates. She was always like that back in