Drama Queen Reborn as a Top Student!-Chapter 654 - 256 Dragons lurk in the depths

Yan Lu, Yan Ting’s niece.

She is not someone you can easily brush off as an ordinary person.

You should know even Chairman Yan Ting has to show her respect.

After giving it some thought, Secretary Qian walked up to the office and knocked on the door.

Inside, Lan Xiping’s cool and steady voice quickly responded, "What is it?"

"Miss Yan Lu wants to see you."

Shen You’an raised an eyebrow.

Lv Jiarong, however, sprang to her feet in an instant, her cheeks pale.

"Lu Lu is here for me."

Lan Xiping had no interest in meeting the bothersome Miss Yan and instructed Secretary Qian to find a female secretary to escort Lv Jiarong out.

Lv Jiarong was terrified that Yan Lu might get involved. She didn’t want Yan Lu to encounter Lan Xiping. With his awful temper, what if he gave Yan Lu a hard time? Yan Lu, as the eldest young lady of the Yan family, had never been treated like this before.

Thus, suppressing her fear, she sincerely thanked Lan Xiping.

Lan Xiping replied with just one sentence, "I hope Miss Lv hasn’t forgotten what she promised me."

Lv Jiarong’s face turned even paler, "Please await my good news, Chairman Lan."

This man was truly... He clearly held a high position and had the power to investigate with just a word. Yet, he insisted she exhaust herself running around for inquiries. Stingy and cold.

But she couldn’t say anything since she needed his help.

Facing Shen You’an, however, she turned gentle, as obedient as a kitten.

"I don’t know your name, but I hope we’ll meet again one day."

Lv Jiarong smiled, dimples forming on her cheeks, sweet as can be.

Shen You’an smiled faintly, "We will meet again."

Lv Jiarong cast her a final glance and then left with the help of the female secretary.

The female secretary discreetly glanced at the stunningly beautiful young girl sitting on the sofa. Before the girl noticed, she quickly averted her gaze and stooped low to help Lv Jiarong leave.

Her mind, however, was full of doubt.

Lv Jiarong had been sneaked in by another secretary who had already been punished. But what about this young girl?

When did she arrive?

Most importantly, she seemed to have a rather close relationship with the chairman. This could certainly stir some gossip, but such thoughts only circled in her head. Her face betrayed nothing.

As the door closed and the visitors departed, the spacious office suddenly fell into silence.

Shen You’an shook her head and laughed lightly, "You truly have no softness for beauty, do you?"

Lan Xiping let out a cold snort, "Softness for what beauty? You would do better to think about dealing with the Yu family instead."

Lan Xiping fixed his gaze on the young girl in front of him, his mind momentarily dazed.

Who could have imagined that such a fragile-looking girl could possess such energy and means?

His memory drifted back more than a decade.

Though his family had emigrated abroad and their wealth was considerable, a sudden financial crisis swept across the globe, leaving him destitute overnight, even burdened with heavy debts.

At the time, he was in high school and had no choice but to drop out to work and pay off his debts. Deep down, he refused to accept a mediocre life. He vowed never to waste his entire existence on meaningless labors.

He set his sights on the stock market. The financial crisis had ushered in a Great Recession, global economies were turbulent, but with his daring and cunning, he managed to make some gains. Still, that wasn’t nearly enough.

Until he encountered someone on a financial forum.

A mysterious individual with the username Sunny.

Reflecting on the crazed maneuvers of that time, he still found it unbelievable.

Why had he trusted an anonymous netizen so deeply? Even taking their advice as gospel? Thinking back now, it felt as though everything had been predestined.

During that time, Siland, the financial hub, was in shambles. Real estate, stocks, energy markets—all had collapsed like buildings toppled by an earthquake.

Sunny’s series of counter-cyclical moves, wagering aggressively while capital fled and assets were sold off, remained etched in his memory, leaving him with the same adrenaline rush coursing through his veins.

A gambler—a wildly bold gambler.

Sunny’s gambles paid off.

In his imagination, Sunny was surely a calculated yet audacious man in his thirties, extraordinarily educated, maybe a graduate of an elite university, with profound financial knowledge and foresight. Outwardly refined and composed, yet at his core, a reckless gambler—perhaps someone who’d once wandered through casinos, driven by a spirited, unrestrained nature.

But during the first founding conference at Tianlu Bank, when the leadership had solidified its position, and he finally saw the person seated at the head of the table, he almost couldn’t believe his eyes.

No matter how he racked his brain, he couldn’t fathom that Sunny, the legendary founder, turned out to be a little girl.

He compared her height against his waist—yes, the little sprite barely reached waist level. The scene was absurd and preposterous, like a dream turned surreal.

They even suspected Sunny was playing a joke on them.

But when that little girl climbed onto a chair taller than herself, exposing only her head, her pale young face reflecting an icy authority far beyond her years, he knew this was no joke.

Her ruthless and seasoned judgment turned unfavorable business conditions into opportunities. She could always pinpoint investment trends with uncanny precision, never once failing. Outwardly, Sunny was a living legend, yet if people knew her true identity, they would likely label her not a legend but something terrifying.

Sunny’s true identity was known only to the five founding members of Tianlu Bank, and he was one of them. The other three had vowed never to disclose it publicly, knowing full well that even if word got out, no one would believe it.

Those in lofty positions are often lonely; Sunny, a prodigy, was no exception. As one of her confidants, he held numerous secrets she entrusted to him.

She didn’t hide much from him, perhaps out of trust.

For instance, her suspicion that PT was infiltrating her operations led to her counter-infiltration. She didn’t stop there—she climbed to significant ranks within PT. Now, she was Hua Country’s regional head.

For instance, when she assigned him to manage Hua Country’s industries, it wasn’t to monopolize, contrary to public conjecture. The reason was simple—to the point of disbelief.

Because she was from Hua Country. That was all there was to it.

Even if her career abroad was flourishing, it was still not her homeland.

Tianlu Bank’s entry into Hua Country opened up investment battles, with both advantages and drawbacks. Yan Ting understood this better than anyone.

For instance, not long ago, she asked him to prepare for transferring the industrial hub to Jingzhou, moving connections and resources in case of emergency. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

They were gearing up, ready to strike against the Yu family.

Her origins were equally unveiled.

Sunny had long made no effort to hide her background.

She came from a simple family in Qingzhou. Her parents were ordinary people. If there was anything extraordinary, perhaps it was her father, a firefighter who heroically sacrificed himself. Even then, it couldn’t overshadow her humble beginnings. He had marveled countless times—what kind of ancestral luck had her small Qingzhou family stumbled upon to bring forth such a remarkable individual?

As it turned out, everything had traces to follow.

He recalled an old saying: "Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and rats bear children who know how to dig holes."

The words may be crude, but the reasoning was sound. People have lived by their genes for thousands of years.

The odds of a talent rising from an ordinary background were slimmer than winning the lottery.

Her bloodline seemed to pulse with extraordinary traits.

A dragon hidden in the abyss must someday soar into the heavens.

And that time was steadily approaching.