From Ruin to Reign Leander's Unbreakable Will novel Chapter 627

Chapter 627 Acquaintances

“Senior, I wonder if you’re close to them. Are any of them your classmates?”

Jacklyn looked at Leander with expectant eyes.

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People like Victor, Yvette, and Madeline were outstanding talents who had graduated from Ravenridge Senior High, and they were legendary figures.

Even before she had enrolled, she had already heard of their names.

After entering the academy, she had admired their stories from afar. She had always wanted to meet these former stars of the school.

She knew Leander had graduated the previous year, which meant he had been in the same cohort as Yvette and the others. Naturally, she was curious whether he knew them. If she was lucky, maybe he could even introduce her, letting her get a little closer to those once–celebrated prodigies.

“Victor? Shiloh? Hendrix?” When he heard her question, Leander’s expression turned slightly strange.

These people had all had some kind of friction with him in the past. Victor, in particular, had once tried to humiliate him at a reunion. He knew them well enough.

“Yeah, that’s right!” Jacklyn’s face lit up. “They were all in your year. You know them, don’t you?”

“Victor ranked first in our school’s mock exams for two and a half straight years. In the college entrance exam, he became the top scorer of Mornwick and got into Stanton Academy. I heard that less than half a year after enrolling, he had already made a name for himself in the university’s student union and became the vice president!”

She added, “I also heard that he worked with Stanton Academy’s research institute to develop a mini concentrated chip. He even secured sponsorship from a Fortune Global 500 company. Now he’s started his own business and already has his own company!”

The girl counted on her fingers, her voice full of admiration.

“When Shiloh was at Ravenridge Senior High, he was one of the main fighters in the martial arts club and also a student union officer. Later, he got into Seagate University. Not long after starting college, he was named one of the campus‘ Top Ten Rising Youths and even won an award. He’s basically a celebrity there!

“Meanwhile, Hendrix joined the basketball team at the Norwalk Sports Academy as the starting shooting guard. I heard the national tearn has already shown interest in him. He’s very likely to join the national men’s basketball team in the future!

“Yvette and Ginny both ranked in the top five of the school during the SATS. They’re now at Highcliffe University and Stanton Academy, respectively!”

Jacklyn didn’t stop there. “And then there’s Madeline. She’s the most famous of them all! She’s already become one of the nation’s rising pop stars, a future diva. She’s got so much potential!

“Ninety percent of them are attending the school’s anniversary celebration today Just thinking about it makes me so excited. I’m finally going to see my idols!”

Seeing Jacklyn waving her small fists, her face glowing with excitement, Leander’s expression remained calm.

From the way she talked, she clearly worshipped them.

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“You really admire them that much?” he asked casually.

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“Of course!” Jacklyn nodded immediately. “They’re my role models. Not just mine–most of the students at Ravenridge Senior High look up to them and work hard to follow in their footsteps. The school invited them back for the anniversary celebration so they could give speeches and set an example for us!”

She tugged at Leander’s sleeve and smiled sweetly. “Leander, if you’re close to them, you’ve got to let me meet them!”

Leander hadn’t expected the little girl to have such thoughts. But he didn’t show anything on his face and simply spread his hands slightly.

“I’d really like to help you, but unfortunately, I’m not very close with them.”

A trace of disappointment flashed across Jacklyn’s eyes. “Oh… I see.”

She glanced at Leander and seemed to understand something.

He was dressed simply. Although he was handsome, he felt more like a friendly boy next door. He didn’t have the sharp confidence or powerful presence of those big names and elite talents.

She secretly assumed that in his graduating year, Leander had probably been just an ordinary student–far from the level of campus elites like Victor. It was only natural that they weren’t acquainted with each other.

Thinking of this, she worried that bringing up Victor and the others might make the seemingly ordinary Leander feel uncomfortable or inferior.

She quickly added, “Leander, I was just asking casually. I didn’t mean to compare you with them. Personally, I have much respect or all of you. Please don’t take it to heart!”

Leander smiled faintly and shook his head, slightly surprised. The girl even knew how to comfort someone.

But when Jacklyn saw his expression, she mistook it for self–mockery. She added, “I really mean it, Leander. No hard feelings!”

Voticing that she was getting teary–eyed, Leander waved his hand at once.

‘Of course not! What you said is true. The students of Ravenridge Senior High really should take them as role models.”

He meant that sincerely.

These students needed to study hard, enter top universities in the future, go into business or politics, and turn their knowledge into wealth and influence.

People like Victor were indeed ideal examples for them to follow.

As for him, he was already far beyond the world of ordinary people. Even if someone wanted to follow his path, it would be nothing more than an impossible fantasy.

“Alright, Leander, let’s not talk about this anymore. The ceremony starts in twenty minutes. Let’s head inside!”

Feeling a bit guilty, Jacklyn quickly hooked her arm through his and pulled him toward the entrance of Ravenridge Senior High

Today, a huge banner stretched across the school gate. At the entrance, two rows of male and female students stood side by side, welcoming guests from all directions.

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While pulling Leander along, Jacklyn checked the seating arrangement on her phone, searching for his assigned seat.

Every guest invited back by the school leadership this time had a designated seat with their name listed.

But after scanning the seating chart for quite a while, she still couldn’t find Leander’s name anywhere on it.

‘That’s strange. Where’s your seat?”

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Since she had met Leander at the internet cafe, Jacklyn had naturally assumed he was here to attend Ravenridge Senior High’s anniversary celebration.

For this centennial celebration, all returning graduates from the previous year had been personally invited by the school eadership. She had simply assumed Leander was one of them.

But after checking again and again, she still couldn’t find a seat assigned to his name.

‘Is my name not on the list?” Leander leaned over and glanced at her phone. He realized what had happened.

He only returned to Ravenridge Senior High because of a phone call from Yvette. As for the school leadership, aside from the

rincipal, most of them weren’t familiar with him. Very few even knew that he had been specially admitted to Highcliffe University vithout taking the SATS.

Naturally, they had listed him as a dropout.

The ones invited back this time were all former top students–the pride of Ravenridge Senior High.

As for Leander, a dropout who had left school midway, he clearly didn’t qualify.

‘There must be some mistake. Everyone invited by the school has an assigned seat. I’ll go ask the person in charge!”

lacklyn frowned slightly and was about to take out her phone to call the coordinator, but Leander waved his hand.

‘It’s fine. I wasn’t invited by the school. I just heard about the anniversary and came by to take a look. Don’t worry about me. I’ll walk around on my own. You should get back to your work.”

After speaking, Leander stepped forward, putting some distance between them.

‘Hey, don’t go! I’ll get them to arrange-”

Before she could finish, a sudden commotion erupted outside the school gates.

She turned her head and saw three young men walking side by side, surrounded by countless students from Ravenridge Senior High like celebrities.

They were the former campus elites she had just been talking about.

Leander stood at a distance, one hand in his pocket, and turned his head slightly as well. One familiar face after another came into view–Victor, Shiloh, and Hendrix.

More than a year had passed, and his frenemies had finally arrived.