Chapter 95
◎ The classmate banquet was held at Wang Baohe Restaurant. There were six tables, but it was still not enough. The banquet was full, and there was a sudden...◎
The classmate banquet was held at Wang Baohe Restaurant. There were six tables, but it was not enough. It was full, so two more tables were temporarily opened.
The monitor and other class leaders arrived first, standing at the door and greeting old classmates.
Bei Bitang arrived not too early, but not too late either. As soon as she saw her junior high school classmate, she walked up to him, extended her hand with a smile on her face, and kept saying, "Bitang, long time no see. I heard you went abroad. I can't believe we can meet again."
Bei Bitang smiled gently, shook hands with them, and was pulled to sit down.
We all lived in the same place when we were young, and even now, most people still live in the same area.
As soon as she came back, the news reached the ears of a classmate. They all left their phone numbers when they graduated, so it was easy to find them.
It happened to be the annual junior high school reunion, and Bei Bitang was called up by the old class monitor, who asked Bei Bitang, the most promising old classmate now, to attend this year's reunion.
First it hit Miao Xiuxiu, then it hit her. Although Bei Bitang was quiet and introverted, she was not invisible in the class. She got along well with classmates and teachers.
She thought about it and agreed. Firstly, it was to preserve the friendship they had in school, and secondly, she had something to do today.
Although she and Xu Zeli started dating in Northwest China, all her classmates knew about it.
Xu Zeli is now doing well, and she wants to make sure he can no longer lose face in front of his old classmates.
Bei Bitang sat quietly in her seat, chatting with an old classmate. She didn't even look for Xu Zeli. If he had come, he would have walked up to her long ago.
Xu Zeli came in a black suit, tie, and carrying a black briefcase. He was the last one to arrive and was half an hour late.
The squad leader smiled, not minding Xu Zeli's airs at all. He slapped his thigh, widened his eyes, raised his chin, and said to Xu Zeli sideways, "Oh, Zeli, you're here! I'll tell the waiter to serve the food quickly. Everyone's waiting for you! The children are starving and crying out for food."
Xu Zeli pretended to adjust his tie and slightly lifted his briefcase. He said apologetically, "It's all because I'm too busy at work. Sorry to have kept you waiting. I'll pay for today."
Xu Zeli spoke loudly and everyone heard it. Bei Bitang was sitting next to her desk mate. The old desk mate touched Bei Bitang's arm with her hand and her eyes twitched towards Xu Zeli.
The corners of Bei Bitang's mouth twitched slightly. She didn't know whether Xu Zeli was telling the truth or a lie. He probably didn't know that he had been banished to the cold palace, right?
The squad leader complained in his heart, it’s the same thing every year, it’s really annoying.
To create a harmonious atmosphere at the gathering, the monitor pulled Xu Zeli over and pushed him into a seat, saying, "How can that be? You know we don't have a pay-as-you-go system in our class. We pay based on the number of people."
Xu Zeli always attends the annual class reunion. How could he not know this? It's just a matter of saving face.
He was able to attend because he was giving face to these old classmates. He treated them? Others should treat him.
Some people look down on Xu Zeli, while others want to touch Xu Zeli's feet. After all, Xu Zeli is one of the only two college students in the class.
A man with a pointed chin, wearing an ill-fitting suit and a gold chain, smiled and said loudly, "Zheli's company can't leave him. He'll be promoted again by the end of the year, or next year at the latest."
Some people agreed, while others turned their heads away and curled their lips.
A pretty female classmate couldn't stand this atmosphere. She said, "Old Monkey, you make so much money, but you don't mend your clothes. It's a pity to wear this Baleno suit on you."
The man nicknamed Old Monkey opened his shirt, patted his clothes, and said, "What's a pity? It's a pity that some people's husbands can't afford it."
The female classmate's face flushed, and she said angrily: "You..."
The man next to her, wearing glasses, quickly patted the back of her hand, looked at Lao Hou with a smile, and said, "I don't like wearing suits, Mr. Hou. My wife likes me best without a suit."
Someone heard this and burst into laughter, not knowing what he was thinking about. The atmosphere of angry sword-drawing collapsed in an instant.
After being comforted and interrupted by her husband, the female classmate's anger immediately subsided, and she no longer had the idea of forcing her husband to wear a Baleno suit just to show her displeasure.
The person next to the old monkey also quickly poured him a glass of wine and urged him, "Mr. Hou, come and have a drink. I'll toast you."
Class reunions are filled with both tender moments and implicit comparisons. When Lao Hou was in school, he cast a wide net and wrote a love letter to every female classmate in his class.
This female classmate is the favorite one in Lao Hou's heart, and he likes to tease her whenever he has nothing to do.
The old monkey thought he liked him, but the female classmate who was disturbed didn't think so. She had been made to cry by the old monkey many times, so it was reasonable for her to treat the old monkey as an enemy, which was the normal way of thinking.
As soon as she received the love letter from the old monkey, she ran to him, tore the letter into pieces, and scolded him, saying that it was like a monkey trying to catch the moon but failing to get water with a bamboo basket.
For so many years, the old monkey has been secretly resentful, but the female classmate is well-behaved and studious, works as an executive in a milk powder factory, and marries a man of equal status. The old monkey, on the other hand, works as a workshop worker in a shoe factory.
The old monkey never dared to do anything to his female classmates. Every time, the female classmates brought their husbands with them and acted very affectionate, and they never even looked at the old monkey.
Until a few years ago, when the old monkey became rich, he directly picked up the wine glass and ran to the husband, saying with regret: "Alas, she chose you, and you will never be a rich wife in this life."
The two of them later started doing it.
The squad leader really doesn't want to invite certain people. One is Xu Zeli who is very pretentious, and the other is Lao Hou who is very good at stirring up trouble.
But he had to invite them. If he failed to send a notice to one classmate, others would say behind his back that he was forming a clique.
A waitress in a red cheongsam came in carrying a white porcelain plate bigger than her face.
The dishes are of good quality, including river fish, seafood, and small-scale seasonal vegetables.
Everyone raised their glasses and picked up their chopsticks. The scene became noisy and everyone was talking and laughing peacefully.
Sitting on the open ship and riding the east wind of the times, everyone is doing well. At least they are in a dual-income family with stable income and guaranteed welfare. Because they can only have one child, the burden of raising the child is not great.
Everyone has a rosy complexion, is well-dressed, looks in good spirits, and has a comfortable smile on their face.
Bei Bitang listened to her old classmates talking and occasionally joined in, and it was a rare opportunity to experience the everyday life, the comfort and warmth.
No wonder class reunions have been held so many times and no one is tired of them. There are still so many people coming to attend.
The old monkey spoke half of his words to Xu Zeli. He noticed that Xu Zeli's eyes kept drifting towards Bei Bitang.
He took the initiative to ask, "Old Xu, why didn't you bring your wife?"
Few people present liked Zeng Linlin. This person who called herself "wife" was always submissive to Xu Zeli, but Xu Zeli always gave her the cold shoulder and scolded her.
The female compatriots felt sorry for her, spoke up for her, and whispered in her ear to make her tougher.
But she was so ungrateful that she told Xu Zeli on the spot, "Husband, xx told me not to listen to you and to get angry with you."
She made the female compatriots lose face, who would want to bother with her?
Xu Zeli smiled slightly, his eyes moving around the slender Bei Bitang, and said, "It's getting boring for a couple to see each other all day long. Even if she doesn't get tired of it, I do. As a man, you still need some freshness."
Xu Zeli didn't think that what he said was too much of a betrayal of the gentle and kind mask he pretended to put on in front of others.
The people close to him frowned when they heard this. More than half of the people present came with their families, and quite a few of them brought children with them.
The old monkey chuckled. He and Xu Zeli had made many private appointments. How could he not know the feelings Xu Zeli had for his ex-lover?
He turned and said to Bei Bitang, "Bitang, I heard you've been back in China for a while, and you only left a phone number for Lao Xu. What do you mean by that?"
The old monkey deliberately said the last few words in a meaningful way.
Some old classmates were originally not coming due to some matters, but when they heard that Bei Bitang was coming, they all rushed over. They were all secretly looking forward to the good show of Bei Bitang and Xu Zeli, a pair of first loves, reuniting after many years.
Hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Bei Bitang.
Bei Bitang didn't even have the slightest hint of a polite smile on her face. She said calmly, "Don't you all have my contact information? Otherwise, how would the monitor have contacted me?"
At this time, the squad leader interrupted and said, "Of course, everyone has Bitang's family's phone number for a long time. What's so strange about it?"
The old monkey refused to give up and said, "Bitang, I believe in your ability. I will not live with my family anymore. I don't have a mobile phone. Mine is your personal contact information."
Bei Bitang suddenly smiled and said calmly, "Oh, that was a phone number I just casually said for the occasion. That contact number is the real way to contact me."
As she spoke, her eyes widened slightly, and she said with a bit of surprise: "Someone won't really believe it."
Xu Zeli looked embarrassed. He boasted to Lao Hou that Bei Bitang contacted him as soon as she returned to China, but before he could tell Lao Hou, he had been calling Bei Bitang but no one answered. He also called her mother but no one answered either.
I want to recruit people from Bei Bitang's company, but I can't let go of my pride.
Xu Ze stood under the table and tugged at the corner of the old monkey's clothes.
The old monkey understood instantly, slapped his head, and said with flexibility, "It's all a misunderstanding. Which idiot told me that you and Old Xu rekindled your old love? I said, that's impossible, you both have families. Hehe, it's true. I was told that, you and Old Xu are both first-class capable people, how could you make a mistake?"
Bei Bitang narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, smiled softly, and said clearly: "Don't worry, not to mention that I have been abroad for so many years and have seen a lot, even in China, anyone who knows a little bit can't get along with Xu Zeli. Normal thermal expansion and contraction, rare thermal contraction and cold expansion, has anyone seen it? I have seen it."
After saying that, Bei Bitang raised one hand, stretched out two slender white fingers, and slightly spread them apart by one centimeter.
"Oh my God!" A gentle-looking female classmate covered her chest and exclaimed in surprise.
Everyone present was stunned. Even the old monkey who was closest to Xu Zeli looked at him with a questioning look.
At the same time, a thought flashed through everyone's mind: No wonder Xu Zeli has been married for many years without children. With such a strange disease, it would be strange if he had children.
The female compatriots also thought with emotion that Zeng Linlin was really pitiful. She had been a widow for so many years and had to take the blame for Xu Zeli's infertility. Xu Zeli never had a good face for her. It was really shameful for a woman to end up like this.
Amidst everyone's suspicious gazes, Xu Zeli suddenly stood up, his face flushed red, and accused Bei Bitang, "Bitang, why are you slandering me like this!"
Bei Bitang lowered her head, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
The monitor said in a soothing tone, "Zelili, come and sit down. It's okay. We are all classmates. We won't spread what we said today."
As soon as the words fell, no one echoed them, not even the old monkey.
Xu Zeli waved his hands repeatedly, his chest heaving violently, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak clearly, "No, I,... No..."
Everyone ignored Xu Zeli and greeted each other.
"Lao Zhang, come and eat some vegetables. I remember you love them the most. You can even eat pickles with plain water as a snack."
"Old Li, the hairdresser you introduced me to last time is really good. Look at my hair, she permed it for me."
"Old Huang, is the kindergarten your son attends good? I want to change a kindergarten for my daughter recently."
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In this way, Xu Zeli missed the best opportunity to explain, and he had no way to clarify the matter. Could he use boiling water or ice cubes to scald or calm it down? Even if Xu Zeli dared to do so, no one else would dare to be a witness.
If Xu Zeli was normal before and became abnormal after this, they cannot afford the responsibility.
His wife Zeng Linlin loves him dearly, but she is also a bit unreasonable. If anything happens to Xu Zeli, Zeng Linlin will probably kill them.
Next, Xu Zeli's evil thoughts towards Bei Bitang turned into deep hatred.
He stared at Bei Bitang with hatred throughout the meal.
Bei Bitang didn't feel uncomfortable at all under such intense gazes. She finished two bowls of rice, and her old classmates were all amazed at her good appetite.
After the party, Xu Zeli didn't have the chance to get close to Bei Bitang and ask for clarification.
The female classmates protected Bei Bitang and walked away, while the class monitor pulled a few people to hold Xu Zeli back.
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