Mr. Li explained his plan with a serious expression, but Shen Shi thought he was just playing house.
The general plan is as follows: President Li will hold a celebration banquet at noon today. Xiao Tian, the cousin, will take Chen Shi in, and then Chen Shi will take the opportunity to talk to President Li and get the club's renovation project.
This plan, if not flawless, is riddled with loopholes. Shen Shi felt that he probably wouldn't even be able to meet President Li.
"Mr. Li, isn't this a bit too hasty?" Shen Shi asked tactfully.
Mr. Li was well aware of this, but he truly had no other options.
"Xiao Shen, you can't be too pessimistic. You have to think about things on the bright side. This plan is risky, but it's our best option."
Faced with such a hasty plan, Shen Shi wanted to get angry and leave, but the club's renovation business was too important to him.
Even though the blond-haired guy seemed unreliable, Shen Shi still followed him on the road.
"Brother Chen, don't you believe me? President Li really is my cousin!" Xiao Tian, sitting on the back of the motorcycle, spoke with a mouthful of wind in his mouth, but still insisted.
“You’re a cousin even though you’ve never met him.” Shen Shi didn’t believe it at all. If you were really her cousin, why would you be sitting on the back of my beat-up motorcycle?
“His mother is my aunt, we’re as close as family,” Xiao Tian retorted excitedly.
Chen ignored him and sped up his bike ride.
I don't know why these rich people like to hold banquets in the suburbs. I turned the accelerator to the floor and drove for a full hour before finally arriving at my destination.
If this trip fails, it will be a waste of his gas money!
Before they arrived, the two of them even used hairspray to style their hair, but the wind blew it all the way, turning it into an American-style spiky hairstyle, which was incredibly funny.
After adjusting himself in the motorcycle's rearview mirror, the blond-haired guy pointed to the door and said, "Brother Chen, let's go in."
The banquet was held at a famous manor in Jiangcheng, and the guests were all celebrities, with luxury cars parked at the entrance.
Although Shen Shi doesn't judge people by their wealth, she and Xiao Huangmao really don't seem like the people here.
Adhering to the principle that since they were already there, Chen Shi decided to give it a try. After he and Xiao Huangmao finished packing up, they walked toward the entrance with solemn expressions.
As expected, they were stopped. "Gentlemen, please show me your invitations," the bodyguard asked politely.
Shen Shi's gaze fell on the blond-haired boy, who didn't care about the invitation at all. He angrily shouted at the bodyguard, "You're Mr. Li's cousin, what do you need an invitation for? Get out of the way!"
Xiao Tian's loud voice attracted a group of people to look at them, and everyone who looked over showed a look of disgust.
"I'm sorry, sir, you cannot enter without an invitation," the bodyguard explained dutifully.
"You..." The blond-haired guy was about to speak, but Chen Shi really couldn't bear to lose face like that.
“It’s okay if we can’t get in. We can just wait at the entrance and wait for Mr. Li to come.”
"What are you waiting for! I've already told you that Mr. Li is my cousin, Brother Chen, why don't you believe me?" Xiao Tian stomped his feet anxiously.
His voice grew louder and louder, and the guards at the door, thinking the two were there to cause trouble, gradually surrounded them.
"I believe it, I believe it!"
Seeing this, Shen Shi quickly grabbed Xiao Tian and tried to pull him away.
Then Xiao Tian burst out with a pig-like scream: "Cousin, I'm here, cousin!" He shouted and waved inside.
Shen looked towards the venue with a puzzled expression, and to his surprise, someone was actually looking over at him.
"Cousin, they won't let me in! Come out quickly!" Xiao Tian shouted excitedly.
The figure inside moved slowly, and Shen Shi was shocked. He hadn't expected that this kid really had connections. Indeed, appearances can be deceiving, and the sea can't be measured.
But as that figure walked out, Shen Shi gradually felt something was wrong. Why was this person's right leg also lame?
As the darkness deepened, I saw his face. It was Zhang Mingyuan!
Shen Shi stood there stunned. What was going on? How did Zhang Mingyuan become President Li?
Finally, Zhang Mingyuan walked up to them.
"Cousin, your bodyguards are so inconsiderate, they're blocking me from getting in." Xiao Tian, now that he had a powerful backer, immediately complained.
Strangely, Zhang Mingyuan ignored him and instead looked at Chen Shi.
"Long time no see!" he said.
Xiao Tian looked at Chen Shi with suspicion and asked, "Do you know my cousin?"
Chen was still in a daze and didn't know how to answer the question.
He and Zhang Mingyuan were best friends who would risk their lives for each other, but he didn't really know President Li.
Since her rebirth, Shen Shi has been constantly worried about Zhang Mingyuan, fearing that he would fall into the same situation as in his previous life.
But he never thought of getting close to Zhang Mingyuan immediately.
Because he knew that, in Zhang Mingyuan's eyes at that moment, Shen Shi was just a stranger.
But now, Zhang Mingyuan recognized him.
The two stared at each other, and in his eyes, Shen Shi could tell that Zhang Mingyuan had also been reborn.
Because a successful businessman could not possibly have such a desolate look in his eyes. Shen Shi saw Zhang Mingyuan from his past life in his eyes, and he saw himself.
"It has been a long time since we last met," Shen Shi replied with a smile.
Zhang Mingyuan smiled upon hearing this.
Xiao Tian looked at the two of them, completely bewildered. "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Let's go inside and talk," Zhang Mingyuan invited.
"That's right, cousin, we're going in. This is my best buddy, you don't mind if he comes in with me, do you?"
The oblivious Xiao Tian asked casually.
After he finished speaking, Zhang Mingyuan and Shen Shi had already walked far away, and he hurriedly jogged to catch up.
After settling Xiaotian in, Zhang Mingyuan found a meeting room and had a private talk with Shen Shi.
"What's wrong with you?" Chen Shi asked immediately as soon as he entered the room.
"What else could it be? You were reborn! Aren't you the same?"
In front of Shen Shi, he slumped on the sofa without any regard for his image, speaking as casually as if it were just eating or drinking.
"How did you get reborn?" Shen Shi continued to press for details.
At the same time, he frantically cried out to the system in his mind: "Come out!! Come out!!"
Unfortunately, there was no response at all.
"This society knows that it will reopen as soon as you open your eyes, so it's not a bad thing, so why worry about it?"
Zhang Mingyuan is the kind of person who would use a blanket to cover himself if the sky were to fall; his magnanimity is admirable even when things are going badly.
He couldn't tell whether Zhang Mingyuan was telling the truth, nor could he determine whether he was a mission participant.
"Then why is your surname Li?"
"You really have a lot of questions." Despite saying that, Zhang Mingyuan still patiently explained, "My original surname was Li. I changed my name to Zhang Mingyuan later when I was hiding from debt collectors."
This made perfect sense, and Shen Shi still had a lot of doubts, but with his long-lost friend sitting right in front of him, he put those doubts aside.
There is nothing better than us all being alive.
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