At noon, the students of Class 1, Grade 12, had all arrived at the Guangfu Grand Restaurant. A group of them chattered incessantly in the second-floor hall. It seems that teenagers always have endless things to say.
Class monitor Zhou Haijun asked Huang Xinyi, the academic representative, "Xinyi, is everyone here?"
"Only twenty people came; the rest who didn't want to come probably won't."
"Never mind, all the food has been served. Let's go to room 209 and have dinner."
As everyone took their seats in the private room, Liu Haijun was dressed in a suit and tie, his hair was slicked back with hairspray and looked shiny, and he wore an unknown brand watch on his wrist. His attire as a social elite made him look more mature than the others.
"Hello everyone, it's a kind of fate that we met in a high school with thousands of students, and I'm very honored for it. Today's dinner will be our last time in high school, and also the beginning of our journey into adulthood."
Liu Haijun raised his glass, "This glass is to thank everyone for your companionship during our three years of high school, and to thank God for arranging our meeting."
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.
Immediately, enthusiastic applause erupted in the private room.
Many students resonated with his speech.
The male students stood up and raised their glasses to drink together, while the female students raised their drinks to keep them company.
After putting down their glasses, everyone began to eat and chat, with two or three people whispering among themselves.
"The class monitor looks so handsome today. If I could meet him in college, I would definitely want to be his girlfriend."
"With your size, do you think the squad leader would even look at you? Should I pee on you to wake you up?"
Upon hearing this, the students who were standing nearby burst into laughter.
Many classmates praised Liu Haijun.
Upon hearing this, Liu Haijun, who had good hearing, smiled slightly, feeling a surge of pride.
Huang Xinyi, however, seemed absent-minded, her expression somewhat blank, as if she wasn't in a good mood today.
Xinyi's best friend, Liang Xiaoman, asked with concern, "Xinyi, what's wrong? Are you unhappy because Chen Ze didn't come? Hasn't he apologized to you yet?"
Huang Xinyi shook her head. "Don't even mention admitting your mistake. I sent him messages but he didn't reply. I don't know what he's doing. Xiaoman, do you think he didn't come because he didn't know there was a gathering today?"
Liang Xiaoman shook her head to indicate that she didn't know. She turned to the fat man next to her who was engrossed in his food and asked, "Fatty, why didn't your best friend come today? Did you not tell him?"
Although Liang Xiaoman is not particularly beautiful, at eighteen years old, she has curves in all the right places, and at 1.6 meters tall, she dresses well. Her figure is definitely top-notch.
Hearing the beautiful woman speak to him, the fat man put down his chopsticks and replied, "I called him and he said he had to register a company and apply for a business license, so he didn't have time to come over."
"Couldn't he have come up with a better excuse for registering a company? Maybe he was embarrassed to come because he was afraid of being laughed at after his confession failed."
The fat man wanted to explain on behalf of his good friend, but he swallowed his words back because he didn't know what Chen Ze was doing. He knew that making an explanation would only make things worse.
Huang Xinyi was completely baffled. The man who used to revolve around her all the time seemed to have changed. He no longer bought her breakfast or sent her messages to say hello on time.
Thinking about this, Huang Xinyi felt a surge of irritation.
Sitting next to her, Liu Haijun said ingratiatingly, "Xinyi, I bought two movie tickets, let's go see it together."
“I don’t like watching movies, you take Liang Xiaoman instead.”
Liu Haijun looked rather grim after being rejected, but in order to save face, he could only turn to Liang Xiaoman and say, "Xiaoman, do you like watching movies? I have two movie tickets."
"Okay, class monitor, what time are you going? Send me a message then."
"OK."
"..."
It was past 12 o'clock, the rush hour, and most roads in Guangcheng were congested. Chen Ze rushed and finally arrived at Guangfu Restaurant at 12:20.
Having held his pee for a long time, he ran straight to the toilet as soon as he came in. When he came out to wash his hands, he ran into Liang Xiaoman. "Chen Ze, you're already here, why don't you go into room 209 for dinner? Don't you know it's a class reunion today?"
Chen Ze said coldly, "I'm too busy to go. I have other plans. You guys eat by yourselves."
He hated the woman who had hurt him in his past life with a vengeance. If it weren't for the constraints of the law, he would have wanted to tear this shameless woman to pieces.
"Why aren't you going? Are you afraid the other classmates will laugh at you for failing to confess your feelings?"
Chen Ze ignored her and walked straight to room 201. The waitress standing at the door greeted him respectfully, "Hello, Mr. Chen."
This waitress was in a private room reserved for the boss. There aren't many people who can chat and laugh with the boss, so she assumed Chen Ze must be someone special, and thus she opened the door to the room for him with great respect.
Liang Xiaoman only believed that Chen Ze had really made an appointment to have dinner when she saw him enter private room 201.
Chen Ze entered the private room and saw that Chen Youfu and his family of four were there. He smiled and said, "Sorry, we were late because of traffic."
Chen Hao smiled slightly, "Brother Ze, long time no see. I've noticed that you've become more and more elegant. My dad told me you earned over 20 million during the World Cup. I admire you very much. But you're worth tens of millions now, why don't you buy some nice clothes and shoes? You're still wearing these faded jeans and flip-flops."
"This amount of money is too little for me to do much. Money should be used wisely. Appearance is irrelevant to me. Strength and fame are what I pursue. Because as long as I have strength, even if I eat vegetables every meal, people will say that I pay attention to health."
Chen Juan stared at him coldly, thinking to herself that this guy was talking in a very logical way, and seemed a bit like a pyramid scheme scammer.
Mr. and Mrs. Chen Youfu applauded: "Well said. No wonder you are talented people who were admitted to a 985 university. I believe that as long as we work together, the industry will definitely flourish."
Chen Ze chuckled: "Hard work is a must. In this society, only when you have more money in your pocket will you walk with confidence and speak with more self-assurance."
"..."
Liang Xiaoman returned to private room 209 and immediately said to her best friend Huang Xinyi, "Xinyi, I just saw Chen Ze. He's in private room 201. You said you're already here, why don't you come and eat?"
Huang Xinyi analyzed, "So many people know that he confessed to me and I rejected him. Anyone would feel embarrassed in that situation. I guess he was too embarrassed to face us and was afraid that others would laugh at him."
"Why don't we take the initiative to call him over? That would give him face and allow him to save face in front of his classmates."
Huang Xinyi nodded in agreement.
The two then arrived at the door of private room 201, intending to go in, but were stopped by a waiter who said, "You two, this is our boss's private room, you can't go in."
"Ah... your boss's private room? How does Chen Ze know your boss?"
The waiter smiled and said, "Our boss's surname is also Chen."
Huang Xinyi and the other woman exchanged a glance. They hadn't expected that the Guangfu Restaurant was owned by a relative of Chen Ze.
Unable to get into the private room, the two of them thankfully returned to room 209.
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