The car was parked downstairs. The weather outside was a bit cold. The roads in the county had not been repaired for many years. The sewers along the roadside were covered with black ice, and people were even carrying swill and pouring water into them.
Dirt, disorder, and poor conditions are the most direct description of the current county town.
Lu Feng got out of the car, and the biting cold made him gasp. He tightened his coat. Liu Jiang got out of the car and said, "It's cold outside, let's go inside. You're used to the south, you can't stand the cold."
As they walked towards the restaurant entrance, Hu had already come out. When she saw Lu Feng, she smiled and opened her arms warmly, saying, "Hey, old classmate, long time no see! You've gotten even more handsome."
He walked up to them and gave them a big hug; anyone who didn't know them would think they were very close.
Lu Feng looked at the man in front of him, whom he didn't recognize at all. He could only exchange pleasantries and say, "Big Beard, you're doing well too. I heard you've made a fortune."
"What 'Big Beard' and 'Second Beard'? Are you being too polite with me?" Hu poked Lu Feng in the chest and said, "I still prefer you calling me by my old school nickname, Han San!"
"That's a good nickname!" Lu Feng nodded, but still felt a little uncomfortable with it.
“I’m nowhere near as good as you. You’re the pride of our class now. Our old teacher even asked me last time that he never looked after you when we were in school, but now he remembers. Unlike us guys, we’re such good friends!” Hu patted Lu Feng on the back and said, “You’re from a big city, you dress so well.”
"Of course! This outfit is absolutely ahead of its time," Liu Jiang flattered from the side.
Lu Feng saw a boy dressed similarly to him walking towards them, walking loosely and swearing constantly. The three of them fell silent.
"It's cold outside, let's go inside. Lots of people came today." Hu winked at Lu Feng and said, "Shi Yanyan is here too."
Shi Yanyan?
Lu Feng tried hard to search his memory for these people, but it was all blank. When he entered the lobby, most of the students upstairs had come down.
"This is our class's CEO, Mr. Lu!!"
“Fengzi is getting more and more handsome. It’s been five or six years since we last saw each other. We even had drinks together when you quit your job at the factory last time.”
“When he was in school, I said he was definitely extraordinary, and I didn’t expect to be right.”
"I was clever when I was in school; I even knew to copy homework from three different people."
"Back then, you sat behind me and let me turn to the side to let you copy your answers during the exam. As a result, we both got zero on the exam."
"What we did is nothing compared to what I did in the first semester of fifth grade. I wrote a love letter to Shi Yanyan. My goodness, it caused a sensation!"
"That day, I stood on the dirt playground at school and confessed my love loudly, which almost drove Shi Yanyan to drop out of school. Unexpectedly, after school that day, the two of them started kissing in the woods."
As everyone chattered, a girl with an oval face blushed. She was not tall, about 1.55 meters, and her face bore the marks of hardship. She was wearing a linen plaid coat, and her appearance suggested that she was not well-off.
When talking about his embarrassing past, Lu Feng could only laugh awkwardly. The old Lu Feng was really a jerk; he started picking up girls when he was in fifth grade.
"Let's go upstairs first. Um... waiter, bring the food, bring the food!"
When Lu Feng went upstairs, he was the center of attention. Everyone was talking about copying homework in school, and others were reminiscing about which fight they had. They were all very enthusiastic about fighting, as if he was the center of everyone's world when he was in school.
There was a private room upstairs with the door open, where local leaders were sitting. The noise made them glance outside.
"Who are they? There are so many people!"
"Isn't that Lu Feng from Jia Mei?"
"Didn't they say they'd set up a factory in the county last year? What happened to everything?"
“I called Jiaming Foods several times, and a General Manager Gao answered. He said he was no longer in charge and just kept making excuses. The matter was dropped, and we couldn’t find him. I didn’t expect to run into him here.”
Actually, everyone understands the intricacies of the connection made by the director back then. It's just that people feel a little uncomfortable. If you're not going to come, you could at least donate some money to your hometown, but you didn't give a single penny.
"I'll go over for a drink later and ask around."
Lu Feng entered the private room and saw several female classmates. They exchanged pleasantries and New Year's greetings. Most of the people present were married, and some had children who were seven or eight years old.
Lu Feng was insisted on sitting in the main seat, with Hu sitting next to him and Liu Jiang next to him. As the food was served, everyone talked about things at school.
Lu Feng didn't remember much about what happened at school; he could only believe whatever they told him.
After having a few drinks, a few of the more boisterous ones stood up and said, "Liu Jiang, look at where you're sitting. Shi Yanyan should be sitting there."
"Come, come, let Shi Yanyan sit there."
“I’m right sitting here, Shi Yanyan should be sitting on Fengzi’s lap.” Liu Jiang jeered, “Come on, Yanyan, come here and sit down.”
"This won't do, everyone's married now." Lu Feng noticed they were getting a little carried away.
"It's more exciting when you're married."
Lu Feng could tell that Shi Yanyan was not a respectable woman. She was half-pushed and half-pulled to Lu Feng's side. With people pushing her, she was almost touching Lu Feng, and there was a commotion of cheers from the crowd.
"Come, come, let's drink a toast together." A tall, thin man said, holding a wine glass. "It'll fulfill a dream you two had when you were in school!"
Shi Yanyan had already picked up her wine glass, her face flushed. She didn't dare to look at Lu Feng, her face clearly saying "I do." Lu Feng was a little unhappy.
He knew that class reunions were either for borrowing money or leveraging connections, or for rekindling old flames, but he was a married man, so what kind of situation was this?
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