Chapter 1175: Chapter 1220: Zheng Family’s Descendants
"Haha, classmates, you’ve all arrived, I’m a bit late, sorry about that."
Zheng Yuyang was surrounded by everyone, and he was apologizing, but while his words were apologetic, his face was all smiles, showing no real sense of guilt.
A male student imdiately said: "Yuyang, what you’re saying isn’t right. You’re such a busy person, making tens of thousands in just a second. Being able to attend our class reunion is already giving us a lot of face."
Zheng Yuyang waved his hand and laughed: "It’s not as exaggerated as that. But indeed, I’m very busy. However, my classmates wanted to have a reunion, and everyone ca to the provincial city. Even if I’m busy, I should still co and join everyone. Actually, I wanted to book a five-star hotel for us to enjoy, but all the halls were booked these past few days, so I could only get a four-star one. Today, everyone just let loose and enjoy, all expenses are on ."
It was still that sa male student, who imdiately said excitedly: "That’s really great. I was thinking, if we had to go Dutch, it would hurt our wallets. Classmates, don’t you think?"
Everyone agreed in unison, many seed very excited, but so were embarrassed, and yet others looked disdainfully at the one echoing Zheng Yuyang.
ng Xiaofei leaned over to Li Yifei’s ear and whispered, "That guy’s na is Yang Yudong. During our school days, he was Zheng Yuyang’s follower. He was sowhat okay back then, but now, why does he seem even more like a lackey?"
Li Yifei chuckled softly and said, "Back in school, everyone was sowhat innocent, but now that we’ve started working, we realize earning money isn’t easy. With a big shot like Zheng Yuyang around, naturally so people would want to cling to him more."
"Sigh, that’s really lacking backbone, such obvious boot-licking," ng Xiaofei pursed her lips.
Li Yifei blinked and said, "That’s reality for you. Many people are forced by reality to bow their heads. By the way, who exactly is Zheng Yuyang?"
ng Xiaofei thought for a bit and said, "He... should be from the Zheng family in the province."
"A mber of the Zheng family, oh, no wonder then," Li Yifei nodded.
Speaking of the Eight Great Clans in the province, Li Yifei knew about them. The Zheng family had no specific ties or animosity with the Ye family. While the provincial clans couldn’t compare with those in Capital City in terms of wealth, what mattered more was their background and connections. Since Zheng Yuyang was a mber of the Zheng family, it was normal for him to have so strength.
Zheng Yuyang, feeling very proud being the center of attention, although he was a scion of a great clan, he was not a direct descendant in the Zheng family, hence he didn’t have access to many resources. Usually, he had so social status, but seldom did he have such an opportunity to be so revered.
But his gaze swept across and he noticed two people sitting aside whispering, not coming over, which instantly displeased him.
"Who are those two?" Zheng Yuyang pointed at ng Xiaofei and Li Yifei and asked rudely.
"That’s ng Xiaofei and her boyfriend."
"Oh? It’s Xiaofei," Zheng Yuyang suddenly frowned. If it had been soone else, he would have gone over to give them a piece of his mind right there, but he dared not do so with ng Xiaofei.
Back in high school, with ng Xiaofei being such an attractive girl, how could Zheng Yuyang not be moved? But the day he tried to harass ng Xiaofei, he was severely beaten in return in the provincial city. Unwilling to accept this, Zheng Yuyang notified the Zheng family, but was surprised by the subsequent events as, instead of taking his side, they ordered him never to harass ng Xiaofei again.
With his family’s stance, Zheng Yuyang knew that ng Xiaofei had a significant background, perhaps even one the Zheng family couldn’t afford to provoke. Henceforth, he kept a respectful distance, but to his classmates, it seed like Zheng Yuyang was not interested in ng Xiaofei anymore.
As he grew older and got involved in so businesses, Zheng Yuyang realized how important family background was for soone. Seeing ng Xiaofei here now, he couldn’t afford to offend her but saw an opportunity to make a connection. He quickly walked over with a smile and said, "Xiaofei, what a beautiful lady, I’m honored you also ca."
ng Xiaofei stood up, smiling and said, "Thanks for treating us, Chief Zheng."
Zheng Yuyang then looked at Li Yifei and said, "Xiaofei, aren’t you going to introduce your boyfriend?"
Li Yifei also stood up and said, "Li Yifei!"
"Zheng Yuyang!" Zheng Yuyang shook hands with Li Yifei, sizing him up. Soone who could get close to ng Xiaofei and even beco her boyfriend must be soone quite impressive.
"May I ask what you do for a living?" Zheng Yuyang asked Li Yifei tentatively.
"I just run a small business," Li Yifei replied with a smile.
"Just a small business, probably not, right?" Zheng Yuyang didn’t believe that. An ordinary person doing small business wouldn’t qualify to be with ng Xiaofei.
Li Yifei was now even more certain that Zheng Yuyang was completely a spoiled young master. If he had any capability, he should have so knowledge of well-known figures within the whole province. Although Li Yifei wasn’t very powerful in the provincial capital, in Mile City, he was definitely one of the top figures. Any family in the province should at least be sowhat familiar with such a person, or at least, recognize him when they saw him in person.
Li Yifei smiled lightly and said, "I really do just run a small business. Suddenly renting a four-star hotel lobby for a class reunion like this, I don’t have that kind of strength."
Yang Yudong curled his lip and said, "You’re really joking. Do you know how much it costs to rent a four-star hotel lobby like this?"
Li Yifei shook his head and said, "I really don’t know, but I’m sure it’s not cheap."
Yang Yudong, definitely playing the sycophant, imdiately spoke proudly, "Of course, renting this hall for one day doesn’t cost much, just eight thousand yuan. But the drinks and food inside are calculated separately. Today Yuyang wanted everyone to eat and drink well, the good stuff served starts at fifty thousand at least. It’s only Yuyang who could afford it, others might not manage it, even if it was split among everyone, most of our classmates couldn’t afford it."
Everyone exclaid in surprise, and a girl imdiately said, "Zheng Yuyang, it’s just a class reunion, isn’t this a bit too extravagant? How can we accept this without feeling embarrassed?"
Zheng Yuyang laughed and said, "It’s because we are all classmates that we shouldn’t care about it so much. Today, nobody should talk to
about money again, that would be like you don’t consider
a classmate anymore, and then I’d really be upset with them."
Yang Yudong imdiately added, "Exactly, let’s not argue anymore. This amount of money is nothing for Yuyang, he just wants everyone to have a great ti."
Zheng Yuyang sternly said, "Yudong, that’s not right. I just said we shouldn’t talk about this, yet you brought it up again, should you be punished with a drink?" But his face was still filled with smiles, clearly pleased by Yang Yudong’s words.
"Yes, yes, I won’t ntion it again!" Yang Yudong’s face showed remorse.
Li Yifei secretly gave Yang Yudong a thumbs up for his bootlicking skills, which were indeed impressive. And such people really couldn’t be completely despised, as they often could make their way in the world. Clearly, Zheng Yuyang was quite satisfied with Yang Yudong, presumably, the latter must have received many favors from Zheng Yuyang as well.
This change of topic shifted Zheng Yuyang’s focus away from Li Yifei, circling back to Zheng Yuyang. Originally, ng Xiaofei, as a beautiful woman, should have been the centre of attention, but since she brought her boyfriend Li Yifei, they didn’t persist in bothering ng Xiaofei too much.
More classmates were coming in, increasing the lively atmosphere. The food in the buffet area was laid out, with lobster, abalone, various types of crab and seafood, everything one could want, amounting to several tens of thousands of yuan.
Of course, these seafood items were not the very special good ones; if really getting Double-headed abalone, just a few could cost tens of thousands of yuan. But even so, these foods were not sothing ordinary people could afford casually.
ng Xiaofei and Li Yifei were hungry by now, and ng Xiaofei, the foodie, seeing the food, was always the most enthusiastic, quickly piling up food with Li Yifei to start eating.
At this ti, Zheng Yuyang ca and sat next to ng Xiaofei. He couldn’t really understand ng Xiaofei, a woman like her should be able to eat whatever she wanted, but now she still looked like a girl who hadn’t seen the world. If it wasn’t for the painful lessons learned previously, he really couldn’t believe ng Xiaofei had such a strong background.
Zheng Yuyang had also beco a bit sharper now. Coming over at this mont was to make connections with ng Xiaofei. Since she had a background, leveraging their old classmates’ relationship to establish a good connection could be useful in the future, and then his family might also regard him in a new light.
"Xiaofei, do you like the food here?" Zheng Yuyang asked with a smile.
ng Xiaofei stuffed an abalone into her mouth and said vaguely, "It’s alright, but the abalone is a bit small. They aren’t that tasty. I usually eat three-headed ones at ho."
"Oh, sorry about that," Zheng Yuyang said, a bit embarrassed, but thought to himself: "If you don’t think it’s tasty, why are you eating it with so much gusto?"
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