My Wild Wife in Shanghai

The next afternoon, Chen Ye changed into clean casual clothes and arrived at the Lijing Hotel in the county town on time.

The class reunion will be held here.

This hotel is the most luxurious restaurant in the county, and it's top-notch.

Similarly, per capita consumption is also high.

The minimum per capita income must exceed 1,000 yuan, with no upper limit.

In fact, some of these high school classmates have just graduated from university and entered the workforce.

Others are preparing for postgraduate entrance exams and don't have much spare money.

Many people still find it difficult to split the cost of a class reunion.

However, the person in charge of the gathering was Jiawei, who decided on this location, so no one else could say anything.

Jia Wei started working right after graduating from high school.

He wanted to show off his rapid development in recent years.

I feel that other places are not up to standard.

The private room for the gathering was on the third floor and was called the "Emperor's Hall".

Two tall, elegant hostesses dressed in cheongsams stood at the entrance.

Welcome!

The hostess bowed to greet him, and Chen Ye pushed open the door and entered.

A wave of heat, a mixture of perfume and aromatherapy, hit me.

Before the banquet even started, more than twenty people, men and women, were already seated around the huge round table, chatting and making a lot of noise.

"Hey, Chen Ye's here!"

Someone with sharp eyes shouted out.

Instantly, the noisy sounds in the private room quieted down.

Dozens of eyes turned to Chen Ye at the door.

Their eyes held a variety of expressions: surprise, curiosity, and a hint of estrangement.

"Haha, Chen Ye, come and sit down!"

A slightly chubby classmate greeted him warmly.

Chen Ye wore a faint smile and nodded to a few familiar classmates, but the atmosphere was still somewhat awkward.

He only completed one year of high school before going to prison, so he wasn't as close to them as they seemed.

Fortunately, his classmates were quite accommodating. After a brief moment of surprise, they regained their enthusiasm and invited him to sit down.

Beside the head of the table, a man wearing a floral shirt and a gold chain as thick as a little finger around his neck was sitting with his legs crossed, smoking a cigar and boasting to the person next to him.

That person was Jia Wei, the organizer of this gathering.

After several years, Jia Wei has gained a lot of weight. His former skinny appearance is gone, replaced by a ruddy complexion and the air of a nouveau riche boss.

However, the way he spoke and acted still carried a hint of thuggishness.

Upon seeing Chen Ye, Jia Wei took the cigar out of his mouth, pointed at Chen Ye with the finger that was holding the cigar, and grinned:

"Chen Ye, you're here! I thought you weren't going to give me any face! Come on, have a seat, sit over there!"

His voice was loud and commanding.

It was as if Chen Ye had to sit as he was told.

Before Chen Ye could respond, an old classmate pulled him to an empty seat to the side.

"Chen Ye, come here, I want to talk to you."

The person who pulled him was Li Jun, who was Chen Ye's deskmate in high school and also Chen Ye's best friend during high school.

Li Jun leaned close to Chen Ye's ear and whispered, "Ignore him, this guy's got a lot of guts now. He started hanging around with his dad after graduating high school, and he owns a hardware and building materials factory in the county. It's a huge business, and he has three houses in the county alone. I heard he just bought a villa in the suburbs. That Maybach in front of the car is his. He's incredibly arrogant."

After a pause, Li Jun added with a smirk and envy, "His wife is Bai Xue, do you remember her? Our school beauty back then, Bai Xue! This guy is a total winner in life!"

At this moment, Jia Wei stood up, adopting the posture of a host.

"It wasn't easy to get everyone together today, especially Chen Ye, it was even more difficult for him to come!"

He emphasized the words "not easy" and looked at Chen Ye with a playful gaze.

"Brother, you haven't had an easy time in there all these years, have you? Look at you, you've gotten so thin! You'd better eat something good to make up for it today! Hahaha!"

The room fell silent immediately after those words were spoken.

Some students looked embarrassed, while others looked on with anticipation.

Back in school, Jia Wei was a troublemaker, and nobody dared to mess with him, but Chen Ye wasn't afraid of him. The two argued a few times and almost came to blows.

Therefore, Jia Wei's sarcastic remarks were definitely intentional.

But Chen Ye's expression remained unchanged. He simply picked up his teacup and said calmly:

"It's alright, it's just that the food is a bit bad, not as greasy as what Boss Jia eats."

Jia Wei's smile froze. He hadn't expected that after several years, Chen Ye would still be such an unyielding and stubborn person.

"Hey, why bring that up?"

Someone immediately stepped in to smooth things over, "I remember, back then Chen Ye got into a fight with some thugs from outside the school because of... Wen Yu, right?"

As luck would have it, the door was pushed open as they were talking, and a woman walked in.

This person was Wen Yu.

She could hear the conversation inside as soon as she entered the room.

Wen Yu was wearing a wine-red, tight-fitting bodycon dress, heavy makeup, her curly hair cascading down her shoulders, and bright red nail polish on her nails. She was fiddling with her hair somewhat awkwardly.

Compared to her innocent appearance in high school, she now has a more alluring and worldly air about her.

"What a beautiful woman!"

Everyone looked over and exclaimed in amazement.

"You flatter me, hello everyone!"

Under everyone's gaze, Wen Yu forced a smile and paused deliberately as she passed Chen Ye: "Chen Ye, long time no see."

"have not seen you for a long time."

Chen Ye nodded slightly, his smile calm and distant.

Everything is in the past; he has long since let it go.

Wen Yu seemed to sense his indifference and awkwardly found a seat to sit down.