"Oh hahaha! You guys are really so in love!"
Sun Yun's actions once again caused a surge of excitement among some classmates, and there was a round of admiring exclamations, especially from Lin Jing who fawned over them like a lapdog.
"What the heck! It seems like everyone has changed! I really thought this was a class reunion, but now it's turned into Sun Yun and Wang Zicong's bragging show, totally lame. If I had known, I wouldn't have invited you!" Wu Qiang looked at the sickening hypocrisy around him and his face was filled with outrage as he said to Xiao Yifei, "Look at our classmates, when did they become like this! I think Wang Zicong organized this class reunion just to show off!"
Xiao Yifei chuckled lightly, recalling the humiliations he suffered during his internship at Shangjing Hospital and how it was only today that he had become an official doctor; he shook his head, "You can't blame them, after all, everyone has graduated and needs to plan for their future. If Wang Zicong wants to show off, let him."
Xiao Yifei and Wu Qiang discreetly made their way to the inside of the hall, their personalities destined not to align with their current classmates. So the two stood next to a table full of food, eating and talking quietly, keeping their distance from the attention-seeking Sun Yun and Wang Zicong.
However, trouble found its way to them even when they weren't looking for it.
While chatting with Wang Zicong, Lin Jing suddenly mentioned Xiao Yifei, "Zicong, it's good that Yunyun ended up with you. If she were still with Xiao Yi, who knows how much hardship she would have had to endure! I think only you could give Yunyun happiness!"
When Wang Zicong heard Lin Jing bring up Xiao Yifei's name, his eyes squinted abruptly. He had some friction with Xiao Yifei during their school days, and with Sun Yun in the mix, the conflict was even greater. He remembered how after Sun Yun became his girlfriend, Xiao Yifei had declared he would teach him a lesson, scaring him into staying in the dorm for a week, too afraid to go out. The main reason he helped organize this class reunion was to thoroughly humiliate Xiao Yifei, something he had almost forgotten!
With this thought, Wang Zicong said with a smile, "Right, since you mentioned Xiao Yifei, I haven't seen him for a long time! Did he come? After all, it's your class reunion, it would be bad if the class monitor didn't show up!"
When Sun Yun heard Wang Zicong's words, she pretended to be annoyed and playfully hit him in the chest, saying, "Why bring him up? We've long since lost contact with that pauper, I don't even know whether he came or not. Anyway, I'm now totally devoted to following you!"
Wang Zicong chuckled and pulled Sun Yun into his embrace.
"He's here, he's here! I saw him just now with Wu Qiang!"
In the crowd surrounding Wang Zicong and Sun Yun, someone called out, and everyone began to look around, finally spotting Xiao Yifei and Wu Qiang eating in a corner.
Wang Zicong saw the plainly dressed Xiao Yifei, and a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes. With a mocking laugh, he embraced Sun Yun and walked toward the direction of Xiao Yifei and Wu Qiang.
"Hey, isn't this our class monitor Xiao Yifei! Why are you hiding back here snitching food! You didn't even come to meet and talk with your classmates!"
Wang Zicong walked over while hugging Sun Yun, his tone saturated with scorn, and the classmates around suddenly felt that the atmosphere was off, and they all fell silent.
Wu Qiang was the first to detect the mockery in Wang Zicong's tone and, in defense of Xiao Yifei, he stepped forward with speed: "What do you mean 'our Class Monitor Xiao'? He's ours, not yours. You should know you're from Clinical Class Two, and besides, this is our class reunion, not some show-off stage for you!"
"Haha, you're Wu Qiang, right? It seems Xiao Yifei was close to you in college, ending up so pitiful that he didn't even have a friend," Wang Zicong said with a laugh to Wu Qiang, "That's right, this is your class reunion. But without me, who knows if this reunion would have even happened? And if it did, it probably wouldn't be at Yanyun Hotel, would it? More likely some cheap food stall!"
"Damn it, don't you look down on people!" Wu Qiang was furious and about to charge at Wang Zicong.
"I'm not looking down on people!" Wang Zicong shrugged indifferently, "I'm simply stating facts."
"Enough, Wu Qiang, stop talking—it's pointless," Xiao Yifei pulled Wu Qiang back calmly.
Pulled back by Xiao Yifei, Wu Qiang stomped his foot in frustration.
"Long time no see," Xiao Yifei said, his gaze skipping over Wang Zicong and resting calmly on Sun Yun.
Sun Yun lifted her eyes coldly, her voice devoid of emotion, "Ah? Are you talking to me?"
Having said that, even Sun Yun seemed to realize the futility of her remark. She glanced at Xiao Yifei with indifferent eyes and said, "Oh, long time no see."
Wang Zicong appeared to enjoy Sun Yun's reaction to Xiao Yifei, a smug expression crossing his round face. He wrapped an arm around Sun Yun's waist, flaunting a defiant look at Xiao Yifei.
Xiao Yifei, witnessing Sun Yun's response, gave a self-mocking smile. Seeing their clownish act, he gently shook his head, as the last vestige of remembrance for Sun Yun faded away in seconds, and he mocked himself for losing his composure over these two clowns.
After his taunting, Wang Zicong saw Xiao Yifei didn't rise to the bait and didn't achieve his aim of humiliating him, so he schemed again. His eyes shifting, he said, "Haha, I'm just joking with you, Xiao Yifei. It's been so long since graduation, where do you work now? I've started a medical equipment company, and we're short on staff. How about you come work with us? I'll pay you a high salary!"
At the mention of money, Sun Yun's eyes lit up immediately, and she asked eagerly, "Yeah, Xiao Yifei, where do you work now? We couldn't see you in the months leading up to graduation, so we don't know your situation. Anyway, Zicong's medical company is just starting, it's not a big one, it's only worth a couple of million, I guess. You could come and help him out if you want."
Sun Yun casually let slip that Wang Zicong's company was worth a couple of million, eliciting gasps of astonishment from the classmates. Indeed, for them, who had graduated just a year before, a couple of million was a substantial amount.
Seeing the effect of her words, Sun Yun's lips curled into a smile. She lifted her chin with pride, her eyes sweeping over Xiao Yifei's cheap clothes, full of disdain.