Lu Bochuan stepped back half a pace, trying his best to avoid the smell of smoke. It seems that not bringing family members was indeed your suggestion.
Jiang Gaozhou twitched the corner of his mouth. We have nothing to talk about with you, so why would we bring you along.
Lu Bochuan didn't seem to care about his provocation and simply said, Qingqing said she values this class reunion very much. She mentioned that you guys took great care of her during college, so I came over just to express my gratitude to you in person. I won't stay long.
Jiang Gaozhou coldly snorted. President Lu, you specifically emphasized the words class reunion. Aren't you just trying to sow discord in our relationship? Heh, I'm not stupid.
You are classmates, and of course, friends as well. Qingqing values her friendship with you all very much, so I believe you will know your limits. After Lu Bochuan finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the private room.
Jiang Gaozhou sneered. Just as he was about to light another cigarette, Liu Jia arrived.
He hurriedly led the person toward the private room.
Shu Qingqing's seat was near the door. As soon as Jiang Gaozhou walked in, he heard her ask—
Lu Bochuan, did you smoke? Why do you smell like smoke? I hate this smell the most.
Jiang Gaozhou paused.
A deeply scheming person like Lu Bochuan would definitely say that the smell rubbed off from the cigarette he had been smoking.
However, he saw Lu Bochuan simply take off his jacket. No, someone was smoking in the hallway just now. It probably rubbed off on me.
Shu Qingqing: That's good. Take it to the dry cleaners when we get back, otherwise it'll still be stinky.
Lu Bochuan agreed.
Jiang Gaozhou had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lu Bochuan raise his hand and rest it on the back of Shu Qingqing's chair.
There was no physical contact, yet it appeared extremely intimate.
Jiang Gaozhou grew irritated again and quickly pulled Liu Jia inside. President Lu, this is Liu Jia.
Didn't he say he wanted to express his gratitude? Hurry up and thank him so you can leave.
Shu Qingqing pulled Lu Bochuan up and officially introduced everyone.
Jiang Gaozhou originally thought Lu Bochuan would linger a bit longer, but to his surprise, after substituting tea for wine and saying a few words of thanks, he actually left.
Only then did Jiang Gaozhou liven up.
Didi, Qingqing, Liu Jia, the four of us haven't gotten together in so many years. I'm truly happy today, so happy to reunite with you all. Come on, let's toast first, to our everlasting friendship!
The group clinked their glasses, their eyes filled with unconcealable joy.
However, halfway through the gathering, Feng Xiangdi seemed a bit distracted, constantly avoiding eye contact with Liu Jia.
She was also extremely polite when speaking to Jiang Gaozhou.
The atmosphere inevitably became a bit awkward.
Shu Qingqing sighed. Back then, the original owner had such a good relationship with the other three, but in the end, they all lost touch. It was all because of the incident between Feng Xiangdi and Xiao You's father.
Liu Jia had always secretly loved Feng Xiangdi. When he finally mustered up the courage to confess his feelings, he found out that Feng Xiangdi had fallen for a bar singer.
Liu Jia was heartbroken but ultimately chose to wish them well.
But gradually, Liu Jia discovered that this bar singer was not a good match at all. He was too playful, spent money extravagantly, and even caused Feng Xiangdi to have two miscarriages!
Furious, Liu Jia teamed up with Jiang Gaozhou and beat him up.
Feng Xiangdi was completely blinded by love at the time. When she found out, she declared on the spot that she was cutting ties with both of them.
Later, Jiang Gaozhou was forced by his family to go abroad, and a heartbroken Liu Jia followed him.
As for the original owner, after failing to persuade Feng Xiangdi to break up and getting slapped by that bar singer, she also grew estranged from Feng Xiangdi.
Later on, Feng Xiangdi eloped with the bar singer. The original owner lost her phone while looking for her, and thus lost everyone's contact information.
Jiang Gaozhou also knew the atmosphere wasn't great. Just as he was about to say something else to liven things up, he heard Shu Qingqing's phone ring.
Lu Xun, why aren't you asleep yet? Shu Qingqing smiled sweetly.
You ate a big bowl of rice today? That's awesome.
Yes, Mommy is attending a class reunion.
Hearing this, Jiang Gaozhou froze, staring blankly at Shu Qingqing.
So Lu Bochuan hadn't lied; class reunion was indeed what Qingqing herself had called it.
It turned out that in her heart, they really were just classmates.
Bitterness spread and swelled within him. Jiang Gaozhou felt like his chest was going to explode.
Just then, a waiter came in and asked if they wanted to add any drinks.
Yes! Jiang Gaozhou suddenly spoke up. Bring a few bottles of both red and white liquor. We're not leaving until we're drunk today!
The waiter quickly brought the drinks over.
Feng Xiangdi figured that having a little to drink would make things less awkward, so she directly opened a bottle of white liquor. Seeing this, Liu Jia joined in, and Shu Qingqing had no choice but to accompany them with a few sips of red wine.
After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere finally became lively, but everyone was also drunk.
Therefore, when Lu Bochuan called, no one heard it.
Lu Bochuan then had Xiao Zhao call Feng Xiangdi, but still, no one answered.
He directly grabbed his car keys and left his hotel.
Finding their private room and seeing the pile of liquor bottles on the table, he smiled helplessly.
None of them realized that there was an extra person in the room; they were still talking about their college days.
Holding his glass, Jiang Gaozhou staggered over to Liu Jia and threw an arm around his shoulder. Do you guys remember our junior year, when we all came to Hai City to work part-time?
The other three chimed in, saying of course they remembered.
Jiang Gaozhou laughed out loud. Yeah, we worked at the XX Hotel for a month back then. We originally planned to visit Disneyland first and then go play that live-action CS game. But right after leaving Disneyland, we ran into someone begging on their knees. Seeing how pitiful the little girl was, we gave her all our money, only to find out in the end that the kid was a scammer. Haha.
Liu Jia stood up drunkenly and continued, After that, we had no choice but to go back to the hotel to work and earn our travel fare back. We never got to play live-action CS.
Yeah, we never made it in the end. Jiang Gaozhou's voice suddenly grew lonely. He put down his glass and looked across the table. Qingqing, did you know?
Shu Qingqing squinted and looked up. Who's calling me? Jiang Gaozhou? Was it you calling me?
Qingqing, I know you really wanted to play that live-action CS game back then, but what you didn't know was that I had originally planned to confess my feelings to you there.
By the time Lu Bochuan realized what Jiang Gaozhou was saying, it was too late to stop him.
Shu Qingqing waved her wine bottle. What? You confess to me?
Jiang Gaozhou chuckled softly. That's right, confess to you. I had it all figured out back then. I was going to pretend I really got shot and fell to the ground. You definitely would have run over in a panic to check on me, and then I would suddenly open my eyes and tell you that I like you.
Lu Bochuan didn't wait for him to continue. He directly picked Shu Qingqing up in his arms and walked out of the private room.
After carrying her into the car, he first called Xiao Zhao to have him arrange for someone to take the other three back. Then he notified Zhou Zheng, telling him to contact Jiang Jianjun.
Only after that did he get back into the car.
Shu Qingqing leaned against the window with her eyes closed, her cheeks flushed red.
He remembered the last time she got drunk; she didn't seem to remember anything after waking up.
Therefore, she would probably forget what Jiang Gaozhou had said when she woke up tomorrow.
Lu Bochuan watched her for a while. Seeing that she had no reaction, he was just about to help her buckle her seatbelt when his collar was suddenly grabbed.
Shu Qingqing gazed at him with hazy eyes, enunciating every word as she asked, "Jiang Gaozhou, aren't we good friends? Why are you suddenly confessing your feelings to me?"
