Chapter 50 Heartache (Part 2)

  For the indifference of others towards him, Zhang Huban had long been accustomed to it, originally playing the role of an ordinary person in the world. However, when they showed such blatant disdain and ignored his existence, launching a flattering attack on what was at least superficially his girlfriend, Zhang Huban, despite his superior status, couldn't control the anger rising within him, wondering why he had lowered himself for this woman. But when he saw Zhao Liya's excitement in response to Shi Liwei's obviously clichéd pickup lines, although he felt a heart-wrenching pain, he couldn't bear to ruin the beautiful mood of this first lovely encounter beside him.

  She could only endure the heartache and watched as Zhao Liya happily said: "Shi Ge, you really know me!", Zhang Huban broke out in a cold sweat. The other person was just casually saying "looks familiar", this is a trick every man uses to flirt with girls, absolutely no technical content at all. Our poor Miss Zhao Liya was confused by her teenage dreams!

  Shi Liwei didn't expect that such a coincidence would really happen, but there was no such beautiful woman in his mind! Since he couldn't think of it, he couldn't just make up some name like "Baby" or "Bibi". The cunning Shi Liwei wouldn't be stumped by this problem, but he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. However, the smile on his face didn't diminish at all, and he said: "Maybe it's been too long since we last met, I'm not sure if I should recognize you?"

  "Shi Ge, I'm Zhao Liya who used to follow you around when we were kids!" The naive Zhao Liya was extremely excited and didn't notice Shi Liwei's slight embarrassment!

  "You're Zhao Liya, Uncle Zhao's daughter, the crazy girl!" Shi Liwei really couldn't associate the elegant and beautiful woman in front of him with the little girl who used to wear pigtails and was a bit wild and mischievous. In his heart, he secretly sighed that it's true what they say about how girls change completely after turning 18, becoming even more beautiful!

  "Yes!" When Shi Liwei mentioned Crazy Girl, Zhao Liya couldn't help but feel a little shy. Any girl would be embarrassed to have her childhood anecdotes talked about in front of so many people!

  She's a born beauty! She's so beautiful that she's shy to speak, and her face is flushed with excitement! Even the man who has always been cold towards Shi Liwei can't help but be enchanted by her, his soul flying away, not to mention Shi Liwei himself, who is already infatuated with her! Looking at the man who was once the object of her girlish dreams, Zhao Liya couldn't help but giggle and feel delighted in her heart.

  Beside Zhang Hu Pan, of course, all of this was taken in, a kind of unspeakable sorrow spread throughout the body and mind! It's just that he endured the pain in his heart and didn't show it.

  All the disciples of the Shi family, who are not old hands in this regard? As a young leader, Shi Liwei will certainly not fall behind in this aspect! Knowing that he had just blurted out something that might reveal his true nature, after a brief moment of loss, he immediately shifted his gaze to Zhang Huban, with a fake smile plastered on his face and a contemptuous glint in his eyes. Of course, only Zhang Huban knew about this, while Zhao Liya didn't notice anything at all, even if she had, she probably wouldn't have been able to read between the lines!

  "I am Shi Liwei, the young master of the Shi family from Jiangsu! I wonder how to address this brother?" His tone was filled with pride in his birth family, his eyes looking down on others. For Shi Liwei, there were few people among his peers who could make him look up to them, let alone this ordinary and unknown Zhang Hupan in front of him! He condescended to greet him and extend his noble hand for a handshake, mainly because he was giving face to Zhao Liya.

  "He is Zhang Huban, my university classmate!" Zhao Liya hastily chimed in, seemingly afraid that Shi Liwei would misunderstand.

  Heart-wrenching, he felt an extreme heartache again. Zhang Huabang knew that Zhao Liya was afraid of accidentally revealing something, but he also couldn't help feeling hurt. As someone who had been isolated from the world for a hundred years and had his emotions settled for a century, his feelings were mostly invested in the friends he made after coming down the mountain, with the exception of Zhang Sanfeng and some beast demons in the immortal realm. As the first beauty he met, although their interaction was brief, she held an extraordinary position in Zhang Huabang's heart. Now, she had abandoned him without hesitation, even treating him as a hindrance. Zhang Huabang felt boundless pain. However, the kind and pure Zhang Huabang still didn't want to bring trouble to the beauty beside him, so he endured the heartache, forced a smile, extended his hand to shake with Shi Liwei, and exchanged greetings. Then, he turned to Zhao Liya and said, "Since you're old friends reuniting, I won't disturb your reunion. I'll take a stroll around!" Without waiting for her response, he turned and walked towards the balcony on the right side of the hall!

  Zhang Huban's sudden departure, looking at his slightly desolate figure, the woman's innate sensitivity made her hear the pain in Zhang Huban's words when he left! Suddenly, Zhao Liya felt a inexplicable heartache in her heart, and the joy brought by meeting her dream lover in her girlhood seemed to fade away with Zhang Huban's departure.

  Zhao Liya's change in gaze naturally didn't escape Shi Liwei's eyes, and suddenly he discovered that he had underestimated the position of the man from earlier in Zhao Liya's heart. Looking at Zhang Huban's departing back, his eyes couldn't help but fill with jealousy and murderous intent!

  Zhang Huban naturally felt the murderous gaze that Shi Liwei threw over, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of vigilance towards this man again. Of course, he wasn't worried about himself, even if another ten thousand Shi Liweis came, they wouldn't be able to harm Zhang Huban in the slightest. What he was really worried about was Zhao Liya. From the moment he saw Shi Liwei and the gloomy man beside him, he felt a sense of evil and darkness emanating from them. When he shook hands with Shi Liwei, although he didn't use his divine sense to investigate further, as a high-ranking cultivator, his keen senses allowed him to feel more deeply the bloodthirsty and dark powers that this person possessed.

  Suddenly, Zhang Hu Pan's eyes flashed before him the surprised expression of Zhao Li Ya when she saw Shi Li Wei earlier, and the tempting expression that was too shy to speak. He couldn't help but mock himself: "Others have a deep affection for each other, while I'm just an outsider, a stumbling block. Why bother with this?" Thinking of this, Zhang Hu Pan quickened his pace towards the balcony, as if the atmosphere in the hall was particularly oppressive!

  At this moment, the lights suddenly dimmed, the birthday song music sounded, a seven-tiered luxurious cake was placed on a cart, the crowd automatically parted, and the cart slowly passed through the crowd, the candlelight on the cake emitted a soft glow.

  Lin Xiao Tian, a 70-year-old man who once dominated the business world, appeared in the banquet hall with a radiant face, and everyone raised their glasses to toast this former strongman!

  Zhang Huban didn't care about this, Lin Xiao Tian wasn't qualified enough to attract his attention, and he couldn't bear the identity of the highest person in Wudang coming to congratulate him! Everyone's eyes were focused on the protagonist of tonight's party, no one noticed a hundred-year-old old man leaving the hall alone and walking towards the balcony, only Zhao Liya occasionally looked at Zhang Huban with some guilt as he walked away.