Chapter Twenty: The Gathering

  Zhang Jun swung his sore arm and chuckled, "Hey, picking up money is actually very tiring. When I was selecting materials today, I almost fainted from exhaustion. I took several breaks in between. This job is really not for humans."

  Lin Xian gave him a glance and said, "You're the one who's been working the hardest to make money, aren't you? You're the big contributor." Then she smiled and said, "It's getting late, let's hurry back to the hotel. Aren't we still attending the class reunion tomorrow?"

  The two returned to their hotel for rest that night.

  Zhang Jun was indeed very tired, and he had to rely on the golden light emitted from his left eye to relieve his fatigue. When he cast his gaze onto his arm, the golden light seeped into his muscles, bones, nerves, and blood vessels, feeling incredibly comfortable.

  As he bathed in the golden light and saw the remarkable changes happening to his arm, he couldn't help but think of a possibility: "The reason why humans have birth, aging, illness, and death is nothing more than the decline of organs or systems. If I use the golden light to cleanse my entire body every day, wouldn't I be able to strengthen my body, stay healthy, and avoid all illnesses?"

  He wasn't fully aware of the properties of Golden Light, so he spent most of the night bathing his body in it. He examined his limbs and torso thoroughly, and paid special attention to his little brother, hoping it would bring surprises in the future.

  Unfortunately, Zhang Jun couldn't see his own neck and head, so he couldn't use the Golden Light to strengthen that area.

  Zhang Jun slept very late yesterday, but the next morning he was refreshed and alert, without a hint of fatigue, as if the exhaustion of the previous day had been completely swept away.

  He had breakfast with Lin Xian, and they chatted about the store for a while until 10 o'clock before heading to the class reunion venue together, a five-star hotel. The original gathering time was set at 11 o'clock, and the two of them left at this time, neither early nor late.

  A presidential suite on the tenth floor of the hotel where the party was held, with over a dozen young people sitting inside, all of whom graduated from Donghai University, and most of them were in the same class as Zhang Jun. At this time, they surrounded Chen Fusheng and Ye Qian in the center, saying various flattering words, without hiding the envy on their faces.

  "Qianqian, Fusheng is indeed our school's famous rich and handsome guy, it's really making people envy to death!" A slightly chubby girl with a bit of charm, heavily made up, said loudly.

  Listening to everyone's praise, Ye Qian's vanity was extremely satisfied. She pretended to be calm and said, "It's okay, it's just that Fu Sheng has too many social engagements usually and doesn't have time to accompany me."

  "Wow Qianqian, a capable man naturally has many social engagements, this is also a manifestation of his ability." The girl flattered him greatly.

  Yeqian smiled slightly and said: "Hu Xiaohui, stop talking about me all the time. I heard you're getting married in Japan soon?"

  The girl suddenly became spirited, with a proud look on her face, saying: "Yes, my boyfriend is a software engineer in Japan, he's preparing for our wedding, we're planning to get married next year."

  Next to him, a tall and slightly awkward boy heard this sentence, his face showing disdain, and he spoke sarcastically: "Isn't it just Kamekichi Hatanaka who studied in Donghai? He's only 1.5 meters tall, walks with bowlegs, and his parents are farmers in Japan. Do you want to marry him and work on the farm?"

  Hu Xiaohui was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and she suddenly jumped up, her eyes wide open, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Ma Baorui, you're jealous! What's wrong with Japanese farmers? What's wrong with being short? That's still a million times better than you, a poor devil! I was blind to have fallen in love with someone like you, spit!"

  Ma Baorui's face turned red with anger and he was so furious that he couldn't speak.

  Everyone saw the atmosphere was not right and hurriedly advised. It turned out that these two people had been in love during their university days, but Hu Xiaohui eventually fell in love with someone else and got together with a Japanese exchange student named Kamebe Hachirō.

  Ma Baoru considered this a lifelong shame and humiliation, and had been harboring resentment, which led to the conflict that just occurred.

  The crowd failed to persuade Hu Xiaohui, and she continued to curse with vicious language for a while. Her gaze suddenly searched around and finally fell on Liu Ting's body.

  Liu Ting looked gentle and quiet, standing there quietly listening to others speak. She found Hu Xiaohui looking over, suddenly feeling a sense of foreboding.

  As expected, Hu Xiaohui said loudly: "Ma Baorui, take a look at Liu Ting now, and then look at Ye Qian. Which one of them is living a happy life? If they had married Zhang Jun, that poor second-generation rich kid, could they have lived the life they are living now?"

  Ma Baorui was so angry that his whole body was shaking, pointing at Hu Xiaohui and saying: "Hu Xiaohui, you...you..." Then he stomped his foot heavily and turned to leave, no one could stop him.

  Just then, Zhang Jun and Lin Xian walked into the suite and bumped into Ma Baorui. The latter was stunned when he saw Zhang Jun, stopped in his tracks and shouted: "Zhang Jun!"

  "Wow, Ma Bao Rui! You're here quite early!" Zhang Jun exclaimed with surprise. Ma Bao Rui and he were in the same dormitory back then, and their relationship was pretty good.

  Ma Bao Rui lowered his head and let out a sigh, his face pale and defeated. "Zhang Jun," he said, "this place is really not interesting. I'll leave first."

  Zhang Junyi pulled him over and glanced at Hu Xiaohui in the distance, saying in a low voice: "Was it that Japanese slave who made you sick?"

  Hu Xiaohui's affair with Kamekichi, the Japanese man, was also known to Zhang Jun. The woman would fawn over her Japanese boyfriend in a low and servile manner; after being slapped in public by him, she still managed to put on a smiling face, which made Zhang Jun and his friends feel ashamed of her, and they jokingly called her "Japanese slave".

  Ma Bao Rui nodded and said, "Zhang Jun, that cheap person just used you as an example, saying Ye Qian and Liu Ting made a wise choice back then. This woman is really not a good thing!"

  Zhang Jun furrowed his brow, this woman was indeed vicious enough, and even pulled others into the fight. He said in a low voice: "The Japanese slave seems to be arrogant, doesn't your departure just fulfill her wish? Why not stay and accompany me, and ignore her?"

  Ma Baorui thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, feeling that leaving like this would indeed be embarrassing.

  Zhang Jun introduced Lin Xian to him, and she made Ma Baorui this wooden stick greatly surprised, thinking that Zhang Jun was so good at picking up such a high-quality beauty?

  The two of them exchanged a few words and then walked together towards the crowd. Most people were classmates, and it had been over a year since they last saw each other. At this moment, everyone was very enthusiastic when they met again, and there was inevitably some small talk.

  Chen Fusheng's eyes landed on Lin Xian, and he was overjoyed, thinking to himself that Lin Xian had come to his party where he was the main attraction, could it be that she had taken a liking to him? He hastily went up to greet her, smiling: "Miss Lin has arrived, Fusheng is deeply honored!"

  Everyone saw such a noble and elegant beauty, with different reactions. The boys all widened their eyes, with a look of astonishment on their faces.

  The women were all displeased in their hearts, and Lin Xian's appearance immediately became the focus, surpassing them all. What made them even more powerless was that Lin Xian's attire was not ordinary. Around her neck, she wore a sparkling diamond necklace with dozens of diamonds inlaid around it, and at its center was an emerald-cut jade pendant the size of a thumb, setting off her noble elegance.

  Her outfit tonight is also eye-catching, a pale red off-the-shoulder long evening dress that sets off her sexy charm and slender figure.

  Ye Qian's mood was the worst, Chen Fusheng's enthusiasm for Lin Xuan made her very disappointed. She couldn't help but glare at Lin Xuan fiercely, but unfortunately, the latter didn't even glance at her, just smiling and nodding to the people beside her.

  Liu Ting saw Zhang Jun at first glance, and she deeply lowered her head. As for Zhang Jun, she still felt guilty in her heart, after all, they had been in love for a period of time, and it was impossible to forget just by saying so.

  Behind her was a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, 1.7 meters tall, dressed in a blue suit, with a gentle and soft demeanor, saying: "Xiao Ting, is this Zhang Jun?"

  By observing Liu Ting's expression changes, he unexpectedly guessed Zhang Jun's identity. This person is actually Liu Ting's current boyfriend, Ph.D. student Zhou Hong who studied in the United States.

  Liu Ting let out a soft sigh and lowered her head in silence. What's past is indeed past, what else could she say?

  Zhou Hong observed everyone in the suite, and after a moment, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He said in a low voice, "Xiao Ting, there's going to be a good show. However, I still need to add some fuel to the fire."

  Liu Ting was shocked and knew that Zhou Hong's mind was very deep. She quickly said: "Hong, don't be like this, let's not get involved, okay?"

  Zhou Hongdao said: "You know I want to enter the government department to work, this Chen Fusheng has the ability to help me. Now I should make some achievements and leave a deep impression on him, so that it will be easier to get along with him in the future."

  Liu Ting sighed and said no more. She knew that once Zhou Hong made up his mind, nobody could change it.

  As the crowd chatted, Zhou Hong's gaze fell on Hu Xiaohui. He knew this woman was like a poisonous hedgehog, most likely to hurt others. He smiled slightly and raised his glass as he walked towards Zhang Jun.

  Zhang Junzheng greeted a few classmates, and then saw a stranger approaching. The other person smiled indifferently and said, "You're Zhang Jun, right? I'm Zhou Hong, Liu Ting's boyfriend."

  Zhang Jun had actually noticed Liu Ting a long time ago, but the relationship between them was awkward, so he didn't go over to greet her. But unexpectedly, her boyfriend came over to talk to him, what did this mean?

  He slightly paused and then nodded: "Hello, I am Zhang Jun."

  Zhou Hong smiled and said, "Just now I heard Miss Hu mention you, saying that you not only had a good relationship with Liu Ting back then, but also had an affair with Ye Qian? Truly admirable."

  Zhang Jun's face suddenly turned cold, the other party was obviously trying to humiliate him, telling everyone that Zhang Jun was a poor worm who had been abandoned by two women in a row.

  Hua Hui was still seething with anger, and by association, she also began to resent Zhang Jun, Ma Bao Rui's roommate. As soon as Zhou Hong mentioned it, she immediately wanted to join in the ridicule. In fact, she had always looked down on people like Zhang Jun and Ma Bao Rui who were not only good at their studies but also thought highly of themselves despite being poor students. Of course, she didn't think that Lin Xian and Zhang Jun had any relationship either - this poor guy couldn't even get Ye Qian, so how could he possibly win over such a top-notch beauty?

  "Yes! At that time, there was a toad who wanted to eat swan meat. Fortunately, Qianqian didn't take this trash seriously, otherwise she would regret it to death now?"

  Then she pointed at Liu Ting with a lingering tone: "And then there's Xiao Ting, your conditions are so good, yet they were wasted by some people for more than a year of youth, I really think it's not worth it for you!"

  After finishing, she shifted her attack target to Ma Bao Rui, coldly laughing: "Do you still have the face to come back? What's wrong, did you encounter your difficult brothers and become brave?"

  Ma Baorui angrily said: "Hu Xiaohui, you're a mad dog! What did Zhang Jun do to offend you? What business is it of yours?"

  Zhang Jun's expression was cold and detached, his eyes seeming to have lost their focus.

  Chen Fusheng was delighted, Zhang Jun's humiliation was exactly what he had been expecting. He couldn't help but cast a look of admiration at Zhou Hong, who had stirred up the trouble, thinking that this person was quite good and could be a friend in the future.

  Actually, when he initially invited his classmates to the party, he deliberately let Ye Qian invite Liu Ting and Zhou Hong, with the intention of making Zhang Jun look bad. The fact that Zhang Jun had pursued Ye Qian was something he had always regarded as an insult to himself. What right did a poor and powerless little kid have to pursue the woman he liked?

  Chen Fusheng looked at Zhang Jun with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, while the latter's face was pale and his body was slightly trembling with rage.

  Just then, a soft and smooth hand reached out, gently grasped his fist and pinched it, it was Lin Xian.

  Lin Xian was very clever, and as soon as she came up, she saw the vicious intentions of these people, who wanted to trample on Zhang Jun's dignity. All this made her incredibly angry in her heart, and she felt the same way about Zhang Jun's mood.

  "I am Lin Xian." Suddenly, Lin Xian spoke up, her clear eyes scanning every person on the scene. "Zhang Jun is my boyfriend, don't you think he was wise to give up certain coarse and promiscuous relationships?"

  Suddenly, the scene fell silent.

  Author's words:

  The previous chapters 18 and 19 have been revised again, from the original 2,000 words to over 3,000 words. Those who have read it before, please re-read it again.

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