บท 35: Chapter 35 Class Reunion
บรรณาธิการ: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The class reunion was set in the party suite at Kabin.
Hai City's more upscale party venue, it offered all-in-one service across an entire building.
The first floor was for clubbing, the second and third floors were party suites, the third floor had bathing facilities, and the fourth and fifth floors were dining restaurants.
Here, you could get everything from dining to entertainment covered.
With such services, the cost wasn't low.
But since they were all from a top ten school of science and technology, none of them developed poorly in Hai City.
Besides, at class reunions, everyone was there to show off.
So, as long as they weren't doing too terribly, they would usually bite the bullet and come.
Most of those who came were classmates who stayed in Hai City after graduation; all were familiar faces.
"Is it true? Jiang Minhui, are you bluffing?"
"Lu did, what do you mean? When have I ever bluffed! He really did return to Hai City! The news of him attending and speaking at the High-tech District Tech Expo — don't act like you didn't know!"
Jiang Minhui frowned, feeling displeased from the doubt and from the embarrassment she faced at the restaurant yesterday.
"I know about him giving a speech at the Tech Expo, but you claim you saw him, are you sure you're not bluffing?" Lu Feichi smiled.
Other old classmates around chimed in, telling him not to bully a girl, reminding that their university always had a tradition of a friendly and supportive environment for female students due to the disparity in numbers.
Li Jin, beside Jiang Minhui, softly and gently advised, "Huixi, let it go, otherwise, they'll tease you again."
Jiang Minhui was a bit indignant, "But I really saw him yesterday! In the revolving restaurant on the top floor of Clouds!"
Zhan Ziyu sneered and glanced at Jiang Minhui, disapproving of her insistence on the subject, and mocked, "Really? How did you get to the top-floor revolving restaurant of Clouds? It's on a reservation system for premium members only; even the cheapest membership requires a one-time recharge of 200,000."
Jiang Minhui's face flushed as Zhan Ziyu's words reminded her of the embarrassment of being kicked out of Clouds yesterday, "Just because you can't get in doesn't mean no one else can!"
Zhan Ziyu laughed, "I admit I can't get in, but at least I'm not pretending."
Seeing the conversation he started with the girls seeming to escalate into an argument, Lu Feichi tried to calm things down with a hearty laugh, "Alright, alright, don't get mad and don't argue. Tonight's on me. Let's just eat, drink, and be happy."
With an excuse to back down, Jiang Minhui murmured softly, "I really did see him; believe it or not, and he wasn't alone — his 'Harvester' girlfriend was with him too."
Lu Feichi was skeptical, "Impossible, they broke up ages ago."
"Believe what you want." Jiang Minhui pursed her lips.
Zhan Ziyu jeered from the side, "Whether they broke up or not has nothing to do with us. Instead of discussing that, why not think about how to make Lu spend more tonight?"
Li Jin laughed, "That's right, Old Zou isn't feeling well and didn't come. Otherwise, he'd definitely call us a bunch of decadent revelers."
Everyone laughed at her words, and the atmosphere warmed up again.
Just then, the waiter pushed open the door and respectfully called to someone outside, "Hello, the V9 party suite is here. Please come in."
Everyone inside only heard a deep, magnetic voice from outside, "Thank you."
No one knew who had arrived.
"What? Is someone else joining us today?" Zhuo Kang asked.
Wu Borui shrugged, "Everyone's here, there shouldn't be anyone else, right?" Then he looked at the female classmates, joking, "Or has someone's significant other come to join?"
Lu Feichi recognized the voice faintly, raised an eyebrow, and murmured, "No way?"
The person outside walked in.
The room fell silent.
The newcomer, just like in the old days, instantly became the center of attention. Time seemed to be especially gentle to him — five years ago, he was handsome, and five years later, he was mature and handsome.
Long eyebrows, deep eyes, high nose, thin lips, as if straight out of a painting.
"It really… really is Bo Jingshen!"
"Holy crap! I honestly thought Jiang Minhui was smoking something!"
"So, the clown was actually us…"
Bo Jingshen's calm and composed gaze swept over everyone in the suite.
"Long time no see."
"Long time no see indeed, academic god! How kind of you to descend and mingle with us mortals, really… it's an honor." Zhuo Kang stammered.
Everyone almost burst into laughter at Zhuo Kang's words.
They all scolded, "Zhuo Kang, can't you have a bit more dignity!"
Bo Jingshen's lips curved slightly, "Spent the past few years abroad, so naturally couldn't attend such events."
"No worries, no worries! Just come often in the future!" Zhuo Kang, being a bit thick-skinned, eased the tension with his words, making everyone relax a bit more.
Bo Jingshen looked at the sofa where Lu Feichi was sitting and smiled, a more genuine smile than before.
"Chi."
"Screw you." Lu Feichi laughed and cursed, "You still remember to come back? You're something else."
Although everyone knew that during university, Lu Feichi and Bo Jingshen were quite close, they hadn't expected Lu Feichi to speak so casually and unreservedly now that Bo Jingshen was such a bigwig.
"Ah." Bo Jingshen nodded, "A glorious return."
Lu Feichi laughed and scoffed, "Am I to bask in your glory or cling to your thigh? Four years of dorm friendship, and you didn't contact us for five years!"
Bo Jingshen sat beside him, thought for a moment, then said, "If I said I didn't contact Luan Siyuan or Rong Yu either, would you feel a bit more balanced?"
In their four-person dorm at the science and technology university, the others, naturally, were their dormmates.
Lu Feichi chuckled, shrugged, "Somewhat more balanced."
Sometimes, after truly entering society, looking back, friendships from school days felt purer.
Lu Feichi sighed, "Didn't think you'd come to a class reunion."
Bo Jingshen said, "Went to Old Zou's place for a meal yesterday. He suggested I come, said I need talent for developing here."
"Old Zou said I'm talent?" Lu Feichi grinned.
"We'll see later." Bo Jingshen smiled, "But Old Zou did say you've developed well over the past few years, so it seems you're doing alright."
"Indeed." Lu Feichi said, "Jiang Minhui said she saw you at Clouds yesterday. I thought she was talking nonsense."
"She did bump into me, but I don't remember well, we didn't talk much." Bo Jingshen nodded.
Lu Feichi paused, thought for a moment, and still asked, "She said when she saw you at Clouds, you were with your college 'Harvester' girlfriend?"
Bo Jingshen paused for a few seconds, then slowly nodded, "Yes, we were together."
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