Class Reunion

It was already dark. Seeing that it was almost time, Du Yangyang made a quick call.

Xia Chenxing's train of thought was interrupted when the phone rang, so she picked it up. Du Yangyang's grumbling voice came through.

"Oh, Chenxing, where are you?"

Xia Chenxing came to a realization. "I'm still at home. If you didn't call, I would have forgotten about this."

Du Yangyang smirked. "I knew you would forget. Get cleaned up. I'm already at your building."

Only then did Xia Chenxing raise her wrist to look at her watch. It was almost seven-thirty. Time passed so quickly when writing a thesis. She hurriedly closed her computer and went downstairs with her bag.

Seeing Xia Chenxing, Du Yangyang honked. Xia Chenxing jogged over, pulled open the passenger seat, and got in. Du Yangyang looked at her dress with disdain and said, "Sister, what are you wearing? Are you going to the market?"

Xia Chenxing glanced at Du Yangyang's gown and then at her loose dress. It did look a little shabby in comparison. However, she did not mind and said lightly, "This is fine. It's just a class gathering, not a banquet. There's no need to dress up too grand. Hurry up and drive, or I'll leave."

Du Yangyang said helplessly, "Fine, take it that I didn't say anything. But let me remind you, it'll be too late for regrets later."

The car drove to the dinner party. The sky was darkening, but the party was brightly lit. It was indeed the most luxurious entertainment venue in W City. As soon as night fell, there were not many parking spaces at the entrance. As far as the eye could see, there were almost all luxury cars. There were more of them than they usually saw on the streets. It seemed that many of the rich people in W City had come here to spend.

Xia Chenxing did not have a good impression of this place. As soon as she arrived, she recalled the last time she was framed by Xia Zhixi and the photo of Fatty Zhao hugging her. She frowned and asked, "Who chose this gathering place? What poor taste!"

Du Yangyang had no idea what Xia Chenxing was thinking. She casually replied, "It was chosen by our class monitor. I heard that his house was demolished and he received a large sum of money from the demolition. In recent years, he has also done some business and earned some money. Many people came to this class reunion to build a good relationship with him."

"Oh, I see…" Xia Chenxing replied calmly.

"Hey, don't you have any gossip you want to ask me? Aren't you curious at all?" Du Yangyang pouted. She was very dissatisfied with Xia Chenxing's indifferent attitude. If they couldn't even gossip happily together, what was the point of life?

They went straight upstairs and found the private room. Du Yangyang pushed the door open. Smoke poured out of the room and into their faces. They choked and coughed.

A man's voice came from the smoke. "Du Yangyang, you're finally here. You didn't bring Xia Chenxing with you, so you're embarrassed to appear, right?"

Du Yangyang fanned the smoke around her with her hand and pulled Xia Chenxing into the private room. She said, "Open your eyes and look carefully. Who's that beside me? What does Xia Chenxing have to do with me? If I say I can get her here, I can."

This time, it was a high school reunion. They gathered almost every year, but Xia Chenxing never attended, so this was her first time here. Looking at the people in front of her, Xia Chenxing did not find them familiar. Although she had a good memory, she had been skipping grades at that time, so many of her classmates did not have much contact with her.

The private room was dimly lit and smoky. Du Yangyang led Xia Chenxing to a place to sit. Everyone seemed to be very interested in Xia Chenxing and gathered around her. They were all dressed up to attend the banquet.

"Xia Chenxing, you're really here. However, I heard that you married into a rich family. Why are you here dressed like this?" The person who spoke was called Zhen Lili. She was publicly acknowledged as a beauty in her high school class until Xia Chenxing was publicly acknowledged as the school belle. She had always been jealous of Xia Chenxing. Ever since high school, she had always targeted Xia Chenxing.

Zhen Lili's good friend, Jiang Chun, said with a smile, "Lili, although she married into a wealthy family, don't you know that it's just a title. She doesn't even know where her husband is. She's not favored at all in the Li family. I heard that Old Madam Li deliberately bought an apartment for her to live in because she didn't want her to live in the old residence so that she wouldn't have to see her every day. She usually doesn't interact with the elders of the Li family either. Perhaps the Li family doesn't even acknowledge her as their granddaughter-in-law. It's too normal for her to dress a little shabbily. Unlike you, who married an overseas Chinese. You're the real wife of a wealthy family. She's just a worker. She can only earn enough to survive."