Chapter 441: Wealth without returning home is like wearing silk in the dark

The two brothers stood at the reception desk, waiting for someone to deliver their suits.

The tables for the classmates were arranged in the middle, not far from here.

Ning Hui took a look, suspicion rising in her eyes: "This big guy, the one right next to Lin Sicheng, why does he feel so familiar?"

"That's Lin Sicheng's sworn brother; he also went to Xida High School, but he was two grades ahead of us!"

Jia Chun looked strange, "Back then, he often came to the classroom to find Lin Sicheng. You didn't know?"

Ning Hui shook her head: "I didn't like to talk back then, I didn't even remember classmates in my own grade, let alone those in higher grades."

Jia Chun smiled slightly: It wasn't that Ning Hui didn't like to talk, but that her family circumstances weren't very good, making her feel inferior and introverted.

"His name is Gu Ming. His dad is the chief at the Police Station and has a very good relationship with Hu Jia's dad..." Jia Chun lowered her voice, "So this time, Lin Siping's dad specifically asked Gu Ming's dad to be the matchmaker."

Luo Shengyuan let out a "Ha," "Lin Siping has already had a kid, what kind of matchmaker is he still hiring?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

It really wasn't very necessary, but such is the custom; even if it's just burying one's head to steal a bell, one still has to put up a front.

Following the laughter, Xu Boqing propped up his chin: "You guys definitely wouldn't guess how rich that big black guy's girlfriend's family is."

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Back in school, Xu Boqing's family was the richest in the class, even more so than a demolition household like Jia Chun's. Now that five or six years had passed, one would imagine they were even richer.

But if even he said Gu Ming's girlfriend's family was rich, then they must be very rich.

"Don't disbelieve me: the big black guy's girlfriend's family also does antique business, and they do it on a larger scale than our family." Xu Boqing emphasized, "Our family only trades, but their family doesn't just trade, they also manufacture..."

Luo Shengyuan frowned: "Counterfeits?"

"No, they only sell handicrafts, and when they sell them, they specifically declare that these are imitations..."

As he spoke, Xu Boqing smiled meaningfully, "But after others buy them, what they sell them as, that's none of our business..."

"You mean: they imitate them extremely well?"

"Of course: they are enough to pass for the real thing!" Xu Boqing looked impressed, "Some of them look even more real than the real ones..."

Several people suddenly realized: if that were the case, it would be hard for the business not to be good.

Luo Shengyuan said in a sour tone: "Did this black guy step in dog shit luck?"

Yang Jin (the doctor) nodded in deep agreement; Xu Boqing and He Zonghua didn't speak, but they had similar expressions.

Suddenly, Ning Hui had a sudden thought: "Then have you heard, does Lin Sicheng have a girlfriend?"

"Pfft, with the way he is, wearing a dead-man's face every day, who would want to be his girlfriend?" Jia Chun looked disdainful, "Unless they have a screw loose." "Not necessarily!" He Yunzhi shook her head, "For ordinary girls, Lin Sicheng is still quite attractive: his family are all civil servants, and he doesn't look bad. As long as he's willing to pursue, he shouldn't lack a girlfriend."

"Then wouldn't you be even less likely to lack one?" He Zonghua joked half-heartedly, "Why haven't you brought one over?"

"I'd like to!" He Yunzhi gave a wry smile, "The courses at the University of Science and Technology of China are so tight; if you slack off even a little, you'll fail. Where would I have time to date?"

"Hey, isn't that perfect? He Yunzhi, why don't you and Lin Sicheng rekindle your old flame?" He Zonghua probed, "I feel like Lin Sicheng is still a bit interested in you..."

"Really?" He Yunzhi smiled without smiling: "Then I'll ask him later."

He Zonghua felt a surge of joy: "Just kidding!"

If He Yunzhi really wanted to ask Lin Sicheng, she wouldn't have said it on the spot. So, regardless of whether Lin Sicheng had that intention, He Yunzhi definitely did not. Even if there had been a little bit before, seeing Lin Sicheng's current state would have nipped it in the bud.

The reason is simple, just like Luo Shengyuan's words: a phoenix that has lost its feathers is worse than a chicken. That's why He Yunzhi deliberately emphasized "relative to ordinary girls," because she doesn't associate with the word "ordinary": good family, good figure, and good looks.

And as it happens, she and Lin Sicheng are opposites; he is like the setting sun, and she is like the rising sun, so He Zonghua wanted to probe...

Turning these thoughts over, He Zonghua smiled again: "Yunzhi, whenever you're not busy, I'll take you to the City Government to hang out..."

"Sure!" He Yunzhi readily agreed, her tone very natural, "I've been there a few times with my uncle before, but it's been a long time..." The others were suddenly stunned, looking at each other: these two sentences, the amount of information is huge?

He Zonghua had just asked He Yunzhi if she wanted to rekindle her old flame with Lin Sicheng, and the next second, He Zonghua wanted to take He Yunzhi to the City Government to hang out? As long as one isn't a fool, everyone understands what this means.

The key is: He Yunzhi's uncle is also at the City Government?

Before, they had actually never heard of this?

After exchanging a few glances, everyone gradually caught on: are these two really quite a good match?

He Zonghua's family is not bad, and his future is even more boundless.

He Yunzhi's family is even better, and her own conditions are so good; she must be looking to catch a golden turtle son-in-law.

And the two are classmates, knowing each other's roots.

How does that saying go: hit it off immediately?

Several of them were pondering this, only Xu Boqing, his eyelids slightly lowered, a flash of cold light passing by.

He cursed inwardly: a bitch and a dog.

Over these years, he had been relentlessly pursuing He Yunzhi, calling and writing letters, and whenever he had a holiday, he would go to Beijing to find her.

It wasn't as if he hadn't confessed; although this woman hadn't agreed, she hadn't explicitly refused either, always saying to wait until after graduation.

Alright, now that they've graduated, she's playing this game right in front of him?

She thinks my family only does business, unlike He Zonghua, who has already crossed that threshold and will surely have a smooth path ahead. As long as he gets a little more help, he can soar to the sky.

But He Yunzhi, have you thought about this: your uncle who is an official and your dad are already beyond the five degrees of kinship; whether he is willing to let you borrow his influence is another question... While he was secretly fuming, Luo Shengyuan poked him with his finger: "Boqing, what's wrong with you? It feels like you're emitting cold air?" Besides finding connections and paving the way for you bastard, what else could it be?

You wouldn't guess: He Yunzhi's so-called uncle is not at the City Government, but at the Cultural Relics Bureau.

While thinking this, he shook his head: "Nothing!"

As the words fell, Xu Boqing paused and looked out the window again.

Seeing him looking very surprised, Luo Shengyuan followed his gaze: a bright red BMW SUV was parked at the entrance, and a woman in her twenties got out of the car and walked toward the lobby.

She was very beautiful, with a good figure, walking with a vigorous stride, her long ponytail swinging back and forth, looking capable and neat, youthful and energetic. Looking back at the sleek and trendy car body, Luo Shengyuan let out a "Tsk," "Boqing, this car must cost several hundred thousand, right?" "Several hundred thousand?" Xu Boqing laughed, "The BMW X6 that came out this year, the lowest trim costs 1.2 million on the road, and you have to wait in line..." Luo Shengyuan was shocked: "What?"

His monthly salary is 1,500; even if he worked until he died without eating or drinking, he couldn't afford it?

The others also turned around, looking at the BMW at the door and Li Xinfang, who was stepping onto the stairs.

Only a woman would drive a car of this color, and looking at this woman's bearing, it was nine times out of ten her own car.

But looking at her age, she seems to be about the same as them?

"Huh, is she planning to come in?" Ning Hui looked envious. "She must be here for the wedding banquet too. Is she a relative of Lin Siping?" "Probably!" Xu Boqing nodded. "She is Gu Ming's girlfriend, and since Gu Ming is Lin Siping's cousin, as long as they are both here, she is Lin Siping's cousin-in-law."

Everyone was stunned in unison: "What?"

Xu Boqing pointed toward the reception desk: "The girlfriend of that big black guy standing next to Lin Sicheng!"

The group suddenly realized: This woman was the one Xu Boqing had talked about, the one whose family was extremely wealthy.

No way... just someone like Gu Ming, what does he have going for him?

Although his family background isn't bad, it definitely doesn't count as very good. He looks just average, and standing next to Lin Sicheng, he looks like a black bear standing beside a white crane. Then, looking at the person who drove the BMW in: she has the looks, she has the figure, and the car she drove alone is worth seventy or eighty years of an ordinary person's salary.

It wasn't just the men thinking this; the women thought the same: Did Gu Ming get lucky?

Just as they were feeling completely baffled, with a "beep," a shiny, pitch-black sedan without license plates drove over.

Li Xinfang turned her head instinctively, stopped in her tracks, and a glimmer of expectation appeared in her eyes.

At the same time, the receptionists, some guests leaning by the windows, and the entire table of classmates all stretched their necks.

The car was truly too imposing; one look at its appearance and you knew it belonged to the kind that would bankrupt you if you even scratched it.

Ning Hui looked curious: "Xu Boqing, which is worth more, this car or that red BMW?"

Xu Boqing acted as if he hadn't heard, staring at the black car without blinking. Thoughts swirled in his mind: Where would Lin Siping's family get such relatives? Hu Chenguang (Director Hu) certainly has such friends, but even if they came, they would never be this high-profile.

Seeing him not speaking, as if lost in thought, Ning Hui asked He Zonghua again. He Zonghua held up three fingers: "You could buy three of them."

"Ah, forty thousand?" Ning Hui stuck out her tongue. "That's quite expensive too!"

"What are you talking about? Zonghua means this car could buy three red BMWs!" Luo Shengyuan sighed. "And there might even be change left over!"

As long as they are men, few don't like cars. He didn't recognize the BMW X6 because the car only debuted in the spring and didn't enter the country until the autumn, and the price was so sky-high that you basically never saw a few on the street.

But Luo Shengyuan at least knew what kind of car it was when the emblem looked like a heart-shaped peach leaf.

The King of Cars, Maybach; even the lowest trim costs nearly 400,000 Euros. Converted to RMB, that's almost four million. Ning Hui looked stunned, and Jia Chun's mouth hung wide open: Buying a car for three or four million, how much money must one have, and how abnormal must one's brain be? Even He Yunzhi, who was best at putting on airs, had a glimmer of brilliance in her eyes: her monthly salary was only a little over a thousand, if one were to calculate...

Forget it, there was simply no way to compare.

"Huh, they've come in too. The two people who drove the Maybach, are they here to eat at the banquet too?" Luo Shengyuan looked amazed. "Lin Siping actually has such relatives?"

The others nodded in unison: Guests from the bride's side wouldn't come this early; they would only arrive with the bride. Arriving at the hotel this early, they could only be Lin Siping's relatives or friends.

But they never remembered Lin Siping saying he had such relatives?

"Look, that woman seems to be talking to Gu Ming's girlfriend. Do they know each other?"

After saying this, Luo Shengyuan turned back. "Boqing, do you know them?"

Xu Boqing shook his head.

Of course he didn't know them, but that wasn't the point; the point was Li Xinfang's attitude when she saw that woman wearing a small black suit, who was so young and had such an air about her.

The hand that had been tucked into her jacket pocket was pulled out, a smile appeared on her cold face, and while still ten meters away, she had already hurried down the steps. Before she even reached them, she stepped forward to take the bag.

The woman didn't give it to her, said something, and smiled. Then, the two of them walked up the steps.

When entering the revolving door, Li Xinfang once again stepped forward to block the sensor door for the woman.

Anyone with eyes could see that Li Xinfang's attitude was no longer just polite; it was deferential.

It was as if the woman in the small suit, who was about the same age as her, was her elder?

But for some reason, the woman was very surprised, looking more like she was flattered, and kept declining. Then the two spoke for a moment, the woman in the suit glanced inside, and she walked into the lobby while holding Li Xinfang's arm.

The half-table of classmates looked at each other: To be so valued by a rich young lady who can afford a BMW worth over a million, what kind of person must this woman be? It wasn't just them thinking this; the receptionists at the door thought so too.

When the Maybach had just pulled into the parking space and the young driver got out of the car to look toward the hotel, they had already noticed.

Later, when they saw a woman who was young yet extremely beautiful and elegant step out of the back seat, they were even more confused. The Lin family certainly didn't have such relatives, and the Gu family (Lin Siping's stepmother) shouldn't either.

But since they had come, it was impossible not to receive them. Fearing he wouldn't handle it well, Chen Wenchang hurriedly called Lin Chengzhi.

Receiving the call, Lin Chengzhi ran out from the back kitchen, took a peek at the entrance, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

They weren't relatives at all; it was Li Zhen coming to deliver clothes to Lin Sicheng.

The car belonged to General Manager Zhao Xiuneng; he had just picked it up three days ago. He and Jiang Yanfei had even specially set off Firecrackers for it and had a few drinks with Zhao Xiuneng. Halfway through the drinks, Zhao Xiuneng had mysteriously told him: This car was actually prepared for Lin Sicheng, and he was afraid Lin Sicheng wouldn't agree, so he had acted first and reported later...

Looking closely, wasn't the one driving Zhao Da?

Beside him was Li Zhen, holding a bag in her hand, which definitely contained Lin Sicheng's suit.

It was indeed a suit, and these two were indeed here to deliver clothes, but Lin Sicheng hadn't expected them to arrive like this?

Staring at the shiny black car body, Gu Ming's eyes were bright: "Chengwa, did you buy this car?"

Lin Sicheng shook his head: "I'm not that flashy!"

It wasn't that he couldn't afford it, and certainly not that he didn't want to ride in it, but it was just a bit too high-profile.

The car had already been picked up before Zhao Xiuneng said he had bought it and that it would be used at the Center from now on.

The implication was that it was prepared for Lin Sicheng.

Since it was already bought, it couldn't be returned, right?

Even the fact that this car could bring Li Zhen here today was definitely Zhao Shixiong's idea: If you have wealth and don't return to your hometown, it's like wearing silk robes in the dark; when you can show off, why not?

There just weren't any rockets, otherwise, Zhao Shixiong would have dared to let Zhao Da fly one over...

Thinking secretly, Lin Sicheng narrowed his eyes, pinning them on Gu Ming's face like two knives: "When you made that call just now, did you say anything nonsense to Li Xinfang?"

Gu Ming felt guilty, his eyes drifting: "I just asked her to bring me a suit, what else could I say?"

Lin Sicheng didn't believe a word: "Impossible, if you hadn't said anything, could Li Xinfang have such an attitude toward Li Zhen?"

It wasn't as if Li Xinfang and Li Zhen didn't know each other; when did they become so distant?

Besides, no matter how you look at it, Li Xinfang is Lin Sicheng's future sister-in-law; why would she be fawning over Li Zhen?

Pondering secretly, Lin Sicheng's heart stirred, and he looked at the Maybach: "Did you also call Zhao Shixiong?"

Gu Ming was so scared his eyeballs almost popped out: Is this dog-thing psychic?

He shook his head firmly: "No, don't wrong an innocent person!"

Seeing his eyes darting around, Lin Sicheng guessed most of it: "If you're an innocent person, then a sow could climb a tree..."

While he was still cursing, Li Xinfang and Li Zhen entered the main hall, and upon seeing Lin Chengzhi at the reception desk, they first respectfully greeted him.

One called him Godfather, and the other called him Uncle Lin.

Lin Chengzhi nodded and smiled, then pointed at the two brothers: "Hurry up!"