Chapter 1019: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1019: The Ugly Face of Reality

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Seeing Wang Erhai refuse the wine she poured for him, Zhao Xingfang was immediately stunned, her face showing surprise.

After all, back when they were in high school, Wang Erhai was a loser—shy and introverted, the kind who stuttered when speaking to her.

Who would have thought he'd become a different person now, his entire bearing changed, lacking the former timidity and full of confidence and sharpness.

Refusing someone so decisively!

That's what success looks like.

It's not that you can do whatever you want to do.

It's that you can choose not to do whatever you don't want to do.

At least now, in front of all his old classmates, Wang Erhai had the confidence to refuse a drink.

Zhao Xingfang simply couldn't figure out how someone like Wang Erhai had achieved what he had.

She had such good physical condition and worked very hard, yet even now she was only just making over ten thousand yuan a month, still a hundred and eight thousand li away from becoming a Big Boss.

"General Manager Wang, just have two drinks, we can find a designated driver to take you back later!"

Class Monitor Huang Yingjie also smiled and urged him to drink.

Yang Xiaoxiong chimed in as well:

"That's right, General Manager Wang, you're already a Big Boss, do you really care about a few dozen yuan for a designated driver?"

Wang Erhai looked at Yang Xiaoxiong and suddenly asked:

"Yang Xiaoxiong, where do you work now?"

His words carried another layer of meaning: Are you still doing pyramid schemes in Beihai?

Yang Xiaoxiong laughed and replied:

"I'm working at a construction site in County Town now. I heard General Manager Wang is the Big Boss of Li Guoshan Decoration Company. Can I join your company as a renovation worker? My skills are still pretty good!"

Wang Erhai answered directly:

"No."

He was not tactful at all.

This made Yang Xiaoxiong tremble on the spot; his originally humble, smiling face froze stiff.

He was completely dumbfounded.

For a moment he didn't know how to respond.

Wang Erhai added another sentence:

"Our company has regulations; we don't hire people with criminal records."

Yang Xiaoxiong gave an embarrassed laugh:

"General Manager Wang, I really don't have a criminal record."

Wang Erhai pretended to look surprised:

"Oh? Really? When you just graduated, weren't you doing pyramid schemes? You were never caught and thrown in? Seems you're quite capable, managing to escape that."

Yang Xiaoxiong gave a bitter laugh:

"General Manager Wang, I was a victim too. Back then, I really am sorry. If I hadn't done that, they would have beaten me. It's been so many years; please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me."

Yang Xiaoxiong knew Wang Erhai still remembered him, so he hurried to apologize, and after apologizing, he quickly added:

"I'll punish myself with three cups!"

After saying so, he drank three cups of Banquet in a row.

His face turned red all at once.

Wang Erhai smiled:

"You're my best friend from high school. How could I hold that little thing against you? I was just joking!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaoxiong breathed a sigh of relief.

He was about to speak again to get closer to Wang Erhai.

But Wang Erhai turned around and ignored him completely.

"Let me state this first: I'm only drinking Coca-Cola tonight. You can drink whatever you want, and I won't force you."

Saying this, Wang Erhai picked up a bottle of Coca-Cola from the table and poured himself a cup.

Then he sat to the side and drank.

Many classmates saw this and felt displeased in their hearts.

They felt Wang Erhai was ungrateful.

But they had to admit that he was now a successful person, while they were still small fry and couldn't afford to offend him.

When they were in high school, in the Regular Class, the whole class had over forty people, and not a single one had tested into a Second-tier University. Naturally, most of the students from this class didn't do well after entering society.

Some delivered takeout, some worked in factories tightening screws, some did low-level sales, some ran small shops, and some, like Zhao Xingfang, made a living by flaunting their looks.

So someone like Wang Erhai was already considered outstanding.

At least among the ten or so classmates who came to the gathering tonight, apart from him, not a single one had become a Big Boss.

As for professions with relatively high social status like Civil Servant, Doctor, and Teacher, naturally there wasn't a single one either.

"General Manager Wang, since you're not drinking, then I won't drink either. Let's have a cup of Coca-Cola together, okay?"

After being refused by Wang Erhai, Zhao Xingfang actually thickened her skin and freeloaded her way over.

Seeing her like this, Wang Erhai couldn't very well refuse:

"Fine, then let's drink one cup together!"

Wang Erhai drank a cup of Coca-Cola.

Zhao Xingfang also drank it up.

"Manager Wang, back when we were in high school, I already knew you were different from others! In my opinion, you becoming the Big Boss is only natural!"

Zhao Xingfang began flattering Wang Erhai.

Wang Erhai found it funny inside.

He remembered that once during high school, while lining up for exercises, he accidentally bumped Zhao Xingfang's arm, and she glared at him with such disdain, even disgust, that his hurried apology that it wasn't intentional was useless.

Who would have thought that after so many years, Zhao Xingfang's attitude toward him would actually do a complete one-hundred-eighty-degree turnaround!

Not only did she no longer despise him, she was even very actively coming to curry favor with him!

"Zhao Xingfang, what work do you do now?"

Wang Erhai asked casually.

He was very curious what work Zhao Xingfang did that could train her to speak such nonsense.

"I work at an entertainment company; maybe I'll have a chance to become a star in the future!"

Zhao Xingfang said so.

Yang Xiaoxiong interjected at this moment:

"What entertainment company? She's just an Anchor, doing borderline stuff on YY Live inside. I've even tipped her before, and she blocked me!"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhao Xingfang was exposed by Yang Xiaoxiong and immediately flew into a rage out of embarrassment:

"Yang Xiaoxiong, will you die if you don't speak? What's wrong with me being on YY Live? I earn money by my own ability, is there a problem?"

Yang Xiaoxiong spoke sarcastically:

"If you really earned money by your own ability, I'd have nothing to say, but your livestream interface clearly says 'available to fly nationwide.' I asked you to fly over, and you blocked me. That's just not decent. I tipped you over six thousand yuan, so no matter what, you should refund me."

Zhao Xingfang said angrily:

"Get lost. You want a refund? Go get it from the platform. Why say this in front of everyone at the class reunion? So lacking in vision. You deserve to be a Mud Worker for your whole life!"

Wang Erhai couldn't bear to watch anymore:

"Zhao Xingfang, that's a bit indecent. Whose money isn't money? Yang Xiaoxiong may not be a good person, but you took his money and gave him nothing in return, so you should return the money to him."

Seeing Wang Erhai actually speak up for him, Yang Xiaoxiong couldn't help but feel moved:

"Manager Wang, thank you!"

At this moment Zhao Xingfang tried to get close to Wang Erhai:

"Manager Wang, you're so rich. Why don't you help me pay it back?"

Wang Erhai was speechless and hurriedly pushed her away:

"I'm sorry. I just have some money, I'm not a bit stupid. Helping you repay money is impossible."

At this moment a man suddenly spoke up:

"Zhao Xingfang, I can help you repay that money to Yang Xiaoxiong, but you have to let me fly once!"

This man, Wang Erhai didn't even remember what his name was.

But it was normal. Back then Wang Erhai was a Transparency, living more in his own world. Others couldn't remember his name, and he couldn't remember others' names either.

"Scram!"

Zhao Xingfang immediately put on a look of disdain, glared at that man, and said:

"A toad wanting to eat swan meat—you're dreaming!"

Seeing Zhao Xingfang glare at that man, Wang Erhai remembered how she used to glare at him in the past. It was the exact same disdain, the exact same disgust.

This made Wang Erhai dislike Zhao Xingfang even more, to the point of feeling physically nauseous.

So he couldn't help but say:

"Zhao Xingfang, nobody wanted to eat swan meat anyway. They just wanted to eat some chicken meat. Isn't that reasonable?"