Chapter 33: A Proper Get-Together

Hearing his wife say this, Ye Chen felt very happy.

It seemed that the place he had chosen would surely satisfy his wife on their wedding anniversary!

The two arrived at the Hanging Garden and sat down at their reserved table. Dong Ruolin arrived shortly after.

"Churan!"

"Ruolin!"

The two best friends hugged each other, their joy evident.

Afterwards, they held hands and chatted about old times for a long while before finally calming down.

Dong Ruolin said, "Churan, you’re being too extravagant! To think you’d choose to eat at the Hanging Garden!"

Xiao Churan smiled and said, "You’re here, aren't you? I have to go all out!"

Dong Ruolin giggled, "You really are my best friend!"

Xiao Churan said, "To be honest, I’m not even qualified to book a table here. I had to ask Wang Dongxue, the vice-chairwoman of the Emgrand Group, to help me book this seat using her membership card."

Dong Ruolin sighed, "The requirements for the Hanging Garden are indeed extremely high. You need a diamond membership or something similar, right?"

"Yes." Xiao Churan nodded and said, "To tell you the truth, this is my first time coming up here."

Dong Ruolin smiled and said, "Thank you so much, my dear Churan!"

After saying this, she added, "By the way, when I came up just now, I saw a notice outside saying that the Hanging Garden has been booked out for three days from now?"

"Yes," Xiao Churan said. "It’s very strange. The Hanging Garden has never accepted private bookings before. I don't know what’s going on this time."

Dong Ruolin nodded and said casually, "A while ago, there was a god-tier tycoon from Jin Ling on a short-video platform who bought a necklace and brought along a dozen Rolls-Royces, dozens of men in black, and over ten million in cash. Did you guys see that video?"

Ye Chen shook his head, while Xiao Churan said, "I saw it. It was quite a spectacle."

Dong Ruolin said, "Everyone is guessing who he actually is."

Xiao Churan said, "What’s there to guess..."

Dong Ruolin laughed, "It’s gossip! Everyone wants to know who is so domineering. Some say it should be the new chairman of the Emgrand Group."

Ye Chen, sitting to the side, froze for a moment.

But he quickly returned to normal.

Dong Ruolin continued, "Today, the Hanging Garden at the Buckingham Palace Hotel was booked out again. I feel like the person who booked the Hanging Garden must be the same person who bought the jade in the video."

Xiao Churan sighed helplessly, "We haven't seen each other for so long, and you’re still such a gossip!"

Dong Ruolin smiled and said, "Gossip is the driving force of a woman's survival!"

As she spoke, Dong Ruolin added, "Three days from now, I’m going to come here and see exactly what kind of person has enough face to book out the Hanging Garden!"

Ye Chen, sitting to the side, felt a massive headache upon hearing this.

He only wanted to give his wife a surprise and make up for the wedding he hadn't been able to provide back then.

But he didn't want to be the center of everyone's attention all at once.

However, it seemed he had underestimated the influence of the Hanging Garden.

He estimated that there were many people in Jin Ling right now who, like Dong Ruolin, wanted to see who had booked the Hanging Garden.

This was getting a bit tricky.

He would have to give Chen Zekai a heads-up in advance and make thorough preparations. No matter what, he could not let his identity be revealed.

While eating, Dong Ruolin said to the two, "This time coming to Jin Ling, I also made an appointment with our former classmates. Everyone said they wanted to take this opportunity to have a class reunion. What do you two think?"

Ye Chen immediately said, "You guys go ahead with the reunion; I won't be joining."

"Why?" Dong Ruolin said, "Even though we weren't classmates for all four years of university, we were at least classmates for one year!"

When Ye Chen was taken in by Master Xiao, Master Xiao had sent him to Jin Ling University to get to know Xiao Churan in advance, where he had been in the same senior year class as her for one year.

After graduating from their senior year, the two got married immediately.

However, Ye Chen had only been classmates with those people for one year, and most of them had always looked down on him, so they had no real friendship. Hearing about a class reunion, he wasn't interested at all.

Xiao Churan didn't really want to attend the reunion either, so she said, "Ye Chen and I won't go. I haven't had much contact with most of our classmates since graduation."

Dong Ruolin hurriedly said, "The reason for holding this reunion is mainly because Wang Daokun from our class opened a restaurant, and it opens tomorrow. He’s rallying everyone to go and support his restaurant, and have a meal together while we're at it."

As she spoke, Dong Ruolin added, "Look, it’s his grand opening. It wouldn't be appropriate not to go, right?"

Just as she finished speaking, all three of their phones rang—it was a WeChat message.

Immediately after, many WeChat notifications popped up one after another.

Everyone took out their phones to look. It turned out that Wang Daokun had created a class group, and it quickly reached over thirty people.

Wang Daokun said in the group, "Dear old classmates, the small restaurant I invested in will officially open tomorrow at noon. The restaurant is in Jin Ling. I invite all classmates in Jin Ling to come and grace us with your presence. Let’s just treat it as a class reunion!"

"Coincidentally, Dong Ruolin, one of the two golden flowers of our class, has also come to Jin Ling for work. She will be attending the reunion as well. I heard Ruolin is still single, so the bachelors in the group should hurry up and make your move!"

Immediately after, a whole bunch of people replied one after another.

"Wow! Congratulations, congratulations!"

"Oh my, Ruolin is in Jin Ling? How come I didn't hear about it! I’ll definitely be there!"

"What about the other golden flower of our class, Xiao Churan? Is she coming?"

"I heard Churan is with that transfer student Ye Chen who joined our class later? I heard Ye Chen married into the Xiao family?"

"I heard that too. I don't know if it's true or not. Haven't seen them since graduation..."

"I heard they’re just going through the motions as a married couple, in name only. Don't know if that's true?"

Xiao Churan saw these messages and said to Ye Chen, "Don't take it to heart."

Ye Chen smiled slightly, "It’s fine. What they said is the actual situation. I’m used to it."

Dong Ruolin hurriedly said in the group, "Don't gossip about them! I’m currently having a meal with the couple right now! They are very loving!"

"Oh my, it’s Ruolin!"

A bunch of sycophants quickly swarmed in.

At this moment, someone tagged Ye Chen in the group. It was the group owner, Wang Daokun: "Ye Chen, although you were in our class for a relatively short time, the relationship between us brothers was pretty good back in school. You and your wife must come tomorrow!"

Ye Chen had a pretty good impression of Wang Daokun. The guy was genuinely nice, kind to everyone, and never mocked or ridiculed others. He could be considered one of the few classmates he had a decent relationship with.

Seeing him say that, Ye Chen replied immediately, "Alright, I’ll definitely come to support you tomorrow."

Wang Daokun immediately said, "That’s great! Let’s have a proper get-together tomorrow!" ===== CHAPTER 34 =====