Chapter 248: Just Want to Play, Not Be Responsible

After Qin Zhen came over, although he didn’t talk much to Wang Xuelin, the atmosphere was at least not so awkward.

Otherwise, the three of them, Chen Feng, Sun Xiaorui, and Wu Mengting, were not very familiar with Wang Xuelin. In addition, she was treating them, so this meal would definitely not be too comfortable.

It was different when Qin Zhen came. At least Chen Feng was his good brother. With him around, Chen Feng would not have any psychological burden when eating.

Under the intentional mobilization of the three of them, Chen Feng, Sun Xiaorui, and Wu Mengting, this meal was quite lively. Wang Xuelin was also quite cooperative, chatting and laughing with the two women. Qin Zhen also gave Chen Feng face and did not keep a straight face all the time. He also appropriately joined some topics, especially talking a lot with Chen Feng in their hometown dialect.

He mainly complained about Wang Xuelin’s “starting with love and ending with abandonment” back then, which hurt him very much. This time, he didn’t really want to get back together. It was Wang Xuelin who found him and seduced him, making him fall into a trap in a daze. In the end, she succeeded and domineeringly got back together with him.

Although Chen Feng was very speechless in his heart, he still patiently listened to his complaints. Finally, he asked him directly to the soul, “You said Ning Wei is not suitable, and Wang Xuelin is not suitable either. Then why are you with them? What kind of woman are you looking for?”

Qin Zhen was speechless for a long time. Whether he admitted it or not, he did have the attribute of a scumbag. In the end, he just wanted to play and not be responsible.

For the sake of their friendship, Chen Feng did not directly take off his underwear, but the meaning was already expressed very clearly.

After the meal, Qin Zhen was the first to rush to pay the bill. Neither Chen Feng nor Wang Xuelin stopped him.

This time, they didn’t go all out. The dishes they ordered were not very expensive except for the sea cucumber and cordyceps soup for each person. In addition, they didn’t drink any alcohol, only ordered juice. The total was at most three or four thousand.

After they came out of the restaurant, Chen Feng put his arm around Qin Zhen and brought him to Wang Xuelin, saying to him, “You two have a good talk, calmly and frankly. We are all so old. It’s good to talk things out. That’s it. We’ll leave first.”

On the way back, Wu Mengting drove, Sun Xiaorui sat in the passenger seat, and Chen Feng sat in the back.

Wu Mengting couldn’t help but complain, “I think Qin Zhen is a scumbag. Wang Xuelin is so sincere to him, and they have been in love for several years before. Even if they broke up, now that they are back together, shouldn’t they cherish it even more? As a result, Wang Xuelin wants to get engaged to him, but he is hesitant. Then why did he get back together with her? This is a very irresponsible behavior.”

Wu Mengting had heard and understood all the words Qin Zhen had said to Chen Feng in their hometown dialect at the dinner table before, so her impression of Qin Zhen couldn’t help but be much worse.

Chen Feng agreed with her in his heart, but of course he had to defend Qin Zhen on the surface. After all, Qin Zhen was his good brother.

“You can’t blame him for this. This woman Wang Xuelin is too strong, and Qin Zhen is not the kind of person who is submissive. On the contrary, he is a bit of a male chauvinist. There are some conflicts in their personalities. So, it’s normal for him to have concerns. If they are forced to get engaged and get married, and it ends in tragedy in the future, it’s not a good thing for either of them.”

Wu Mengting retorted, “I think he mainly doesn’t want to be responsible.”

Chen Feng reminded, “They will solve their own problems. We can at most discuss it behind their backs, but don’t get involved. You can’t say that to Wang Xuelin about Qin Zhen.”

“I’m not stupid. And I’m not very familiar with her.”

“That’s good.”

Back home, a good night’s dream.

The next morning, Chen Feng received replies from Hua Jie and Hao Xiaolian one after another. The former recommended a company, and the latter recommended two for him to choose from.

After expressing his thanks, Chen Feng told Wu Mengting the news and asked her to carefully check the background of these three companies.

Now was the internet age, and it was relatively quick to check the background of a company, not to mention paying some consulting companies to check them thoroughly.

On the internet, a well-known website was a certain eye-checking website, which could basically check the company’s stock price structure, lawsuits, administrative penalties, etc. clearly. Of course, for safety’s sake, it was still necessary to find a professional consulting company to check the other party. For this, Chen Feng also gave her 100,000 yuan for operating expenses.

After Wu Mengting received the information from Chen Feng, although she was still relatively opposed, seeing Chen Feng’s insistence, she could only do as she was told. She was still Chen Feng’s personal assistant now. The work that her boss Chen Feng assigned to her must be completed.

Although she had not worked for a long time, she had been a magazine editor after all, and she was not without contact with society. Moreover, she was also relatively familiar with the internet.

Soon, she first carefully checked these three companies through a certain eye-checking website, and then made an electronic report and sent it to Chen Feng. At the same time, she also contacted a consulting company through the internet, first gave them a deposit, and asked them to carefully check these three companies as soon as possible, and then package the information and send it to her. After she was satisfied, she would pay the final payment.

The other party said that the results would be out within a week. Wu Mengting and Chen Feng were not very concerned about this. They were not in a hurry to acquire, so they could afford to wait.

After lunch, Chen Feng told the two women that he was going to a class reunion and then drove out of the villa.

Half an hour later, Chen Feng’s car drove into the Four Seasons Hotel. This hotel was located not far from the shore of East Lake. Stone lions guarded the gate, and welcome pines stood guard. Inside, there were pavilions and towers, shadowy and indistinct, with a very garden-like feel.

Chen Feng had booked a courtyard king room on his phone. It was more than 7,000 a night. It was not the most expensive here, but it was acceptable.

After Chen Feng got out of the car and walked for a few minutes, he saw Liu Ying waiting not far from the door.

When she saw Chen Feng, her face was immediately filled with surprise and excitement. She ran towards him, and then without saying a word, she opened her arms and hugged him, her head pressed against his chest.

“I really miss you so much. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you. You’re too cruel.”

Liu Ying’s voice was a little choked, and she looked sad and happy, perfectly interpreting the emotions and behaviors that a couple should have after a long-awaited reunion. The performance was quite in place.

As an introverted man, Chen Feng was not used to her enthusiasm. However, even though he knew that she was a little pretentious and acting, as a man, he still enjoyed it in his heart.

“Alright, aren’t we meeting now? Besides, we haven’t been separated for too long, at most a month.”

Chen Feng gently patted her back and pushed her away.

Liu Ying said with a coquettish look, “Isn’t a month long? I feel like a day is like a year. Don’t you miss me at all after being separated for so long? I think about you every day.”

“Of course I miss you. But we are long past the age of dating. There is no need to act like young people.”

“We are not in our seventies or eighties. Can’t we be in a relationship?” Liu Ying frowned with her beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows.

Although she had given birth to a child and divorced, she was only thirty in nominal age. She was not very old. Her skin was firm, and her figure was exquisite and well-proportioned. More importantly, she was beautiful.

Now, there were many people who liked her type. She was the type that both young and old men liked.

“It’s not that we can’t. But do you think we still need to be in a relationship now?” Chen Feng looked at her with a half-smile.

Liu Ying immediately said, “Of course it’s necessary. We didn’t date in college because of a misunderstanding. Now that we have met again by fate, we can start dating again to make up for the regret of the past. Isn’t that just right?”

If Chen Feng was still the infatuated young man who chased the wind back then, if Chen Feng didn’t know Liu Ying’s little thoughts and little disguise, he might have been fooled. After all, every boy would generally have a class beauty dream, and would never forget the class beauty of his youth. Or in college, or high school, junior high school, or even elementary school, many men had this kind of complex.

Unfortunately, Chen Feng was one of the few men who didn’t have a class beauty complex. As a man, he only really came to his senses in college. Before college, he didn’t know much about the affairs between men and women, and he had simply never been exposed to this kind of knowledge.

After he went to college, he fell in love with Liu Ying at first sight and really went online to enrich his knowledge. Unfortunately, first love always ended without a result. He was no exception. Then he began to be disappointed in women. Under the inducement of the flamboyant man Qin Zhen, he became a boy who only followed his kidneys and not his heart. He had not been in a formal relationship until he graduated from college.

Of course, during his college years, under the instigation of Qin Zhen, and with his own charm, he had experienced a few girls with whom he had a temporary physical relationship.

Thinking back to the present, when Chen Feng saw the class beauty whom he hadn’t seen for several years, his former object of affection, his mood was very calm. He didn’t feel any excitement, excitement, or nervousness.

After all, too much time had passed, and Chen Feng had experienced so much in these years. He had divorced, got a terminal illness, and slept with many women. Seeing this class beauty whom he had pursued in the past again, he felt really calm.

Chen Feng waved at her calmly. Liu Ying also saw him and immediately waved back with a smile like a flower.

Chen Feng strode towards her.

“I’m sorry, there was some traffic on the way, so I’m a little late.”

As Chen Feng spoke, he naturally sat down opposite her.

“It’s okay, I just arrived too.”

As Liu Ying spoke, she looked Chen Feng up and down, feeling that he had really changed a lot. This was not because he was much fatter than in college, but mainly in his expression and temperament. Especially when facing her, the woman he had liked back then, he was actually so calm, as if he was really just on a date with an old college classmate.

However, Liu Ying immediately thought of his current net worth and was relieved. Money was a man’s courage. When a man had money, his temperament and expression would naturally change, becoming confident and calm.

In fact, it was the same for women. If she had a net worth of hundreds of millions and went to those luxury consumption places, she would definitely be very calm and composed, and would not be speechless because of those luxury goods that cost tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

“You’ve really changed a lot. If I met you on the street, I might not recognize you at first sight,” Liu Ying said with a look of emotion.

Chen Feng smiled, “You haven’t changed much. You are still the class beauty in my heart, sweet in appearance and pure in temperament.”

“Giggle, thank you for the compliment.”

Liu Ying was very pleased and felt that it was not in vain that she had spent so much time in the afternoon.

“What would you like to drink? You can order something new.”

As Chen Feng spoke, he waved to the waiter standing not far away.

Soon, the two of them each ordered a cup of coffee. Chen Feng was not particular about these things. He just ordered the most expensive coffee here, 58 yuan. He also took care of her and ordered a few small desserts.

Although the location of this coffee shop was good, from the pricing, the consumption was not too high. After the two of them ordered, the total cost of this meal was only more than one hundred yuan, less than two hundred yuan.

The reason why Liu Ying chose to date here was obviously to make Chen Feng feel that she was more down-to-earth, not greedy for vanity, and did not have high consumption. In addition, of course, it was also to take into account the distance between their current residences, which were not very far.

“I’ve gotten used to drinking coffee in foreign countries these years. This is the only thing that has changed. As for other things, including my eating habits, I still like our domestic food. I’m really tired of the milk and bread in foreign countries. I still like to eat fragrant white rice and all kinds of home-cooked dishes.”

Chen Feng asked indifferently, “You should be able to eat white rice and Chinese food in foreign countries now, right?”

“First, there are relatively few ingredients for Chinese food, especially all kinds of seasonings. Second, the price is relatively expensive. If you eat it every day, you really can’t afford it. And my cooking skills are very average. At most, I can only make tomato and egg soup or scrambled eggs with tomatoes.”

Chen Feng smiled, “It seems you have suffered a lot in foreign countries these years. This is also inevitable. After all, you grew up in China since you were a child, and you only went abroad after graduating from college. I can only say that you were blind to choose your ex-husband back then.”

Liu Ying lowered her head and sighed, “You don’t know how difficult it was for me when I first went to San Francisco. My spoken English was not very good, and my accent was very heavy. Although there were also many international students from our country, we didn’t live together. A few girls from the same country even ganged up on me because a few boys were very attentive to me, which made me feel very isolated and helpless at that time. In that situation, he appeared, was very considerate to me, and even took the initiative to help me find a rental house outside the school. He also often helped me with my studies. Do you think I could refuse his kindness?”

Chen Feng said indifferently, “In the end, your self-care ability was not strong at that time, and you lacked enough sense of security. You subconsciously wanted to find someone to rely on, and then he took advantage of the situation.”

These words were rather blunt. Although it was the truth, it still made Liu Ying feel a little stuffy in her heart.

“If you talk to people like this, it’s easy to kill the conversation, you know?” Liu Ying said coquettishly, pretending to be angry.

Chen Feng smiled, “We were classmates for four years in college. I’ve always had this style of speaking. Don’t you know?”

Liu Ying seemed to recall it seriously, then nodded and said, “It seems so. But it’s been so many years. Haven’t you changed your easy-to-offend speaking style?”

Chen Feng said in a relaxed tone, “In front of you, an old classmate, I won’t change it. I think you won’t mind.”

“I mind,” Liu Ying said with a serious expression.

“It’s useless if you mind. I just have this style of speaking to you,” Chen Feng said with a somewhat roguish look.

Liu Ying frowned and asked, “Why? I’m a girl after all. Can’t you show some gentlemanly demeanor?”

Chen Feng looked at her with a half-smile and said, “Don’t forget. You lost your temper with me in front of the whole class back then, scolded me severely, and then loudly rejected my pursuit of you, saying that it was impossible for us in this lifetime, and also said that I thought too highly of myself, what I thought I was, and in short, many unpleasant words. Later, we didn’t talk until we graduated.”

Liu Ying had obviously prepared for this and had a draft in her mind. Hearing Chen Feng say this, she appropriately showed a trace of embarrassment and regret, and then said with a sad face and a sigh, “I was wrong back then. But you should also know that it was Cao Jun who secretly slandered you. I took it for granted and misunderstood that you were using me as a bet. Of course, I was very angry, and then I said those rather unpleasant words. Later, I found out the truth, and I actually regretted it in my heart. I always wanted to find a chance to apologize to you.

“But every time I saw you, you looked at me with a completely ignoring look, which made me very angry, so I never successfully apologized to you until I graduated. One of the reasons why I asked you out this time is to formally apologize to you. Chen Feng, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry for what happened back then.”

At the end, Liu Ying looked sincere and apologetic, as if it were true. This made the little resentment in Chen Feng’s heart quickly dissipate.

“Alright, I accept your apology.” Chen Feng waved his hand with a very generous look. “To be honest, because of what you did back then, it can be said that I couldn’t hold my head up in the class for four years of college, and it even directly affected my view of love and relationships for four years of college. I was so hit by you that I didn’t have a girlfriend for the entire college period.”

This time it was Liu Ying’s turn to look at him with a half-smile. She said with a strange expression, “You’re being a little dishonest. For four years of college, I saw you being intimate with girls several times, either hugging or embracing. And once I saw you making out with a girl on a bench by the lake. I also heard from classmates that you often took different girls to open a room outside.”

His old bottom was exposed, and Chen Feng’s face rarely turned red. He thought that his physical relationship with a few girls in college was very secret, but it turned out that the classmates in the class seemed to know.

“This is completely slander. How can it be often? It’s just occasionally,” Chen Feng retorted seriously.

Liu Ying smiled and shook her head, “Alright. Let’s just say I misunderstood you. I hope you don’t take what happened back then to heart. Of course, if you do, I can’t do anything about it.”

“Alright. It’s been so many years. Besides, you’re right. The main reason back then was that Cao Jun secretly slandered and provoked. It’s really not your fault. I forgive you.”

“Thank you.” Liu Ying first smiled happily, and then said with an angry face, “Cao Jun is really too much. He’s simply an insidious villain. No wonder you were so angry that you went to hit him. This kind of person is really thick-skinned, and also insidious and cunning. Since he knew I came back to the country, he has been trying to contact me every day and ask me out for dinner. It’s really something. I heard from classmates that he is married and has children. Do you think he still has the face to have designs on me? He’s a proper scumbag.”

Liu Ying had a reason to be angry with Cao Jun. If Chen Feng was just an ordinary office worker now, she would definitely not be so angry. But now the problem was that Chen Feng was a proper rich man, so she couldn’t not be angry. Thinking of her unfortunate marriage, she was even more angry.

She had even fantasized these two days that she had dated Chen Feng in her freshman year, and then they had been in love until they got engaged and married after graduation. Then she would not have gone abroad at all, and she would not have had that unfortunate transnational marriage.

Now she might be very happy, with a happy family.

It seemed that all of this was Cao Jun’s fault!

Chen Feng didn’t know Liu Ying’s thoughts. If he knew, he would definitely feel injustice for his rival in love back then, Cao Jun.

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