Chapter 33: A Good Gathering

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

It seemed that the place he chose would definitely satisfy his wife on their wedding anniversary!

The two of them arrived at the Sky Garden and sat down at the reserved seats, and soon, Dong Ruolin arrived.

“Churan!”

“Ruolin!”

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

Afterward, they held hands and chatted for a long time about past memories before gradually calming down.

Dong Ruolin said, “Churan, you’re too extravagant! You actually chose to eat at the Sky Garden!”

Xiao Churan smiled and replied, “You’re here! Of course, I have to splurge!”

Dong Ruolin giggled, “You really are my good best friend!”

Xiao Churan said, “To be honest, I don’t even qualify to book a table here. This reservation was made with the help of Wang Dongxue, the vice chairman of the Dihao Group, using her membership card!”

Dong Ruolin sighed, “The Sky Garden seems to have particularly high requirements; it must be for diamond members or something, right?”

“Yeah.” Xiao Churan nodded and said, “Honestly, this is my first time here!”

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

Then she added, “By the way, when I came up just now, I saw a notice outside saying that the Sky Garden will be booked out in three days?”

“Right.” Xiao Churan said, “It’s strange; the Sky Garden has never accepted full bookings before. I don’t know what’s going on this time.”

Dong Ruolin nodded and casually said, “A while ago, there was a legendary rich guy from Jinling on a short video platform who bought a necklace and brought along a dozen Rolls Royces, dozens of bodyguards, and over ten million in cash. Did you see that video?”

Ye Chen shook his head, while Xiao Churan said, “I saw it; the spectacle was quite grand.”

Dong Ruolin said, “Everyone is guessing who he is.”

Xiao Churan replied, “What’s there to guess…”

Dong Ruolin laughed, “It’s gossip! Everyone wants to know who is so impressive. Some say it should be the new chairman of the Dihao Group.”

Ye Chen’s expression froze for a moment.

But he quickly returned to normal.

Dong Ruolin continued, “Today, the Sky Garden at the Buckingham Palace was booked again. I feel like the person who booked the Sky Garden is the same one who bought the jade in that video.”

Xiao Churan sighed helplessly, “It’s been so long since we last met, and you’re still so gossipy!”

Dong Ruolin laughed and said, “Gossip is a woman’s survival instinct!”

As she spoke, Dong Ruolin added, “I want to come here in three days to see who has such a big face to book the Sky Garden!”

Hearing this, Ye Chen felt a headache coming on.

He just wanted to give his wife a surprise, to make up for the wedding that hadn’t been fulfilled back then.

But he didn’t want to be the center of attention all at once.

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

It was likely that many people in Jinling shared Dong Ruolin’s curiosity and wanted to see who had booked the Sky Garden.

This was becoming a bit tricky.

He needed to give Chen Zekai a heads-up in advance and prepare thoroughly; no matter what, he couldn’t let his identity be revealed.

During dinner, Dong Ruolin said to the two of them, “This time I came to Jinling, I also arranged to meet 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 replied, “You all can have the reunion; I won’t be attending.”

“Why not?” Dong Ruolin asked. “Although we weren’t classmates for four years, we at least shared a year together!”

When Ye Chen was taken in by the old man of the Xiao family, the old man sent him to Jinling University to get to know Xiao Churan better, and they attended the same class for their senior year.

After graduating, they immediately got married.

However, Ye Chen had only been classmates with those people for a year, and most of them looked down on him, so he had no interest in a class reunion.

Xiao Churan also didn’t want to attend the reunion, so she said, “Ye Chen and I won’t go; I haven’t kept in touch with most of my classmates since graduation.”

Dong Ruolin hurriedly said, “The reason we’re having a reunion this time is mainly because Wang Daokun from our class opened a restaurant, and it’s opening tomorrow. He’s inviting everyone to come support his restaurant and have a meal together.”

She continued, “You see, it’s a grand opening; it wouldn’t be appropriate not to go, right?”

As soon as she finished speaking, all three of their phones rang with a WeChat notification.

Then, a flurry of WeChat messages popped up.

Everyone took out their phones to check, and it turned out that Wang Daokun had created a class group, which quickly grew to over thirty people.

Wang Daokun said in the group, “Dear old classmates, my small restaurant, which I invested in, will officially open tomorrow at noon in Jinling. I invite all Jinling classmates to come and celebrate; let’s treat it as a class reunion!”

“Coincidentally, one of our class’s two beauties, Dong Ruolin, is also working in Jinling now, and she will attend the gathering. It’s said that Ruolin is still single, so the single men in the group should seize the opportunity!”

Immediately, a bunch of people replied.

“Wow! Congratulations!”

“Hey, Ruolin is in Jinling? Why didn’t I hear about this! I’ll definitely be there!”

“What about our other beauty, Xiao Churan? Is she coming?”

“I heard that Churan is with that transfer student Ye Chen from our class? I heard Ye Chen married into the Xiao family?”

“I heard that too, but I don’t know if it’s true. I haven’t seen them since graduation…”

“I heard they’re just going through the motions of being a couple, but it’s not real. I 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 and replied, “It’s fine; what they said is just the truth. I’ve long gotten used to it.”

Dong Ruolin quickly typed in the group, “You guys shouldn’t gossip about others! I’m currently having dinner with this couple! They’re very loving!”

“Oh, it’s Ruolin!”

A bunch of admirers quickly surrounded her.

At that moment, someone in the group @Ye Chen, it was the group owner Wang Daokun: “Ye Chen, although you were only in our class for a short time, we got along pretty well in school. You and your wife must come tomorrow!”

Ye Chen had a good impression of Wang Daokun; he was indeed a nice person, friendly to everyone, and never casually mocked or ridiculed others. He was one of the few classmates he had a decent relationship with.

Seeing that he said so, Ye Chen immediately replied, “Okay, I’ll definitely come to support tomorrow.”

Wang Daokun immediately responded, “That’s great! Let’s have a good time tomorrow!”