Bai Le looked at him and sneered inwardly: It seems I have to take back what I said about him being pitiful.
"Sit down and eat," Cheng Ming, pulling Bai Le to sit down and breaking the awkward silence. "Pregnant men can't drink alcohol, right? That's alright, I'll have the waiter bring you drinks."
Bai Le was too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Fengjun and stopped talking to him. The others also changed the subject and started talking about other things.
Everyone was talking about their university days, and Bai Le listened with great interest. When they heard everyone talking about their career success, someone mentioned a certain person, Bai Le immediately perked up.
"You all know that legendary senior from our school, right?"
"Who?"
"Xi Yan, a financial tycoon now, graduated from our school." The speaker's tone was quite proud.
"I know, I know! His legend is all over our school forum now. He's a top student, a genius, from a wealthy family, but then I heard he got into a car accident and dropped out."
Hearing this, Zhang Fengjun said meaningfully, "Even with good family backgrounds, some people can become successful, while others are just good-for-nothings who live off their families." His words made it seem like he admired Xi Yan and looked down on idle rich kids like Bai Le.
Just as Bai Le was about to speak, his phone beeped with WeChat notification.
Xi Yan sent him a message, which contained only a few words.
I've come to pick you up.
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Chapter 57
"Bai Le, what are you looking at?" Cheng Ming looked at Bai Le, thinking he was daydreaming, and waved his hand in front of his eyes.
Bai Le snapped out of his daze and grinned at him, "Hehe, it's nothing."
"You said it was nothing, but you're laughing so happily. Let me guess, did someone from your 'sexy girl' send you a message?" The speaker was a young woman with long, straight hair; Bai Le remembered her name was Su Xiuxiu.
These words piqued everyone's curiosity, and some began to subtly inquire about the identity of the person who married Bai Le.
How old are you? Is there a big difference in age between you and me?
After thinking for a moment, Bai Le replied, "He's eight years older than me."
"Ah..." The others looked at each other in surprise, not expecting such a large age gap. It turned out to be an old man. The first image that came to mind was a greasy, pot-bellied middle-aged man.
What does his family do?
"Let's do everything, it's quite a mixed bag." Bai Le scratched his head. Xi Yan's companies were involved in a rather complex range of fields, quite different from his own company.
"So how did you two get together?" Su Xiuxiu was clearly intrigued and asked with great enthusiasm.
"We just got together without really knowing what was going on." Bai Le didn't want to say it was because of the child, otherwise he would be bombarded with a series of questions and sighs.
"What's his personality like?" Even Cheng Ming was curious about Bai Le's mysterious marriage partner.
"Just think," Bai Le said, getting all excited. "Let me tell you, the first time I met him, he almost scared me to death. He had a weird temper, unpredictable moods, and those eyes would just stare at you like that." He even gestured dramatically, lifting the corner of his eye as he spoke, "See? So gloomy, right?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd felt a pang of sympathy for him.
Bai Le said he was tired and had just caught his breath. He was about to take a sip of water to moisten his throat when the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
A tall and slender figure appeared before everyone. Xi Yan suit and leather shoes, pale and cold, with darker eyebrows and eyes than ordinary people, and his dark eyes were so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off him.
"Who are you...?" Cheng Ming asked suspiciously. He didn't remember anyone like that in his class, so he assumed that the person had come to the wrong room.
Xi Yan ignored him and instead looked at Bai Le sitting next to her. Recalling what he had just heard Bai Le say, she narrowed her eyes slightly.
Bai Le could tell from his expression that he had definitely overheard everything, so he quickly tried to salvage the situation.
"How did you get here so fast?"
Xi Yan sat down next to him, turned her head and raised the corners of her mouth at him, but there was not much of a smile in her eyes.
He was almost at his destination when he messaged Bai Le, but he didn't expect to hear Bai Le complaining about himself as soon as he arrived.
Bai Le tugged at his sleeve, then chuckled awkwardly at the stunned crowd around him, "Haha, I'm really sorry, he came to pick me up. Sigh, there's just no way around it, he's such a clingy person."
He put on a helpless expression as he spoke, even if he was terrified inside, he had to maintain his image in public and not let anyone see his current unease and anxiety.
Xi Yan looked at him, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Do you know what you're saying?"
Taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, Bai Le quickly whispered, "Give me some face, there are so many classmates there."
Xi Yan glanced at him indifferently. "You said that to me, why should I give you face?"
Bai Le said, looking aggrieved, "You can't really say you weren't fierce when you first met me; that's not entirely untrue."
Su Xiuxiu was closest to him and overheard about 80% of their conversation; her expression was somewhat complicated.
This isn't a pot-bellied middle-aged man at all! What's so greasy about him? Why can't she meet men like this on blind dates?
Seeing that Xi Yan had also realized what was happening, everyone subtly began to observe him.
Zhang Fengjun sneered, turning his face away disdainfully, and muttered, "Birds of a feather."
Cheng Ming glanced at Xi Yan several times, frowning slightly. For some reason, he felt that the man looked somewhat familiar.