Right now, the atmosphere in the private dining room faintly radiated a scent of gunpowder.
Someone stood up to smooth things over.
"It's not easy for all of us to get together. Come on, let's have a drink together!"
"That's right! Have a drink!"
Thus, everyone stood up one after another, raised their glasses, and drank heartily.
With a drink down, the atmosphere in the private dining room eased slightly.
The classmates began to chat with each other, bursting into laughter from time to time.
I have to admit, Hu Jinsong truly possessed impressive social skills.
Soon, he became the focal point of the private dining room.
Hu Jinsong glanced at Lin Fan, who was sitting in the corner and remained silently quiet all along.
His eyes rolled around, and he said, "Lin Fan, why haven't you been saying anything?"
Hu Jinsong's tone was exceptionally relaxed and nonchalant.
That appearance... as if he had already forgotten that Lin Fan had exposed his scandalous affair with Aunt Wang in public.
After a pause, he continued, "Oh right, Lin Fan, you went straight to work after finishing high school. You must have earned quite a bit of money, right? What kind of car did you buy?"
"Lin Fan's salary is only a few thousand yuan, what kind of car would he buy? He probably can't even support himself," Wang Haoqi sneered.
Back in high school, Lin Fan was tall and handsome, and on top of that, he studied exceptionally well. He could be said to have been a prominent figure in the class.
So much so that many girls in the class were infatuated with him.
Regarding this, Wang Haoqi was extremely jealous.
Now, seeing Lin Fan in such a down-and-out state, after a bout of mockery, he felt a thrill akin to a beggar trampling an aristocrat underfoot.
"What? A salary of only a few thousand yuan?!" Hu Jinsong feigned surprise and said.
To all this, Lin Fan paid no attention.
Childish!
In his view, all of this was simply too childish! However, his lack of response did not mean others would let the matter rest there.
Hu Jinsong exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! Lin Fan, you're wearing a watch too? The design actually looks pretty good! Come on, let us admire it!"
Lin Fan said indifferently, "Just a watch, nothing much to admire."
"Don't put it like that. We're all classmates; just let us take a casual look and find something to talk about!"
"Rest assured, we won't break it. Even if it gets broken, I guarantee I'll compensate you with a brand new one," Hu Jinsong said.
"Yeah, just let us look," Wang Haoqi said.
Shen Liang seemed somewhat curious and chimed in to persuade him, "Lin Fan, why don't you just show everyone?"
Lin Fan had a rather favorable impression of Shen Liang. Seeing him say this as well, he placed the Vacheron Constantin Tour de l'Ile on the table.
Hu Jinsong tossed it back and forth between his hands a couple of times and said, "It's got some weight to it."
Wang Haoqi said, "What brand is this? The design is indeed not bad!"
"My friend Qiao Bo is a watch expert. I'll just send a photo to him and we'll know," Hu Jinsong didn't bother asking Lin Fan at all, directly taking a photo and sending it to his friend.
He wanted to use this to display his powerful connections and thereby better mock Lin Fan.
Unfortunately, Qiao Bo did not reply immediately.
Hu Jinsong said, "Let's wait a moment; he might be busy right now."
The moment Shen Liang first saw the Vacheron Constantin Tour de l'Ile, he felt it was breathtakingly stunning and couldn't help asking, "Lin Fan, how much did you buy this watch for?"
"Didn't cost any money," Lin Fan said.
He wasn't lying about this sentence.
Because this watch was obtained from a red packet.
"Didn't cost any money? Lin Fan, could this watch of yours be a free giveaway when someone bought something?" Wang Haoqi sneered.
Hu Jinsong said, "So it's a giveaway? Lin Fan, you should've said so earlier! I shouldn't have taken a picture and sent it to my friend just now. Generally, giveaways are just some high-imitation Class A replicas."
"My friend hates Class A replicas the most. If he sees the photo later, I'm afraid he'll be quite pissed."
After finishing, Hu Jinsong directly threw the watch onto the table.
That look was as if holding the watch for a moment longer would dirty his hands.
Next, Hu Jinsong used a lecturing tone and said, "Lin Fan, it's not that I want to harp on you, but we're all old classmates. Using a Class-A fake to put on airs really has no meaning."
"Ask your classmates, who would use a Class-A replica to put on airs?"
In fact, some of the classmates present had bought Class-A replicas in private.
However, they would absolutely never admit it.
This was about saving face!
If they admitted it, wouldn't that mean they were doing poorly in life? That they could only afford Class-A replicas? Therefore, the classmates shook their heads one after another.
"The quality of Class-A replicas is far too inferior to the real thing."
"I never use Class-A replicas."
"If you don't have enough money, just buy a slightly cheaper genuine one. Why buy a Class-A replica?"
Yang Wenjing even raised the Gucci Bag in her hand and said, "Those who use Class-A replicas are all utter losers! Take my husband, for example, he would never buy me a Class-A replica."
After saying that, Yang Wenjing hugged Du Lei's arm, rubbing up and down against it.
Feeling the softness against his arm, Du Lei's inner anger gradually dissipated quite a bit.
Listening to everyone's chatter, Lin Fan felt as though countless flies were buzzing around, and he finally grew somewhat angry, shouting, "I like it myself, what the hell does it have to do with you?"
As his words fell, he grabbed the Vacheron Constantin Tour de l'Ile back and put it back onto his wrist.
Instantly, the expressions of all the classmates in the private room turned somewhat unpleasant.
Lin Fan's words had essentially cursed all of them! Shen Liang felt that if he hadn't asked Lin Fan to take off the watch, such a situation wouldn't have occurred.
Therefore, smoothing things over, he said, "Everyone's pretty much done eating. Shall we go sing at the KTV?"
"Alright, let's go to KTV!"
"Let's roll!"
The classmates echoed the sentiment one after another.
Lin Fan said, "I won't be going over."
The major reason Lin Fan attended this class reunion was to see a few good friends from high school.
Unfortunately, they didn't come.
For Lin Fan to finish this meal could already be considered giving face to his classmates.
Naturally, he wouldn't tag along to go singing.
Qin Yuxuan said, "I have some things to take care of later, so I won't be going to the KTV either. Wishing you all a good time."
Many people were secretly glad to see Lin Fan not going.
However, with Qin Yuxuan, this great beauty, also opting out, they felt quite reluctant to let her go.
Thus, many people spoke up to persuade her.
Regarding this... Qin Yuxuan simply claimed she had matters at home and turned them all down.
"Do you need me to give you a ride?" Lin Fan asked casually.
"Then I'll have to trouble you," Qin Yuxuan said with a smile.
Lin Fan was taken aback for a moment.
In fact, he had just asked that offhandedly, never expecting Qin Yuxuan to actually agree.
Yet, since the words were already out of his mouth, he couldn't very well go back on them, could he?
Following that, the two of them walked together toward the parking lot.
This scene was witnessed by all the classmates.
"Those two... could something be going on between them?"
"How could Qin Yuxuan possibly take a fancy to him?"
"They walked toward the parking lot. Doesn't Lin Fan not even have a car?"
"A taxi just pulled into the parking lot. He probably wants to take that taxi, right?" Wang Haoqi said.
As soon as these words were uttered, the classmates' faces were filled with expressions of disdain.
In their view, sending a great beauty like Qin Yuxuan home called for a luxury car!
A taxi? That was simply shameful.
Yang Wenjing mocked, "When my husband sent me home back then, it was at the very least a Mercedes or a BMW. A taxi? Lin Fan really has the nerve!"
Hu Jinsong watched the receding figures of Lin Fan and Qin Yuxuan and said, "My BMW 5 Series is parked in that direction too."
Wang Haoqi said, "Hu Jinsong, I think you should be the one to drive Qin Yuxuan home."
Although Wang Haoqi was also infatuated with Qin Yuxuan's beauty.
Yet, he only possessed a hundred-thousand-yuan Corolla, making it quite awkward for him to offer to drive Qin Yuxuan.
Wang Haoqi loathed Lin Fan.
He would rather let Hu Jinsong drive Qin Yuxuan than allow Lin Fan to find even a sliver of an opportunity.
"Yeah, we certainly can't let the great beauty Qin ride home in a taxi. Otherwise, her family members might feel that we classmates neglected her."
"That's right!"
Everyone chimed in with agreement.
Hu Jinsong's heart leaped with joy; he had coveted Qin Yuxuan for a long time.
If he could use the pretext of driving her home to get a little closer, or even have something happen...
Thinking of this, Hu Jinsong felt a surge of fervent heat in his chest.
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "However, the KTV..."
"Don't worry, we'll go book a good private room and wait for you to arrive!" Wang Haoqi said.
"This... alright then." Hu Jinsong feigned reluctance.
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