Long Time No See

Zhou Yi did not worry about Xie Zhaolong's revenge at all because he knew very well that everything possessed by Brother Long, the so-called overlord of Dongji, was entirely given to him by his cousin Xie Bingkun.

Since he gave it, he could naturally take it back, by the way collecting a bit of interest. The interest wasn't much either-just a life.

If the wheels of history rolled on just like in his previous life, Xie Zhaolong would be crushed beneath the wheels of a train in early 2007, dying a horribly miserable death!

And all Zhou Yi needed to do now was to fully utilize Xie Zhaolong, the overlord of Dongji, before 2007 to establish his own authority.

Anyway, Xie Zhaolong was scum anyway, so using him ruthlessly brought him zero psychological burden.

Beep, beep, beep...

The office telephone on the desk rang. Zhou Yi reached out and picked it up, hearing a very warm voice come through the receiver.

"Xiao Zhou, I'm Luo Weiguo. Do you have any other arrangements tonight? If not, I'll contact Director Song, Director Zhang, and a few other leaders so we can set up a gathering..."

Zhou Yi politely declined with some hesitation, "I'm really sorry, Director Luo. I have an old classmates' gathering tonight, and everyone is back from out of town. We already scheduled it for tonight, so you see..."

"No worries at all, then how about we schedule it for tomorrow?"

"Sure, sure, tomorrow is definitely fine."

"Then it's settled..."

Putting down the phone, Zhou Yi shook his head. Banquets upon banquets.

Actually, he was someone who didn't quite like socializing, but being in officialdom meant he couldn't help himself. From a certain perspective, banquets had already become a part of officialdom culture, and an indispensable part at that.

A banquet wasn't omnipotent, but without banquets, you could accomplish nothing at all.

Especially when a leader invited you to dinner-that was giving you face.

You had to accept it.

Mentioning the gathering tonight, Zhou Yi suddenly remembered that he hadn't notified his old classmates yet, so he picked up his cell phone and started making calls one by one.

After the first number connected, he opened his mouth without thinking, "Hey, Big Sister Jian..."

However, the next second, a sour voice came through.

"It's not your Big Sister Jian, it's your Second Sister Tian. Your Big Sister Jian is taking a shower right now!"

Zhou Yi was slightly stunned, subconsciously glancing at the time. Well, 10:20 in the morning-what kind of shower was she taking at this hour?

Still, he didn't need to care about such details, and immediately continued, "Oh, oh, telling you is the same. I've booked a spot at Wang's Pork Feast Restaurant. Private room 205, seven o'clock tonight. See you there, don't miss it."

"Hmph, you always call Shu Yue first." The voice on the phone carried a hint of displeasure, though whether it was real or fake was hard to tell.

"That's because of the order of seniority. Who told you to be number two?" Zhou Yi laughed heartily, then, without giving the other person a chance to reply, quickly hung up the phone.

Well, next up-calling Monkey.

Luxury suite at the Maple Leaf Hotel.

Second Sister Tian resentfully tossed her phone aside.

Heh, men were all the same.

Acting as the head of the Public Security Management Brigade had really puffed him up. He used to call her Little Sweetie, but now he actually dared to call her number two!

Damn Zhou Yi, you just wait.

"Who are you getting mad at?"

A soft, pleasant voice came from the side. Tian Tian turned her head and looked at her best friend, who was wearing a bath robe and looked just like a lotus emerging from the water. Her pair of peach-blossom eyes couldn't help but glow brightly, and she immediately let out a light shout and pounced forward: "Dragon-Tiger Claw!"

"Take my Fatal Scissor Kick." Jian Shuyue leaped up. While counter-pouncing Tian Tian onto the bed, her two slender, jade-like legs had already locked tightly around her best friend's waist.

After the two of them giggled and tumbled around for a while, Tian Tian finally brought up the matter of Zhou Yi's phone call.

"We have to get him plastered tonight. No one can save him-I said so!"

Looking at Jian Shuyue's expression of amused restraint, the vixen Tian Tian clenched her fists in exasperation, biting her little white teeth as she fumed.

6:35 PM that evening.

Wang's Pork Feast Restaurant, Private Room 205.

Zhou Yi originally thought he should be the first to arrive, but he hadn't expected that Hou Xiaolei, Xiao Dechao, and Dai Peng had already gotten there.

"Monkey... Dechao... Dapeng..."

Despite not seeing each other for two years, the few of them didn't feel distant at all, coming forward with a big embrace.

Come to think of it, out of so many classmates in the whole class, why were they the only ones who had kept in touch ever since high school graduation?

The answer was that they had once skipped classes, gotten into fights, and gone to video parlors together.

Roughly speaking, it could be considered an ironclad friendship.

"Not bad, Old Zhou, you've even gone and become a brigade captain!"

"Good boy, still just as formidable in a fight. You looked simply drop-dead handsome last night!"

"When did you get transferred back? You never mentioned it to us."

After the hugs, Hou Xiaolei and the other two instantly switched to machine-gun mode. One speaking after another with seamless transitions, they chattered on endlessly, leaving Zhou Yi with no chance to interject.

"Zhou Yi!"

A voice full of joy and excitement rang out from behind.

Zhou Yi turned his head and saw Yan Lingling-the class pet of back then, nicknamed Little Maruko-enthusiastically charging over with her arms wide open.

Behind Yan Lingling, Jian Shuyue and Tian Tian were standing gracefully at the doorway, looking at him with bright smiles.

"Classmate Lingling, it looks like you've lost weight."

Zhou Yi openly and naturally gave her a light hug.

Well, a hug-actually, his hands only patted her shoulders twice in the air.

"Really?" Yan Lingling asked happily.

"Really, your clothes got looser." Zhou Yi nodded earnestly.

"Go on with you..." Yan Lingling laughed and punched the man on the arm.

Jian Shuyue and Tian Tian slowly walked in, and at that exact moment, the entire private room suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Hou Xiaolei looked at Zhou Yi, then looked at Jian Shuyue and Tian Tian, his expression turning somewhat peculiar.

Xiao Dechao's actions and expression +1.

Dai Peng continuing +1.

Then Yan Lingling indicated that she was the same.

Zhou Yi, Jian Shuyue, and Tian Tian looked at each other, instantly understanding what had happened.

Jian Shuyue's outfit for the night was a white short-sleeved T-shirt, a light-blue denim skirt, and white flat shoes.

Tian Tian's outfit was the same.

And then Zhou Yi indicated that he was the same.

Oh, actually it wasn't entirely the same; he was wearing jeans.

If similar outfits could barely be explained as a coincidence, then three white T-shirts, all printed with the artistic letter "like", made it very hard for the people involved to talk their way out of it.

Just a coincidence in matching outfits?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

One man and two women standing there gave off a very harmonious couple vibe no matter how you looked at it.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yi asked curiously, "Where did you guys buy these clothes?"

That gathering in his memories hadn't featured anything like this at all.

Those two big sisters had worn dresses back then, so even if he wanted to fake an accidental match, he couldn't have.

Jian Shuyue blinked her eyes and asked back in feigned surprise, "Didn't you buy them? Why are you asking us?"

"Yeah, yeah." Tian Tian chimed in right after.

Zhou Yi reacted quite swiftly, immediately parrying, "But you guys picked the style."

Jian Shuyue looked innocent. "That's because you said we'd definitely look good in this!"

"Yeah, yeah." Tian Tian continued to chime in.

"Then I said not to wear matching clothes tonight-how come you didn't listen?" Zhou Yi met the moves as they came, completely unfazed.

"Are you that scared of people finding out about our relationship? Where is your sense of responsibility as a man?" Jian Shuyue refused to yield an inch, asking back once more.

Zhou Yi couldn't help laughing. Looking at the fiercely competitive Big Sister Jian, he asked unhurriedly, "So, what kind of relationship do we have?"

Jian Shuyue smiled too, saying unhurriedly, "You know well enough in your heart. Why ask when you clearly know the answer?"

Yan Lingling at the side couldn't bear to listen anymore, raising both hands to make a pause gesture.

"Stop, stop, stop, please stop acting. We get it, we all get it-you guys actually just accidentally matched outfits."

Zhou Yi and Jian Shuyue exchanged glances, then with tacit understanding reached out at the same time to shake hands firmly.

"Long time no see, A-Yi."

"Long time no see, Shu Yue."