Chapter 20: Confrontation
"Su Can, what are you talking about? The forum's about to start. Let's head over."
Someone patted Su Can on the shoulder. He turned around and saw Zhang Yaqi, whose expression was rather sour. They had all been sticking to their own circles, while Su Can had been making friends everywhere, constantly mingling with beautiful women and all sorts of acquaintances. How were these senior FEEC veterans supposed to feel about that?
"You always insist on doing your own thing. Why did you even come with us?" The speaker was Ning Ling, looking distinctly displeased. She stood beside Mo Xue, with the other FEEC members nearby. Ning Ling and Mo Xue surveyed Su Can and the men beside him, who ranged from their twenties to their early thirties. This was an open area, and the animated discussion between Su Can and the group had naturally attracted plenty of attention. Ning Ling had always looked down on Su Can for joining FEEC as a freshman, feeling he was unqualified. She had never expected him to know even more people at the Shangshi Summit than she did. She therefore stared at these people with a peculiar expression, wondering about their backgrounds. Most of them were probably nobodies.
Zhao Hao, Sun Zhiyi, and Yang Qidong, meanwhile, were thoroughly puzzled. Su Can had agreed to invest in them. In their eyes, his age had already ceased to matter. His height of over six feet seemed imposing no matter how they looked at him. What resources and boldness did it take to fund all their companies' investment projects? Yet these people from Nanjing University's FEEC showed him no deference whatsoever, and some even spoke to him coldly. The men all turned their eyes on Ning Ling.
Distinctly uncomfortable under their stares, Ning