Chapter 378 A Toast
“Li Liang, we happened to meet an old ssmate!”
Hou Xiaoxia waved affectionately at Li Liang. Clearly, this was her boyfriend.
Wang Wen suddenly said, “Hou Xiaoxia, didn’t you say you had another ticket? Why don’t we bring
Chen Hao along? Since we haven’t met in so many years, we can sit together and talk about the old
days!”
“Hmm…” Hou Xiaoxia rolled her eyes once. “Sure, let’s bring him with us! We can show Chen Hao
what a grand event looks like! Here’s your ticket, Chen Hao. Let’s go together!” Hou Xiaoxia said.
“Yeah, let’s go! You don’t have anything else to do anyway, right?” Wang Wen asked, tugging at Chen
Hao’s elbow.
“Alright then!” Chen Hao nodded in agreement.
If it was just an invitation from Hou Xiaoxia, Chen Hao would not have even thought of joining.
But this was Wang Wen’s invitation, and they were pretty close. Plus, Chen Hao was waiting for new
information from his underlings and that would take awhile, so he decided to go over just to check
things out.
The few of them rode the elevator together and reached the third floor of the hotel.
There was a big hall on the third floor which was specially used for holding parties.
This hotel was an extremely prestigious one in Hong County.
Everyone presented their tickets before walking in.
There were quite a number of people who were already there.
This seemed like a gathering held before the start of a big project.
Based on what Hou Xiaoxia told Chen Hao, if one had no money or power, then they would not get the
chance to show even a strand of their hair.
As for Hou Xiaoxia’s boyfriend, Li Liang, he was obviously rather well-versed with events like this.
He knew quite a few people in here, and after greeting all of them one-by-one, they all sat down at a
table.
“What are you doing?”
Chen Hao had sat next to Wang Wen and Liang Meng.
But as he did so, Hou Xiaoxia suddenly spoke up.
“What do you mean, ‘what am I doing’?” Chen Hao shook his head with a bitter smile as he asked.
“You! Go sit over there! Do you think you have the right to sit at this table?” Hou Xiaoxia’s attitude
toward Chen Hao waspletely different as to how she treated him after entering the party.
You were the one who gave me the ticket to enter.
When Chen Hao turned to look at the direction Hou Xiaoxia’s finger was pointing in, he saw a table in
the corner. It looked to have been prepared for the secretaries and drivers of those who hade to
have fun tonight.
Obviously, Hou Xiaoxia thought Chen Hao didn’t have the right to sit at the same table with her.
In fact, Hou Xiaoxia had such a loud voice that it attracted the attention of everyone around them.
Being embarrassed in public this way was rather awkward.
Wang Wen hurriedly tried to reprimand Hou Xiaoxia.
But Chen Hao didn’t want to give Wang Wen any trouble. So, with a bitter smile, he walked toward the
table in the corner.
“Xiaoxia, what’s wrong with you? You treated Chen Hao pretty well before, so why are you treating him
in public like this all of a sudden? Don’t you know how much you’re embarrassing him publicly?” Wang
Wen said anxiously.
“That’s right! I wanted him to be embarrassed in public. He should know how bad it feels!” Hou Xiaoxia
suddenly swept a cold gaze toward Chen Hao.
“Why? Chen Hao didn’t do anything to you! Unless… Don’t tell me, you’re still caught up in that small
matter from high school?!” Wang Wen was extremely perplexed. She had been the one to call Chen
Hao along after all. Now that two of her good friends were clearly not on good terms with one another,
of course she was getting anxious.
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“Small matter? Wang Wen, do you really think what happened in high school was just a small matter?”
When Hou Xiaoxia thought back to what happened, she still felt enraged.
“You remember too, don’t you? We just finished apetition and managed to get a good ce. So,
our school treated the twenty plus of us to eat in the province. After the meal, there were just a few of
us left, so we decided to y truth or dare. I lost, and my dare was to confess to one person in the
room! Did you forget about that?” Hou Xiaoxia said.
“Of course I remember! I knew you didn’t have a crush on Chen Hao, but to save your own butt, you
confessed to him right after he came back from helping the teacher carry things! You said, ‘Chen Hao, I
like you’,” Wang Wen also remembered what happened at that time.
“And what did he say? Chen Hao said that we weren’t suitable for each other! F*ck, was he drunk? Did
that idiot really think I liked him?! Every time I think of that, I get pissed off! That day, everyone in ss
my actual crush was right next to me! Do you know how humiliated I felt in that very moment?!” Hou
Xiaoxia eximed.
“Argh! Do you know why he said you guys weren’t suitable for each other? Because Chen Hao felt like
he was so poor that he was no match for you! You’re overthinking everything! Furthermore, he also
knew that you didn’t actually like him, and only said that because he panicked! Didn’t you always
afraid of you!” Wang Wen exined hurriedly.
“What do you mean? That idiot, I will make him regret doing that to me! Anyway, it wasn’t just me who
thought he was too poor. Wang Wen, didn’t you think that too? Did you really think I didn’t know that
you used to like Chen Hao? Except you two had never gotten anywhere because you thought he was
too poor! Isn’t that right?” Hong Xiaoxia really did not hold back once she opened her mouth.
These words caused Wang Wen’s pretty face to redden as they had hit her in a sore spot.
Meanwhile, Liang Meng also looked unhappy. No wonder Wang Wen hadn’t epted him when he
was pursuing her back then. It turns out she had a crush on Chen Hao!
Liang Meng thought about how Wang Wen treated Chen Hao as well as how caring she was toward
him and felt a hint of jealousy.
Things werepletely different now! Before, Liang Meng never bothered about how well Wang Wen
treated Chen Hao. He never saw Chen Hao as his rival, nor did he think Wang Wen would ever have a
crush on Chen Hao.
But now, Liang Meng’s heart skipped a beat.
So there were feelings between them?
Liang Meng looked at Wang Wen’s red face and confirmed it for himself.
Hou Xiaoxia’s words somehow managed to pierce Wang Wen where it hurt.
She wasn’t wrong, Wang Wen had liked Chen Hao once.
Indeed, she had also thought of the possible scenarios if she were to get together with him even when
Chen Hao was poor.
How would my ssmates see me? What would they say about me?
She couldn’t cross this obstacle. In the end, she had given up the chance of further progress in her
rtionship with Chen Hao.
But this had never stopped Wang Wen from wishing that Chen Hao would be a capable person.
Regarding the matter of feelings, if either party of the rtionship started to feel doubt, it would have a
big crack in their feelings for each other.
The atmosphere around them became even stranger.
However, Chen Hao didn’t hear anything that Hou Xiaoxia and Wang Wen were saying.
A driver next to him was saying, “Isn’t that President Li’s son over there, Li Liang? My boss said that Li
Liang is representing President Li today, and he says we should go over and greet him, since all of our
projectse from President Li! I wouldn’t want us to get penalized if we don’t!”
“Yeah, our President Wang also told us to at least give him a toast and tter him a little bit!”
The few drivers and secretaries around them discussed.
Li Liang’s family owned apany, andpanies buttering each other up to smoothen their
connections was extremely normal.
Hence, ttering and asionally licking one’s boots werepletely understandable.
“Alright, since they gave us that instruction, then how about we all go over together! Just in case we
lose the chance to even give a toast once the ceremony starts!” a female secretary said.
Following that, the group of them stood up.
“Hey, pal. Why don’t youe along too?”
Just then, a driver next to Chen Hao patted him on the shoulder.
Obviously, he had assumed Chen Hao was a driver too…