SAG -Chapter 129 Tian Yaohui’s Showing Off

Liu Ming was chatting with people. Here, he was purely a nobody, only attending on behalf of his company to express goodwill.

Originally, this should have been a very good opportunity for Liu Ming. He could have taken the chance to build some connections. But ever since he heard from Zhang Sicheng yesterday that Zhang Siyan had divorced, his mind was no longer on this at all.

The reason he had been promoted so quickly over the years was largely because he had put nearly all his energy into work.

Many times, Liu Ming thought he had forgotten Zhang Siyan. But ever since yesterday, the joy, happiness, and anticipation surging out from the depths of his heart had told him that he had never forgotten.

Suddenly, Liu Ming saw the person he had missed day and night among the crowd. For a moment, he did not react.

After Zhang Siyan and the others entered, they had been following behind Zhao Jingyu the entire time, watching as she greeted groups of people with a smile and a calm demeanor.

Over the years, Zhao Jingyu had also been trained by Huo Zhiyuan’s side. Handling a scene like this was effortless for her.

Zhao Jingyu also took care of Zhang Siyan and the others, allowing them to learn many things.

“Siyan.” Liu Ming sorted out his emotions and came to Zhang Siyan’s side.

Looking at Liu Ming, Zhang Siyan and Qian Li both froze slightly.

“Da Ming, why are you here? No—when did you come back?” Qian Li asked in surprise. They had not seen each other for many years.

“I just got back. This time, it’s because the company sent me to attend the engagement ceremony of a business partner’s daughter,” Liu Ming said with a smile, his eyes glancing toward Zhang Siyan from time to time.

Liu Ming did not know Sun Gaixin. Or rather, when Zhang Siyan and Sun Gaixin had just started dating, he had only met him briefly once. After that, he never saw him again. So when he was at the entrance, he did not recognize Sun Gaixin.

He only knew the name, but he did not connect the two. After all, he had only just heard that Zhang Siyan had divorced. Even if Sun Gaixin had found someone new, it should not have happened so quickly.

And it was even the daughter of such a big boss. So Liu Ming thought it was someone with the same name.

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While Zhang Siyan and the others were chatting and catching up, Zhang Ran also walked in. The place was fairly large, so Zhang Ran did not see Zhang Siyan. After all, he did not know Zhang Siyan had come here.

“Hungry? Eat something first,” Zhang Ran said as he and He Yong casually found a place to sit.

“I really am a little hungry,” He Yong said.

Then, under the astonished gazes of some people, the two headed straight for the food area.

The event had only just begun, and everyone else was still chatting and making connections. These two, on the other hand, came in and started eating directly.

“Buddy, try this. This thing is delicious.” A young man leaned over to Zhang Ran and casually handed him something that looked like a crab leg, but did not quite seem to be one.

“Thanks.” Zhang Ran did not stand on ceremony and took it.

“My name is Huang Xunzeng. Buddy, what’s your name?” Huang Xunzeng seemed to be the type who got familiar with strangers very quickly.

Zhang Ran looked at him and said, “Is a name important? Shouldn’t eating be the most important thing right now?”

“That’s true. I was a little embarrassed to come eat by myself earlier. Buddy, you’re really carefree.” Huang Xunzeng gave him a thumbs-up.

After that, the three of them held food and ate on their own.

Tian Yaohui also saw Zhang Ran arrive, but he did not rush to look for him. He wanted Zhang Ran to see that his current network was no worse than Zhang Ran’s had been in the past. It had even reached a higher level.

However, when he saw that Zhang Ran had not chatted among the crowd as he imagined, and had instead gone off alone to eat, annoyance immediately rose in his heart.

After Zhang Ran finished eating, Tian Yaohui could no longer hold back and went to find him.

“Brother Zhang, I didn’t expect you to really come. Thank you for attending my daughter’s engagement ceremony,” Tian Yaohui said, walking over with a warm smile. As he walked, he also greeted the people beside him.

When those people greeted him, they all wore smiles tinged with honor. This made Tian Yaohui enjoy himself greatly.

Originally, Tian Yaohui was not such a shallow person. Over the years, he had enjoyed such gazes countless times and had long since stopped taking them to heart.

If it had been before, he would not have done this at all.

But in front of Zhang Ran, he still could not suppress the urge to show off. This impulse came from the envy and jealousy he had once felt toward Zhang Ran.

Back then, when he followed beside Zhang Ran, he could only stand to the side and watch Zhang Ran chat and laugh with others. Many times, he had merely been a foil—or one could even say a background prop.

Even when Zhang Ran introduced him to others, those people would only smile politely and could not even be bothered to properly pay attention to him.

But now, the situation seemed to have reversed. Here, he, Tian Yaohui, was the center. Everyone wanted to speak with him, even if only to say a single sentence.

In contrast, Zhang Ran had become the one no one cared about. This gave Tian Yaohui an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

Looking at Tian Yaohui as he walked over, Zhang Ran smiled and said, “All right, stop pretending in front of me. That smile of yours makes me uncomfortable just looking at it.”

When Huang Xunzeng, who had originally been beside Zhang Ran, heard Zhang Ran say this, he was immediately startled.

This buddy was pretty awesome. He actually dared to speak to Tian Yaohui like that.

Huang Xunzeng was also a shrewd person. Seeing that the atmosphere between the two of them seemed wrong, although he did not know who Zhang Ran was, judging from Zhang Ran’s fearless appearance, he was probably not simple either.

So Huang Xunzeng directly slipped away. Although he found Zhang Ran rather pleasing to the eye, it had not reached the point where he would offend Tian Yaohui for his sake.

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, a trace of gloom flashed through Tian Yaohui’s eyes. Especially because Zhang Ran still used the same tone as before, as if he, Tian Yaohui, were still a follower under him. That made him even more displeased.

“Brother Zhang, times really are different now. You used to often tell us that people have to follow the general trend. Those who go against the trend will basically be eliminated by society. Look, this is the general trend now. You’ve already been eliminated,” Tian Yaohui said, no longer pretending. Although his face still carried a habitual smile, his tone became much flatter.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, “You’re actually right about that. People really cannot go against the general trend.”

Tian Yaohui was somewhat surprised that Zhang Ran admitted it so readily.

But immediately afterward, he knew he had been wrong. Zhang Ran was still Zhang Ran.

“But you call this the general trend? Can you represent the general trend of the business world?”

As he spoke, Zhang Ran seemed unable to hold back his laughter.

“Tian Yaohui, it’s really not that I look down on you, but you truly don’t have that qualification. Let me put it this way—even if all of you people combined, you still wouldn’t have the qualification to represent the general trend of social development. I did indeed miss the best era, and I was indeed eliminated. But in truth, you’re all the same. The era that belongs to your industries has already passed.”

When Zhang Ran spoke to Tian Yaohui, he appeared very calm. There was not the slightest trace of anger in his voice.