Chapter 45: No Matter How Good Looking He Is, He’s Still Someone You Rejected
Uncle Guo’s words caused the cloud of depression in Shou Jiaxun’s heart about being abandoned by his family to vanish instantly.
Although due to various considerations, he would still choose to move out of Uncle Guo’s house, his mood had already turned from cloudy to sunny.
So he immediately made a decision and told Uncle Guo: “I’m going to Water Town tomorrow to attend an internet marketing summit. After the meeting, I’ll stop by on the way to pick up my dad. When he comes back, we’ll consider settling down here together again.”
Hearing this, Uncle Guo also expressed he was very happy for him. “The family search video your dad posted on ‘Little Red Flower’ was filmed very sincerely. I think he must have been very helpless when he left back then.”
Shou Jiaxun nodded repeatedly. “Yeah, when he paid my last tuition fee, there must have already been financial problems, but he still took out such a large sum. I think it really wasn’t easy for him.”
The two chattered in the room for a long time, looking forward to the father-son reunion scene of Shou Jiaxun and his dad. By the time the topic ended, the “uncle-nephew affection” between Uncle Guo and Little President Shou had also been fully repaired.
They even agreed to go to a newly opened hotpot restaurant nearby for lamb hotpot tonight.
However, nearing the end of the workday, Guo Duoyu, this black “shit-stirring stick,” suddenly appeared.
This guy arrived at his dad’s office door, saw Assistant Liang, and ran to his desk to greet him first, asking, “Do you have plans tonight?”
Liang Bo didn’t understand, shaking his head blankly. “No plans. Do you?”
Guo Duoyu smiled as if he were about to offer him a benefit. “Shou Jiaxun and I are going to a class reunion tonight. You come and be the driver.”
Liang Bo immediately raised both hands to make an ‘X’ in front of his face. “Daga, kotowaru. (I refuse.)”
Guo Duoyu was perplexed. “Why refuse? Didn’t you say you had no plans?”
Liang Bo found it both funny and annoying. “I’m going home to eat dinner after work, brother. If you want me to work overtime, you have to at least give a legitimate reason for overtime.”
Guo Duoyu raised his eyebrows and pressed, “Aren’t you on standby 24/7?”
Shou Jiaxun heard them talking from the inner room and supported Liang Bo through the door: “He’s on standby for me, not for you. You really have a big face (are shameless).”
Uncle Guo also spoke up from his own room: “Can’t you call a designated driver yourself? Big face.”
Guo Duoyu clicked his tongue, ignoring the sugar daddy and father in the independent offices, and just lowered his voice to confide in Liang Bo: “Think about it again… Shou Jiaxun attending a class reunion will definitely involve drinking. Alcohol is a catalyst for emotional escalation. If you don’t go, you’re missing a chance to be catalyzed.”
Liang Bo touched his forehead. “I really thank you, uh, but tonight really won’t work. I made an agreement with my dad.”
Guo Duoyu pouted, gave up on Assistant Liang, turned around, and pushed open the door to Shou Jiaxun’s office.
A few minutes later, he came out of Shou Jiaxun’s room and went to find his dad.
Then, the henpecked Uncle Guo was quickly incited by his son, and together with Guo Duoyu, they ran to persuade Shou Jiaxun to participate in young people’s activities.
Shou Jiaxun, who was searching online for background information on the Water Town Summit and the guest list, was annoyed to death by Guo Duoyu. But seeing Uncle Guo’s earnest, mother-hen appearance, he felt it wasn’t worth debating with his partner over such a small matter.
So he sat up straight, patted his chest and stomach randomly with both hands, looking surprised. “Oh my, almost forgot! Turns out I’m only twenty. Okay, I’ll go be a young person right now.”
Shou Jiaxun amused Guoran first, then leaned over the desk to ask Guo Duoyu, “Are you sure ‘The Great Filial Son’ isn’t going, right?”
Guo Duoyu nodded with certainty. “Class Monitor Xiao left the group chat ages ago. He didn’t even reply when I added him back. Definitely not coming.”
“Alright then.” Shou Jiaxun stood up with a clear conscience, checking his phone, car keys, cigarette case, and lighter—the going-out trio was all on him. “Let’s go.”
However, man proposes, heaven disposes. Half an hour later, President Shou not only saw “The Great Filial Son” Xiao Yu, but even the “Big Sucker” Yin Xi arrived aggressively at the same time.
While Shou Jiaxun was in the hotel lobby hugging and catching up with Guo Duoyu’s ex-“wife” Bai Fan, those two got out of their cars one after another at the entrance less than ten meters away.
Bai Fan reacted even more strongly than Shou Jiaxun and Guo Duoyu combined, exclaiming on the spot: “F*ck, who called those two here!?”
Shou Jiaxun thought classmate Bai Fan was nervous for him, so he immediately smiled sheepishly to comfort him. “It’s okay, it’s okay. I didn’t do anything back then, I’m not awkward.”
But after saying that, he couldn’t help kicking Guo Duoyu in the shin.
Bai Fan’s attention clearly wasn’t on him; he hadn’t heard what Shou Jiaxun said at all. Instead, he ducked behind Guo Duoyu, frowning and clicking his tongue as he complained to Shou Jiaxun: “Dammit, if I knew they were coming, I should have disbanded the class group chat in advance.”
Guo Duoyu didn’t move his body, only tilting his head back slightly, calmly suggesting, “How about disbanding it now?”
Bai Fan was unhappy hearing this and kicked Guo Duoyu in the calf. “Why should I hide from them? Back then, it was Dog Xiao who cheated first, that’s why I broke up with him; and Bitch Yin’s video wasn’t leaked by me either. I only forwarded it to Zhao Dalu alone. How was I supposed to know the whole school would be spreading it later?”
Shou Jiaxun’s eyes went wide, brows raised, face full of shock as he whispered to Bai Fan, “You guys were this exciting after I dropped out? Guo Duoyu actually told me nothing.”
Guo Duoyu corrected him immediately: “It’s not that I didn’t tell you, it’s that you didn’t listen. My dad knows it all.”
“…Good lord, I’m out of the loop.” President Shou chuckled mockingly. “Didn’t come in vain today.”
Yin Xi’s ride was a new two-tone Rolls-Royce. The specific configuration was unknown, but even the base model was enough to swap for a suite in Beijing.
So looking at this posture, he was definitely prosperous nowadays.
This former top-tier nightclub star now looked even more exquisitely made-up and dressed more glamorously, faintly carrying the aura of a big celebrity.
But then again, treating a class reunion like walking a red carpet was slightly exaggerated.
Xiao Yu, who got out of the car behind Yin Xi, was much more low-key. The show-off who drove a Porsche in high school actually only took a black mid-size Audi today.
However, looking at his well-fitted navy blue suit and the red pin on his lapel, radiating the aura of “within the system” from head to toe… it seemed it wasn’t that simple. Perhaps he was about to launch a dimensionality reduction attack on his old classmates again.
When Yin Xi got out of the car, he glanced backward. Xiao Yu walked forward expressionlessly, hugging and greeting a few Alphas he was close to back then, completely ignoring this ex-boyfriend from the nightclub.
Hiding behind Guo Duoyu, Bai Fan secretly took a nice photo of the luxury car; he clicked his tongue repeatedly, envy spilling out from his expression.
Then he turned to scold Shou Jiaxun lightly: “That is what you call a top-quality Omega. Look at you?”
Shou Jiaxun retorted, “Look at you?”
The dark-skinned Alpha Guo Duoyu whispered comfort to the two fair-skinned Os beside him: “Don’t feel inferior, you two. No matter how good-looking he is, he’s still someone President Shou rejected back then. And even so, he was eventually poached by Fanfan. Shows he’s not as good as you two.”
Shou Jiaxun chuckled sheepishly and offered no comment.
Bai Fan was very supportive, patting Guo Duoyu’s shoulder. “People with high IQs just speak so pleasantly.”
Guo Duoyu turned sideways, hunching his back, cupping one hand around his mouth to whisper and consult his “ex-wife”: “Bai Fan, that guy… if he asks about that video from back then today, can you not rat me out?”
Bai Fan immediately rolled a giant eye at him. “Dream on. You started it, why should I carry the pot alone? If Zhao Dalu rats me out, don’t think you can run either.”
Shou Jiaxun reminded from the side: “If he really asks you, just randomly blame someone from another class. He definitely can’t verify it on the spot.”
“Eh? Makes sense.” Guo Duoyu instantly felt relieved. “I think he might not necessarily bring it up.”
Bai Fan agreed in a whisper: “Right, right, I think he won’t bring it up. It’s quite awkward.”
But how could he not bring it up?
Even putting aside Murphy’s Law, just looking at Top-Tier Yin appearing with such killing intent—if he wasn’t here to wipe away his shame today, could he be here to solicit business?
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