Chapter 002: It's Not What It Used To Be

Ren Pingsheng had just sat for a while, and Chang Yuan stood in the center of the box, holding a glass of red wine, tapping the cup with his knuckles, and said in his unique bass: "Students, students, everyone be quiet." ”

After the eyes of the audience were focused on him, Chang Yuan spoke unhurriedly: "Tonight is the 10th anniversary reunion of our class 3 students of the 02 class, and all the students are gathered here,...... Let's make our classmates more ......", he said a lot of high-sounding words, and when everyone was about to get impatient, he finally got to the point.

"I'm very happy, most of the students in this party class came, but there are some students who can't come for some reason, they also miss their old classmates, miss our classmates for four years, fortunately, today's technology has developed enough, with the great assistance of our classmates Zhai Daocheng, no matter where you are in the world, you can connect and talk. ”

"Now, let's connect. ”

Zhai Daocheng is a member of the 108 dormitory, and he is now the vice president of an Internet company in Hanhai City. On the field that day, in addition to Gao Yuanyuan, who had his own halo, and Chang Yuan, who was running all over the field, he was the most popular.

Moreover, Zhai Daocheng is still single, he can be regarded as the fifth diamond king, plus he looks good, he was a delicate little white face when he was in school, and now he has a greasy hair, and he has two mustaches on his upper lip, which looks quite Han Fan, and has attracted many female classmates who still have charm to revolve around him.

However, although the female classmates are positive, Zhai Daocheng is a person who is expensive and expensive, and during the whole afternoon party, he always has endless calls, even in the noisy KTV box, you can hear the sound of him communicating business with the other end of the phone.

Zhai Daocheng held an iPad at this time, swiped a few times, and the 60-inch flat-screen LCD TV in the box immediately appeared on the distant dialogue window, in today's booming smart devices and the Internet, remote video dialogue is no longer a difficult thing, but Chang Yuan and Zhai Daocheng obviously made a lot of preparations for this party.

The first dialogue is Deng Pengnian, he is a native of Anshi, a senior official of Sanqin, and is now the site supervisor of the construction of the port of Djibouti in East Africa, because he is in the southern hemisphere, it is still a sunny daytime on the other side, Deng Pengnian is wearing a winter coat that has not been changed, standing in front of the construction site in full swing, his cheeks are tanned by the East African sun, but he still does not take off the simplicity and honesty of the past, he used the Qin dialect to reminisce with his classmates, and introduced his work and life overseas, although the living conditions in East Africa are not as good as those in China, but it can be seen that he loves and is proud of his work。

The second dialogue is Qi Tianbao, he is a native of Jiangcheng City, Jingchu Province, has been engaged in mining procurement after graduation, the main business scope is in Southeast Asia, he is currently talking to you on the beach in Manila, Philippines, behind the sea, the sky, The beach and the beautiful woman in a bikini, after graduation, he is obviously much fatter than when he was in school, his belly under the checkered shirt is high and erect, Qi Tianbao on the other end of the conversation is very active, showing his superior status and life in the Philippine island country as a Chinese project manager, and his actions and words are full of the greasy feeling of a middle-aged successful man.

The third dialogue is Sister Zhu, as soon as she appeared on the screen, the classmates present couldn't help but let out exclamations, no one expected that the big beauty with long hair and shawl, tall and slender, delicate facial features, and clever smile on the screen was actually a fat girl who had a boy's head and weighed 200 pounds.

Unexpectedly, in the years since graduation, Sister Zhu has not only completely abandoned the past in appearance, but also evolved to another level in life. It is said that after graduation, she was admitted to the graduate school of Cambridge University, and obtained a doctorate degree from the École Supérieure de Paris, and then went to the United States to work on Wall Street.

Sister Zhu is dressed in a well-tailored professional attire, standing in the crowded Times Square in New York to greet her classmates, although she has been overseas for so many years, her Mandarin is still very standard, of course, there will inevitably be a few English words mixed in the conversation, from the screen, she is full of energy, full of confidence, elegant gestures, completely the style of a successful person who travels between countries.

Although the connection time was only a few minutes, Sister Zhu has become the center of conversation among the students present, and even Gao Yuanyuan's limelight has been stolen a lot.

Especially the male classmates, they regretted their lack of discernment, did not discover the potential of the fat girl earlier, and thought that if they won the current international beauty on campus, they don't know how chic they are now.

No one knows how many of those students were able to give full play to their talents, how many people could reverse their fate, and how many people could realize their ideals and pursuits in life?

Ren Pingsheng sat in a corner of the box, coldly observing the braggadocio of the male classmates and the smirks of the female classmates, feeling as if he was watching a well-designed play, the script was old-fashioned and the actors' acting skills were clumsy.

He can even write the script that is about to happen below, and when the singing is almost the same, and the wine is almost drunk, these male and female classmates who have long been aiming at the target can get together with the male (female) classmates who did not succeed in school in the name of alcohol, and make up for the regrets of the year.

After tonight, the husbands of many girl classmates will glow green on their heads.

Ren Pingsheng had no interest in this, and he had no intention of continuing to watch other people's performances, he drank a few glasses of water, and most of his drunkenness had disappeared, taking advantage of no one paying attention to his existence, he walked out of this smoky box.

At this time, there were not many people in the hotel, Ren Pingsheng walked along the empty corridor, looking at the night scene of the city with lights outside the window, but before he reached the end of the corridor, he saw Gao Yuanyuan's shadow.

When she was in school, Gao Yuanyuan was recognized as one of the four beauties of Hanhai University, although she hadn't seen her for many years, the years had not left too many traces on her.

Her delicate facial features are enhanced by the embellishment of high-end cosmetics, the wavy curls that are highlighted and dyed dark red are casually draped over her shoulders, a pink Chanel suit wraps around her curvaceous figure, her lustrous white skin is obviously carefully maintained, and the white GUCCI handbag in the crook of her arm, everything is so high-end, so tasteful, so in line with Gao Yuanyuan's family background and lifestyle.

She leaned diagonally on the railing to make a call, her cloud-like curls draped over the pink Chanel dress like waves, and her beautiful and generous jade face was a little unhappy at the moment, as if someone on the other end of the phone had angered her, two slender and beautiful willow eyebrows wrinkled from time to time, and two thin red lips opened and closed, spraying anger at the other end of the phone.

When Ren Pingsheng approached, he just heard Gao Yuanyuan finish his last sentence: "The surname is Zhao, I don't care about your business, and you can't take my business too seriously, don't take yourself too seriously." ”

After speaking, Gao Yuanyuan immediately hung up the phone and turned off the phone, leaving no chance for the other party to fight back.

Although the family conditions are superior, Gao Yuanyuan is not as arrogant and domineering as some official children, she has always been known for her thoughtful manners when she was in school, so she has received unanimous praise from the school.

The two didn't know each other very well when they were in school, but at this time there were only each other in the corridor, and Ren Pingsheng couldn't treat it as if he hadn't seen it.

Therefore, although Gao Yuanyuan's jade face was covered with December frost, Ren Pingsheng walked up to her as if it was nothing, took out his cigarette case and said, "Get one?"

GAO YUANYUAN WAVED HER HAND AND REFUSED, SHE TOOK OUT A SMALL AND DELICATE CIGARETTE CASE FROM HER GUCCI HANDBAG, AND PULLED OUT A SLENDER BLACK-HANDLED GOLD FILTER LADY CIGARETTE.

Ren Pingsheng turned on the lighter and came up, Gao Yuanyuan's cold face instantly melted more than half, revealing a reserved smile, slightly bowing his head and lighting a cigarette in Ren Pingsheng's hand.

Ren Pingsheng also lit one for himself, and the two leaned back against the railing, each spitting out a smoke ring, comfortable and relaxed.

Gao Yuanyuan's smoking action is very elegant and good-looking, she uses three thin and white fingers to hold the golden filter, and her slightly bent elbow is hugged in front of her chest, judging from her chest that has gradually calmed down, the cigarette has calmed her emotions a lot.

"Why did you come out on your own?" Gao Yuanyuan glanced at Ren Pingsheng, and most of the cold in her eyes disappeared.

"It's too noisy in there, and it's not interesting. Ren Pingsheng shrugged and said, he didn't need to ask to know that with Gao Yuanyuan's current status, he would basically not stay on this occasion for a long time.

"Hehe, you're still the same as before. Gao Yuanyuan said with interest.

"Oh, how was I before?" Ren Pingsheng asked with a smile.

"Usually silent, like stealth to many people, but will do a few extraordinary and surprising things. Gao Yuanyuan's comments were quite insightful, which made Ren Pingsheng unexpected.

He admits that he doesn't have much contact with Gao Yuanyuan, but she can accurately describe the characteristics of her actions.

"Oops, I really didn't expect you to be my long-lost confidante. Ren Pingsheng's words were a bit funny, but Gao Yuanyuan was in a much better mood now and didn't mind.

She snuffed out the remaining half of the lady's cigarette, stood up straight and said, "The air here is not good, you can walk with me." ”

Without waiting for Ren Pingsheng to answer, Gao Yuanyuan walked downstairs with a GUCCI handbag, Ren Pingsheng quickly quickened his pace to keep up with her, and the two walked side by side into the garden at the back door of the hotel.

Gao Yuanyuan is about 172 tall, with two long legs and 10 cm heels under her feet, which is half a head taller than Ren Pingsheng, but no matter what the occasion, her walking posture is very elegant, so Ren Pingsheng can keep up with her rhythm.

"Do you know what impressed me the most during my college years?" Gao Yuanyuan said with a gentle swaying of her soft, fluffy wavy curls.

The scent of a blend of fine perfumes and cosmetics wafts into the tip of the nose in the wind, and walking through the night with the goddess-level beauty recognized during college, a feeling that Ren Pingsheng has had in his life, but has not relived it for a long time.

He didn't say much, and Gao Yuanyuan continued to talk.

"One is that you actually won Zuo Xiaoxiao's heart, which none of us expected. Although Gao Yuanyuan's words are a little hurtful, this is indeed the biggest achievement of Ren Ping's life so far, and being able to make Zuo Xiaoxiao, who is on a par with Gao Yuanyuan, become his lover, not only surprised many people, but even he himself felt lucky.

Gao Yuanyuan didn't take into account his feelings, and continued: "The second is that before graduation, you were admitted to the civil service of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, although you are not a civil servant of national ministries and commissions, but you are also very rare among our classmates. ”

Ren Pingsheng was silent, the civil service exam was not in his original plan, it was just a strong request from the elders in the family at that time, he casually took the exam with a dispensable attitude, but he didn't expect to be admitted once.

At that time, in the class, in addition to Ren Pingsheng, there were only Gao Yuanyuan and another nerd-type boy, of course, Gao Yuanyuan was admitted to the Propaganda Department of the Hanhai Municipal Party Committee, and the difficulty and gold content were not comparable to Ren Pingsheng's generation.

But Ren Pingsheng still relied on this exam to become a popular figure in the class a few days before graduation, not only speaking at the graduation ceremony as one of the class representatives, but also partnering with Gao Yuanyuan to host the graduation party.

"Do you remember the party we hosted together before graduation? Gao Yuanyuan really mentioned this matter. "That was the first time I met you in four years of college, and I understand why Zuo Xiaoxiao chose you. ”

"I thought that with your eloquence and character, you would develop well in your career, but unfortunately I was wrong. Gao Yuanyuan's frankness did not embarrass Ren Pingsheng, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

Ren Pingsheng has a clear understanding of the failure of his life plan, and he doesn't need to hide anything in front of Gao Yuanyuan, after all, the gap between the two is almost worlds apart, so he just smiled bitterly:

"Sometimes I wonder if I could be given another chance to go back to a few days before graduation, and I wonder what I would do and what I would be like after that. ”

Ren Pingsheng's words seemed to touch a place in Gao Yuanyuan's heart, she held her steps and looked up at the sky.

They chatted while walking, and unconsciously walked out of the hotel gate, standing on the side of the crowded street, Gao Yuanyuan's outstanding appearance and makeup attracted a lot of passing eyes, some fashionably dressed, pretentious young people still whistled at her, but Gao Yuanyuan's noble and cold, rejecting people thousands of miles away, but these men hesitated, and only dared to ask for some cheap verbally.

Ren Pingsheng stood next to him and admired Gao Yuanyuan's bright and moving face, her eyelashes were as long and dense as a fan, her bright apricot eyes were floating with a layer of hazy floating clouds at the moment, and the two slender willow eyebrows frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.

After a long time, Gao Yuanyuan withdrew her gaze from the sky and muttered, "The moon is really bright today." ”

Her words made Ren Pingsheng a little confused, and looked at her line of sight, a full moon as clear as an ice disc hung in the air, and the soft and warm moonlight sprinkled on the French plane trees beside the body and the street, paving a small and three-dimensional shadow, like a picture cut from an old movie in the last century.

Ren Pingsheng looked at it carefully, I don't know if it is the illusion caused by alcohol, the moon tonight is indeed abnormally bright, the brightness of this light is almost as bright as the sun at 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, and the outline of the moon seems to be an arc larger than usual, making people feel that they can touch the Tao by reaching out.

"Maybe it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon is normal. Ren Pingsheng seems to have found an explanation.

But Gao Yuanyuan had long forgotten about it, she took out a small white card from her handbag and handed it to Ren Pingsheng, and said in a rare gentle tone: "When did you figure it out, come to Hanhai City to find me." ”

A brand-new shiny black Audi A8L drove in front of them unhurriedly, Ren Pingsheng noticed that the license plate of this car was a white license plate starting with 0, and the driver who got down from the driver's seat was almost in his early forties, with a small flat head, wearing a black jacket, with a capable and old face, he respectfully opened the back door of the A8L, Gao Yuanyuan waved to Ren Pingsheng with a smile, and sat in the back seat of the A8L in a beautiful posture.

The Audi A8L carried the beauty away at a gallop, leaving Ren Pingsheng with a business card in his hand, standing silently under the roadside lamp.