Chapter 69: Between Classmates
With the experience of last time, Xiao Ye arrived at the entrance of Gucheng Hotel at 10:40. Xiao Ye originally wanted to go up and change his clothes, but after looking at his clothes, he thought they were still decent, so he didn't go to change.
At around 11:45, Yun Xi arrived at the entrance of Gucheng Hotel and saw Xiao Ye standing there. He quickly walked over to him, saying "You've been waiting for a long time, haven't you?"
"No, I just arrived. You look really beautiful today!" Xiao Yu looked at Yun Xi in front of him and was taken aback. Yun Xi was wearing a white shirt with a light pink jacket over it, black tight-fitting pants, and a pair of black high-heeled leather shoes, looking mature and stunning.
"Thank you!" Yun Xi said, her face slightly red, lowering her head to look at her feet as if there was something precious there.
As the two walked into the ancient city hotel's gate, Yun Xi took the initiative to hold onto Xiao Yu's arm. Xiao Yu was taken aback and looked at Yun Xi, only to see her lowering her head with a blush on her face.
Yun Xi was also helpless. When she went to university, she studied in the ancient city. Many of her classmates stayed in the ancient city after graduation. Some of them started dating during their school days, and some got married after graduation. As the class beauty at that time, Yun Xi remained single until she met Xiao Ye.
Last New Year's Eve, classmates organized a gathering, and almost everyone brought their boyfriend or girlfriend. Only she was alone, and for this, she was also ridiculed by her classmates. Since getting to know Xiao Ye, Yun Xi not only didn't reject him but also showed a hint of intimacy. So when the classmate got married and said to bring a boyfriend, she immediately called Xiao Ye.
As I walked into the lobby of the ancient city hotel, a huge poster photo caught my eye. A pink balloon arch stood on one side of the poster, and on the other side, a red wooden board with golden light written: Congratulations to Wu Qingzhi, the new groom, and Luo Jiao, the new bride, on their grand wedding. Next to this wooden sign was a table where three young people sat around it, chatting while eating melon seeds. On the table, a gift list had almost been filled up to the last page.
"Cloud Creek, five hundred." At the moment when Xiao Yu was about to take out his money, Cloud Creek had already taken out a prepared red envelope and placed it on the reception desk.
One of the young men took out the money from the red envelope and looked at it, while another young man wrote Yunxi's name on the gift list.
Xiao Yu saw Yun Xi take out 500 yuan as a gift and was stunned. In the ancient city, where the average monthly income is 2,000 yuan per person, this amount is considered a generous gift. Generally, when classmates or colleagues get married in the ancient city, they usually give 100 yuan, occasionally 200 or 300 yuan if they have a good relationship or high income. Five hundred yuan is absolutely the standard for giving to leaders. In fact, Yun Xi was told by the class leader over the phone that everyone agreed to give 500 yuan as a gift.
Actually Yunxi knew that they were flattering Luo Jiao, it is said that Luo Jiao's father was the first deputy secretary-general of the municipal party committee with great power.
"Hey, isn't that Yun Xi? Long time no see!" Just as Xiao Yu and the others were about to head inside, a loud voice came from the entrance. Xiao Yu and Yun Xi turned their heads to look, and a woman in her mid-twenties walked in. When Xiao Yu saw this woman, he was taken aback - judging by her voice, he had thought she was a man, but it turned out to be a woman. This woman was about 1.6 meters tall, but weighed around 150 kilograms, and with a thick waist and plump buttocks, she swayed as she walked in from the entrance.
The woman looked okay, but the voice was not worth complimenting. Behind the girl followed a man in his fifties, with hair on top of his head that had already retired, and a few strands of long hair covering the shiny bald head, holding a briefcase under his arm, about 1.65 meters tall, with a belly like he was four or five months pregnant.
A bald-headed man walked over to the plump woman, saw that she was talking to Yun Xi, and then came over. The first time he saw Yun Xi, his eyes lit up, revealing a lecherous gaze staring at Yun Xi. Yun Xi slightly furrowed her brow, filled with disgust towards these two people in her heart. Whenever Xiao Yu had this feeling, it meant that someone had ill intentions towards her.
The woman walked up to Yun Xi: "Yun Xi still doesn't have a boyfriend! I'm telling you, Yun Xi, it's not that I'm saying this, but you're already so old, don't be picky anymore. A man's looks are the least useful thing, and they can't even eat or drink. What men need is ability! Look at our family's Old Ma, he's already been promoted to deputy director of the district Industrial and Commercial Bureau." She pointed to a balding man in his fifties.
"Otherwise... I'll introduce you to someone, although he's a bit older but absolutely capable, has a house, a car and savings, what do you think of this absolute 'three haves'?" The woman didn't even wait for Yun Xi to speak, she just kept talking to herself, with an expression that said "I'm doing this for your own good, you're getting a great deal".
Although the woman's words sounded good for Yunxi on the surface, Xiao Yu furrowed his brow and found that Yunxi also frowned in disgust. Looking at the woman, Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh, indeed the world is full of conflicts everywhere, not to mention this woman who thinks Yunxi is more beautiful than her, and Yunxi must be the focus of men's attention in school. This woman can only elevate herself by showing off her deputy director husband in front of Yunxi.
When she was in college, Yunxi had a gentle and beautiful personality, almost all the boys in her class fell for her, and some senior students even came to their classroom every break to watch her, which made Wu Yali envious and jealous.
Although her husband is almost fifty years old and has a son in his twenties, every time she mentions that her husband is the deputy director, she receives a wave of envious glances from her classmates. This woman, who was previously unremarkable in class, greatly enjoys being admired, fawned over, and praised by her peers. However, Yunxi never brings up the fact that her husband is the deputy director, which makes her feel resentful.
The woman came over and didn't even look at Xiao Yu, thinking that Xiao Yu was just a little brother helping out at the reception desk. Seeing Yun Xi's good looks, she took out a red envelope from her bag and handed it to Xiao Yu without even giving him a proper glance.
When the woman handed the red envelope to Xiao Yu, Yun Xi finally reacted and said: "Wu Liya, this is my boyfriend."
After finishing speaking, she took Xiao Yu's arm with her hand. Maybe in front of her classmates, Yun Xi was still a bit shy, but she was much more open-minded.
Wu Liya glanced at Xiao Yu with a slanted gaze, pouted and took back the red envelope she had handed to him. This Wu Liya didn't feel embarrassed saying so much in front of someone else's boyfriend, which shows how powerful Yunxi is as a classmate.
"Wu Liya, you go first and pay your respects, we'll go ahead!" Yun Xi felt an intense disgust in her heart, so she said to her classmates, then walked inside with Xiao Yu's arm in hers.
Seeing Yun Xi turn around and leave, Wu Liya stomped her foot and walked towards the reception area with a swagger.
Yunxi led Xiaoyu into the grand hall of the wedding center, which was very lively. There were already two or three hundred people there, with adults chattering and children laughing loudly. At the entrance of the hall, a newlywed couple stood there greeting guests coming and going.
"Roujiao!" Yunxi shouted, pulling Xiao Ye towards the bride. However, the bride seemed not to have heard and continued talking to the bridesmaid beside her. Yunxi's eyebrows furrowed slightly as she walked towards the bride. At such a close distance, even if Yunxi's voice was soft, the bride should have been able to hear it, but it was also possible that she really hadn't heard.
"Roujiao!" Yunxi and Xiaoye walked up to the bride and called out again.
At this time, the bride finally turned her head and looked at Yun Xi with a smile: "Yun Xi is here, come in quickly, our classmates are all in the Jinxiu Hall!" Although the bride, Luo Jiao, was very enthusiastic when talking to Yun Xi, Xiao Yu saw a hint of complacency and disdain in her expression, while the groom's expression was somewhat awkward.
Yun Xi was very confident in her sixth sense, so when she walked into Luo Jiao's place, she also felt a faint sense of disgust and couldn't help but pause for a moment.
