Sun Qian gritted her teeth, deeply struck by Li Xiaotian's words. She had worked desperately for three years after graduation, becoming a strong woman in everyone's eyes, only to find that it wasn't as good as Ye Qingmei marrying a good husband.
This made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. At this moment, her thoughts were not so much about her own outcome, but rather about Ye Qingmei's incredible luck.
"I'm not resigned! I'm not resigned!" Sun Qian screamed, going mad as she couldn't accept this reality.
"Slap!" Song Wei slapped her across the face without holding back, sending Sun Qian rolling to the ground. Her face immediately swelled.
"You slut, how dare you compare yourself to Ms. Ye? You overestimate yourself!" Song Wei said coldly.
Xue Zhiyuan, who was kneeling beside them, was already terrified and in a complete mess.
"You offended Ms. Ye. Just you wait and see how I'll deal with you later!" Song Wei sneered.
Meanwhile, Ye Qingmei and her entourage had arrived at Cloud Top Palace's private room number one. Everyone was shocked by the scene, especially the women, who started taking photos with their phones.
However, most of them flocked around Ye Qingmei, showing their concern. Some even cursed Xue Zhiyuan and Sun Qian to Ye Qingmei's face.
Ye Qingmei merely nodded faintly. Zhang Xiaoduo, on the other hand, was furious because she remembered these people had been flattering Xue Zhiyuan earlier.
In the blink of an eye, the class reunion was coming to an end. Everyone escorted Ye Qingmei downstairs. As for the fate of Xue Zhiyuan and Sun Qian, everyone acted as if nothing had happened, and no one mentioned it again.
"She's just pretty and married a powerful husband. Sigh, what good luck."
After Ye Qingmei left, a female classmate said sarcastically, her tone full of jealousy.
"Exactly. I bet she deliberately staged a play today, just to dig a pit for Xue Zhiyuan and Sun Qian to jump into," someone whispered.
"Sigh, a sparrow flying onto a branch to become a phoenix. Ye Qingmei is really something now."
Zhang Xiaoduo's face turned red at this. Just as she was about to retort, her phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, Xiaoduo? What did you do today? Someone just called saying they want to invest fifty million in our restaurant to expand it and turn it into a five-star hotel, as a thank you for your righteous words tonight!"
As soon as the phone was connected, Zhang Xiaoduo heard her mother's voice. She froze on the spot, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
"Xiaoduo, if you know who that person is, please talk to them properly. Fifty million is too much; our family only needs one million. We don't need a five-star hotel either. This money is too much to accept!"
At the same time, Li Qiang also received a call. The news from the phone made his eyes turn red with excitement.
"Enough! All of you, you've only been out of university for three years, and look at yourselves now. What kind of faces do you have? Why didn't you say anything when Ye Qingmei was here?"
Listening to his classmates discussing Ye Qingmei, Li Qiang became enraged and cursed at them.
"Oh, class monitor, Ye Qingmei is gone. Who are you trying to impress now? Besides, you stood up for Ye Qingmei earlier. Isn't her husband very powerful? Why haven't we seen him reward you?" a girl retorted sarcastically.
Li Xiaoqiang immediately laughed at this. He glanced at the girl and said,
"Haha, excuse me, I just received a call. Someone redeemed my company's shares from Xue Zhiyuan and invested one hundred million in my company, allowing my company to do business with the Xue and Su families in the future."
Everyone in the room was stunned by this statement, especially the girl who had just refuted Li Qiang, who looked incredibly incredulous.
"Oh, what a coincidence? I just received a call from my mom too, saying someone invested fifty million in my family to expand our small restaurant into a five-star hotel, as a thank you for my righteous words tonight." Zhang Xiaoduo's voice also rang out. She hadn't intended to say anything, but she couldn't stand the way some of her classmates behaved.
At this, the surrounding classmates fell completely silent, filled with regret. One hundred million! Fifty million! They had never seen so much money even in their dreams!
And in just one night, Li Qiang received one hundred million, Zhang Xiaoduo received fifty million. Furthermore, their lives would surely undergo earth-shattering changes, all simply because the two of them had spoken up for Ye Qingmei.
The classmates present exchanged glances, especially those who had been gossiping about Ye Qingmei, their faces filled with immense regret.
If they had acted like Li Qiang and Zhang Xiaoduo back then, would they also have received so much money now?
Li Qiang and Zhang Xiaoduo left directly. Such a class reunion had lost its meaning, and they probably would never attend another one.
The other classmates remained standing there, their expressions complex, unable to snap out of it for a long time. Their hearts were filled with regret, thinking that if they had known, they would have also dared to speak up.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world. Some opportunities, once missed, are gone forever.
That night, Xue's Group, well-known in Jiangnan, went bankrupt overnight with billions in debt. Xue Zhiyuan was sent to Africa by Song Wei overnight to become a miner.
As for Sun Qian, she was considered fortunate compared to Xue Zhiyuan. Song Wei simply issued a statement that any company in Jiangnan that hired Sun Qian would be showing him disrespect.
In the following days, Ye Qingmei returned to the company. Li Xiaotian arranged for the hidden guards "Zhu" and "Ju" to join the company as Ye Qingmei's assistants, responsible for her all-around protection.
After Ye Qingmei took charge of Fengxing Financial Company, her first step was a complete overhaul of the company, firing some and promoting others.
The reason Fengxing was able to go public in the past was mainly due to Song Wei's support. However, the company's internal systems and employee quality were far from comparable to other listed companies.
Ye Qingmei became busy, while Li Xiaotian had more leisure time. He would either visit his wife at the company or wait for Tiantian to finish school at the kindergarten entrance.
One day, as Li Xiaotian arrived at Ye Qingmei's company, his phone suddenly rang.
"Hello? Is this Li Tiantian's parent? Please come to the kindergarten quickly. Tiantian was accused of being a thief by another student's parent and was slapped."
On the other end of the phone, the kindergarten teacher's anxious voice was heard.
Boom! Boundless killing intent surged within Li Xiaotian. His daughter had been hit!