Cover the sky - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Past and Present

Although Ye Fan could not be said to have a successful career, due to some reasons and experiences, he now had some capital in his hands. He happened to buy a Mercedes-Benz not long ago. The price was higher than Liu Yunzhi’s Toyota, but if he judged his status by this, he felt it was quite vulgar.

Ten minutes later, Ye Fan drove to the gathering place – Sea Moon City.

This is a super entertainment city integrating catering and leisure. It is located in a prime location and is very prosperous. The main consumers can be seen from the various mid-to-high-end cars in its parking lot. It has

just graduated from college for three years. Most of the classmates cannot be said to have a successful career. Ye Fan felt that choosing such a gathering place was somewhat extravagant.

When he walked out of the parking lot and came to Sea Moon City, he soon saw several familiar figures, all of whom were classmates who came to the party. Some of them had not seen each other for three years.

“Ye Fan!” At this time, a young man with a delicate and gentle appearance found him, and came over with a smile on his face, saying: “This is your fault. As a landlord in this city, you have been slow to show up. You should have initiated and organized this party.”

This gentle-looking young man is called Wang Ziwen, one of the organizers and initiators of this party. He was a very active figure in college. It is said that he has developed very smoothly in another city in the past three years and has considerable assets.

Several other people also came over. Although they had not seen each other for a long time, they were very warm.

It was obvious that Wang Ziwen was waiting for someone here. There were only two or three people who could make him stand in front of the Sea Moon City to greet them. It was easy to guess.

Wang Ziwen was a smart person. He did not continue to stay here to wait for someone alone. Instead, he led the way while talking and laughing, and accompanied everyone into the Sea Moon City. There is a small business center on the fifth floor, which can accommodate 30 to 50 people for meetings. It has been booked.

At this moment, the sky outside has darkened, and the students who came to attend the party are almost all here.

The arrival of several people immediately made the atmosphere of the scene lively. Many people came to greet them. Being able to get together again felt like time had passed and space was dislocated. In a trance, they overlapped with some scenes in college.

It has been three years since graduation. Everyone is already 25 or 26 years old. Several people have married, and two have become young mothers.

Everyone has their own different life trajectory, but in general, most of the classmates are ordinary people. The ideals and ambitions of the past have been polished by time and are almost completely gone. They have become ordinary in the dull life.

The dream has gone away, and most people are soberly aware that they are just ordinary people.

Ye Fan was taken to the other side by Wang Ziwen. After careful observation, he found that the classmates here were either those who had a successful career or those who had some family background.

“Ye Fan, you came so late, I must punish you with three cups.”

“Three cups is too little. You underestimate Ye Fan’s alcohol tolerance.” Lin Jia also sat here, with a sidelong glance of Danfeng eyes, a slender figure, graceful curves, and s*xy and moving.

“Which beauty wants to punish me?” Ye Fan also classified several male classmates as beauties.

“You took advantage of us right after you came here. We will punish you severely!” All the men and women were united and began to “sharpen their knives”.

Liu Yunzhi had a certain background in this city, so he was naturally in this small group. He casually said, “I thought you would have to wait for a while while waiting for the taxi.”

The atmosphere was a little cold as soon as he said this. Everyone present knew about the grudge between Liu Yunzhi and Ye Fan in college. Now he is developing very smoothly in this city, and at this moment he accidentally pointed out that Ye Fan came here by taxi, which was really obvious.

Other students also noticed the situation here and looked over here, but Ye Fan just smiled indifferently and said nothing.

“I’ll go outside to pick up Zhou Yi.” Wang Ziwen changed the subject and turned away.

Lin Jia talked about cosmetics with two female classmates, and talked about several brand-name clothes. Others also talked about some interesting things in the past. The short cold just now was revealed, and it became lively again.

However, after what happened just now, the atmosphere was somewhat subtle. No one mentioned punishing Ye Fan, but there were more words around Liu Yunzhi.

Although Ye Fan was a famous figure in college, it was not important after leaving the campus. Now, whether one’s career is successful or not is the most important thing.

People looked at him from time to time. This place seemed to be a special small circle. All the students present were currently doing well, but Ye Fan was marginalized at the moment.

Ye Fan was very calm about this, but in the end he stood up and left here, sitting with some other students. He didn’t want to be labeled as a special group by other students.

Cosmetics and brand-name clothing are always the favorite topics of female students, while male students talked about football, news and current affairs, etc., with a wider range of topics.

Half an hour later, the 25 people who came to the party arrived. There were 33 students in the class, three of whom were studying abroad, and the other five were unable to arrive due to some special reasons.

Several initiators and organizers of this party gave speeches one after another. The atmosphere was very warm. Then everyone divided into several small circles and chatted freely.

After a long time, everyone left the small business center and was about to raise a toast to celebrate the reunion. Without deliberate arrangement, the hierarchy of each table was revealed.

Ye Fan did not sit with the small group of Lin Jia, Liu Yunzhi and others, but sat at another table naturally.

After another speech, the next thing was very casual. Some people toasted at various tables, and some were surrounded in front of the table, unable to move a step, and were toasted again and again.

A lot of things have happened in the past three years, and everyone has changed a lot. Perhaps because of the stimulation of alcohol, many classmates talked about their lives, some were proud and some were frustrated.

Some people hated their bosses for being extremely harsh, always asking for overtime, but the salary was pitiful.

A female classmate said that her boyfriend was a department manager of a famous company, another classmate said that her husband had been promoted to vice president of the company, and some said that their fiancée was the niece of a bank executive.

And more people were silent after hearing this, and many people’s lives were not very satisfactory.

One of the female classmates looked particularly haggard. Some people said that she married a man she didn’t like and was not happy after marriage. Her husband was drinking all day. When a classmate passed by her city to visit her, he saw bruises on her body.

“If you need any help, you can come to me…” Ye Fan felt sympathy for this haggard female classmate. He still remembered her shy and innocent appearance in college, standing outside the football field and waving her hands vigorously to cheer for him.

It can be seen that her life is really not satisfactory. She nodded sadly and gratefully, and whispered thank you.

“Ye Fan, you should change yourself first…” The female classmate who said that her husband had been promoted to vice president of the company said somewhat impolitely under the influence of alcohol: “Look at how smoothly Liu Yunzhi is developing now.” The classmates

at this table all looked at Ye Fan at the same time, and then looked at the table where Liu Yunzhi was not far away, where there were classmates who were doing very well now.

“Ye Fan, I’m not saying anything bad about you. You were indeed a figure in college. But everything will change after you leave the campus. You have to work hard.” At this table, the male classmate who said that his fiancée was the niece of a bank executive also looked like he was preaching.

When talking about the people at Liu Yunzhi’s table, some students here sighed, saying that some people were far inferior to themselves when they were in school, but now they can’t compare.

Some people are cynical and very radical, and they say that those people returned home in glory and showed off their wealth.

There are also female students who joked to Ye Fan, saying that fortunately they only liked him secretly when they were in school, but now they regret rejecting Liu Yunzhi’s pursuit.

It’s still the same city, the same people, but the mood of everyone after reuniting is very different.