Chapter 2333 - 2150: Yellow Jacket (Part 3)
Chapter 2333: Chapter 2150: Yellow Jacket (Part 3)
"Are you guys just going to sing? That’s so dull. Come on, Xiao Zhang, you come with me to pick out some drinks and snacks."
"Okay, President Li."
President Li then took Zhang Yanhong out with him.
Wang Fang and Zhao Wenyu, the two girls, started singing a duet, with Lu Yaobing heckling from the side.
Not long after, President Li and Zhang Yanhong came back, pushing a cart loaded with various snacks and several boxes of beer.
"President Li, you brought so much beer, who can drink all this?" Wang Fang asked President Li.
"Don’t I know your all’s drinking capacities? Girls don’t have weak tolerances. Plus, even if you all don’t drink, won’t your classmate Xiao Bing drink?" President Li said while glancing at Lu Yaobing again.
And the more he looked, the more appealing she seemed.
Lu Yaobing had the traditional look of an Oriental woman—slim and tall, with soft features. Her only flaw was her small chest, but that’s something that can be remedied with effort.
Lu Yaobing firmly stated, "Sorry, I don’t drink."
The way she said it was so resolute, leaving no room for negotiation.
If Lu Yaobing had said, "I don’t know how to drink,"
then President Li could have said, "You can learn, right? Who’s born knowing how to drink? Not knowing how to drink will be a disadvantage for you when you enter society!"
If Lu Yaobing had said, "I can’t drink,"
then President Li would have retorted, "Why can’t you? Who can’t drink? It’s just a matter of whether you want to. If you don’t want to drink with me, you’re looking down on me and disrespecting me."
But Lu Yaobing said, "I don’t drink."
This made it clear that Lu Yaobing never drinks, and she’s not afraid of offending people by not drinking at such gatherings.
Zhang Yanhong wasn’t pleased when she heard this and said, "Today is such a rare chance for us to gather, and President Li is here too. Are you really going to disrespect him like that? Do you know who President Li is? He’s the CEO of Jin Tai Finance, a big figure earning millions annually. When we see President Li, we are all careful to flatter him. Why aren’t you getting the hint?"
Wang Fang also got annoyed when she heard Lu Yaobing wouldn’t drink and said, "Yeah, Bingbing, what are you doing? You said you don’t drink, but didn’t you drink at your high school graduation? Didn’t you drink at the reunion later? You obviously know how to drink, but you’re claiming you don’t. That’s not fair. Did going to college for two years make you look down on us?"
Zhao Wenyu quickly tried to mediate, "Hey, everyone is just out to have fun, not for business. If she doesn’t want to drink, then don’t!"
Chapter 2152: Sing for President Li
President Li, trying to maintain his composure, also said, "Alright, if she doesn’t want to drink, she doesn’t have to. But what about you all? Will you be drinking?"
Zhang Yanhong quickly added, "Hmph, if she won’t drink, we’ll drink with President Li. She’s a college student, okay and delicate. We’re different."
"Alright then, let’s drink."
President Li, Zhang Yanhong, Wang Fang, and Zhao Wenyu left Lu Yaobing to the side. The four of them drank and sang, while Lu Yaobing, feeling bored, pulled out her phone to play.
Originally, Lu Yaobing thought it was just four girls going out to sing karaoke, but she didn’t expect Zhang Yanhong to call President Li over, turning a simple reunion into a corporate gathering filled with social games. Zhang Yanhong was sucking up to President Li, while Wang Fang and Zhao Wenyu cheered from the side, leaving Lu Yaobing feeling uninterested.
After a while of their commotion, President Li looked up to see Lu Yaobing and noticed she was playing on her phone. He quickly said to her, "Xiao Bing, don’t just sit there playing on your phone. You haven’t sung a single song yet!"
Zhang Yanhong, Wang Fang, and Zhao Wenyu also looked at Lu Yaobing and saw she was on her phone.
"Yeah, Bingbing, you’re the best singer. Sing a song for President Li!" Zhang Yanhong suggested to Lu Yaobing.
Lu Yaobing felt a wave of disgust.
It was clearly just a class reunion, yet it turned into an opportunity for Zhang Yanhong to curry favor with the boss.
And she was using someone else to do it.
It was indescribably gross.
"Yeah, Bingbing, sing for us. President Li, you should know, Bingbing participated in a city singing competition back in high school and even won an award!" Wang Fang chimed in to President Li.
"Really, that impressive? Then come on, Classmate Xiao Bing, sing for us so I can appreciate it! I really like girls who sing well!" President Li said with a cheerful smile to Lu Yaobing.
Lu Yaobing initially wanted to sing, but Zhang Yanhong’s comment about singing for President Li immediately dampened her interest, so she refused.
"No, my throat is not feeling well," Lu Yaobing excused herself.
Zhang Yanhong, knowing Lu Yaobing’s temperament and realizing her previous comment wasn’t right, quickly corrected herself: "Bingbing, just sing one for us. The three of us don’t sing well, and your singing is the best. I just wanted to hear you sing since graduation!"
Only then did Lu Yaobing take the microphone and go to select a song.
Lu Yaobing chose Cen Ning’er’s "Pursuer of Light" and gently began to sing.
"If you are the firework above the sea, I am the bubble of the waves, At a certain moment, your light illuminates me. If you are the distant galaxy, shining so bright it brings tears, I am pursuing your gaze, always watching the night sky in solitude."
Lu Yaobing’s voice carried a calming power. As she began to softly sing, her voice not very loud, the four people who had been making noise moments ago suddenly stopped and swayed gently to the music.
"See how small I am, because of you, I have dreams to pursue."