After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: No Wonder You Were Stuck in Traffic!

TL: YYang

In the luxurious, spacious, and bright “Chenglong” private room of Nanjing Restaurant.

A group of well-dressed young men and women were sitting on the sofa in the side hall, joking, boasting, and fooling around.

“Young Master Li, who are we still waiting for? I’m starving to death!”

One of the slick-haired young men in a polo shirt couldn’t help but complain. It was already almost seven o’clock, and everyone was getting hungry.

“What’s the damn rush? Aren’t there fruit platters and snacks on the table? Have some of that to tide you over.”

The young man called Young Master Li retorted, then picked up his phone and sent a voice message to the contact named “Son Yuan”: “You bastard, it’s already six-thirty, and you’re still not here?”

He was Li Yuhang, the organizer of tonight’s gathering and Shen Yuan’s childhood friend.

However, after sending the voice message, he waited for a long time without a reply. He finally said, “Forget it, I’ll have them start serving the food. I don’t know what time that kid will arrive.”

Hearing this, the young men and women were relieved and got up one after another to take their seats in the main hall.

The young man in the polo shirt who had spoken earlier walked over slowly with his hands in his pockets. “That’s more like it. Unimportant people don’t need to be waited for, and important people are never late.”

Li Yuhang glanced at him but didn’t say much. His name was Lin Guangyao, and they had a decent relationship. They could even call each other brothers when they were drunk, but sometimes his character was really not that great.

“By the way, who were you waiting for that made us wait so long?”

After sitting down, Lin Guangyao casually draped his right arm over the shoulder of a girl next to him and asked.

“Shen Yuan. Don’t you know him?”

Li Yuhang remembered that he had organized a bar gathering before, and that was the first time Lin Guangyao and Shen Yuan had met.

But that night, everyone had been drinking heavily. By the end of the night, the two of them were even slinging their arms around each other’s shoulders and calling each other brothers.

“Why did you invite him?”

Hearing the name “Shen Yuan,” Lin Guangyao couldn’t help but frown.

His family operated two factories that produced auto parts, with an annual profit of nearly ten million. Although it couldn’t compare to Li Yuhang’s family, it was still considered one of the top in their circle.

This world had always had a gap between the rich and the poor. Besides the difference in money, there were also differences in vision, thinking, and values.

Shen Yuan’s family had gone bankrupt. He was no longer in their circle, and it could even be said that he was no longer in their social class.

So, Li Guangyao felt that they should draw a clear line and cut off contact with this kind of “lower-class person.”

“Fuck, it’s my treat tonight, not yours. What are you so unhappy about?”

Li Yuhang couldn’t help but curse. He knew that this guy Lin Guangyao was very snobbish and only made friends with people of equal family background.

Although there was indeed a class gap in reality, Shen Yuan was his childhood friend of many years and couldn’t be treated the same.

He had invited Shen Yuan today mainly to relax, have a meal, a drink, and then go to a bar to have fun.

This kid Shen Yuan’s family had gone through bankruptcy, and he wasn’t in a good mood. He had invited him several times, but he hadn’t come out. It was rare for him to agree to come out today.

He guessed it had something to do with Zhou Wanting.

The two of them used to hang out together often, and Zhou Wanting would occasionally come along, so Li Yuhang and Zhou Wanting had also added each other as friends.

But yesterday, he found that Zhou Wanting’s Moments were blocked from him. He was a bit curious and sent her a WeChat message, only to be greeted by a red exclamation mark.

Li Yuhang thought that bitch Zhou Wanting must have dumped Shen Yuan and then deleted his WeChat as well.

So, Li Yuhang felt it was even more important to get Shen Yuan out to relax. After all, after suffering the double blow of family bankruptcy and being dumped, any normal person would be sad and upset.

Lin Guangyao, on the other hand, was a bit unhappy. Everyone present was a respectable person, and their families were all stable. Why invite that jinx over? It would be bad if his family’s bad luck rubbed off on them.

However, he respected Li Yuhang. After all, Li Yuhang’s family was richer than his. Lin Guangyao thought he would let it slide this time.

With nothing better to do, he turned to look at his influencer girlfriend. Her face was full of cosmetic work, and her chest was even filled with a large amount of silicone.

But it still felt good to the touch. Thinking this, his right hand couldn’t help but grope downwards into the depths of her collar.

The influencer’s face showed a flicker of surprise, and she quickly pressed down on his wandering hand, saying in a squeaky voice, “What are you doing? There are so many people here.”

“What’s the big deal? No one here is an outsider.”

Lin Guangyao’s eyes narrowed into a slit. He actually loved this kind of thing. The more unwilling the girl was, the more excited he got.

After speaking, he ignored the others’ gazes and continued his improper actions with his hands.

But after a few unsuccessful attempts, he felt a bit disappointed. He turned to a young man who looked somewhat similar to him and said, “Cousin, didn’t your girlfriend say she was coming tonight too? Why isn’t she here yet?”

“She said she’s stuck in traffic. It’ll probably be another ten minutes or so.”

The man next to him replied. His name was Xie Haijie, Lin Guangyao’s cousin, about thirty years old and dressed in a business suit.

“I see.”

Lin Guangyao smiled faintly, but a wicked thought arose in his mind.

His cousin had found a 4S dealership saleswoman with a superb figure. He had seen photos. Her long, shapely legs were wrapped in stockings, and her bust was all-natural.

Most importantly, in that hip-hugging short skirt and white blouse, she was the epitome of the OL uniform temptation. No man could resist!

The influencer girlfriend next to him was no match for that saleswoman.

He didn’t know what kind of dog-shit luck his cousin had to find such a girlfriend.

His cousin’s family background was actually very average. His parents, Lin Guangyao’s aunt and uncle, ran a small business. The start-up capital had been borrowed from Lin Guangyao’s parents.

And now, his cousin was a sales manager at GAC Honda, a position he had gotten through the connections of Lin Guangyao’s parents.

His cousin’s family owed his family a debt of gratitude, so Lin Guangyao had always looked down on them.

To him, his cousin’s family was practically a vassal of his own.

Especially this cousin next to him, who wasn’t even qualified to attend this kind of gathering. If it weren’t for him bringing him along, how could he have gotten a seat at the table?

As for his cousin’s girlfriend, since she was just a girlfriend and they weren’t married, he could also try to make a move.

Maybe his girlfriend would suddenly fall for him?

Lin Guangyao thought happily about the photo, a sense of anticipation growing within him. His right hand once again began to explore the valley of his influencer girlfriend’s cleavage.

The dishes were being served one after another. Seeing that Shen Yuan still hadn’t arrived, Li Yuhang told everyone to start eating.

But just then, the private room door was pushed open, and Shen Yuan walked in with a smile. “Sorry to keep you all waiting.”

“Looks like I arrived at just the right time. The food is just starting to be served.”

“Why the hell are you so late?” Li Yuhang couldn’t help but curse.

Shen Yuan casually sat down next to Li Yuhang and said with a smile, “There was traffic on the road, and I suspect the Didi driver took a detour. The navigation showed 10 kilometers before I got in, but the Didi settlement interface showed the mileage was 13 kilometers when I arrived.”

“Fuck, there are Didi drivers who take detours? Report that son of a bitch!”

Li Yuhang joined in the complaint.

Hearing the word “Didi,” Lin Guangyao felt even more annoyed.

Everyone here had driven, either in a Mercedes or a BMW. You took a fucking Didi. No wonder you were stuck in traffic!