Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Highest Good is Like Water (Combined)
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“Are you…”
The moment Lu Jin saw this person, he thought he looked somewhat familiar. With a pretty good memory, he quickly recalled the person’s name, “Zhou Wang!”
Zhou Wang, who had been bumped into out of nowhere, was also trying to remember where he had seen this rude young man before.
Knowing that Ding Yi was hosting a birthday banquet at the Wanda Hotel, Zhou Wang quickly connected some memories and pointed at him:
“Lu… what was it again?”
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“Lu Jin!”
Lu Jin’s face darkened, did he really leave such little impression on people?
Especially since the person who couldn’t remember him was Zhou Wang, someone he had followed for a while. The annoyance in his heart was even stronger.
Their acquaintance had been quite plain, just one day more than half a year ago. Lu Jin went to Caiyun University to deliver a Christmas gift to Ding Yi and happened to run into Zhou Wang, who had just brought Ding Yi back to the dormitory.
At that time, Lu Jin didn’t think much of it. After all, they were at some distance from each other, and with someone like Ding Yi being a goddess, she surely had plenty of admirers in school. So he didn’t particularly mind this obviously poor student, Zhou Wang.
The reason Lu Jin remembered Zhou Wang’s name was more due to a short time ago, when he had gone to great lengths to secretly hook up with one of Ding Yi’s girlfriends. In bed, that slightly resentful girlfriend told him everything she knew about Ding Yi.
Upon learning that Ding Yi had never been in a relationship, Lu Jin was utterly thrilled.
Such a beautiful woman, and she was still an unopened original! Even novels didn’t dare to write such things!
But, Ding Yi almost got together with a guy, and that guy was Zhou Wang.
Initially, Lu Jin was a bit wary, but after probing into Zhou Wang’s basic background, he realized he had been overthinking it.
This kind of loser didn’t even have the qualifications to be his opponent.
He just hadn’t expected to run into him here.
In comparison, Zhou Wang wasn’t too surprised.
That Christmas had indeed been the last time Zhou Wang and Ding Yi had spent alone during their university days.
By a stroke of fate, neither of them went out to celebrate and just happened to meet on campus, taking a walk together.
The process was uneventful, perhaps hiding some teenage romantic feelings, but in the end, when they walked under the brightest streetlight, the light of reality pulled their shadows apart again.
“This is Lu Jin, a brother of my family friend… Zhou Wang, my classmate.”
Ding Yi’s introduction was conventional, but at least at that moment, Zhou Wang glanced at the Porsche Cayenne behind Lu Jin and finally let go.
There was no trivial resentment about “don’t bully the poor youth,” nor was there any “thirty years of East River” hot-bloodedness. It was just plain and simple, as Zhou Wang turned to leave, ending all thoughts.
Whatever relationship Lu Jin and Ding Yi had wasn’t important. What was important was… he and Ding Yi ultimately weren’t from the same world!
“Are you here for the birthday banquet too?”
Lu Jin looked Zhou Wang up and down, sneering, “Buddy, your knockoff outfit actually looks pretty legit!”
At the moment, Zhou Wang was wearing the LV suit. Although it was formal attire, the style was relatively casual. This way, he could show respect to Chef Luo’s kind invitation without feeling too stiff. To Zhou Wang, it seemed just right.
But to Lu Jin, he instinctively thought it must be a knockoff item Zhou Wang got from who knows where just to save face…
A bit of trivia—most people who can afford luxury goods actually have a low discernment ability. It’s those who can’t buy anything who often can tell the details.
For instance, do you think Jack Ma cares what series or material his clothes are made of?
All he needs to do is take the clothes from his life assistant.
One thing that puzzled Lu Jin was that the female server who seemed to be guiding Zhou Wang had remarkably high quality, smiling continuously and staying quietly by their side as they conversed.
“Right? I think it’s pretty convincing too.”
The current Zhou Wang was no longer the boy standing in the streetlight’s shadow. With a peaceful mindset, he found he could even joke around with Lu Jin.
“You don’t say, you really don’t say… The craftsmanship is impressive, not a loose thread in sight, and the style resembles LV’s new line.”
Lu Jin tugged at Zhou Wang’s shoulder, saying in a rather amused manner.
“Ha!”
At this moment, Bella couldn’t hold it anymore and burst out laughing.
Seeing Zhou Wang and Lu Jin both look over at her, Bella quickly apologized, “Sorry…”
This was indeed a rookie mistake, as she was a professional and normally wouldn’t laugh.
Lu Jin was a bit puzzled, but seeing Zhou Wang “putting on airs,” he had some mischievous thoughts.
If he could just lead Zhou Wang to the main table, with Ding Yi’s girlfriends’ sharp tongues, they would certainly ridicule Zhou Wang wearing fake goods into next to nothing, and then let’s see how he could stay here.
Lu Jin sneered inwardly, then warmly put his arm around Zhou Wang’s shoulder, “Come on, the room’s this way… Hey you, go do your thing, I’ll take him over.”
Zhou Wang subtly dodged Lu Jin’s hand and simultaneously glanced at Bella. Seeing her nod, he knew he was heading in the right direction, so he walked alongside Lu Jin.
Lu Jin cast a curious look at Bella, who followed them all the way, thinking that this server was a bit too dedicated, but he didn’t think much of it.
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