Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 313 Zhou Wang, you bastard!

"Who is this Zhou Wang?"

Xue Peng frowned and stopped Zhao Yan and asked.

"He is a friend of Song Rui and Cheng Yiyi. He is from Yunnan Province. He has some money and seems to be a big internet celebrity..."

"Oh, judging by your reactions, I thought he was some big shot."

When Xue Peng heard this, he immediately lost interest.

"He may not be a very good person, but he has a very bad temper. I met him the other day and he didn't even take me seriously!"

Zhao Yan chuckled.

"Oh?" Xue Peng also shook his head and smiled, "Is there any outsider who dares to be so arrogant in Beidu? I'll ask him later and see who brought him here..."

"With you here, Brother Peng, no matter if you are a dragon or a tiger, you have to lie down!"

"Okay, let's stop bragging among brothers... You should be careful when you're out there recently, and don't always use my name to bluff people."

"What happened?"

Zhao Yan couldn't help but ask in surprise when he suddenly heard Xue Peng say this.

"Not really...but you really haven't heard of it?"

Xue Peng waved his hand first, then asked again as if to confirm.

Seeing Zhao Yan shaking his head, Xue Peng asked him to sit down, picked up his glass and clinked it with his. After finishing the wine in the glass, Xue Peng spoke:

"A few days ago, a western restaurant called Peninsula Furongli opened. Did you know about this?"

"Peninsula Furongli..."

Zhao Yan recalled for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Is it the one invested by Qiangsheng Group... I remember that Liao Xiaoqiang seemed to have posted a circle of friends, but I'm not familiar with him, so I didn't go that day."

The Liao Xiaoqiang that Zhao Yan mentioned is the younger brother of Liao Jianli, the president of Qiangsheng Group. Qiangsheng Group has been very powerful in recent years, so the other party is also considered an extremely domineering figure in the Beijing circle, and everyone has to give him some face.

Sometimes, some people would compare him with the Fourth Young Master, but because the Liao family came from a grassroots background, this was generally regarded as a joke.

"I didn't go either, but I heard...something happened in the restaurant that day."

"Something happened?"

Zhao Yan wondered, "What could happen?"

"Hey, Zhao Yan, you really haven't watched the news!"

Another young man nearby smiled and said, "I remember that you had a pretty good relationship with Qu Jie. His mother has been put in jail. Don't you know about this?"

"Qu Jie's mother...Cao Meijuan?"

Zhao Yan was surprised. "What's the matter?"

"The public statement is that it was bribery, who knows... Anyway, her companies have been investigated, as well as Wang Feiyu's family..."

The young men nearby had obviously heard about this incident a long time ago, and they told Zhao Yan what they knew. Although no one could explain the whole story, just the part they knew was enough to shock Zhao Yan.

"No... Why do you sound more and more weird? What is the whole thing about? What role did Qiangsheng Group play in it? Don't Liao Jianli and Liao Xiaoqiang have an explanation?"

"This is the weird part. Logically speaking, Qiangsheng Group and the Cao and Wang families have had a cooperative relationship for many years. A simple search will also reveal that they opened the restaurant together. However, both Liao Jianli and Liao Xiaoqiang have remained silent on the matter."

One of the young men shook his head and said, "By the way, when I went to Wanliu to play golf yesterday, I met Liao Xiaoqiang. But when I asked him about this matter, his face turned as ugly as if he had eaten a fly, and he glared at me on the spot..."

Zhao Yan's curiosity was aroused more and more. Seeing that no one could explain it, he couldn't help but look at Xue Peng, who had been drinking quietly while everyone was talking.

"Brother Peng, with your energy, you must know what's going on, right? Can you tell us about it?"

"It's not that I don't want to tell you some things, but even if I tell you, you may not understand. However, due to some rules, I can't explain everything in detail."

Facing Zhao Peng's question and the looks from the people around him, Xue Peng simply said, "I can only reveal one thing, which is that the level of this matter is much higher than you think."

As he spoke, Xue Peng raised his hand and pointed upwards.

Looking at Xue Peng's unfathomable expression, although they were all confused, they also seemed to feel a certain solemnity... Although Xue Peng seemed to have said something, it also seemed as if he had said nothing.

At this time, Zhao Yan saw Cheng Yiyi and others walking towards the dance floor. He was about to follow them when Xue Peng suddenly hugged his shoulders again.

"Zhao Yan, I want to discuss something with you!"

As he spoke, Xue Peng took the initiative to light a cigarette for Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan was flattered and quickly said with a smile: "Brother Peng, there is no need for us to discuss anything. If you have something to say, just tell me!"

"I quite like that girl named Yiyi. Judging from your looks, it seems like the relationship hasn't been concluded yet, right?"

Xue Peng said with a smile, "Look..."

Zhao Yan's face changed slightly, and he forced a smile, "Brother Peng, this... isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"You know I don't have any hobbies, I just have a bit of a uniform complex. This girl looks clean, and she's different from the ones we usually see in our circle. I'm really a little greedy..."

"Brother Peng, I thought you would like someone like the female DJ on the stage..."

Zhao Yan didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he could only make faces and try to change the subject.

"You're talking about Jiang Mubai. This kind of flirty girl is indeed the best in some aspects, but there's no need to guess. She must have a sponsor behind her. There's no need to provoke that flirty girl."

Xue Peng smiled first, then sighed, "I just won a big project recently. Just like the last time I told you about that, I was under a lot of pressure. Please understand me... So, if you like a girl at the party later, just tell me..."

"Brother Peng, if you say that, I definitely have no objection, but the problem is Cheng Yiyi, as you said, she is not the kind of girl who knows how to play. I haven't even gotten her yet, so it's not easy for you, Brother Peng, to win her over!"

"Don't worry about this. If your brother Peng doesn't even have this ability, then he has been living in vain, right?"

Xue Peng sneered and waved his hand nonchalantly.

……

"Yiyi, Xiaojing, I'm going to say hello to Zhou Wang..."

At the edge of the dance floor, Song Rui was quite surprised to see Zhou Wang also appear here, so he said to the two girls.

Cheng Yiyi didn't say anything, but Xu Jing on the side immediately expressed her dissatisfaction, "Hey, Song Rui, Zhou Wang is your brother, why do you have to rush over to say hello to him as soon as you see him... No, I don't agree!"

"Actually, Zhou Wang is a nice guy. Xiaojing, you'll know if you get to know him more... Yiyi, don't you think so, Yiyi?"

Song Rui felt a little embarrassed, so he looked at Cheng Yiyi beside him, expecting her to say something. However, he found that Cheng Yiyi didn't listen to their conversation at all. Her eyes were fixed on Jiang Mubai on the DJ stage, with a gleam of resentment in them.

"It's her. Zhou Wang is here, and she is here again..."

At this time, Jiang Mubai, who was on the DJ stage, seemed to see Zhou Wang standing on the stairs while she was twisting her body. After a moment of shock, her dance became more enchanting, and she even threw several seductive glances in Zhou Wang's direction.

When Cheng Yiyi saw this scene, she thought she had figured something out. She bit her lips tightly until Song Rui called her several times before she came to her senses.

"...Yiyi, are you okay?"

"Do you want to say hello to Zhou Wang? Let's go together."

Somehow, Cheng Yiyi suddenly calmed down again and even spoke on her own initiative.

After saying that, she ignored the two people who were stunned and walked straight over there.

Song Rui hurriedly followed, and Xu Jing looked at the lively dance floor and the several stars dancing, then looked at the two of them. She could only stomp her feet and followed with an indignant look on her face.

"Zhou Wang!"

When they got closer, Song Ruixian couldn't help but shout.

Zhou Wang, who was watching others dancing with great interest, heard the sound, turned around in surprise, and saw three people walking towards him.

He was also stunned for a moment, probably not expecting to meet three people here, but after thinking about it, Zhou Wang quickly understood something. He looked in the direction the three people came from, and sure enough, he saw Zhao Yan, whom he had met once in the Summer Palace that day.

Although today's party was nominally organized by Qiu Zeyu to welcome Zhou Wang, as Qiu Zeyu said, everyone in the Beijing circle who feels qualified will come to join in the fun, and the actual guest list is not easy to control.

Therefore, it is not surprising that someone like Zhao Yan, who looks like a rich young man, also appears at the party.

...Anyway, Zhou Wang doesn’t know 99% of the people, so it doesn’t matter.

"What a coincidence!"

So when he saw Song Rui, Zhou Wang walked over to him with a smile and punched him on the shoulder.

"Yeah, are you here with friends too?"

Facing Zhou Wang, Song Rui felt unusually relaxed. He felt that all the depression he had just experienced in front of Xue Peng and the others was now released all at once.

"I... sort of. If I say this party is for me, would you believe me?"

"Hahaha, I'll believe you if you tell me. Brother Gou can do anything!"

After being stunned for a moment, Song Rui burst into laughter.

"How do you know my nickname?"

Zhou Wang wondered.

"Last time when I was in Hangzhou, I was drunk and added Shao Xiaoqi on WeChat without thinking. I saw him post a circle of friends, and it seemed that he called you that..."

"No wonder."

While the two were chatting and laughing, Xu Jing on the side couldn't help but curl her lips.

The party is held for you, how dare you... You are such a boaster!
Cheng Yiyi didn't care about Zhou Wang's joke, but she was almost unable to control her emotions.

Why?

Cheng Yiyi simply couldn't understand it. Half an hour ago, she thought she had figured it out.

But at this moment, she was face to face with Zhou Wang again, and those emotions that seemed to have been forgotten by her were surging wildly again at this moment.

What made her most inexplicably angry was that Zhou Wang still "ignored" her, and his eyes hardly stayed on her for a moment.

"Zhou Wang!"

Cheng Yiyi finally couldn't bear it anymore and called out Zhou Wang's name in a high-pitched voice that even scared herself.

However, the music was quite loud at this time and did not cause any waves.

"Is something wrong?"

Zhou Wang frowned and looked at Cheng Yiyi with a questioning look on his face.

To be honest, he actually had no prejudice against Cheng Yiyi. She was just a little girl who grew up in a pampered environment and had never experienced any hardships. According to current online standards, she might be a bit of an XXN and was the type who wanted both.

But Zhou Wang knew how troublesome it was to deal with such a girl, and that she might even make him angry from time to time, so he stayed away from her.

...Although let’s not talk about Cheng Yiyi today, she is really extraordinarily beautiful after dressing up. She is the kind of hexagonal warrior who is not the best in any one aspect, but is well balanced in every aspect.

The waist is thin enough, the hips are round enough, the legs are long enough, the snow is firm enough, and the skin is white enough... It's a pity that the awareness is not high enough.

"You...why are you so cold to me?"

She clearly wanted to treat Zhou Wang with a more arrogant attitude, but when the words came to her lips, Cheng Yiyi's emotions were unconsciously out of control, "Do you hate me so much?"

"I just don't want to cause misunderstandings."

"Misunderstanding?" Cheng Yiyi became more and more excited and couldn't help but walk forward. "What misunderstanding?"

"Don't get so close to me, I have a girlfriend..." Seeing that Cheng Yiyi was about to press on him, Zhou Wang could only step back.

"You have a girlfriend, and you're still with that female DJ? You have a girlfriend, and you still... treated me like that last time..."

As Cheng Yiyi spoke, she was already trembling all over.

What did I do to you?
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhou Wang had a headache. He thought about it and realized that although he tried to persuade Cheng Yiyi to leave last time, he did take advantage of the girl. So he said to Cheng Yiyi seriously:
"Cheng Yiyi, you are a good girl. If I have done anything that caused you to misunderstand me before, I apologize to you... Let the past be the past."

"What happens next?"

Cheng Yiyi asked in a daze.

"after?"

Zhou Wang was puzzled at first, then he answered naturally: "We will naturally go our separate ways in the future. Well, I think next time we meet, there is no need for us to say hello. It's fine to just be strangers..."

"Zhou Wang, you bastard!!"

Cheng Yiyi's eyes turned red instantly and she screamed.

"?"

Zhou Wang, who felt wronged after being called a "bastard" by two girls in one day, didn't know what Cheng Yiyi was crazy about again, but he was too lazy to pay attention to her.

"Whatever you say, that's it... Song Rui, come up with me for a drink. I'll introduce you to some friends."

Zhou Wang just looked at Song Rui and invited him with a smile.

"I won't let you leave!"

But Cheng Yiyi was still unwilling to let Zhou Wang go, so she used her body to block Zhou Wang.

"Get out of the way..."

"No!"

As Cheng Yiyi spoke, she even wanted to hug Zhou Wang.

Zhou Wang frowned. He couldn't possibly be violent towards a girl. He looked up and saw Song Rui also at a loss. Before Zhou Wang could figure out what to do, Xue Peng and others came over.

"Dude, what are you doing? Why are you touching a girl?"

Xue Peng looked at the two people "entangled" with each other, narrowed his narrow eyes, and said with a forced smile.

Zhou Wang was annoyed by Cheng Yiyi, and Xue Peng's appearance just happened to displease him, so Zhou Wang replied without thinking: "What's it to you?"

Xue Peng was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, Zhao Yan at the side had already started to attack: "Zhou Wang, how the hell are you talking like that!"

"I just talk like that, is there a problem?"

Zhou Wang looked at Zhao Yan coldly.

"you……"

Zhao Yan was so angry that he was about to rush forward, but Xue Peng stopped him.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Xue Peng."

Xue Peng looked at Zhou Wang and said calmly.

"so what?"

"..."

Xue Peng opened his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what to say, because in the past, whenever he mentioned this title, he would always get the expected feedback.

But this Jill Zhouwang did not play by the rules at all, and he was at a loss all of a sudden.

"Brother Peng, now you know how arrogant he is. He just said that this party was held for him..."

Xu Jing on the side had been holding it in for a long time. Now that Zhao Yan and others had arrived, she finally had no more reservations and spoke with a smile.

"You are really crazy... Yiyi, come here first and don't associate with these shady people!"

Zhao Yan sneered, and then called out to Cheng Yiyi who was still standing next to Zhou Wang. Because of the intrusion of Xue Peng and others, she had suddenly become much more sober, and at this moment she could only purse her lips and step back a little.

"That's not the right thing to do with you guys."

Zhou Wang glanced at Xu Jing, Zhao Yan and others, and replied lightly.

Zhao Yan didn't react at first. When his mind finally came to his senses, he was so angry that he wanted to curse, but was stopped by the somewhat flustered Song Rui.

"Brother Yan, forget it, we are all friends..."

"Who the hell is friends with this kind of person? Song Rui, get out of the way. I can't kill him today!"

Zhao Yan's voice was very loud, and this time, the commotion here finally attracted a lot of people's attention. Many people who were jumping around stopped and cast surprised looks at him.

Jiang Mubai, who was on the DJ stage, quickly turned down the music volume when he saw this. With the sound of "da da da", Zhou Zihan, wearing crystal high heels, came over first.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?!"

Zhou Zihan was not clear about the situation, but he could tell that something was wrong. As soon as he showed up, he angrily bared his teeth at Xue Peng and the others.

"Xue Peng, you guys are not going to cause trouble in my house, are you?"

"Zi Han, you haven't figured out the whole story yet, how can you say we are the ones causing the trouble?"

Xue Peng chuckled.

"There are so many of you and Zhou Wang is alone. If it's not you who are causing trouble, then is he just bored and wants to provoke you?"

"Zi Han, are you familiar with him?"

Seeing that Zhou Zihan did not ask Zhou Wang at all and just questioned them, Xue Peng couldn't help but frown.

"If he wasn't here today, I wouldn't be holding this party... What do you think?"

Zhou Zihan snorted.

These words immediately caused a stir in the crowd. Many people looked at Zhou Wang in surprise, and Cheng Yiyi's expression also changed.

Zhou Wang knew that Zhou Zihan might not mean this, but if other people heard this, it would easily lead to misunderstanding...

Xue Peng's expression also changed slightly. He glanced at Zhou Wang with a strange look and said, "Okay, since you said so, Zi Han, let's forget about it."

"Forget it, what else do you want?"

Zhou Zihan was still cold, "Xue Peng, you are here as guests today, and I don't want to make things too awkward, but please be careful with your words."

Xue Peng's expression became much uglier, but he said nothing in the end. He just nodded and laughed, then turned and left. Zhao Yan and others beside him also glanced at Zhou Wang and followed him.

"Zhou Wang, I'm sorry, I didn't expect Yi Yi to... I apologize to you on their behalf, please don't take it to heart."

Only Song Rui, with an embarrassed look on his face, wanted to explain to Zhou Wang.

"I don't blame you."

Zhou Wang didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, he patted Song Rui on the shoulder and said, "That girl is not very suitable for you... Think about it more."

"I actually knew that... Anyway, thank you for the reminder."

Song Rui said this in a low voice, forced a smile at Zhou Wang, then turned and left.

At this time, Zhou Wang looked at Zhou Zihan helplessly, "Sister Zihan, do you know that what you just said can easily cause misunderstandings from others..."

"Does it make you feel uncomfortable?"

Zhou Zihan approached Zhou Wang with his hands behind his back and blinked.

"Not really..."

"I don't know how to do that either."

Zhou Zihan laughed and suddenly took Zhou Wang's hand, "Come quickly, I'll introduce Miss Yang to you. Don't underestimate her because she's a big star, but she's really fun..."

Zhou Wang was caught off guard and could only be led across the dance floor by Zhou Zihan. The thin dress exuded a scorching temperature, which kept rubbing against Zhou Wang's hands.

Facing the ambiguous gazes of the guests around him, Zhou Wang was shocked at this moment. Damn, she couldn't have said that on purpose...

……

On the other side, Xue Peng returned to his seat and silently poured himself a glass of wine.

"Brother Peng, are you really just going to let it go? Zhou Zihan is fine, but that damn Zhou Wang was slapping your face in public..."

Zhao Yan couldn't help but say.

boom!
Xue Peng threw the wine glass down.

Zhao Yan and the others were shocked, but no one dared to speak for a while.

After a few seconds, Xue Peng, who had a gloomy face, let out a long breath and regained his calm demeanor. "We have to give Zi Han some face. There's no rush... Sit down and continue drinking."

"Drink, drink, damn it, Zhao Yan, you just boasted and lost to me, and you haven't drunk the wine you owe me yet!"

Everyone started to speak up, and the atmosphere quickly eased.

At this time, Xue Peng smiled and waved at Xu Jing, "Your name is Xiao Jing, right? Come, let's have a couple of drinks!"

"I?"

Xu Jing didn't expect that Xue Peng, who had just shown great interest in Cheng Yiyi, would suddenly come to her. She was quite flattered, but she still quickly sat down and did not notice the somewhat unnatural expression of Zhao Yan next to her.

Seeing that Xu Jing really didn't care about him at all and just started drinking next to Xue Peng, Song Rui wanted to say something several times but hesitated, but thinking of what Zhou Wang had just said, he remained silent.

Cheng Yiyi, who was sitting in the corner, had no time to care about these things. Her eyes were still looking at the dance floor, watching the young lady named Zhou Zihan intimately hugging Zhou Wang's hand and chatting and laughing with a few stars, her nails digging into her palms.

...Is this the "girlfriend" you mentioned?
It wasn’t Jiang Mubai, nor was it the girl he met that day... In short, it could be anyone, but not her.

Why on earth?

……

Miss Yang...is very smooth.

With Zhou Zihan's introduction, Zhou Wang got to know several celebrities present. Of course, since they had just met, they couldn't talk about any in-depth topics. This was just Zhou Wang's intuitive impression of Yang Mi.

It's quite amazing that a woman in her thirties can still have such charm. I don't know whether to say it's due to proper maintenance or natural beauty.

"Your business card is as handsome as you are!"

Miss Yang's attitude towards Zhou Wang was also quite warm. Although it was hard to say whether it was her social instinct, it was still very easy for ordinary people to be hooked into fishing.

He only exchanged business cards with Yang Mi and added each other on WeChat. When Zhou Wang was toasting her and chatting enthusiastically, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.

Zhou Wang picked it up and saw that it was from Qiu Zeyu:

"I calculated that by now, you should have received Miss Yang's WeChat message. You should be back soon... Jiang Minghao is waiting for you."

Zhou Wang smiled at first, but when he saw Qiu Zeyu's last sentence, he was stunned.

Jiang Minghao is Jiang Yisen's elder brother, the most famous of the four young masters...

What does he want me to do?
(End of this chapter)