Ye Chen turned his head when he heard the voice coming from behind him. He saw a Land Rover parked less than 50 meters away from him.
As the car window wound down, a pretty face that was as beautiful as a painting appeared in Ye Chen's line of sight.
Ye Chen was stunned. "Lin Jiao?"
The woman opened the door and walked out. She frowned and said, "It's really you. I thought I recognized the wrong person."
Meanwhile.
Many people walked out of the car one after another. Ye Chen said in between tears and laughter when he saw the pretty lady leading the group, "Senior Sister Xiao Qin."
"Yo, your memory isn't bad. It's been a few years, but you still remember me." The girl named Xiao Qin smiled brightly.
Ye Chen could not help but feel speechless. He did not expect to meet two of his schoolmates in such a remote place.
Back then, Lin Jiao was Su Yuhan's best friend. Both of them talked about everything. However, being proud and arrogant, she did not approve of Ye Chen and Su Yuhan being together back then. She had always had a problem with Ye Chen.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qin was a year older than Ye Chen back then. When Ye Chen enrolled, Xiao Qin was the one who received him and brought him around the school.
Ye Chen said while smiling, "Why are you guys here?"
"Boss Lin came over with her friends to play, so she brought us employees over to have a look."
Xiao Qin smiled, and only then did she notice Meng Meng who was in his embrace. She said somewhat inconceivably, "This … this is your daughter?"
"Yeah."
Ye Chen nodded and held his head down to pat the little girl's head. "Mengmeng, say hi to the two aunties. Your Aunty Lin was your mother's best friend back then."
"Hello Auntie Lin, hello Auntie Xiao, my name is Ye Mengmeng." The little fellow was very obedient and sensible.
Xiao Qin was overflowing with motherly love. She could not help but touch her. "You're so cute. You look so much like Yuhan. Oh yeah, where's Yuhan?"
"I didn't bring her here," Ye Chen's smile froze as he said with an unnatural expression.
Lin Jiao, who was standing aside, took a good look at Ye Chen. She said coldly after noticing Ah Xue next to him.
"Why are you here?"
Ye Chen said while smiling, "I'm here with my friend."
"Play? Ye Chen, how old are you? You actually brought your daughter to this kind of place to play? "Lin Jiao's expression grew colder.
When they were in university, she and Su Yuhan were the campus belle and they were best friends. However, she had never supported Ye Chen and Su Yuhan being together. After all, Ye Chen had neither money nor looks back then. However, Su Yuhan refused to listen to her.
Therefore, she had a problem with Ye Chen. Now that she saw him bringing her daughter to a chaotic place like Swallowtail Town to play, she was even more upset.
Ye Chen frowned. "Lin Jiao, it's rare for us to meet. I don't want to argue with you."
He knew that Lin Jiao was unhappy with him because of Su Yuhan, but he did not expect her to still be like this after so many years.
"Auntie Lin, if you bully my daddy again, I'm going to get angry." The little boy pouted and looked at Lin Jiao angrily.
"Suit yourself!"
Lin Jiao snorted and looked at Xiao Qin. "You guys play for a while, I still have something to do."
After saying that, she once again sat in the previous car, which then sped away.
In the Land Rover, a handsome young man who was driving glanced at Lin Jiao with tenderness in his eyes. He asked half-intentionally, "Who was that?"
"He's my schoolmate. I don't know why he came here. Doesn't he know that this is a place where an ordinary person like him should be?" Lin Jiao's pretty face turned grim.
…
After Lin Jiao left, Xiao Qin glanced at Ye Chen and smiled awkwardly. "Erm, Ye Chen, Director Lin is just like that. Don't take it to heart."
"Director Lin?" Ye Chen asked.
Xiao Qin nodded. "Director Lin founded a company after graduating. Within a few years, she's the director of a listed company now. I'm working for her."
She turned her head and pointed at the two men and a lady behind her as she spoke to this point. She introduced them, "Oh yeah, let me introduce you. These are my colleagues from the company, Jiang Lei, Wang Dan, and Li Peng."
Ye Chen smiled lightly at them. However, they did not seem to be interested in him, so they merely nodded calmly.
Wang Dan asked, "Where are we going next?"
"Should we watch the competition?" Li Peng pouted his lips at the intense fight in the ring far away.
Wang Dan snickered. "What are you watching? Don't you know that our Brother Lei came from the provincial free combat team? Why would he be interested in those fancy moves in the ring? "
Jiang Lei looked extremely confident as soon as he was done speaking.
Jiang Lei immediately revealed an extremely confident look and shook his head. "I'm not saying this, but those people on the stage are all unorthodox. They haven't received professional training, and they don't have any technique when they fight. It's really not worth watching."
Moreover, it's not a big deal even if they win. The champion only gets 100,000 yuan. I've participated in the national free combat competition in the past, and the prize money was at least one million yuan. It's totally incomparable. "
Wang Dan chimed in as soon as he was done speaking, "That's right. Brother Lei was an elite in the free combat team back then. It's really boring to watch these country bumpkins fight."
"This is just a small show. Only those who know nothing will find it exciting."
Jiang Lei proceeded to boast upon noticing that people were flattering him. "The real show will be the martial arts competition later. The bosses of the three Tiannan provinces will send their experts. It'll be exciting by then."
"Brother Lei, you must show us a few moves during the martial arts competition later so that everyone will be impressed." Wang Dan looked like she was infatuated with him.
Li Peng agreed, "That's right, Brother Lei. I don't think those so-called experts are that impressive. They might not even be your match, Brother Lei."
"It'll depend on my mood then. If I'm in a good mood, I don't mind showing them a few moves." Jiang Lei nodded in disagreement.
Even Ah Xue could not help but look at him twice. Never had she thought that Master Ye would know such a powerful person.
Ye Chen was the only one who was speechless. He glanced at Jiang Lei and could not help but shake his head.
'This Jiang Lei is extraordinarily arrogant. To be exact, he has an exaggerated opinion of himself. He thinks he's invincible just because he learned free combat. He has no idea that there's always someone better than him.'
It would have been fine if he shook his head, but Jiang Lei, who had sharp eyes, noticed it.
Jiang Lei thought Ye Chen was laughing at him, so he felt embarrassed. "Brother Ye, you don't seem to believe me?"
At that moment, Wang Dan and Li Peng looked at Ye Chen at the same time. There was disdain and hostility in their eyes.
Noticing that the atmosphere was off, Xiao Qin smiled immediately and said to ease the tension, "Alright, Jiang Lei. Ye Chen doesn't know anything. Don't bother with him."
Jiang Lei scoffed and turned around to walk to the ring to register himself.
Not long after, the winner of the duel was decided. The winner was an extremely strong middle-aged man with two hard arms.
The people noticed that he had won three battles consecutively since he got on the ring. Clearly, he had a certain level of ability.
The spectators below the ring were rather afraid of his power, so nobody dared to challenge him within a short period of time.
When the referee called Jiang Lei's name, Jiang Lei glared at Ye Chen coldly. Subsequently, he went to the ring after a scoff.
To be honest, Jiang Lei's confidence wasn't entirely due to the flattery of others. After he went on stage, he defeated the well-dressed man in less than 20 moves.
Wang Dan and Li Peng were thrilled. Even Xiao Qin could not help but nod.
As the people cheered, Jiang Lei walked to the guardrail of the ring and looked down at Ye Chen in a condescending manner.
"Brother Ye, I think you know something. You might be an expert."
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