NOVEL NEXT Chapter 32: Serendipity
A grand endeavor?
Upon hearing these words, Wang Ye felt very unfamiliar. Such vocabulary had never appeared in Wang Ye's mind before.
All along, Wang Ye had been living in a state of simplicity. To him, stability was the goal of life.
However, he was also gradually changing now. Although he had only been down the mountain for a few days, Wang Ye had already seen and experienced a lot.
Those things made him realize that to survive outside the mountain gate, one couldn't be too ordinary.
Seeing that Wang Ye did not respond, only lost in thought, Fang Feifei continued to speak, "Wang Ye, I was just speaking casually. Perhaps it's because I am a commoner, unable to reach your level. Someone like you, a noble person, should be hidden among the masses. The hustle and bustle of the mortal world won't disturb you."
"Fei... Miss Fang, you flatter me. I'm really not any noble person, nor do I wish to stay hidden, I just want to live my own life," Wang Ye still couldn't bring himself to call out the two characters for Feifei.
Fang Feifei smiled wryly and said no more.
Ten minutes later, their car entered the parking lot of a high-end Western restaurant.
As soon as the car stopped, two security guards in suits and ties came forward to open the doors for Fang Feifei and Wang Ye.
After getting out of the car, Fang Feifei tossed the car keys to one of the attendants.
After entering the restaurant, Wang Ye discovered that there were not many people inside. The vast restaurant was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Following Fang Feifei's footsteps, Wang Ye arrived at the second floor of the restaurant and took a seat by the window.
Just as they settled down, a beautiful waitress came over holding menus.
"Wang Ye, feel free to order whatever you'd like," Fang Feifei said to Wang Ye with a smile.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Fang Feifei realized something was amiss.
Because she remembered that this restaurant used menus in foreign languages.
How could Wang Ye, who had cultivated in the mountains for eighteen years, understand a foreign language?
"I'm so sorry, Wang Ye, I forgot you might not understand a foreign language. How about this, I'll order for you, okay?" Fang Feifei suggested in a pleading tone.
Wang Ye glanced at the menu and nodded, saying, "Okay."
As he put the menu down, Wang Ye's gaze drifted to the side for a moment, just in time to see two people walking over.
It was perfectly normal for there to be other customers in the restaurant. However, among the two people Wang Ye saw, one was Su Wanqing. This caused Wang Ye's gaze to immediately freeze.
Su Wanqing also saw Wang Ye, and their eyes met, both pausing for a moment.
Next to Su Wanqing was a man, in his twenties, wearing a suit and sporting what appeared to be an expensive watch on his wrist.
Fang Feifei, noticing Wang Ye's distraction, also looked in the direction of his gaze.
When she saw Su Wanqing, a smile immediately appeared on her face. But as her gaze shifted to the man beside Su Wanqing, Fang Feifei's smile froze.
The man, upon seeing Fang Feifei, also paused for a moment.
In that instant, two men and two women, their eight eyes met. But no one spoke, and the silence was profound. The air seemed to stop flowing, plunging into a suffocating stillness.
After a long while, someone finally spoke, breaking the silent atmosphere.
"Feifei, when did you get back?"
The first to speak was the man who had arrived with Su Wanqing.
"When I came back has nothing to do with you," Fang Feifei answered with an icy tone.
At this moment, Fang Feifei was once again a cold and aloof female CEO.
She was completely different from the gentle person she had been just moments before with Wang Ye.
"Feifei, how can you say that, we..."
"Stop, I have nothing to do with you."
From Fang Feifei's attitude, it wasn't hard to tell that her relationship with that man was complicated. Something must have happened between them.
"Wang Ye, how come you are together with Miss Fang?" Su Wanqing also asked Wang Ye at this moment.
When Su Wanqing saw Wang Ye and Fang Feifei getting close at the competition, she was already a bit upset. Now, seeing Wang Ye actually appearing in the restaurant with Fang Feifei, Su Wanqing was even more displeased.
Originally, she thought Wang Ye was a very simple person, but she didn't expect that soon after coming down from the mountain, Wang Ye had gotten into a messy relationship with the Fang Family's young miss, Fang Feifei.
"Miss Fang invited me to have dinner together. I had helped her..." Wang Ye started to explain.
However, before he could finish, Su Wanqing cut him off directly, "That's enough, no need to explain. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."
These words from Su Wanqing made Wang Ye somewhat unhappy. If she felt it had nothing to do with her, why did she even ask in the first place?
"Excuse me, are you all together?"
At that moment, the server suddenly interjected with a question.
In an instant, all four people's gazes landed squarely on the server.
The server really lacked discernment; couldn't she see that these four people had come in pairs by coincidence?
And the server had heard their conversation just now. Could she still misunderstand their relationships after everything that had been said?
After sensing the gazes of the four, the server also realized she had misspoken and quickly lowered her head.
"I'm sorry, I spoke out of turn."
Yet none of the four pursued the server's mistake.
"He Lei, let's go," Su Wanqing gently tugged the man's arm and said.
Seeing Su Wanqing pulling He Lei's clothing, Fang Feifei's expression became even more serious.
"Wanqing, do you know that gentleman?" He Lei didn't leave as Su Wanqing had suggested but instead looked at Wang Ye and asked.
"Know him? Somewhat," Su Wanqing answered with some disdain.
"Well, since you know him, how about we dine together tonight?" He Lei suggested.
"This..." Su Wanqing didn't agree, but she didn't decline either.
It was Fang Feifei who spoke up, "Sure, let's have dinner together. Server, we need a table for four."
Among the four of them, Wang Ye was the one with the least presence. Naturally, he didn't raise any objections.
"Of course, this way please," the server said agreeably, quickly arranging for the four to move to another table by the window.
After Fang Feifei got up, she took the initiative to loop her arm through Wang Ye's.
This scene was witnessed by both He Lei and Su Wanqing. Both were slightly shocked and their gazes were somewhat strange.
But neither of them said anything.
Then, Su Wanqing took the initiative to link arms with He Lei.
Seeing Su Wanqing do this, Wang Ye's eyebrows knitted slightly. Su Wanqing was engaged to him, how could she hook arms with another man?
At this moment, each of the four had their own thoughts. However, none of them spoke up, each silently competing with one another.