Chapter 28 - Antique Auction (2/2)

Chen Fan clearly didn’t get the memo about the dress code. He walked into the event hall with just business casual s.h.i.+rt and pants, which made him stand out among the others.

The reception had a buffet bar, providing some refreshments for the guest before the auction started. Seeing Wei Ziqing had not arrived yet, Chen Fan decided to hit the buffet table first.

He grabbed himself a plate and started to pile it with Australian Lobsters Salad. Suddenly, he heard a voice calling out to him.

“Chen Fan, why are you here?”

The soft and musical voice was too distinguishable to have mistaken for someone else.

Chen Fan turned around and saw surprise was written all over Xu Rongfei’s face. He cracked a smile and then said:

“Why can’t I be here?”

Xu Rongfei blushed as the memory of what happened at the gala came back to her. She quickly changed the topic.

“I am here with Meng-Meng, she got me a ticket. I have heard that items for sale are very interesting, so I have agreed to tag along. ”

She batted her lashes while staring at Chen Fan with a pair of wide eyes. “Brother Chen Fan, did you come by yourself? Are you planning to buy anything?”

“He can’t even afford this Australian Lobster much less anything in the auction.” Jiang Churan appeared behind Xu Rognfei. She glared at Chen Fan watchfully.

Chen Fan’s smile disappeared, and then he said thinly:” Ran-ran is right, I am too poor to buy anything at the auction. I am just here for some food, and O’ Lord, have I hit the jackpot! They have some really nice desserts too, would you like to accompany me to sample some of those?”

“Oh, of course!” Xu Rongfei giggled.

Seeing the Chen Fan was clearly making a move on Xu Rongfei, Jiang Churan grunted under her breath as she became even more vigilant of the boy’s actions.

Not far from them, a few girls had formed a small circle and were glancing in Chen Fan’s direction.

“Is that Fei-Fei’s friend? Why didn’t she introduce him to us? ”

The oldest one spoke. She was in a low cut nightgown and wore her hair in an elegant high bun.

“That boy looks unfamiliar to me. Did you see how giggly Fei-Fei is? OMG- could that be her new boyfriend?”

“He is ugly. Maybe he is super rich. ”

These girls had grown up with Xu Rongfei and Jiang Churan but haven’t seen the two for ages. To their surprise, Xu Rongfei had ditched them only after a few minutes of reunion for an ordinary-looking boy.

Zhang Yumeng was among the girls as well, and she sneered and then said, “Not a boyfriend. Just a laborer from the countryside. He works part-time at a bar.”

Then she said bitterly, “I have no clue why Fei-Fei is so obsessed with that loser.”

“OMG! So he really is the boyfriend?” Everyone was shocked by the revelation.

Xu Rongfei’s high standards for boys was well known among her friends. Their jaws dropped after having learned that the pedestrian-looking, p.i.s.s-poor country boy was her final choice.

Some girls were already pitying Xu Rongfei as they heaved sighs and shook their heads.

“Fei-Fei is too naive! It’s not going to end well.”

Most of these girls came from multi-million yuan families. Some of them were sent abroad to study ever since they were little. In their eyes, a laborer from the countryside would never make the cut as their boyfriend.

The girl in the low-cut gown furrowed her brow and said, “As her older sister, I need to talk some sense into her.”

“It’s fine if she uses him just for a while, but she is playing with fire if she ever lets herself fall in love with him. She is way out of his league, and their relations.h.i.+p is doomed from the very beginning.”

After saying that, the girls’ eyes lost focus for a second.

Her name was Han Yun, as the oldest girl of the crowd, she had already graduated from university. When she was in high school, she fell in love with a boy from a poor family. They stayed together despite the outcry from her family. However, as soon as the couple entered university, things took a turn for the worse. They started fighting and arguing every day until the boy left her for another girl.

Meanwhile, outside of the Hidden Dragon Villa. A jeep pulled over, and a strapping young man got off the vehicle.

“Are you sure Xu Rongfei is going to be here tonight?”

He turned around and asked one of his entourage.

“Yes, I heard it from Lou Xiaoxiao. ” A boy in a sleek buzz-cut answered.

With only a second of hesitation, the young man said, “Very well, let’s go in.”