Chapter 7 High School Reunion (3)

  "Thank you, I'll definitely try it out if I have the chance." Du Le could sense the pride and showiness in Li Xiwen's words, but he didn't pay much attention to that little thought of his. The people here were all classmates, and they might not even meet again for a long time, so making a fuss wasn't worth it. Therefore, he responded to Li Xiwen with the proper politeness but also a sense of distance.

  Perhaps feeling the indifference in Du Le's words, Li Xiwen himself felt uninterested and nodded before turning around to head upstairs. It was Zhao Yadan who, as she was about to go up, glanced at Du Le. Her eyes held a hint of celebration, even containing a tinge of sympathy.

  Du Le saw Zhao Yadan's expression and suddenly felt that this high school reunion was not as good as he had imagined, feeling a faint sense of loss in his heart.

  Du Le gently shook his head and followed a group of old classmates to the second floor. Fortunately, when they reached the second floor, there were not just one table, but four tables. Everyone sat down according to their closeness to each other, sitting casually.

  Most of my classmates were not much different in terms of their circumstances. Du Le chose a table with relatively good relationships, and everyone was able to maintain friendly and harmonious conversations, asking about each other's situations after graduation.

  But there will always be some discordant things happening.

  Li Xiwen's table was perhaps a case of "birds of a feather flocking together", and the inevitable showing off began. Those who drove cars loudly discussed their vehicles, brands, functions, safety features, comfort levels, and even boasted about plans to upgrade to better cars. Those without cars pulled out the latest brand-name mobile phones, digital cameras, and even personal handheld computers. As a result, a small dinner table was transformed into a miniature digital product exhibition.

  Fortunately, everyone was classmates, and no one really wanted to do something that would make others lose face. Li Xiwen didn't look for Du Le again, and Du Le wasn't interested in finding trouble either.

  At this time, Du Lezheng was drinking with his classmates who had a good relationship with him. Except for Chen Lei running to the girls' table, Li Qiang, Wei Shiyuan and Zhang Kai all sat together.

  Li Qiang and Zhang Kai have just entered a new company, both are ordinary employees. Wei Shiyuan's situation is different, after the college entrance examination, he chose to attend an agricultural vocational school. He graduated one year earlier than Du Le and others, and is now contracting a farm in his hometown, engaging in planting economy.

  "Shi Ye, what kind of fruit are you planting?" Du Le asked while drinking wine.

  Wei Shiyan heard this and couldn't help but reveal a pained smile on his face, "Tangerine."

  "Hmm, oranges, I love eating them. Bring some over for me one day when you're free." Du Le said jokingly.

  "It's all right," Wei Shiyan replied.

  Li Qiang furrowed his brow and said, "Recently, oranges seem to be selling poorly. I saw on the news that oranges from the southwest have worms, resulting in a significant price drop."

  Du Le stopped smiling and looked at Wei Shiyan after hearing Li Qiang's words.

  Wei Shiyan sighed and said, "Alas, I don't know if there are so many worms in the southwest, but such remarks are all over the internet. In the end, it affected our tangerines in the southeast, and I lost a lot of money. A hundred tons of tangerines, not even two cents, no one wanted to buy them. This year is considered a big loss. My tangerines absolutely have no worms!"

  "Actually, many people still like to eat tangerines, they just have concerns due to public opinion." Zhang Kai said, "I think that if we can transport them out, we can still make a lot of money in big cities."

  "It's not that no one is buying, it's just that the price is too low and the quantity is small. One or two cents, it's a big loss," said Wei Shiyan.

  "Who's going to collect? It can't be those production enterprises," Du Le asked, thinking for a moment, "Maybe someone is intentionally spreading rumors?"

  "It's possible, the price of oranges has been rising over the past two years, causing their production costs to increase." Wei Shiyan said, "However, I don't care about that much, I just care more about my own orange sales. If you want to take some oranges, come to my house, bring a sack to carry them, and take as many as you want." The last sentence was directed at Du Le.

  Du Le thought for a moment, considering Zhang Kai's words. He had a space pouch, and if he used it to transport a batch of decent-quality oranges and sell them at a low price, he could make some money, help his friend solve an urgent problem, and not have to pay too much in transportation costs - a win-win situation. The only question was whether the space pouch had any preservative effect.

  Du Le made up his mind and decided that after he went back, he would ask the helpful spirit if the space pouch had any preservative effects.

  "My family runs a small grocery store, tomorrow I'll go to your place and buy some oranges to sell, how about that?" Du Le said to Wei Shiyan, no matter what, he still had to find an excuse to take a look.

  "Thanks, at cost price, take whatever you want." Wei Shiyan said gratefully. He understood that the small grocery store could get so many oranges because of the relationships between people.

  "Let's just drink and forget about it." Li Qiang raised his glass and clinked it against Wei Shiyuan's, unaware of Du Le's inner thoughts, but feeling the need to comfort his friend.

  "Right, drink, cheers." Everyone raised their glasses and downed them in one gulp.

  The wine cup had just been put down when a noisy commotion came from outside the private room.

  It was Zhao Yadan and her friends who had something to do, and a classmate came in to call someone. It turned out that when Zhao Yadan and two other female classmates returned from the restroom, they ran into three hooligans who blocked their way and were also indecent.

  "Go take a look." The group were all young people who had just graduated, their vigor not yet worn off, and with the effect of alcohol, they naturally didn't fear a few small thugs.

  The male classmates all walked out of the private room, and Du Le immediately saw Zhao Yadan, who was covered in tears, being squeezed into a corner.

  "What are you doing! Get out!" Chen Lei rushed forward and shouted loudly. Du Le followed closely behind, protecting the girl.

  Three hooligans stopped their actions, and more than 20 male classmates who came out later also made them cautious, so they left with a few curses, pointing at Chen Lei and Du Le, warning them to be careful.

  Zhao Yadan seemed to be scared, and only after the thugs left did Li Xiwen come over, hug her, scold those little thugs nonstop, comfort her, and not say a word to Chen Lei and Du Le, directly ignoring them.

  Chen Lei's face was unsatisfied, and seeing Li Xiwen's behavior, he said discontentedly: "Li Xiwen, when your woman had an accident, what were you doing hiding behind someone else's butt? Are you still a man?"

  "Chen Lei, what did you say!" Li Xiwen said angrily.

  "Hmph!" Chen Lei was too lazy to continue talking to him and pulled Du Le back into the private room.

  Du Le looked at Zhao Yadan, shook his head and didn't want to say anything. She wasn't his type, nor had he ever thought about her, there was no need to say more. The initial faint sense of loss, with Li Xiwen's weakness, dissipated into thin air.

  Back in the package room, some people were excited, some were disappointed, and some were regretful, accelerating the end of the gathering.

  The first one to get up and bid farewell was Li Xiwen. Then the others at his table also dispersed reluctantly.

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