After Jiang Mingzhong and Wei Zhongxun entered the party, they went their separate ways. The two really couldn’t hang together, as they had no shared topics. Can you talk about won with an old man?
Jiang Mingzhong still had quite fond mories of this party. In fact, he hadn’t attended for only two or three tis, yet it felt like a long ti, with so many things happening in between.
He never expected he would return one day, and co back with far more skills than before. At his age, even making slight breakthroughs was a challenge.
"Uncle Jiang, I didn’t expect to see you here."
A voice rang behind Jiang Mingzhong. He turned to see that it was Yu Zhimin.
Thinking of how Yu Zhimin coveted Beisitian, Jiang Mingzhong’s eyes flashed with coldness. Soone like Yu Zhimin, whose lifestyle was questionable, was not worthy of Doctor Bei.
No, even if his lifestyle weren’t questionable, he still wouldn’t be worthy of Doctor Bei.
Jiang Mingzhong smiled, "Yes, I guess not many expected it."
Yu Zhimin’s face showed a hint of embarrassnt. Upon seeing Jiang Mingzhong, he thought of Beisitian. Knowing that his spirit was depleted and he could no longer be a Mystic Doctor, he mindlessly blurted out what he thought.
Yu Zhimin felt a bit regretful for speaking so mindlessly.
However, Yu Zhimin’s attitude towards Beisitian had recently changed. After hearing about the incident at the business hotel’s entrance and learning about the hotel’s change in ownership, his interest in Beisitian grew stronger.
Originally, he only planned to play around. But if this girl really had so influence, and it was reasonably significant, he wouldn’t mind considering marrying her.
Yu Zhimin glanced around Jiang Mingzhong but didn’t find Beisitian, feeling a bit disappointed.
"Uncle Jiang has kept a low profile for so many years; naturally, many are surprised." Yu Zhimin laughed as he tried to smooth things over. Yet he wasn’t overly concerned about offending Jiang Mingzhong, thinking Jiang was of no real use to him.
Nevertheless, his nature was to avoid unnecessary enmities, so he offered a few explanations.
"Oh, isn’t this Teacher Jiang? Haven’t seen you in years, where did you make your fortune?"
A short, fat man approached, smiling broadly as he saw Jiang Mingzhong, acting like old friends.
The teachers here are just honorifics, not representing an actual teacher-student relationship.
Jiang Mingzhong didn’t show a warm smile, instead appearing rather indifferent. This short, fat man used to flatter him the most, always clinging to him, calling him Teacher Jiang very intimately. But once Jiang had an incident, and was kicked out of the Association, this man quickly went to Guan Tongshan, becoming his lackey.
If it were just that, Jiang Mingzhong wouldn’t have minded much. The key issue was that this short, fat man actually stepped on him too!
He had to sell his house and move his son, daughter-in-law, and their family out of the city, all thanks to this short, fat man’s doing!
Because of this change, his daughter-in-law’s attitude towards him suddenly plumted, even his son wasn’t too happy.
Thinking of how the start of all nightmares was caused by this short, fat man, how could Jiang Mingzhong be cordial with him?
The short, fat man’s na was Qiu Liang. He used to be a casual Mystic Doctor like Jiang Mingzhong. After learning a lot together, the mont Jiang had his incident, Qiu turned his back on him.
Qiu Liang looked Jiang Mingzhong up and down, grinning. You’ve aged a lot over these years—deservedly so!
Who told you back then to always act so high and mighty, yet thinking your relationship with him was solid. What goes around cos around, and now you’re facing retribution.
Qiu Liang thought secretly. Even without intentionally checking on Jiang Mingzhong’s situation at the ti, he knew Jiang wasn’t doing well. Though moving away, Qiu Liang used so connections to pressure his son’s and daughter-in-law’s workplaces.
"Long ti no see." Jiang Mingzhong looked at Qiu Liang flatly.
Judging by his obesity, these years he hadn’t restrained his indulgence. Eating like that, no amount of Xuan Talisman could save him when he’s older.
Qiu Liang suddenly tilted his head, looking at Jiang Mingzhong, and asked, "By the way, Teacher Jiang, didn’t your spirit get depleted to the point of uselessness? How did you get in here?"
If Yu Zhimin misspoke unintentionally earlier, then Qiu Liang was indeed doing it on purpose.
Yu Zhimin touched his nose and discreetly took two steps back, blending into the crowd. He certainly didn’t want to be part of this, preferring to find so pretty ladies instead.
Qiu Liang’s voice was neither loud nor soft, but at least everyone around heard it clearly. Hearing the words about the depletion of spirit, all eyes turned to Jiang Mingzhong.
So people imdiately recognized Jiang Mingzhong, once a notable figure, later disappearing into obscurity due to his spirit depletion.
This matter was a hot topic back then, after all, Jiang Mingzhong had so fa. Many people were curious about his whereabouts, and rumors of his difficult life, even struggling to have enough to eat, circulated widely.
Those who knew Jiang Mingzhong were almost shocked to see his current appearance, much older than before. Clearly, the past three years had been incredibly tough!
It seed the rumors about his hardships were true.
So sighed, so relished it, and so didn’t care one bit.
Beisitian observed Jiang Mingzhong’s difficult situation from a corner, a smile appearing on her lips. Great, let them expose Elder Jiang’s spiritual depletion to the entire party!
Jiang Mingzhong understood this, but as the involved party, it was still sowhat upsetting because these years had genuinely been a difficult ti for him.
Hearing the chatter around him, in the past, Jiang Mingzhong would have been driven to a ntal breakdown by these voices, his mindset shattered.
But now, he felt fully confident.
"How I got in, since when was that any of your business?" Jiang Mingzhong snorted coldly, smiling mockingly.
Seeing this, Qiu Liang’s face turned sour, "Teacher Jiang, I’ve been giving you face. Sneaking in like this is quite embarrassing. Why not leave quietly yourself and not kill our vibe?"
Say that, Qiu Liang leaned closer to Jiang Mingzhong, lowered his voice, and said, "Old fool, don’t push your luck!"
Jiang Mingzhong looked at him coldly, "Feeling guilty?"
Qiu Liang narrowed his eyes, carrying a slightly dangerous look.
"How about we settle this in the competition?" Jiang Mingzhong replied. He didn’t want to say more, fearing he couldn’t help but make a move. Once he did, forget the competition, even the party would be off-limits to him.
Qiu Liang glanced at him disdainfully, "Teacher Jiang wants to compete? Do you even realize your abilities? You have no qualification to compete, neither do you have the right to enter this party!"
With that, he turned around to call the security personnel, intending to have Jiang Mingzhong thrown out.
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