379: Chapter 375: Battle of Wits with Heroes 379: Chapter 375: Battle of Wits with Heroes Li Zhaojun comnced her speech, and everyone listened intently except for one person, Ye Fan.
Initially, this class reunion didn’t concern him much, especially given his limited familiarity with Li Zhaojun; therefore, what she discussed onstage appeared utterly dull to him.
Li Zhaojun spoke for about three minutes.
After Li Zhaojun finished, the host Yi Yue took the microphone and said, “Although this is our class reunion, we also have many enthusiastic attendees from other classes.
Please welco our distinguished senior Wang Qingyi to say a few words.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan finally understood why, although a class in college typically had only thirty to forty people, there were almost eighty or ninety attendees.
It turned out, in addition to people bringing their families, there were other alumni joining in.
However, he didn’t think much of it, attributing the mingling with other classes as a sign of good fellowship in college.
As Li Zhaojun returned to his side, Ye Fan whispered, “Your class reunion seems really lively, with even people from different classes and batches attending.”
“Mmm,” Li Zhaojun acknowledged, fully aware of why others had joined.
She glanced at Ye Fan’s expression and felt slightly disappointed on noting no change in his deanor.
Eventually, the speech segnt concluded swiftly, giving way to a ti for socializing freely.
There wasn’t a designated sit-down al as the venue provided a variety of exquisite desserts, red wine, champagne, snacks, and treats.
As the mingling period began, Li Zhaojun once again beca the center of attention, with many who hadn’t greeted her earlier now flocking to do so.
As a “human shield,” Ye Fan had no choice but to stand next to Li Zhaojun, receiving bored and jealous glances.
About seven or eight minutes later, the crowd around Li Zhaojun thinned.
However, it wasn’t long before Ye Fan noticed a group of people approaching.
Leading the group were five strikingly handso young n with extraordinary deanors, two of whom had spoken earlier, followed by a group that surrounded them adoringly.
“Here they co,” Ye Fan thought, guessing that these leading five were among Li Zhaojun’s strongest male suitors.
Seeing him as Li Zhaojun’s “boyfriend,” they now temporarily tead up against him.
Li Zhaojun also noticed and subtly grabbed Ye Fan’s arm.
Soon, the five attractive young n reached Ye Fan and Li Zhaojun.
Not only that, but the entire hall’s attention soon turned toward them
“Li Zhaojun, long ti no see,” the young man in the center began with a smile.
He was Wang Qingyi, who had just spoken onstage.
Li Zhaojun responded calmly, “Hello, Senior Wang Qingyi, and Tang Hande, Zhu Tianxiang, Chen Hao, and Tan Junjie, hello to you too.”
The other four handso young n imdiately smiled and responded in a sowhat chaotic manner.
Wang Qingyi frowned slightly, as Li Zhaojun’s greeting disrupted their planned pace.
Without waiting for the other four handso young n to finish responding, Li Zhaojun introduced Ye Fan’s identity, “This is my boyfriend, Ye Fan.”
“Hello, everyone,” Ye Fan greeted lightly.
“I heard you started Emali Group from scratch after graduating, reaching a market value of nearly ten billion,” Wang Qingyi interjected, with a cough, silencing the others as he spoke without imdiately engaging with Ye Fan’s response.
Li Zhaojun said calmly, “Yes, but not that much.”
She stopped speaking there.
Wang Qingyi and the others waited several seconds but received no inquiries from Li Zhaojun about their situation.
Denied the chance to showcase their achievents and excellence due to Li Zhaojun’s uncompromising manner, the atmosphere turned a bit awkward.
Ye Fan clearly saw Wang Qingyi and the others displaying uneasy expressions, looking like they wanted to say sothing but were too embarrassed to do so, which he found amusing.
“Um, just where are you employed, Mr.
Ye?” Li Zhaojun sprung another surprise, forcing them to move on.
However, the way they asked was unnatural, making it awkward.
“I’m an idler, just dabbling in so investnts to get by,” Ye Fan replied mildly.
A handso young man nad Zhu Tianxiang quickly inquired, “May I ask what kind of investnts?
Futures?
Stock?
Or foreign exchange?
I work for JP Morgan’s Asia division in the United States and know a bit about finance.
Perhaps we can exchange notes.”
“Haha, I don’t like dealing with intangibles, afraid a financial crisis might leave in debt for three generations, so there’s nothing to discuss with you,” Ye Fan stated dryly, “My investnts are in tangible assets.”
Zhu Tianxiang’s face reddened slightly.
A handso young man nad Chen Hao suddenly asked, “May I know what Mr.
Ye has invested in?
I recently have so idle funds and don’t know where to invest.
Could you share so tips?”
“Of course not,” Ye Fan bluntly refused.
Zhu Tianxiang imdiately countered, “Co on, we’re all friends here.
It’s good to make money together, not so nice to hog it all.”
“Exactly,” the other two chid in.
Ye Fan retorted coolly, “It seems you’re still living in the school bubble, not even knowing what ‘trade secrets’ are.
Haha…”
Zhu Tianxiang and the others turned pale, and continued stiffly, “If you don’t want to talk, then never mind.”
“Of course I don’t want to talk!” Ye Fan added.
Zhu Tianxiang and the others were montarily at a loss, and the tension escalated.
“Probably because the scale of the investnt is too small,” Tang Hande, who had been silent, suddenly remarked sarcastically.
Ye Fan replied calmly, “Compared to Zhao Jun’s Emali Group, indeed, it’s a bit small, just about a billion or so.”
“Then aren’t you just a kept man?” out of nowhere, soone in the group shouted.
The shout was loud and the hall had turned silent, making the proclamation audible to everyone.
Ye Fan looked around, raising his voice, “I’m curious how you define living off a woman?”
“If you’re making less money than Li Zhaojun, what else would it be but living off her?” another voice rang out loudly.
Ye Fan burst into laughter and turned to Li Zhaojun, “Zhao Jun, looks like you’ll have to remain single forever, or marry an old man.
Based on those two gentlen’s definition, virtually any age-appropriate man you date would be considered a pretty face.
It’s unfortunate for you to earn so much money at such a young age.”
The surrounding female classmates who were unrelated to the conversation couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
The two n who accused Ye Fan of living off a woman turned red with embarrassnt, wishing they could hide.
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