Chapter 1091 1051: A Chance Encounter with the Class Monitor

"But Director Gao said, hey..." The secretary, Little Zhang, leaned in close to Huang Tao's ear and reiterated what Gao Zhinan had said earlier.

"What?" Huang Tao's eyes narrowed at the words, hesitated for a second, then took the phone, lowering his voice, "Old Gao, what madness are you on about? I'm currently..."

"Mr. Chen is back!" Came Gao Zhinan's voice from the other end of the line.

"What!?" Huang Tao's voice rose, growing excited, as he spoke.

"I said, it seems like Mr. Chen is back, pretty much certain! He's right now at the California Garden Grand Hotel. I'm heading over there now. As for you... I've told you the news, do what you need to do."

Finishing his sentence, Gao Zhinan hung up the phone abruptly.

"Do what I need to do? What the hell is there to think about!" Huang Tao muttered angrily under his breath, then his face lit up with excitement and joy, as he grabbed his coat from the table.

"Apologies, everyone, an extremely important matter has come up on my end. This meeting is adjourned! Little Zhang, with me."

Huang Tao headed towards the office exit, leaving behind several executives staring at each other, clueless about the situation.

Just what on earth happened!?

...

Meanwhile, at the California Garden Grand Hotel.

Pei Wanning was cultivating in the presidential suite on the top floor, while Chen Fei, feeling a bit bored, went out to find something to eat.

As a globally luxurious six-star hotel, the California Garden Grand Hotel naturally lacked nothing in terms of food! On the contrary, it offered a wide variety, excellent flavors, and it was all available for the taking.

"Are you... Chen Fei?" On the hotel's third floor, just as Chen Fei was about to enter to find something to eat, a clear and pleasant voice called from behind him.

Turning around, Chen Fei spotted a strikingly attractive lady, dressed in a sapphire evening gown that accentuated her long legs and curves, looking at him uncertainly from a short distance away.

"And you are..." Chen Fei focused his eyes, which suddenly lit up with surprise and joy, "Huang Ruanxin? Class monitor? It's really you, what a coincidence, we haven't seen each other for ages, right!?"

Indeed, this woman in the evening gown was none other than his college class monitor from freshman year. They got along quite well back then, and if it weren't for Zhu Die, they might have ended up together.

It must be several years since they last met, right?

"It really is you. I thought I was seeing things just now. Wow, Chen Fei, you're doing well, huh? Having a meal at this six-star hotel, California Garden Grand?" Seeing it was really Chen Fei, Huang Ruanxin also became excited, walked over, and teased with a smile.

Old classmates' bond is something truly special.

"Hehehe, not too shabby, third on Earth. But it's you, class monitor, looking amazing in that gown, attending a party?"

Chen Fei chuckled, not modest at all, complimenting Huang Ruanxin in her evening dress.

"No, I, sigh!" Mentioning this brought a shadow across Huang Ruanxin's face, and in a low voice she said, "Don't mention it, sigh, I'm being forced..."

"Forced? What's going on? Tell me, I can help you." Chen Fei was momentarily taken aback, then turned serious.

Gotta say, just based on their relationship from university days, he absolutely had to help with this.

"You'll help me?" Huang Ruanxin shot Chen Fei a look, then chuckled, "Alright, I appreciate the thought, but sigh, it's really difficult for me."

"Class monitor, we're old classmates, aren't we? Don't you trust me? Rest assured, any problem, as long as it's not a romantic dispute, anything else, just tell me, and leave the rest to me." Chen Fei declared confidently.

"Any problem?" Hearing Chen Fei's bold claim, Huang Ruanxin was slightly stunned, then couldn't help but ask, "Chen Fei, are you serious?"

"Authentic as can be." Chen Fei wasn't boasting. On this Earth, besides romantic disputes, was there anything he couldn't handle?

But clearly, Huang Ruanxin didn't believe this, thinking Chen Fei was merely comforting her.

Nonetheless, she shook her head and continued, "After graduating college, my mom passed away from cancer."

Chen Fei was taken aback, remaining silent.

"A few years later, my dad found me a stepmother." Huang Ruanxin looked down, biting her lip with an expression and gaze full of grievance, "Chen Fei, do you think people change, or is my dad under some spell from that woman?"

"In recent years, my dad, I don't know what pillow talk she's feeding him, but he just wants me to marry off, to some rich or powerful heir, anyone!"

"And tonight?" Chen Fei's expression shifted slightly as he asked.

"Tonight? A blind date, my stepmother invited several wealthy and influential heirs to view me like some commodity. If they liked me, I'd have to spend time with them. At least that's how it is now," Huang Ruanxin mocked herself.

"Alright, class monitor, leave tonight's issue to me, I'll handle it," Chen Fei assured, shaking his head.

"You?" Huang Ruanxin was startled.

"What, you don't believe me? Rest assured, if I say I can help, then I definitely can! Don't you trust this old classmate?" Chen Fei said with a smile.

"I, I, alright then..." Originally doubtful, Huang Ruanxin suddenly found herself swayed by Chen Fei's relaxed smile.

If, if you could really help me, that would be great.

About ten minutes later, inside a small banquet hall on the fifth floor of the California Garden Grand Hotel.

As soon as Chen Fei walked in with Huang Ruanxin, a middle-aged man quickly approached them. There was also a woman beside him, appearing in her forties, with a face full of powder and heavily made up. Her figure was still considered decent.

"Chen Fei, that's my dad, Huang Tianshan. That woman is my stepmother, Zheng Jie." Huang Ruanxin whispered.

Soon.

"Daughter, you finally came. Look over there, Master Wang from Radiance Industry, Young Master Luo, son of the city's deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and Master Lin from Blossom Chain Supermarket are already here."

The middle-aged man said with a smile.

He is called Huang Tianshan, Huang Ruanxin's biological father. Today, to have so many impressive young people invited, he's very pleased.

"Ruanxin, who is this young man?" The woman next to Huang Tianshan glanced at Chen Fei and asked. She is Huang Ruanxin's stepmother, Zheng Jie.

"Who is this young master?" Huang Tianshan also looked at Chen Fei.

"Hello, Uncle, I am your daughter's college classmate, named Chen Fei. I was out looking for something to eat just now and ran into her. As old classmates meeting, we decided to come here to continue chatting." Chen Fei said with a smile, neither servile nor overbearing.

"So, you're Ruanxin's college classmate? Are you dining here at the California Garden Grand Hotel too? That's not bad. By the way, Young Master Chen, where do your parents work?" Zheng Jie's eyes flashed as she asked.

Huang Tianshan was also looking at Chen Fei, waiting for an answer, equally direct.

Seeing this situation, Chen Fei sneered, these two really are just like the class monitor said, social climbers.

"I come from a single-parent family, my mom is in Chengyang County, and she's already retired." Chen Fei responded flatly.

"Is that so?" A look of disdain appeared on Zheng Jie's face, and she said nothing more.

Huang Tianshan was the same.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Huang Ruanxin said angrily.

"Alright, daughter, just let your classmate sit anywhere. You come with me. I'll have Aunt Jie introduce you to those young masters and young men who are present." Huang Tianshan interrupted his daughter's words and spoke calmly.

Obviously, Chen Fei's modest self-introduction already made him look down on him a bit.

From a county's single-parent family, at most, what can one achieve?

Chen Fei narrowed his eyes.

"Dad, I refuse! I don't like those young masters and young men, why meet them?" Huang Ruanxin bit her lip and resisted.

"Ruanxin, that's wrong of you. Do you know how much effort your dad spent to invite those young masters and young men here for you? You're not young anymore, almost thirty. Rarely do those young masters and young men still look favorably upon you, what's there to choose? If you keep being willful, you'll make us sad!" Zheng Jie said with her social climber attitude.

"I said, I'm not willing! Whether they look favorably upon me has nothing to do with me. If you like them so much, why don't you go and marry them?" Huang Ruanxin, probably holding it in for a while, raised her head and said to that social climber, hypocritical Zheng Jie.

"You..." Zheng Jie's face suddenly changed, becoming difficult to look at.

"Oh, Old Huang, see? She's not a real mother; she speaks like this. Well, never mind, I won't say anymore."

Zheng Jie took a deep breath, intentionally not losing her temper, but directed her words to the side, toward Huang Tianshan.

"Ruanxin, apologize to your Aunt Jie!" Huang Tianshan said sternly.

"Apologize? Why should I apologize to her? Isn't she just trying to marry me off to some rich, powerful person? I'm not wrong! What's there to apologize for?" Tears welled up in Huang Ruanxin's eyes, she said.

"You... you ungrateful brat!! Cough, cough, cough..." Huang Tianshan shook with anger, coughing a bit.

"You unfilial daughter, ingrate, don't you know your dad's health isn't good? How dare you act like this, you're truly..." Zheng Jie quickly supported Huang Tianshan, seizing the chance to speak maliciously.

After being mocked by Huang Ruanxin earlier, she felt unhappy inside. Bah, what kind of thing is this? If not for Master Wang, Young Master Luo, and Master Lin still looking favorably upon you, who would bother to deal with your nonsense? Ungrateful sloven!

"Ruanxin, you've disappointed Dad too much." Regaining himself, Huang Tianshan said in a deep voice.

Huang Ruanxin remained silent.

"Class monitor, don't be upset, let's go in and eat something first." At this time, Chen Fei patted Huang Ruanxin's shoulder and said.

"Do you have any qualification to intervene?" Zheng Jie scanned Chen Fei.

Slap!

A loud slap, everyone was stunned.

"What are you to dare speak to me like that?" Chen Fei coldly glared at the woman, feeling that this slap had somehow dirtied his hand.