In the corridor.
A group of male and female classmates were racking their brains.
However, Li Si was a notorious hoodlum for a long time, not someone ordinary people dared to offend.
Just then, Lin Fan, holding Wang Ying’s delicate hand, smiled faintly and said, "I'll go take a look. You follow me and hide well."
"Got it."
Wang Ying clung tightly to Lin Fan's back, as if nestled in the safest harbor in the world.
Seeing Lin Fan about to step forward, Jin Peng hurriedly shouted, "Xiao Fan, what are you doing?"
"Why are you showing off?"
"That's Li Si!"
"So many people didn't dare to go up, why are you blindly playing the hero?"
Lin Fan turned back and smiled, "I'm not playing the hero. I know Li Si, maybe he'll give me some face."
"You know Li Si?"
Jin Peng was stunned, never expecting Lin Fan's social circle to be so extensive.
"Don't worry, if I don't go in soon, I'm afraid something big will happen."
Lin Fan said, and walked directly into the private room.
In the private room.
Jiang Yi frowned, tilted his head back, and drank the filthy wine into his stomach.
As the cigarette butt grazed his throat, he coughed violently, his expression looking worse than death.
However, under Li Si's mocking gaze, he gritted his teeth and swallowed the cigarette butt.
"Brother Si, I'm done drinking."
Jiang Yi lowered his head and bent his waist, holding up the cup to show Li Si.
Li Si laughed heartily, "Good, you know what's good for you!"
"Thank you for your praise, Brother Si."
Jiang Yi's voice was as timid as a cicada, and he didn't dare to look up.
In his heart, Li Si was like an unshakeable mountain, impossible for him to climb.
"There's one more here. Let me toast him a drink, and then I'll deal with you."
A fierce glint flashed in Li Si's eyes. He then walked to the table and, in the same manner, prepared the second cup of filthy wine.
He walked up to Zhang Liang, who had been afraid to stand up, and sneered, "Come on, kid, it's your turn."
"Thank you, Brother Si."
Zhang Liang's face was bitter. He took the wine cup and drank the contents in one gulp.
He was much more straightforward than Jiang Yi, which made Li Si and the others burst into laughter.
At the same time, Lin Fan kicked open the door of the private room.
"Huh?"
Hearing the "bang," Li Si's face darkened as he looked over.
"Mr. Lin?"
Upon recognizing the person, Li Si's eyes widened.
Zeng Ping was even more stunned.
What a coincidence!
Zeng Ping instinctively felt something was wrong, but he wasn't worried about himself, but about Li Si.
If Li Si made a fool of himself, he would be the one to suffer in the end.
After all, he was the one who invited them, and he was the one who found the young women.
Lin Fan walked up to Li Si, clasped his hands, and said, "Brother Si..."
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."
Li Si quickly returned the courtesy.
He knew that the young man before him had a mysterious background and seemed to possess some unfathomable abilities.
He put on a friendly smile and said respectfully, "Just call me Old Si. Friends of Chairman Zhou are my friends. We don't need to be strangers."
Jiang Yi, who was standing there awaiting his fate, looked at Lin Fan with disbelief.
Wait a minute!
What was going on?
Lin Fan knew Li Si!
And judging by the interaction, he seemed to have quite some influence!
In his astonishment, Jiang Yi suddenly remembered that Zhang Liang had said before that Lin Fan had an unclear relationship with the chairman of Xinghe Group.
Was it true?
Jiang Yi looked at Li Si again.
Seeing how respectful Li Si was towards Lin Fan, he confirmed his guess.
Meanwhile, Zhang Liang had already chewed the tobacco and swallowed it.
When he saw Lin Fan and Li Si chatting and laughing, boundless resentment welled up in his heart.
Only he knew that Lin Fan's words had influence with Li Si.
Among everyone present, Lin Fan was the only one who could make Li Si give face!
Yet, Lin Fan had done nothing at first, and only now, after he and Jiang Yi had been humiliated, did he step forward to feign being a good person.
He would remember this grudge!
Li Si complimented him for a few moments, then snapped back to reality and asked, "Mr. Lin, do you know them...?"
"Just call me Xiao Fan."
Lin Fan nodded, "Some of them are my elementary school classmates, and some are my middle school classmates. We came here to eat together; it's a class reunion."
He pointed to Cai Yan, who was still a bit dazed, and added, "Including her, we are all together."
"So they are Mr. Lin's classmates. Look at what I've done, it's like the Dragon King's temple flooded by a great river, a family not recognizing each other!"
After speaking, Li Si immediately signaled his subordinates.
Seeing this, two subordinates stepped forward to help Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang was flattered and waved his hand, indicating he could stand up on his own.
Lin Fan looked at Cai Yan, who was still standing there motionless, and reminded her, "What are you still dazed for?"
Cai Yan snapped back to attention and hurried behind Lin Fan.
"I apologize, I apologize. Today, it was my fault, Li Si, for offending you. I'll punish myself with three cups."
Li Si finished speaking, walked to the table, poured himself a cup of white wine, and then drank it all in one go.
Lin Fan smiled and advised, "It's not necessary, Brother Si. It was all a misunderstanding."
While Li Si was drinking, he had already realized that the two who were humiliated didn't have that good a relationship with Lin Fan.
He breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Zeng Ping, who was cowering by the wall, and cursed, "You damn fool, are you looking for death?"
"Who told you to drag Mr. Lin's classmates here to accompany him in drinking?"
He said, then stepped forward and kicked Zeng Ping to the ground.
"Brother Si, I really didn't know..."
Zeng Ping sat on the ground, not daring to stand up.
He knew Li Si's temper. If he stood up, Li Si would kick him down again.
He also knew that Li Si wasn't truly angry, otherwise, he would have ordered his men to beat him up.
Lin Fan stepped forward a few paces and said with a smile, "Brother Si, since the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's just let this matter go."
Li Si turned his head and said obsequiously, "You are magnanimous, and I, Li Si, cannot be less so."
"Today, your class reunion, I'll treat."
Li Si then looked at Jiang Yi and Zhang Liang and said hypocritically, "I apologize, the two of you."
"Brother Si, you jest."
"Thank you, Brother Si, thank you, Brother Xiao Fan, thank you, sister-in-law."
Zhang Liang lowered his head and bowed in all directions.
When he saw Wang Ying, his voice immediately rose.
He maintained a bent posture, appearing very respectful.
However, he didn't know that this was going to cause him trouble!
Li Si was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wang Ying behind Lin Fan and smiled, "Xiao Fan, you came with your girlfriend."
Wang Ying then stepped out from behind Lin Fan and cleared her throat, "Director Li, do you still recognize me?"
"Section Chief Wang?"
Li Si's eyes widened in surprise after seeing Wang Ying's face clearly.
"If I forget anyone, I can't forget you, Section Chief Wang. You're the flower of the Planning Bureau!"
Li Si put on a fawning smile, which left Jiang Yi and Zhang Liang completely dumbfounded.
Was this still the same fierce, ruthless hoodlum who had forced them to drink filthy wine?