Chapter 174: Sorry, We Are Not Familiar!

“Hey, they’re here!”

Looking frequently at the elevator entrance on the second floor, Fan Zhongju suddenly nudged Pei Lian beside him with his elbow and whispered in surprise.

From 8:00 AM until now, it’s already 11:00. They’ve been waiting for three hours at the entrance!

The class reunion they organized had already ended shortly after Su Ruyan left. The lavish dishes worth thousands were wasted, and the second part of the event they had planned was directly canceled.

“What if… what if Shen Fei isn’t going to let us off and insists on nitpicking?” Pei Lian said, looking terrified at Shen Fei walking out of the elevator, chatting with a few teachers.

“Hmph, nitpicking! With a few teachers present, as long as we admit our mistakes sincerely, what are we afraid of from Shen Fei? Come on, let’s hurry up before it’s just us and Shen Fei left. That’s when we’ll really have no tears left to cry!”

Fan Zhongju said, then waved and ignored Pei Lian, heading directly to greet Shen Fei.

Pei Lian, seeing this, followed suit and sat up.

All the previous arrogance was gone, replaced by humility.

The substitute teacher went to the parking lot to get the car.

Only Shen Fei and the other three teachers remained, smiling as they walked toward the door.

“Teachers, the health checkup must be a priority! Especially you, Teacher Deng, you don’t like health checks! If I find out you still haven’t gone, I’ll tie you up and take you to the hospital myself!”

In front of Teacher Deng, Shen Fei rarely showed his childish side.

Upon hearing this, Teacher Deng was filled with warmth and said moved, “Got it! You little rascal, don’t I know? When I say something, it’s final! I’ll definitely go!”

Just then, a voice interrupted their warm moment.

“Teachers!”

The three teachers frowned upon seeing the two of them.

“Pei Lian, Fan Zhongju, aren’t you finished yet?” Teacher Deng asked in confusion.

“We’re done! Done! But…” Fan Zhongju quickly changed his tone and forced a smile. “We came to apologize. We definitely did something wrong at the reunion!”

Even though he said this, their eyes dared not meet Shen Fei’s. They were instead staring directly at the three teachers.

The teachers froze at the word “apologize.”

Apologizing? It seemed like they were intending to apologize to Shen Fei.

The teachers were inwardly astonished.

At the reunion, these two had been so arrogant, to the point that even the former middle school class teacher couldn’t stop them. Now, they were groveling and coming to apologize—it was clear they had seen Shen Fei’s capabilities that day.

If the teachers knew that, because of offending Shen Fei, Pei Lian had lost the business with Dongyue Restaurant and several other major establishments, they would have been even more shocked.

That had been the main business keeping Pei Lian’s company afloat.

“Alright, just apologize to Shen Fei. We old folks can’t handle it!” Teacher Deng thought for a moment and then pointed out what was on their minds.

Upon hearing this, Pei Lian and Fan Zhongju could no longer hide their embarrassment. They dared not look at Shen Fei and turned to face him.

“Shen Fei, it’s our fault! Please, just for the sake of our past friendship, forgive us!”

Pei Lian forced a smile, speaking weakly.

“Shen Fei, it’s all my fault! I shouldn’t have let you drink after I knew you had quit drinking! It’s all my fault!” Fan Zhongju quickly echoed.

Hearing this, Shen Fei snorted coldly.

In his previous life, he was a business tycoon, and he knew very well that the apology from these two wasn’t because they truly realized their mistakes.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the cooperation between Dongyue Restaurant and Pei Lian’s company had probably ended tonight.

Not only that, but it was likely that other restaurants would hesitate to work with Pei Lian’s company now.

As for Fan Zhongju, he was worried that Shen Fei might secretly retaliate and ruin his job.

“Don’t apologize to me. If a dog bites me, I’m definitely not going to bite the dog back,” Shen Fei said mercilessly.

The three teachers couldn’t hold back their laughter upon hearing this.

They had been trained to remain professional, but in this case, they couldn’t help it. These two had been too ridiculous!

Though they hoped Shen Fei could be magnanimous, they couldn’t find the words to ask him to forgive them.

“Teacher Deng, it’s our fault. Please, talk to Shen Fei and convince him…” Pei Lian quickly said.

Teacher Deng heard the underlying meaning in his words and immediately responded, “Enough, Shen Fei has already said he won’t hold it against you. What more do you want?”

“Yes, Teacher Deng is right!” Shen Fei lightly agreed.

Seeing that the two were about to say something more, Teacher Deng quickly pointed to the car ahead.

“Teacher Dai is coming! Shen Fei, we’re leaving now!”

“Okay!”

Once the teachers left, Pei Lian, with a pleading expression, turned to Shen Fei.

“Shen Fei, I’ve already apologized, why can’t you let me off? Please, be magnanimous. Tell me what I need to do for you to forgive me?”

His tone was so assertive that Shen Fei couldn’t help but laugh.

“You tell me, what have I done to you?” Shen Fei asked.

“The owner of Dongyue Restaurant, in order to please you, has stopped the business with my company and several other restaurants. My company could only stay afloat because of their business, and now it’s gone. I don’t know what I’ll do…” Pei Lian began his sob story.

After hearing the first part, Shen Fei couldn’t stop laughing. Before Pei Lian could continue, Shen Fei interrupted him.

“Stop, I didn’t make them stop working with you!”

“I know…” Pei Lian was utterly helpless.

“Shen Fei, just be generous and forgive me. If you say a word, they will resume working with me. I was wrong, I beg you!”

“Sorry, we’re not familiar,” Shen Fei replied indifferently, rejecting Pei Lian’s plea.

Just then, Ning Xiangyi appeared, leading a man in a suit to the door.

Seeing Shen Fei, Ning Xiangyi immediately asked, “Brother Fei, what are you still doing here?”

“I’m leaving now!” Shen Fei smiled faintly.

At this moment, Ning Xiangyi also noticed Pei Lian and Fan Zhongju.

“Brother Fei, are these two idiots bothering you?”

Ning Xiangyi frowned and looked at them with an unhappy expression.

Upon seeing Ning Xiangyi’s unfriendly look, Pei Lian and Fan Zhongju trembled.

“We just came to say goodbye to Shen Fei!” they quickly said, and left without looking back.

“Young Master Ning, no introductions?” The man who was with Ning Xiangyi was curious upon hearing him call Shen Fei “Brother Fei.”

“Kang Shao, this is Brother Fei Shen Fei!”

“Brother Fei, this is Kang Zhejun, the young master of a well-known wine family in Beijing. He handles imports and exports. All the red wine for our Donghai Group’s restaurants comes from their family!”

Ning Xiangyi introduced them.

“Hello, Mr. Shen!” Kang Zhejun extended his hand first.

“Hello, Kang Shao! Just call me Shen Fei.”

Shen Fei replied, then turned to Ning Xiangyi, “The dinner you mentioned, is it with Kang Shao here?”

Although he said that, Shen Fei’s heart was racing from the mention of red wine.