Chapter 205: The Young Man Slays the Dragon with a Sword
Li Yufei had her birthday dinner at Beihu Garden.

There were more than 20 people in total, divided into two tables, one for men and one for women. Zhang Yunqi started the meal, and he prepared two tables of delicious dishes. In addition to the drinks for the girls, he also served two bottles of red wine and four boxes of Old Yanjing.

When we first arrived at the restaurant and were about to eat, everyone was in a bad mood, probably because they had seen the Longjingyuan canning factory workers blocking the street and making trouble. Of course, this may be quite right, as we should not be concerned about it. The canning factory has nothing to do with us. We just watch the workers making trouble for fun. We may feel a little sympathetic, but it will be over and life will be colorful. But the problem is that this matter has a lot to do with today's birthday girl, Li Yufei. Everyone thinks she is in a bad mood, so it is not good to be so heartless.

However, in fact, Li Yufei's mood was not bad because of the Longjingyuan Cannery employees who blocked the street to cause trouble. The cannery employees had caused trouble many times. Compared with what happened on the street this time, the quarrels and noises of those employees in her home made her feel deeper and more uncomfortable.

On the contrary, the workers' street riots seemed to have brought a turnaround to the endangered Longjingyuan Cannery. Although she didn't know much about the matter, Wang Guibing promised the workers that the Lianzhong company would invest in the cannery. She felt that this should help the cannery and help Longjingyuan get back on track. Because in the afternoon, she saw something called hope in her father's eyes.

This made Li Yufei happy.

Today is her 16th birthday, nothing could be better than this. However, some things that happened this afternoon made her full of doubts. She didn't know how her father Li Jilin knew Zhang Yunqi, and she was not sure about the relationship between Wang Guibing and Zhang Yunqi. This afternoon, her father Li Jilin's attitude towards Zhang Yunqi shocked her! Her father never spoke to her classmates in such a humble and consultative tone.

As she was thinking, Li Yufei inevitably thought of Zhang Yunqi's sister Zhang Qiulan. Two years ago, Zhang Qiulan was just an ordinary housewife, but now she has become a strong woman who has started her own business in the Longjingyuan family quarters.

Li Yufei also remembered that Wang Xiaokai and Tian Zhuangzhuang liked to call Zhang Yunqi Boss Zhang. Some classmates also curiously asked them why they called Zhang Yunqi Boss. They all spread their hands and said with a look of asking for a beating that it was just a nickname.

Li Yufei also recalled the National Day a year ago, when Zhang Yunqi wore a sweat-stained short-sleeved shirt and carried a snakeskin bag as he went door to door selling Russian handheld game consoles. The humble attitude of this top scorer in the middle school entrance examination in front of the convenience store owner made her very angry and she scolded him for not doing his job properly.

Li Yufei's mind was in a mess.

She thought of a lot of things, and couldn't help but think of what she said to Zhang Yunqi at the roller skating rink today. She felt that she was too emotional at the time and her words were too harsh, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

These thoughts kept turning over in her mind, and she felt depressed, not at all like the cheerful, friendly and considerate girl she usually was. However, she still tried her best to take care of everyone's emotions. Fortunately, after the dishes came, everyone clinked glasses a few times, and the atmosphere in the box gradually picked up.

Then, everyone took turns to toast Li Yufei.

Li Yufei never drinks alcohol, she drinks fruit juice. Although today is her birthday and everyone organized this birthday party for her, she is very grateful and has been thinking about inviting this group of classmates to dinner next weekend. But she doesn't know if she is a little confused, no matter how her classmates persuade her, she just won't drink.

However, some bad guys just like to stir up trouble, especially Wang Xiaokai, a National People's Congress representative, who forced Li Yufei to drink. His reason was very legitimate. He said, "It's your birthday today, birthday girl. Let's get a good start. You drink a glass and I'll blow the bottle!"
Li Yufei smiled sweetly and said, "Drinking too much alcohol will hurt your body, so you should drink less, just half a cup, and I'll drink a large glass of juice. Xiaokai, thank you for your birthday wishes."

This sentence is very well said. Li Yufei is indeed a girl with high emotional intelligence. She has a firm attitude but does not lose face for her classmates.

However, Wang Xiaokai, the little fool, was used to being naughty, so he wanted to play a trick on the birthday boy tonight to liven up the atmosphere. He grabbed an empty cup and filled it with beer to hand it to Li Yufei. At this time, Zhang Yunqi came over and pulled Wang Xiaokai from behind. He knew that a proud girl like Li Yufei would never drink if she said she didn't want to drink, even if her own father came to persuade her!

Li Yufei had already encountered enough trouble today, so why did she have to force others to make the atmosphere awkward? Speaking of which, these little fools were not very good at drinking at such a young age, but the Chinese people's bad habit of forcing people to drink was naturally acquired without any instruction.

Zhang Yunqi took the big glass of beer and said with a smile: "Come on, if you can't drink alcohol, drink a beverage. Let's toast to our birthday boy. Happy birthday."

Zhang Yunqi drank it all in one gulp.

Wang Xiaokai stopped making noises after being pulled, and drank the wine. This fool could only occasionally listen to a few words from his loyal friend Zhang Yunqi, but if it were someone else, he would have jumped up and down and started yelling.

Li Yufei drank a large glass of juice, said thank you with a smile, and when she saw Zhang Yunqi nod, she suddenly remembered that this was the first time they had spoken since coming out of the roller skating rink.

After sitting down, Li Yufei watched Zhang Yunqi and Wang Xiaokai not leave in a hurry, and toasted to the other female classmates at the girls' table. Yu Qingqing and several other girls who had originally had a mediocre attitude towards Zhang Yunqi in the class were very enthusiastic and chatted happily. The atmosphere was very good, as if this boy had been coated with a layer of gold without her noticing. She wanted to say something several times but stopped herself, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start. She just watched Zhang Yunqi and the other two return to the boys' table after chatting with several female classmates, and she felt inexplicably lost in her heart.

The atmosphere at the boys' table was already very heated.

After everyone drank a few glasses of wine, their faces were flushed and full of enthusiasm, and naturally came to the drinking contest that people stayed away from. But there was nothing they could do, they were all sophomores in high school, and many of them were rookies who had been to a bar for the first time. They were young and full of energy, and to describe their drinking, the word "drink" was "drink"!
Young people don't have so many lofty ideals.

The boys walked around the table by themselves for several times, and then ran to the girls' table to continue drinking, sitting cross-leggedly and drinking. Girls like Li Yufei who don't drink usually drink beverages to show their appreciation, but most girls won't tolerate these little idiots, and all kinds of tricks were used. The starting price was I drink a glass and you drink a bottle, and in the end it was late at night, and the idiot who specialized in getting others drunk and the idiot who specialized in being drunk by others all passed out, leaving only an old rogue who shouted "I'm drunk, I'm drunk" and then got away unscathed.

The old rogue paid for the task and took them to school to sleep.

Regardless of whether they are commuting or boarding, the boys all lie in the dormitory tonight, and if there is no bed, they will squeeze in. Because it is impossible to send them all home one by one. The girls are helpless, as those who are commuting have to go home to sleep, after all, they are still young. If they stay outside, their parents may knock on the door in the middle of the night.

Before sending the girls home, everyone decided to send the drunk boy back to the dormitory first. Fortunately, Beihuyuan Restaurant was not far from the school, so everyone walked back and breathed some fresh air.

There were about twenty people in total, walking through the streets of Jiangchuan, a small southern city, in the middle of the night, arm in arm, talking nonsense, and acting ugly, as if they were strolling in their own backyard. But this kind of unbridled laughing or crying is probably what youth is all about.

Wang Xiaokai was drunk, Yu Qingqing, Xiao Xuemei and other girls supported him, but this boy was a little inhumane when he got drunk, with a Furongwang in his mouth, and he dared to say anything, "I drank too much beer and I urinated frequently!" He said on the street that he wanted to urinate, and then he pulled down his pants. Several girls screamed and surrounded him in a small corner on the street.

Of course, they had their backs to him. Along with the sound of running water, several girls were smiling happily with red faces.

But I guess there's nothing to see even if you want to. Zhang Yunqi has seen Wang Xiaokai's embroidery needle.

It was dark and it was hard to find the girls.

Until many years later, when the once handsome boy had become a bald uncle and the goddess who was not interested in worldly affairs had become a goddess' mother, Class 156 organized a reunion at the call of Zhang Yunqi. When this matter was mentioned, the mothers of several children laughed and said that someone had peeked.

"So small!"

After arriving at the No. 1 Middle School, the girls helped carry the boys into the dormitory and put them on the bed. Although the school prohibited girls from entering the boys' dormitory, it was the weekend and there were not many people in the dormitory. The doorman, Old Man Liu, had a very close relationship with Zhang Yunqi, so he went over to chat with them for a few words and then let them in.

Li Yufei also entered the boys' dormitory. She followed Xiao Xuemei, Yu Qingqing and other girls to the dormitory where Zhang Yunqi used to sleep. Zhang Yunqi carried the dizzy Tian Zhuangzhuang and Yang Wei to the toilet to vomit, and asked a few girls to help take care of Wang Xiaokai.

Wang Xiaokai was already lying unconscious on the bed. Yu Qingqing pushed him, but seeing no response, she turned around and said, "By the way, Xuemei, is it Zhang Yunqi who paid for this meal tonight?"

Xiao Xuemei nodded: "What are you thinking about?"

Yu Qingqing's heart finally settled down. When ordering, she looked at the prices on the menu. The dishes and wine Zhang Yunqi ordered alone were enough to pay for her tuition for a year! She couldn't afford to split the bill for such a lavish expense. She couldn't help but sigh, "Zhang Yunqi is really a golden man. He booked the roller skating rink, and he has two tables at Beihu Garden. With other expenses, today's expenses are estimated to be no less than one thousand!"

Li Yufei, who had been silent the whole time, was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did Zhang Yunqi pay for all this?"

Yu Qingqing nodded: "Speaking of which, there are quite a few wealthy boys in our school, but I've never seen anyone so generous. However, this guy hides his wealth too well and never shows off. If it weren't for today's party, I really wouldn't know there was such a wealthy man hidden in our class."

Xiao Xuemei took off Wang Xiaokai's shoes, glanced at Li Yufei, and said, "Zhang Yunqi doesn't look very impressive at ordinary times, but after getting to know him for a long time, I feel that he has many advantages. His grades are excellent, his personality is stable, he is more manly, and he is reliable and useful at critical moments. If he wasn't here tonight, I don't know what a mess this group of boys would have made."

Yu Qingqing suddenly stood up from the chair, leaned on the bed frame and said: "Yufei, you and Zhang Yunqi have known each other for a long time, right? Is the story about you two that is spread in school true?"

Li Yufei did not respond.

She tilted her head, turned around and sat on an empty bed by the window. The sheets on the bed were neatly folded and clean, as if the owner of this bed did not sleep here often.

There was a book next to the bed, Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Li Yufei knew that this was Zhang Yunqi's favorite book. She took it in her hand and opened it. She saw a question written on the title page: "If you could go back to the summer when you were 16 years old and meet yourself on the school playground with 4 minutes left before the school bell rings, what would you say to yourself at that time?"

Below this question is a sentence: "Youth who once had high aspirations to slay dragons with a sword, I will never let you down again."

Li Yufei reached out and touched the pen words on it. Everything was quiet outside the window, the night was falling, and her heart seemed to be swinging leisurely in the sky.

(End of this chapter)