46: Chapter 46 You must be a very good student, right?

Su Ye and Jiang Bai looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man and a woman standing at the entrance of the barbecue stall, looking at it with expressions of disgust. Meanwhile, Old Li, who was grilling skewers at the side, had his bowl-sized fists clenched tight.

Compared to the casually dressed Su Ye and Jiang Bai, the two of them were dressed incredibly formally, as if they were about to attend some high-end banquet.

The woman was wearing a purple dress with a high slit, her fair, tender thighs exposed to the air. If one looked closely, a hint of purple lace could even be seen peeking out. She carried a Gucci bag in her hand and had highlighted, wavy hair. She looked like she could score an eighty out of a hundred.

But that was only with the support of heavy makeup and high heels. After all, compared to Jiang Bai's natural long legs, this woman's legs were significantly shorter, and she barely seemed able to carry the long dress, let alone have any elegance. Underneath the heavy makeup, there was a strong air of tackiness.

The man beside her was even harder to describe. Although he looked quite tall, he was wearing a navy blue suit, and his large beer belly was fully exposed despite his desperate attempts to suck it in. The suit appeared to be an off-the-rack one from Heilan Home, slightly ill-fitting, making it look a bit like a tight-fitting garment.

That wasn't even the main thing; the primary issue was that the man was a bit on the older side. Although he had meticulously styled his hair, he couldn't hide the forehead wrinkles and crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, not to mention his slightly receding hairline. He looked to be around forty.

The sarcastic voice from just a moment ago had come from the woman.

The woman affectedly covered her nose, stepped into the shop with a look of disgust, glanced around, and then looked at the skewers on Jiang Bai's table.

"I thought I had seen wrong just now. I didn't expect it to really be our school beauty, Jiang."

"What happened to our school beauty, Jiang? You've resorted to eating at street stalls now? Be careful, or you might get diarrhea from eating too much of this."

Her words were dripping with sarcasm.

She then sized up Su Ye. A flash of amazement crossed her eyes, but it quickly dimmed. So what if he's handsome? That doesn't put food on the table. A little fairy like herself certainly couldn't eat at a street stall.

Jiang Bai smiled awkwardly and then said, "Su Ye, this is a classmate of mine from the same class, Li Yan."

Su Ye nodded, then said with a serious face, "This classmate must be very good at studying, right?"

Jiang Bai blinked, not knowing what Su Ye was talking about, but she still replied, "Li Yan's grades are pretty good."

Su Ye nodded in deep agreement. "Indeed. She said so much the moment she walked in, I thought she was about to take a postgraduate entrance exam."

"Pfft!" Jiang Bai couldn't help but laugh at Su Ye's words. Meanwhile, Li Yan, who had been standing to the side as proud as a swan, turned livid. She hurriedly grabbed the man who had been staring at Jiang Bai the whole time—his eyes practically glued to Jiang Bai's thighs—and said,

"This is my boyfriend, Yue Ju. He owns several shops in Chengdu. Even if we don't talk about more, earning a million or so a year is easy for him."

She then turned to look at Jiang Bai and asked, "I wonder what this sharp-tongued little brother does for a living? Let me tell you, Jiang Bai, once we enter society, we can't be like we were in university. We have to accept reality."

Jiang Bai was stunned by Li Yan's words. Up until now, she really didn't know what Su Ye did for a living; she only knew that Su Ye's financial resources must be extremely vast, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to summon so many lawyers with just one phone call.

Su Ye gave Jiang Bai a reassuring look, then smiled and said, "I don't do much. I just have a small shop, run a small company, and have a little bit of savings, that's all."

Li Yan was convinced that Su Ye was just puffing himself up. In her impression, how could those high-end individuals be eating skewers at this greasy, dirty street stall? People like that should be frequenting high-end places like Michelin-starred restaurants.

However, before Li Yan could say anything, the man beside her suddenly remembered something. He took out his entry-level Patek Philippe to check the time and said impatiently,

"Alright, let's go. We have a dinner appointment with Bureau Chief Yan tonight. This was not easy to schedule. Whether the matter gets resolved depends on how this meal goes. After all, Bureau Chief Yan has been quite busy lately; I heard he just cracked a big case and is about to get a promotion."

Facing the man's impatience, Li Yan dared not resist at all: "Jiang Bai, I'll be going first. It's just that my Old Yue has a dinner appointment with the director of the New District Police Station today. Oh, it's such a hassle when you have a big business. Don't look at how my Old Yue has a bit of assets; in the Xia Kingdom, no matter how rich you are, you still need to have connections in official circles."

Watching Li Yan's figure sway as she left and got into a BMW X5, Jiang Bai looked at Su Ye with an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry, Su Ye. That Li Yan and I used to have a good relationship, but some things happened later, so now she is very hostile towards me. I've dragged you into this."

Su Ye didn't think much of it. Instead, he thought thoughtfully that this Bureau Chief Yan must be Old Yan. He hadn't expected that this thick-browed, big-eyed fellow had now started engaging in collusion between officials and businessmen.

Just as Su Ye was thinking about this, a call suddenly came in. Su Ye took out his phone and looked; as the Sichuanese saying goes, speak of the devil—it was indeed Yan Zheng calling.

"Hello, Little Su, are you free right now?"

Hearing Yan Zheng's voice on the phone, Su Ye glanced at Jiang Bai and said, "I'm free. Brother Yan, what's the matter? Tell me."

"It's like this, Little Su. I might be moving up recently, and I've invited a few friends to eat out today. If you have time, come over. I'll introduce a few friends to you so that if you need anything in the future, you can ask them to handle some small matters."

Su Ye instantly understood that Yan Zheng was introducing his connections to him. Although he had shown Yan Zheng a different background before, a local official is better than a distant authority.

After glancing at Jiang Bai, Su Ye thought for a moment and said, "I don't have anything going on right now, but I have a friend here with me. Can I bring her along?"

No matter how good the relationship was, Su Ye felt that some things still needed to be clearly distinguished—for example, not bringing extra guests. Back when he was in his hometown, one time he went out to play, and a friend he got along well with called a bunch of people over without telling Su Ye, who had organized the gathering. That had really disgusted Su Ye at the time.

Yan Zheng's voice paused for a moment before he said, "Alright, bring your friend over. Once you get to Fangxiang Garden, just report my name and you can come in."

Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Su Ye waved the phone in his hand at Jiang Bai and said, "How about it, Jiang Bai? An older brother here invited me to go eat. Want to come along?"

Seeing Jiang Bai hesitate, Su Ye directly called Old Li over to pack up the barbecue and then settled the bill. He took Jiang Bai's slender wrist and walked towards the residential complex; after all, his current attire wasn't quite appropriate, and he still needed to change his clothes.

It wasn't that Su Ye wanted to do anything specific, but thinking of the look on Li Yan's face earlier, Su Ye prepared to take Jiang Bai over to show off and slap some faces—that was sure to be spectacular.