Chapter 65 I Call the Shots

It turned out that Young Master Ji had taken a fancy to Susan’s beauty and explicitly demanded that she accompany them for drinks.

“It doesn’t matter if anyone else goes, but you have to go!”

Seeing how resolute Young Master Ji’s attitude was, Dong Jian, Lu Chuxue, and the others hurriedly tried to persuade her.

“Although they call it accompanying them for drinks, it’s really just having a meal together. It’s nothing, don’t overthink it.”

“Besides, the people attending this dinner are all top tycoons from the business world of Yanjing. Aside from the Ji family, there are also the heads of the Cui, Chang, and Tan families. If you can make connections with just one of them, your future career path will be smooth sailing!”

Lu Chuxue also pleaded coquettishly, “Shanshan, just consider it a favor to me. I really need this opportunity.”

“You know I want to enter the Tan family’s large corporation. I’ve applied three times and failed. Third Master Chang of the Chang family is going to be there this time, and I really need this opportunity.”

Although Susan was kind-hearted and understanding, she was not overly self-righteous, and she still had her own bottom line.

“I came here to attend a class reunion, and I won’t go to dinner with a bunch of strangers.”

Susan first made her stance clear and then continued to Lu Chuxue, “Chuxue, I’m afraid I can’t help you with this.”

“If you are willing to come to our company, I can help out.”

Lu Chuxue let out a scoff and said, “I need a job with an annual salary of a million. Can you arrange that for me?”

Susan smiled bitterly and shook her head, “I can’t do that.”

She couldn’t even reach that standard herself.

“See?” Lu Chuxue seized the opportunity to say, “As long as we can squeeze into today’s important occasion and casually network with some tycoons, an annual salary of a million won't be a problem.”

“Chuxue is right,” class monitor Dong Jian continued to persuade, “As long as you can manage to know just one of those tycoons at today’s dinner, an annual salary of a million is just the starting point!”

Young Master Ji also chimed in, “Don't worry, the guests at this dinner are all elders from various major families. Even I don't qualify to enter.”

“This will be an opportunity to change your destiny!”

However, no matter how others tried to persuade her, or even resort to emotional blackmail, Susan firmly refused.

“Sigh, if you don't go, we’ll all miss out on this opportunity!” Class monitor Dong Jian said with a heart-wrenching expression.

“You are so selfish!” Lu Chuxue was also on the verge of a falling out with Susan.

Seeing everyone here discussing going to another private room frequented by tycoons to accompany them for drinks, Ye Feng thought to himself that this was most likely the dinner party the Ji family had invited him to.

However, he certainly hadn’t asked for any beautiful women to accompany him for drinks.

Who on earth was acting on their own initiative and looking for women to accompany them outside?

“Hurry up!” Young Master Ji urged, “That dinner party is about to start soon. If it weren't for the sudden turn of events, you wouldn't have gotten this opportunity either. Move it!”

Young Master Ji was growing impatient because his father had instructed him that the dinner party on the other side could start at any moment. Therefore, he had no time to go out and look for people, so he could only scout for candidates within the building.

As it happened, Dong Jian’s class reunion had quite a few pure beauties who had just graduated from college not long ago, especially Susan, whose campus belle status immediately caught Young Master Ji’s eye at first glance.

“Shanshan, just go along with it for my sake, let's go!”

Without another word, Lu Chuxue exchanged a glance with another female classmate. The two women grabbed Susan by either side and forcefully hauled her toward the exit.

“I’m not going...” Susan struggled fiercely, “Let go of me!”

“Enough!” At that moment, Ye Feng stepped forward and pushed Lu Chuxue and the other woman away with a shove.

“What are you doing?” Lu Chuxue glared furiously at Ye Feng. “What business is this of yours?!”

Standing in front of Susan, Ye Feng said, “I advise you not to waste your efforts. Even if you go over there, you’ll just end up being thrown out.”

“Whether we get thrown out or not isn't up to you to decide!” Class monitor Dong Jian sneered mockingly. “And how would you know?”

Ye Feng said in a cold voice, “This matter is entirely up to me!”

What?!

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was startled.

They looked at Ye Feng as if he were a lunatic.

Thinking to yourself, who do you think you are? Up to you to decide?

“Heh...” At this, even Young Master Ji couldn't help being amused. “Little Dong, who is this? Such a big mouth! Even I don't qualify to attend that dinner, and he says it's up to him?”

“Young Master Ji, don't listen to his nonsense,” Dong Jian hurriedly explained. “He spent a few years in prison, so his brain isn't quite right.”

Hearing this, Young Master Ji paid Ye Feng no more mind and instead turned to urge Susan to hurry up and go with him, telling her not to fail to appreciate favors.

“You're Young Master Ji, right?” At this point, Ye Feng spoke up again, “Go back and tell your grandfather and the others that I don't need anyone to accompany me for drinks, and tell them to stop acting on their own authority!”

What?!

As soon as these words were uttered, Young Master Ji was stunned once again.

Then he said to Dong Jian beside him, “You said just now that this kid has something wrong with his brain, and I wasn't quite sure. Now I believe it. He really does have a sick mind.”

“You still want to pass a message to my grandfather? What kind of thing are you? That dinner party over there doesn't even have a spot for you!”

Meanwhile, the classmates were also casting strange glances at Ye Feng.

Thinking to themselves: Could classmate Ye Feng have really had his brain fried from serving time in prison, or suffered some kind of trauma?

Otherwise, how could he utter such incomprehensible nonsense just now?

Over there is a gathering of business tycoons; what on earth does that have to do with you in the slightest?

How dare you spout such wild arrogance and even use an authoritarian tone?

“Ye Feng, haven't you made enough of a scene?” Class monitor Dong Jian also reprimanded him, “The people over there are all executives worth hundreds of millions dining together. What does that have to do with you?”

“A jailbird like you doesn't even qualify to go inside to serve dishes and pour tea!”

“Get lost over there and stop making trouble here!”

Seeing that Ye Feng had come into conflict with others in order to protect her, Susan hurriedly tried to mediate.

“Stop arguing, you guys.”

“Class monitor, Young Master Ji, thank you both for your kind intentions. But I’m feeling a bit unwell today, so I won't go over.”

Young Master Ji sneered coldly and said, “Don't toast to declining a forfeit! You think you can just refuse because you don't want to come? Then hasn't me standing here been a waste of half a day?!”

“Come with me!”

With that, Young Master Ji reached out, grabbed Susan by the wrist, and tried to drag her away by force.

Seeing this, class monitor Dong Jian and Lu Chuxue also hurriedly pushed from behind.

The group pulled from the front and pushed from the back, coercing Susan as she was being dragged outward.

“Let go!”

Ye Feng took a step forward, reached out, and grabbed Young Master Ji’s wrist in a counter-grip.

“Ah—!” Young Master Ji shrieked in agony and immediately released his grip.

However, Ye Feng did not let go; instead, he continued to squeeze the opponent's wrist, little by little forcing it to bend, submit, and plead for mercy.

“My wrist is about to break...”

“Let go, quickly!”

Cold sweat poured from Young Master Ji, and he could even hear the sound of the bones in his wrist being crushed.

“If you dare to touch Susan again,” Ye Feng said coldly, “I’ll cripple you right now!”