Urban Powerhouse: Chaos Supreme

Lin Mo glanced at her but did not agree.

Seeing Lin Mo seemed to be about to refuse, Jiang Yingxue did not give him a chance to speak and took his arm in one fell swoop:

"Lin Mo, please accompany Teacher to this gathering!"

"Why would I attend your gathering?"

"The main worry is that if Teacher gets drunk and nobody takes care of me, what should I do if I encounter any danger on the way back?"

"Then you can choose not to drink."

"Teacher would indeed prefer not to drink, but at a class reunion, there will definitely be many acquaintances urging me to drink. It wouldn't be polite if Teacher doesn't drink at all."

"Please just accompany Teacher this one time."

Lin Mo did not speak, nor did he refuse.

That must count as an agreement.

Jiang Yingxue was his second recognized friend.

As the homeroom teacher of Senior Year Class Nine, she was upright and sincere — a character trait that Lin Mo actually admired.

Especially since there was nothing else going on at the time.

Soon, Jiang Yingxue and Lin Mo got into a taxi.

Heading to He Yi Hotel.

This hotel was also one of the only seven five-star hotels in Lin City.

However, it was even more upscale than the hotel Zhou Yitao and the others had gone to last time.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of He Yi Hotel.

There were about twenty to thirty people standing, both men and women.

The men were mostly dressed as successful professionals, while the women exuded nobility and elegance.

Most people in this group were doing very well, but regardless of gender, everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to the young man at the front of the crowd.

His name was Zhong Yuchen and he was the most successful one among them.

Well, to be exact, the term successful doesn't quite capture it,

His family and background were considered top-notch among these people!

To describe it as top-notch was not an exaggeration. The Zhong Family, as one of the top five families in Shu Province in terms of strength, connections, or influence, was beyond compare even if everyone present combined their resources.

In the crowd, a girl dressed in a black dress, carrying herself with elegant poise, focused her gaze on Zhong Yuchen and said with a light laugh:

"Mr. Zhong, in terms of family and background, you are the most suited for Yingxue. I've gone to great lengths to arrange a meeting with Yingxue for you; the rest is up to you."

"Thank you."

Zhong Yuchen smiled like a gentleman, yet his gaze grew even more confident. Three years ago, he had pursued Jiang Yingxue once but was met with a firm rejection.

Now, in just three short years, his family, the Zhong Family, had successfully entered the ranks of the top five families in Shu Province.

And he, within the same span of three years, had earned a doctorate, a master's degree, and became an internationally renowned public speaking professor.

Moreover, he also excelled in other domains.

He believed that now he was 100 percent qualified to become Jiang Yingxue's boyfriend.

As for the woman who had just spoken, her name was Yue Hongxin, and she was considered the second most successful person here, after Zhong Yuchen!

She had married the right person, one of Shu Province's top ten famous entrepreneurs, Yang Yuecheng, whose annual income exceeded five hundred million.

Yang Yuecheng was fifty-three, portly, and greasy-looking, yet Yue Hongxin did not care at all.

In this society, having money and power is more important than anything else.

What does it matter to marry someone you don't love? As long as his position is exceptional, what type of designer bags, luxury cars, or yachts can't you afford?

Similarly, she hoped her best friend, Jiang Yingxue, would accept Mr. Zhong's, this Prince Charming's, proposal tonight.

That way, as Jiang Yingxue's best friend, her own status would naturally rise.

In the future, her husband's company would also be able to receive great support from the Zhong Family, promising a limitless future.

At that moment, Yue Hongxin took a glance at her phone and then said to Zhong Yuchen:

"Mr. Zhong, shall we go up first?"

"Yingxue will arrive in about five or six minutes."

Zhong Yuchen gestured dismissively and smiled warmly:

"It's okay to wait a bit longer; if you're in a hurry, you can go up first."

Everyone cursed under their breath upon hearing this; if Zhong Yuchen wasn't going up first, how could we have the nerve to go up ahead of him?

Who would dare not show respect at a time like this? Wouldn't that be courting death?

About five or six minutes later, a taxi stopped by the roadside.

Out came a person—it was Jiang Yingxue.

When they saw that Jiang Yingxue had actually arrived in a taxi, several men and women immediately showed disdain and sarcasm in their eyes.

They were classmates, yet they never imagined that Jiang Yingxue's circumstances could be so pitiful!

"Yingxue, you're here?"

Zhong Yuchen was all smiles. Seeing Jiang Yingxue again, he thought she had become even more beautiful and enchanting than three years ago.

Three years ago, Jiang Yingxue was still an unsophisticated college student, but in the blink of an eye, she had grown to be even more charmingly feminine.

"Zhong Yuchen?"

Jiang Yingxue also saw him, but her expression wasn't too good. She could feel Zhong Yuchen's burning gaze—a possessive and forbidding look that made Jiang Yingxue very uncomfortable.

"Yingxue, you're finally here. We have been anxiously waiting, especially Mr. Zhong, who waited more than ten minutes just for you!"

"Everyone knows that in Shu Province, there isn't another girl worth waiting for like this by Mr. Zhong."

"You really should seize the opportunity."

Yue Hongxin said this and walked toward Jiang Yingxue, but the next second, she saw a young man with a tall, outstanding figure and an extremely handsome and cool demeanor step out of the taxi.

Everyone was curious and looked over—was Jiang Yingxue actually coming with a man?

"Who is he, Yingxue?"

As if sensing everyone's curiosity, Yue Hongxin, frowning, asked the question.

"He's my boyfriend."

What no one expected was that Jiang Yingxue, her face flushed with redness, pointed at Lin Mo and dropped a bombshell on everyone.

What?

Everyone present was stunned!

Jiang Yingxue had a boyfriend? And moreover, such a young man, poor and without any possessions?

Many men felt deep jealousy. If they had known Jiang Yingxue's standards were so low, they might have desperately pursued her, and it might not have been impossible.

As for the women, their hearts were filled with mocking and disdain. Jiang Yingxue was a campus beauty in their class!

What kind of man couldn't she have? But what they never expected was that Jiang Yingxue would end up with such a poor guy.

As for Zhong Yuchen, his face was incredibly, incredibly, incredibly unpleasant.

He could never have dreamed that Jiang Yingxue would have a boyfriend.

And the other guy, apart from being several times more handsome than him, seemed utterly worthless!

Jealousy was nearly bursting from Zhong Yuchen's eyes!

However, in the end, Zhong Yuchen managed to hold back from cursing and took several deep breaths, striving to calm himself down.

His demeanor quickly returned to that of a gentleman, full of confidence.

In front of everyone, he was determined to show how incompetent, ridiculous, trashy, and unworthy this cool young man really was in comparison to himself.

He planned to crush and trample him with all his excellence, to make him walk away from Jiang Yingxue on his own.

And he would prove to everyone that he and Jiang Yingxue were the perfect match.

At the same moment, Lin Mo stood with his hands in his pockets, his face somewhat cold:

"You brought me here just to be your shield?"

Faced with Lin Mo's domineering and cold manner, even as his teacher, Jiang Yingxue felt like she became an extremely delicate little woman in front of him.

Instantly, her face was filled with deep apologies:

"I'm sorry, Lin Mo... I really didn't want to deal with Zhong Yuchen's pursuit, so I blurted it out in a moment of desperation."

"If I had known Zhong Yuchen would be here today, I would never have agreed to attend this reunion proposed by my close friend."

Lin Mo glanced at her and said lightly:

"Let it go. Considering that you vigorously defended me twice before, I won't hold it against you too much."

(Some readers hope for a cold protagonist, while others find it too cold and are not satisfied. I can only say my personality may be moderate, but the protagonist will definitely not be promiscuous, so those who wish to read such content, please look for another book.)