"Once you go in, you mustn't say anything out of line. We're all classmates here. As long as you keep that Robert Miller from pestering me, that's enough." Right before going in, Emily Cooper still couldn't help but remind David Clark a couple more times, and once again, David Clark was to continue playing the role of Emily Cooper's boyfriend.
Originally, this should have been a sweet gig, but David Clark gave a wry smile and said, "Don't worry, you've told me this the whole way here. I could almost recite it by heart now."
"That's good." Emily Cooper didn't know why, but she just couldn't feel at ease going out with David Clark.
Seeing David Clark holding out his arm, Emily Cooper frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I say, Manager Guo, I'm your boyfriend right now. If you don't even link arms with me, people will see through us at a glance. How am I supposed to keep up the act?"
"This..." Emily Cooper hesitated for a moment. Seeing Robert Miller getting out of a black Mercedes, she quickly slipped her hand into David Clark's arm and hurriedly pulled David Clark inside.
The first two times, David Clark had used a little trick once, and taken advantage of the situation another time. But this time, it was Emily Cooper who took the initiative, so he couldn't help feeling a bit pleased with himself, lifting his head and deliberately walking slowly inside.
At this moment, Emily Cooper couldn't say anything, and had to keep a smile on her face, though she was feeling quite frustrated inside.
A hall on the third floor was the venue for this class reunion. There were already more than a dozen people inside. When they saw Emily Cooper, they all greeted her warmly, and Emily Cooper happily greeted everyone in return. After so many years apart, everyone felt a real sense of closeness.
"Fangrui, I've missed you so much!" A woman suddenly rushed over from behind and hugged Emily Cooper tightly.
"Lili, I've missed you too!" Emily Cooper shouted excitedly as well.
After catching up for a bit, Jessica Brooks's gaze landed on David Clark, and she asked in surprise, "Fangrui, is this your boyfriend?"
"Yeah!" Emily Cooper replied vaguely, then said, "Ignore him, let's go over there and have a good chat." The main thing was, she saw that Robert Miller had already come in and didn't want to talk to him, so she pulled Jessica Brooks over to a spot by the side.
David Clark followed behind, feeling a bit puzzled. This Jessica Brooks had a sharp face and shifty eyes—she looked like someone untrustworthy. He couldn't understand how Emily Cooper could be friends with someone like that.
Robert Miller greeted everyone with an air of superiority, but since most of the people at this reunion were recent college graduates, very few knew about Robert Miller's current achievements. So, except for a few who knew the inside story and were eager to cozy up to Robert Miller, the rest weren't particularly enthusiastic about this guy who'd always been the model of a bad student.
This left Robert Miller quite displeased. In Liao City, there were plenty of people with tens of millions, but among these classmates, he was absolutely sure no one could match his abilities. He should have been the center of attention here. Glancing around, he walked over to the long table where the food was set out.
"Why is it just this ordinary food?" Robert Miller asked the classmate next to him, frowning.
No one knew that Robert Miller had secretly initiated this gathering, so everyone had agreed to split the bill, and the initial expenses had been covered by the former class monitor, Matthew Reed. At that moment, Matthew Reed happened to be standing next to Robert Miller and immediately said, "Everyone's paying their own way, so there's no need to go overboard."
"NO! NO! NO!" Robert Miller shook his head and blurted out the only English phrase he remembered, then said loudly, "A class reunion is such an exciting event! This stuff is way too plain. Hurry up and get the manager to replace it all."
"That might not be a good idea..." Matthew Reed frowned.
"It's fine, I'll cover all the expenses tonight. No one needs to pay a cent. We're all old classmates. I owe you all from before, so let me make it up to you tonight! Waiter, bring out the best stuff you've got! As long as we finish it, just keep bringing more!"
The staff here recognized Robert Miller, and with his word, they didn't hesitate. In no time, all the ordinary pastries and fruit on the table were replaced with all kinds of seafood, exotic fruits, and various drinks.
This really stunned everyone. Most people here had never eaten a lobster weighing over two jin, and now there were four of them on the table at once—and if they finished them, more would be brought out. Unless Robert Miller shelled out tens of thousands, no one was getting out of here tonight.
"Boss Wang, you really are generous! This is going to cost you at least eighty or a hundred thousand!" By now, Jessica Brooks had left Emily Cooper and squeezed into the crowd, shouting loudly.
"It's nothing, this is just a day's profit from my factory. Come on, everyone, don't be shy!"