Chapter 49 I am from a peasant family, sorry about that

  Lorraine put down her wine glass and naturally sat in the empty seat beside Lanlan.

  "Lorraine, we're basically all old classmates, and we've all met before, only you arrived the latest. Let me introduce you." Li Min stood up and began introducing Lorraine one by one.

  "This is Wang Cheng, his family is in the coal business. His uncle is a senior police officer at Xiangyang Police Station. Do you remember that serious extortion case that was cracked on October 1st at the gate of Municipal No. 1 High School? Seven criminals were caught, and Wang Cheng's uncle led the team himself, it can be said that his merits are undeniable, he is a model for the police."

  Luo Lin couldn't help but laugh in his heart. The extortion case at the entrance of Shi Yi High School, wasn't that the thing he had done to Long Erzi? How did it become the credit of this Wang Cheng's uncle? After some thought, Luo Lin realized that Xiangyang Police Station was close to Shi Yi High School, so it was probably Wang Cheng's uncle who led the team to support Jiang Yan at that time. However, if we talk about merit, Wang Cheng's uncle had nothing to do with it, and it was just a matter of executing the police order.

  Lanlan also knew about this matter, but this little girl was very sensible and knew how to give people face, so she didn't say anything either. She sat quietly on one side without making a sound.

  Wang Cheng nodded expressionlessly towards Lorraine, which was a way of greeting her. Although he wasn't as arrogant as that cigarette-smoking A Zhe, it was enough to reveal the disdain in his eyes for Lorraine.

  Lorraine didn't get angry at all and smiled kindly instead.

  "This is Zhou Qing, the student union president of our school, a beautiful girl and Wang Cheng's girlfriend. Her family is also in business."

  "This..."

  Li Min introduced, Lorraine found that the person she introduced had a characteristic, which was to mention each person's family background every time, and sometimes even introduce some powerful relatives at home. Really admire her level of wearing high hats, after her introduction, everyone's face was pasted with a lot of gold powder.

  It's time to introduce Huāhuātóu Zhē and his girlfriend Xiǎo Huì.

  "This beautiful girl is Qiu Xiaohui, the school flower of our city's No. 2 High School. Her father, Director Qiu, is a senior doctor at the Second People's Hospital in our city and has won several major medical awards in Zhenzhou City. Her mother is also a head nurse at the Second Hospital, so you could say they are a family of medical professionals. Now that we've met, whoever gets married or has kids can go to the Second Hospital and look for our beautiful Qiu Xiaohui."

  Li Min made a moderate joke, which greatly enlivened the atmosphere on the scene.

  At this time, the fireworks head Ah Zhe disdainfully glanced at Lorrine and coldly joked: "The surgical fee of the Second City Hospital is quite expensive. Ordinary people really can't afford it. Have you heard that joke? A peasant wanted to go to the hospital for a circumcision, but he didn't have any cash on hand. In the end, he carried a sack of potatoes to the hospital. It was his entire year's harvest. The doctor at the hospital sympathized with him and agreed to perform the surgery. However, when the surgery was halfway done, the value of the potatoes wasn't enough to cover the cost of the remaining medication. The doctor said to the peasant, "Sorry, buddy, your potatoes are only enough for half the surgery." The peasant looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle and suddenly burst into tears. He said, "Don't worry about it, big brother. Just sew me up first. I'll come back next year when my potato harvest is done to finish the remaining half of the surgery."

  "Hahaha! ——"

  Several boys nearby burst out laughing, and several girls also covered their mouths and giggled. Qiu Xiaohui still gave Yan Hua Tou A Zhe a charming glance and said with a pout: "Oh my, you're so bad..."

  Only Lan was confused, not understanding what everyone was laughing at. Her pink face looked silly as she turned to Luolin and asked, "Luolin, what does 'cutting a package' mean? Is it similar to double eyelid surgery?"

  "Ahhhahaha!!----"

  As soon as Lan said this, everyone laughed even harder, and even Li Min, who had been introducing people on the side, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Lorraine was taken aback and didn't know how to respond.

  Everyone in the room except for Lan's good friend Li Min looked at her with a "you're just pretending to be innocent" gaze, despising her.

  Lan's question was too embarrassing, so Li Min hurriedly changed the subject, smiling and pointing at Zhu Zhe: "Luo Lin, this humorous classmate is a famous figure in our city's Second High School. His name is Zhu Zhe, his father is a well-known entrepreneur in our city of Zhengzhou, and his older brother Zhu Zhiqiang is probably someone you've heard of too - he's the assistant secretary to Vice Mayor Chi of Zhengzhou. We're able to book this room at the Haijin Hotel under the Luo Enterprise today because Zhu Zhe helped us reserve it in advance. Let me whisper a secret to you: the leading enterprise in our city, the Luo Group, has shares owned by Zhu Zhe's father."

  After Li Min finished speaking, Zhu Zhe's head held even higher, and his eyes looked at Luo Lin with even more disdain. His girlfriend Qiu Xiaohui beside him also showed a proud and complacent expression, which evoked some girls' jealousy and admiration around them. Her brother was an official, her father was a big entrepreneur, and he was also one of the controlling shareholders of the famous Luo Group. It has to be said that in this circle, if Luo Lin hadn't come today, Zhu Zhe would have been the center of attention for everyone.

  Unfortunately, no one present could associate Lorraine with the identity of the young master of the Luo family enterprise. Although they shared the same surname, Lorraine's humble and unassuming nature, simple and unadorned attire, and down-to-earth demeanor made it difficult for people to link him with the arrogant rich second-generation.

  Is Zhu Zhe's father one of the shareholders of the Luo Group? How come I didn't know that?

  Lorin rummaged through his memory, although his father didn't allow him to get involved in the company's affairs, he was still familiar with those high-level directors. The ones who truly held large shares were just a handful of old-timers, surnamed Niu, Ma, and Yang, but none surnamed Zhu. Probably, this Zhu Zhepeng was just bragging, or his father only held peripheral shares in the Luo Group. If that's the case, even if he had assets worth tens of millions, it wouldn't make him a big entrepreneur, at most just a financially savvy investor.

  Lorraine didn't expose him either. After Li Min finished introducing herself, Lorraine finally greeted everyone and then sat down.

  "Huh, wait a minute, you're already seated?" Zhu Zhepi smiled wryly and snorted, "This handsome guy, won't you introduce yourself? Everyone else has introduced themselves, except for you."

  Luo Lin didn't know that Zhu Zhe had already made up his mind to compare himself with him, creating a gap between their high and low statuses.

  Go ahead, satisfy yourself.

  Luo Lin smiled: "Everyone, I'm sorry to say that my ancestors were farmers, my parents are now in other places, and I am a student at Municipal No. 1 High School, and my studies are not very good either. As for whether there is a future or not, I don't know myself, haha." What Luo Lin said was true, in the country of Huaxia, if you count back three generations, who wasn't a farmer? His parents were now operating cross-provincial business projects elsewhere, and Luo Lin hadn't lied.

  Are your ancestors farmers?

  Everyone showed an expression of "as expected", and they knew that this Luo Lin didn't have any background. Although his way of doing things was quite likable, he was after all a poor kid with nothing to offer, so there was no need to curry favor with him. Even the few girls who had been somewhat friendly towards Luo Lin completely shifted their gaze away from him, not even giving him a second glance. These days, most women in society, whether they're high school students, university students or working professionals, are all extremely pragmatic and materialistic. Being handsome? What's the use of that! It's not as if you can just shout out on the street "My dad is Li Zong" and expect to be impressive!

  At this time, Zhu Zhe's eyes were even more disdainful, and he couldn't help but add insult to injury with a sarcastic remark: "Your parents are both away from home? With the global financial crisis, they're not at home farming, but out working?"

  Lorraine shrugged indifferently: "I guess so." He wasn't kidding, his parents were indeed working outside the home, but they were working for their own company.

  At that moment, Lorraine suddenly felt the hand on her leg being grasped by a soft and warm small hand. She looked up to see Blue Lan's flushed face and comforting eyes.

  Luo Lin was stunned for half a day before finally reacting: probably Lanlan had also been deceived by him, thinking that Luo Lin really came from a peasant family and his parents were working outside, so he gave himself encouraging eyes, comforting himself not to give up, insisting that hope was just in front of him.

  "My goodness, a simple girl can't take the hurt! Lanlan, you say this little girl is so simple, I didn't think of cheating on you, it's gotten to the point where I, Lin Gege, don't know where to put my old face, forgive me, forgive me."

  Yunshui Xiangge private room is a luxurious private room in Haijin Hotel, with first-class service. When you need to order food, just press the red button on the wall lightly.

  Although today is Li Min's birthday, the focus of the dinner party has shifted to Zhu Zhe, who is also not disappointing, with a dignified and composed demeanor, standing up and pressing the red button on the wall.

  The door of the private room was soon pushed open from outside, and a waitress in a red cheongsam dress pushed in a food cart, placing various sumptuous dishes on the table one by one and reporting their names. Just as she was about to leave, Zhu Zhe blocked her way with an arrogant and domineering attitude, leaving the waitress and everyone present stunned. To their surprise, Zhu Zhe suddenly pulled out a 100-yuan note from his pocket and placed it on the waitress's tray, saying smugly, "This is the tip."

  The waitress seemed delighted on the surface, but was somewhat disdainful in her heart. When officials or businessmen gave tips, they would at least give 500 yuan if they took out their hands. This hundred yuan, do you have the nerve to take it out? But she could see that Zhu Zhe wanted to show off as a big brother, and since everyone present was a student, she gave him enough face and smiled brightly: "Thank you, sir." As she spoke, she swayed her plump hips and walked out. Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Zhe, and no one noticed that the waitress had thrown a flirtatious glance at Luo Lin as she left the door. The waitress thought to herself, earlier downstairs, I didn't leave a good impression on Young Master Luo, so I'd better make up for it now.

  The students in the private room, who looked down on others, all thought that Luo Lin was really from a peasant family and no one could imagine that the waitress just now had fought hard to get the chance to deliver meals to Luo's room.