Chapter 1: The Eye-Catching Wedding

  "Okay, where?" Ning Fan still agreed.

  "Haiwang Palace, second floor private room, three tables of eight, can bring family members, everyone has almost arrived, you also hurry up and come." He Weifei said quickly.

  "Alright, see you later." Ning Fan hung up the phone.

  "Uncle, where are you going? I'm going too!" Leaf's clear voice immediately rang out.

  "Let's go." Ning Fan naturally wouldn't refuse, and now he wasn't at ease with Yezi being alone at home.

  "Uncle, I'm going to change clothes!" Yezi quickly ran upstairs.

  A few minutes later, Ye Zi ran down again. In just a few minutes, Ye Zi's image had changed greatly. Those white and tender long legs were wrapped in jeans, and she was wearing a white T-shirt with a cute cartoon cat pattern on it, looking like a well-behaved girl overall.

  Of course, Ning Fan was not surprised at all. Ye Zi occasionally played the role of a good girl, and he had seen this kind of image many times before.

  Hai Huang Palace is a high-end seafood restaurant in Qingyun City, quite famous in Qingyun City. Of course, the consumption here is also quite high. If ordinary working-class people come to eat here, they might spend several months' salary on one meal.

  Ning Fan arrived at Hai Huang Palace with Ye Zi and then rushed to the second floor, pushing open the door of the private room. More than a dozen pairs of eyes also turned to look at him together.

  "Brother Ning is here!"

  "About time you showed up, Inspector Ning!"

  "Ning Fan, come and sit down, we've been waiting for you!"

  Several people greeted Ning Fang at the same time, and Ning Fang smiled in response as he walked towards the table. This was a large table that could accommodate twenty people, and there were already over ten people seated around it, with several empty seats remaining.

  "Ning Fan, over here! I've saved you a seat." A fat man waved at Ning Fan, and this fat man was none other than He Wei, who had called Ning Fan earlier.

  "He Wei, you seem to have gained a bit of weight again." Ning Fan said with a smile as he sat down beside He Wei.

  He Wei and Ning Fan were high school deskmates. He Wei used to be very thin, even three years ago he was still very thin, but in the past few years, he suddenly got fat, gaining tens of pounds every year.

  "No way, I'm not fat, but if I were, it would be shocking." He Wei's eyes rolled around and landed on Ye Zi, "I said Ning Fan, aren't you going to introduce this little beauty?"

  "My name is Yezi, I'm Uncle's little girlfriend." Yezi took the opportunity to introduce herself.

  "Yèzi, stop messing around." Ning Fan hastily spoke up, continuing to say: "Yèzi is the daughter of a friend of mine, hmm, I suppose you could say she's my niece."

  The leaves pouted and didn't say anything else.

  "Alright, now that everyone is here, let's get started. Come on, let's all raise a glass to toast the birthday star first." The man sitting directly across from Ning Fan stood up, holding his wine cup and beckoning to the crowd.

  The man's name is Sun Zhiming, and the beautiful woman sitting next to him is today's heroine, Hu Linlin.

  "Hu Linlin, happy birthday!" Everyone stood up and clinked glasses together, Ning Fang naturally also stood up.

  He could feel Hu Linlin staring at him, Ning Fan looked slightly helpless, this was one of the reasons he didn't want to come. When he was in high school, Ning Fan's grades were very good, and he also looked handsome, so many girls liked him, and Hu Linlin, who was the class beauty back then, was among them. However, Ning Fan had been single-mindedly focused on his studies, directly rejecting everyone.

  When Ning Fan was in college, he actually saw Hu Linlin too. At that time, Hu Linlin had even gone to his school to look for him. However, although Hu Linlin looked quite pretty, Ning Fan never had any feelings for her. Later, when he met Tongtong, it became even more impossible for him to have any thoughts about Hu Linlin.

  Ye Zi was also looking at Hu Linlin, because she thought this woman was staring at her uncle, but soon Ye Zi felt relieved, this woman wasn't as pretty as her, and compared to those two annoying women living opposite her, she was far worse.

  It's not that Yezi is overconfident, but in terms of looks, Hu Linlin indeed has a significant gap with Yezi. Of course, she also has an advantage, which is being more mature than Yezi.

  A glass of wine down the hatch, everyone sat down, and at this time, He Wei leaned in close to Ning Fan's ear and whispered: "Ning Fan, Hu Linlin is still waiting for you."

  "Are you still waiting for her?" Ning Fan shook his head.

  Ning Fan had known for a long time that He Wei liked Hu Linlin. At that time, many boys in the class actually liked Hu Linlin, except for He Wei. The one sitting next to Hu Linlin at this moment, Sun Zhiming, was also one of them. However, it was obvious that Sun Zhiming was the ultimate winner, because Hu Linlin's current boyfriend is Sun Zhiming.

  "Ning Fan, I heard you're no longer at the police station?" Sun Zhiming suddenly asked.

  Everyone can feel Sun Zhiming's hostility towards Ning Fan, and naturally, everyone also knows the reason. The fact that Hu Lianlian pursued Ning Fan in the past was not a secret, and now, although Sun Zhiming has successfully won over the beauty, seeing Ning Fan will still make him very uncomfortable.

  "Really? Ning Fan, I heard you got kicked out of the police bureau? What's going on?" Another person chimed in, this one also a classmate of Ning Fan's, Zhou Liang.

  "Let's all have a drink, today is Hu Linlin's birthday, let's not mention this matter." He Wei hastily said, he knew that Zhou Liang and Sun Zhiming had always been in good terms, the two of them bringing up this topic was obviously intentionally targeting Ning Fan.

  "It doesn't matter, I was actually fired by the police department." Ning Fan said calmly.

  As soon as Ning Fan said this, the eyes of many people present became somewhat strange. In fact, almost everyone on the scene had received that strange text message, but some people thought it was just a prank and didn't take it seriously at the time. Now that Ning Fan has personally confirmed it, everyone is naturally certain about it.

  "Ning Fan, have you found a new job now?" A female classmate couldn't help but ask.

  "Not yet." Ning Fan replied truthfully.

  "Everyone eat something, don't just chat." Hu Linlin said at this time, seemingly to help Ning Fan out of the situation.

  "Uncle, eat shrimp!" Ye Zi's crisp voice also rang out, and she peeled a lobster, using her tender fingers to pinch it and send it to Ning Fan's mouth.

  Ning Fan bit off half of it, and then Yezi stuffed the remaining half into her own mouth, staring at Hu Linlin with a defiant look.

  The two people's rather intimate behavior also made others whisper in their hearts, "This beautiful girl, isn't she really Ning Fan's girlfriend?"

  Ning Fan couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, he really didn't think Ye Zi would come up with such a move.

  "Ning Fan, if you can't find a job, Hai Huang Palace actually needs a security guard. Although the salary isn't high, it should be about the same as when you were a police officer." Sun Zhiming smiled, "If you're interested, you can start work tomorrow."

  Sun Zhiming said this with a hint of complacency and a somewhat condescending tone, because Sun Zhiming's father was the boss of Hai Huang Palace, and he is now the manager of Hai Huang Palace. It's actually quite easy to recruit someone.

  "Director Sun, you're still a good brother!" Zhou Liang immediately chimed in, "Ning Fan, I think you can start working here tomorrow. We're all old classmates, Director Sun won't treat you unfairly."

  "I'll consider it." Ning Fan smiled faintly and picked up his cup. "Thanks, Director Sun. Come on, let me toast you."

  "Come on, let's toast to Director Sun!" He Wei also raised his glass. He naturally saw that Sun Zhiming was targeting Ning Fan, and the so-called letting Ning Fan come here as a security guard was nominally to help, but in fact it was to humiliate Ning Fan.

  However, He Wei did not want to offend Sun Zhiming either. Since Ning Fan himself had not blown up, He Wei naturally pretended he didn't know anything about it.

  Neither of the two attacks got a response from Ning Fan, and Sun Zhiming also started to feel bored. He didn't continue targeting Ning Fan, and the atmosphere at the wine table finally began to truly become lively.

  "Uncle, have some fish!"

  "Uncle, have another shrimp."

  "Uncle, eat this sashimi."

  Ye Zi was being a good girl, not drinking alcohol, only eating food. She was eating and at the same time feeding Ning Fan, while Ning Fan was busy drinking wine. Among these classmates present, Ning Fan was most familiar with He Wei, in fact, He Wei was also one of Ning Fan's few friends.

  "Don't have a girlfriend yet?" Ning Fan asked casually.

  "No money, can't find a girlfriend." He Wei shook his head.

  "You must have made at least several hundred thousand yuan a year." Ning Fan didn't believe this was the reason. He Wei didn't attend college, and after graduating from high school, he apprenticed with someone to learn decoration, then started his own decoration company. Although it wasn't considered very lucrative, he could still make around 200,000 to 300,000 yuan per year.

  "Can't compare to others." He Wei smiled wryly and glanced at Hu Linlin, apparently he still had a soft spot for her, but if he were to be compared to Sun Zhiming in terms of wealth, He Wei was indeed far inferior.

  Hú Línlín stood up at this time and pulled out a female classmate, Hú Línlín looked like she was in a bad mood, having drunk a bit too much tonight.

  "I heard she and Sun Zhiming are preparing to get engaged, but she's still hesitant, as if waiting for you." He Wei said in a low voice: "Ning Fan, I really envy you."

  "Let's drink." Ning Fan smiled wryly, envying him? He had just been dumped.

  "Ning Fan, come on, I'll toast you a glass!" Sun Zhiming walked to Ning Fan's side at this time. "I have to thank you, haha, you understand, in short, Linlin and I are getting married soon, and there's really your credit in it."

  "Then congratulations to you." Ning Fan stood up.

  "Ning Fan, I know Lingling used to like you, but so what? You were good at studies back then, what's the big deal? Now, in what way are you better than me? Let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you coming after me for Lingling. You're nothing now, hahaha!" Sun Zhiming was clearly a bit drunk.

  "Director Sun, I think you're worrying too much." Ning Fan said calmly.

  "That's right, I was indeed overthinking, haha, with your current useless state, would Linlin still take a liking to you?" Sun Zhiming became even more arrogant and directly started personal attacks.

  "Director Sun, you've had too much to drink." Ning Fan said slowly.

  "My old man didn't drink too much!" Sun Zhiming suddenly roared, "Grass, Ning Fan, my old man just doesn't like you, do you know how hard I pursued Linlin? My old man started pursuing her from high school, and even after she graduated from college, he still couldn't catch up with her. It wasn't until last year that she finally agreed to be with me. What kind of thing are you, repeatedly refusing Linlin?"