Zhou Qing felt even worse seeing everyone mock Ling Feng.
"Ling Feng, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought you here."
Ling Feng, however, was unfazed. He had seen too many faces like these and couldn't be bothered to get angry with them.
Ling Feng's defiant posture, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, truly bored Xu Yang.
"This kid is worlds apart from me. Toying with him here is meaningless!"
Muttering this to himself, Xu Yang called out to Ling Feng, "I don't have a job cleaning toilets at my company anymore, but if you're interested, Ling Feng, I can arrange for you to be a doorman."
Xu Yang's words were met with another round of laughter from the surrounding crowd.
Ling Feng, however, replied with a detached expression, "No need, I'm not interested in the jobs you offer."
Seeing Ling Feng still pretending, Xu Yang chuckled and lost interest.
In his opinion, such a person was no longer worthy of being his opponent.
Instead, the people around them were provoked.
They had come today with the intention of being Xu Yang's sycophants. If they couldn't make Ling Feng leave in disgrace, it would be their incompetence.
"Ling Feng, you're too ungrateful! Young Master Xu offers you a job, and you refuse! Who do you think you are!"
"Exactly, Ling Feng, do you still think this is school?"
"Look at the mess you've made of yourself. With your current state, you dared to pursue Si Qi with Young Master Xu back then?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Yang's lips twitched.
He regretted not being able to win over Lin Siqi back then.
He had previously disdained attending class reunions, considering them to be full of paupers.
His main reason for being here today was Lin Siqi.
Unfortunately, he hadn't seen Lin Siqi, but instead encountered this love rival whom Lin Siqi had a favorable impression of.
Therefore, Xu Yang had been teasing Ling Feng, but it was time to get down to business.
"Heh, back then we were all just joking around, there's nothing much to talk about. Oh, right, why haven't we seen Siqi? Doesn't she come to your previous gatherings?"
Xu Yang's question was met with a flurry of responses from the sycophants.
"She does, I saw her last year."
"Indeed, I saw her last year too. She's gotten more beautiful, I just don't know why she didn't come this year."
"I tried contacting her too, but her phone number has changed."
Ling Feng listened to their words but didn't hear anything of value.
It seemed Lin Siqi had lost contact with everyone.
Just as Ling Feng felt there was nothing more to linger for at this gathering and prepared to leave,
Yang Min, a girl who was close to Lin Siqi, spoke up timidly.
"Um, I know where Siqi is..."
Everyone's gaze fell upon Yang Min. She was a very shy girl, and being stared at by everyone made her blush.
She was also one of the few people present who hadn't mocked Ling Feng.
"Siqi can't come. She's being hounded by various credit companies..." Yang Min whispered.
"Credit companies?"
Everyone else looked puzzled.
"This is all because of her gambling brother. Her brother used her ID to take out a lot of high-interest loans. The debt kept piling up, she sold her house, and still owes hundreds of thousands!" Yang Min said with some resentment.
Ling Feng frowned upon hearing this.
He hadn't expected that gentle and kind girl to have such an unfortunate experience.
"Where is she now?" Ling Feng asked.
His question immediately drew a wave of mockery.
"Oh, Ling Feng, you don't even have a job now, and you're still thinking about Siqi?"
"Heh, he's truly a devoted lover. Did you come here just for Siqi?"
Ling Feng ignored all these voices, his gaze fixed on Yang Min.
"Siqi... she's in the hospital. Because she suddenly fell seriously ill a while ago and was admitted to the First People's Hospital. Although she was rescued, she owes the hospital a large sum of money, at least hundreds of thousands. Now even her medication has been stopped."
Yang Min sighed with regret as she spoke, "Alas, Siqi's life is ruined."
Upon hearing about her plight, everyone fell silent. Hundreds of thousands, potentially adding up to a million.
For an ordinary person, this was an enormous sum of money.
Many people couldn't earn that much in their entire lives.
If one considered Lin Siqi's beauty, this amount of money could be easily obtained. It was a pity that everyone knew Lin Siqi was too virtuous and would never compromise herself to earn money against her will.
Xu Yang, however, began to scheme amidst the silence.
This was an opportunity!
With a glint in his eye, he quickly came up with an idea and said, "Xiao Min, you should have told me about this earlier! It's just a matter of hundreds of thousands, our classmates can pool it together."
"Furthermore, my family has some influence in Hanjiang, and I know a few of those lending bosses. I'll put in a word later, and this matter will be resolved."
The sycophants praised him again.
"Right! This money is easy to repay, the main problem is those loan sharks are not to be trifled with!"
"With Young Master Xu handling the loan sharks, Siqi will surely be saved!"
"Young Master Xu, I think only you can handle this. Tell us, how should we help Lin Siqi?"
Xu Yang nodded with satisfaction, then took out a stack of bills from his wallet and slammed it onto the table.
"Let's all donate some money for Siqi. We'll send it to the hospital later. I'll go first, here's ten thousand yuan!"
Seeing Xu Yang's generosity, the other classmates were spurred on and generously contributed.
"I didn't bring that much cash, I'll give three thousand!"
"I'll give a thousand!"
"I only have eight hundred cash, I'll donate..."
Soon, a colorful pile of bills lay on the table, and the donation drive reached Zhou Qing.
"I'll donate a thousand!"
As Zhou Qing put away his wallet, a group of people beside him stared at Ling Feng.
Xu Yang was the first to speak, "What? Ling Feng, you don't even have a few hundred yuan, do you?"
Ling Feng spread his hands in embarrassment, "I didn't bring any money."
Ling Feng never carried money when he went out because Yang Fei was always with him, and Yang Fei paid for everything.
"Damn, Ling Feng, you're too stingy. After all, you liked Siqi back then!"
"Yeah, can you bear to watch Siqi suffer like this?"
"Ling Feng, stop pretending. If you don't have cash, Alipay, WeChat, anything works. Here, scan my code!"
As someone spoke, they handed over their phone.
Zhou Qing quickly took out his phone and said, "I will, I will! Ling Feng doesn't have a job yet, I'll donate a thousand for him first."
Ling Feng had already embarrassed himself enough today, and Zhou Qing felt guilty.
But before Zhou Qing could scan the QR code, a notification sound rang out.
A woman's hand with brightly colored nails reached out, holding a phone with a colorful case.
Zhou Qing was startled and looked up to see Meng Xue smiling obsequiously at Ling Feng, saying, "Heh heh, um, Ling Feng, I'll donate for you, I'll donate ten thousand yuan for you!"