"Deserves punishment."
Ling Yi didn't make any excuses, nor did he hesitate at all. He drank three glasses of 53% liquor in one sip, without changing his expression.
"Okay!" Liao Dan took the lead in applauding, and then said with a serious face: "Since the punishment has been paid, then the past matter has been revealed, and no one will mention it in the future."
"Okay!" Liu Xuetao agreed first, and the others nodded in agreement when they saw this.
Ling Yi knew that they were telling him that they didn't care about what happened in the past, and neither did you, Ling Yi.
Ling Yi was very touched by this. He didn't say anything more, but stood up, poured himself a glass of wine, and said to everyone: "I respect everyone."
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, as if he wanted to drink all the bad things in the past into his stomach with this glass of wine, and never mention it again.
Seeing this, everyone at the table stood up one after another, drank all the wine in front of them, and wrote off the past.
Ling Yi looked at the people in front of him and was filled with emotion.
Although they had been focusing on Xu Jianwei before and seemed to take care of Xu Jianwei, Ling Yi knew that they actually did this to take care of his own feelings.
They were worried that as soon as they came back, they would be questioned by this group of people, which would make them feel inferior because of the things they had done before, or even make them unable to hold their heads high.
It's like a murderer who defended himself too much. He has just been released from prison and returned to his hometown. If everyone points at him or is overly enthusiastic and asks him how he has been in prison these years, then he will definitely You will feel so inferior that you will collapse.
Instead of paying too much attention, it is better to treat it with a normal attitude, or even be a little indifferent. Let him know that people like you don't care about what you did before, but it will help him regain his confidence.
Therefore, in order to take care of their own emotions and enable themselves to adapt to this group as soon as possible, they deliberately ignored themselves so that they could know that what they did at the beginning did not cause any harm to them, so there was no need to blame themselves.
And when the time is right, they will propose to write off the past, and it will be a matter of course, without any sense of violation.
All this seemed to be natural, but Ling Yi still saw traces of man-made elements.
But it is precisely because of this that Ling Yi is even more grateful for their good intentions.
Thinking of this, Ling Yi became even more puzzled as to what had happened to him in the first place to do such a bastard thing that hurt this group of people.
If it was a curse, what kind of curse could cause such a drastic change in his temperament?
While thinking, Ling Yi searched his body again, but still didn't notice anything. On the contrary, his own cultivation seemed to have faint signs of breaking through the eighth level of Qi Refining.
For this reason, Ling Yi glanced at Xu Jianwei again.
With the foundation of the previous "drink to settle old feuds", the next gathering will be much more harmonious.
Everyone tacitly said nothing about the past, and did not ask why Ling Yi came back alone this time or why he did not bring his wife and children. Instead, they chatted about their current lives.
Different from ordinary classmates' gatherings, when they talk about their current life, they don't pretend to talk about how much money they make, but talk about the benefits and difficulties very objectively.
Then everyone brainstormed and put forward their own suggestions for the difficulties they encountered, or if they could help, they called someone on the spot to solve it.
Seeing such a harmonious scene, Xu Jianwei was stunned.
It's not that she has never participated in a class reunion, but when has she not watched her classmates show off forcibly? When have you ever seen a circle of mutual help like this?
At this time, she finally understood why they were willing to forgive Ling Yi for what he did to them before.
That's because, in their small circle, they will never give up on anyone!
And it can be deduced from here that Ling Yi should have helped them a lot back then, so they were so eager to pull Ling Yi out of the quagmire.
Gratitude!
This also shows that Ling Yi was not without merit at the beginning, and even many suggestions really helped them.
Suddenly, Xu Jianwei felt envious of this small circle. Although we are all ordinary people, having such a group of friends seems to make life complete.
When she thought of her own experience, her eyes that were originally filled with happiness were filled with a layer of deep sadness.
Ling Yi saw all this but never said a word.
"Ling Yi, how are you now?" Gu Sisi asked softly.
Ling Yi just saw Liu Xuetao and Liao Dan frantically giving Gu Sisi a look, asking her to ask him.
After all, Gu Sisi was the gentlest among them, so it was most appropriate for her to ask.
"I'm okay now. If you don't worry about the problem Fatty and Sister Dan just talked about, I'll have someone contact you after the new year. It shouldn't be a big problem." Ling Yi said truthfully.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the box was stunned.
Although Ling Yi spoke very calmly, for them, this tone was too loud.
What even Tian Yu and even his father can't handle, can you, Ling Yi, handle it?
And you didn't come forward yourself, you still asked someone to deal with it. You are really a bit crazy.
But they didn't expose Ling Yi, for fear of hurting his face, so they all said, "No hurry, no rush, we'll talk about it after the year."
Ling Yi knew that they didn't believe it, but he didn't rush to explain. He was very satisfied with the current way of getting along.
If they knew that he was Master Ling, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such an atmosphere anymore.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ling Yi looked at Xu Jianwei again and said, "Miss Xu, since you are Yuzi's girlfriend, you are one of us. No matter what difficulties you have in the future, you can come to me."
Liu Xuetao: "..."
Liao Dan: "..."
Gu Sisi: "..."
The other students: "..."
Their eyes were all straightened.
Ling Yi, are you too crazy?
Is it really possible no matter what the difficulty is? Can you solve it?
Also, she is Tian Yu’s girlfriend. If you act like this, isn’t it a bit overwhelming?
Moreover, if Xu Jianwei was really in trouble, couldn't he just go to Tian Yu? His dad is the deputy county magistrate, isn't he more capable than you?
Even Tian Yu couldn't help but frown, feeling that Ling Yi's words seemed a bit excessive.
But they were dissatisfied, and they didn't show it. They just thought that Ling Yi had not returned for a long time and had a bad habit of bragging. It was estimated that it would get better after a while.
So they calmly skipped the topic, and then discussed with excitement how to arrange their itinerary in the next few days.
"Let's go skiing. There's a ski resort over there in Tianmen Mountain. It's very popular recently. I heard that many foreigners come here because of it."
Tian Yu expressed his thoughts and soon received unanimous agreement from everyone. But Xu Jianwei remained silent, looking at his face, he seemed to be hesitant.
"Xiaowei, let's go together. Haven't you always wanted to go skiing?" Tian Yu asked softly.
Xu Jianwei looked embarrassed, and finally shook his head slightly, apparently wanting to refuse.
But at this moment, Liu Xuetao suddenly shouted: "Let me tell you, Tian Yu would be so kind as to invite us to go skiing? It turns out that the drunkard is not interested in drinking. He has been doing it for a long time, so he invited us just by the way!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'm already full, and you need to feed me a mouthful of dog food, Yuzi, I really belong to you!" someone echoed.
Liao Dan also spoke up to help Tian Yu invite him: "Xiaowei, skiing is fun, let's go together."
"Yes, yes, let's go together. It's fun when there are many people." Gu Sisi also invited with a smile.
When Xu Jianwei saw this, although his face was troubled, he finally nodded in agreement.
Seeing her nodding, everyone suddenly beamed with joy. Liu Xuetao even gave Tian Yu a proud look, as if asking: How about it, can my brother's assist be good?
The girls, on the other hand, began to plan what they would wear tomorrow.
The dinner lasted until about eight o'clock in the evening, and then ended with laughter.
According to Tian Yu's wishes, he went to karaoke in the evening, but Xu Jianwei refused, saying that he was too tired from riding today and wanted to go back and rest.
After everyone heard this, they stopped persuading them and asked Ling Yi if he wanted to have another date at night. Ling Yi also shook his head and refused for the same reason as Xu Jianwei.
They all knew that they would have to travel through mountains and rivers when they came back from other places, so they gave up on it and agreed on a departure time tomorrow before saying goodbye.
The hotel room Tian Yu arranged for the two of them was upstairs at the Gloria Hotel, so the group parted ways here temporarily.
When checking in, Ling Yi asked for a room one floor away from Xu Jianwei in order to avoid suspicion.
When Tian Yu asked about the reason, he saw Ling Yi whispering with disgust: "I'm afraid that you guys will make too much noise and disturb me when I sleep."
"..." Tian Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed and scolded: "Damn it, when did your sister learn from that old pervert like Fatty and become full of pornographic thoughts?"
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing...
After bidding farewell to Tian Yu and the other two, Ling Yi returned to his room, washed himself briefly, and prepared to meditate. He felt that taking this opportunity, he might be able to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.
But at this moment, the doorbell of the room suddenly rang...
