CHAPTER 645: CHAPTER 644: THE ANGRY GAO HONG (NEW YEAR +8)

Evening.

South Street.

This is a night market street.

Every evening, lots of people gather here to eat, chat, and have parties...

It’s a mix of crowds, yet the most lively.

Now, sitting at this long-missed market stall, Yang Chen couldn’t help but smile.

Seeing Yang Chen smile, Gao Hong also grinned foolishly.

Yang Chen asked, "Why are you laughing?"

Gao Hong continued to grin foolishly.

Yang Chen glanced at Sun Yue sitting next to Gao Hong and somewhat understood.

But Sun Yue, looking at Yang Chen’s smile, felt a bit bitter.

"Who all are coming today?" Yang Chen asked.

"Just six people: Gan Wei, Hu Mingxuan, Bai Lei, Guan Xiaoke, Hu Zian, Wei Peng." Gao Hong said skillfully.

Yang Chen nodded and slowly said, "Are they all working in this city?"

"Yeah, they are!" Gao Hong nodded.

Sun Yue glanced at the time, frowned, and said, "It’s eight o’clock, why aren’t they here yet?"

Yang Chen paused slightly and said slowly, "Maybe... they’re busy with work."

In the city, fighting for a living is extremely tough, and working overtime is normal.

Gao Hong also frowned slightly, a bit displeased, and took out his phone to check.

It was supposed to be an eight o’clock gathering, why hasn’t anyone come?

Letting the boss wait here is truly unacceptable.

At this point, Gao Hong’s phone rang.

Glancing at the caller ID, Gao Hong immediately connected the call and shouted, "Wei Peng, what are you doing? The boss has been waiting here for over half an hour, why aren’t you here yet?"

The voice on the other end said, "Sorry, Brother Hong, I have something urgent here and really can’t leave, I won’t be coming today, apologies!"

Hearing this, Gao Hong’s brows furrowed, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, "Wei Peng, you..."

Yang Chen held Gao Hong back, and said softly, "Busy is busy, might just be something urgent."

"But..." Gao Hong looked at Yang Chen, a face full of conflict.

This gathering was organized by Gao Hong in Yang Chen’s name, but now only six people were called, and one won’t even come. Gao Hong felt embarrassed.

Yang Chen shook his head and said softly, "Forget it!"

"Alright!" Gao Hong sighed and said to Wei Peng, "Fine, you go ahead and be busy!"

Wei Peng hesitated for a moment, and said to Gao Hong, "Brother Hong, please convey my apologies to Brother Chen."

"Got it!" Gao Hong immediately hung up the phone.

Just after hanging up, Gao Hong’s phone rang again.

"Hello, Bai Lei, why aren’t you coming over yet?"

"What? You also have something?" Gao Hong immediately got angry, shouting, "Bai Lei! If you dare not come over today, I’ll go to your workplace tomorrow with a knife and chop you up! Damn it, it’s one thing not to give me face, but how could you not give face to the boss?!"

Bai Lei was also stunned by this tirade, and slowly said, "I’ll... I’ll come now?"

"Hurry up!" Gao Hong shouted angrily.

After hanging up, Gao Hong threw his phone on the table, poured a glass of beer, drank it down, and secretly glanced at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen’s expression was calm, casually eating edamame.

Gao Hong tentatively asked, "Boss, these guys are really something, all dropping the ball at critical times."

Yang Chen laughed lightly and said, "It’s alright, everyone is quite busy."

"But..." Gao Hong frowned, feeling something was off.

Yang Chen laughed lightly, "You’re not in their position, so you can’t immediately understand what they’re thinking. We don’t need to insist, everyone is quite busy."

"Alright!" Gao Hong said helplessly.

About twenty minutes later, Bai Lei jogged over and shouted to Yang Chen and Gao Hong, "Brother Chen, Brother Hong!"

Gao Hong immediately stood up, glaring at Bai Lei, "Weren’t you not coming?"

Bai Lei awkwardly smiled and nodded, bowing repeatedly, "Brother Hong, here I am."

Gao Hong placed the beer on the table and pointed at the cup, "Down it first!"

Bai Lei hesitated for a moment, conflicted, and looked at Gao Hong, "This... Brother Hong, I..."

"Will you drink it today or not?" Gao Hong’s eyes were already red, and if Bai Lei didn’t drink that bottle, he’d dare to make a move.

Yang Chen waved his hand and said, "Coming from afar is enough, if you don’t want to drink, forget it. Sit down, we brothers haven’t seen each other for a long time, let’s chat casually and eat something."

Bai Lei looked at Yang Chen, conflicted, hesitated for a moment, picked up the beer, and said, "Brother Chen, I’ll drink!"

After saying that, Bai Lei took the bottle and started to chug it.

At this time, the other few people also came over.

Seeing that everyone arrived at almost the same time, Gao Hong’s gaze fell on the cars in the distance, a trace of anger flashing in his eyes.

He realized that they had planned it together, saying they’d come together, and if not, none would come!

Gao Hong didn’t expect that after retiring, everyone’s relationships would change so much.

With rage, Gao Hong immediately opened four more bottles of beer, placed them on the table, and said to the remaining four people, "Each of you drink a bottle!"

The few people hesitated, glancing at each other.

One person complained, "Gao Hong, we’re all eating together, no one owes anyone, why are you punishing us with drinks?"

Gao Hong, hearing this, shouted angrily, "Hu Zian! Did you forget your eyes? Brother Chen has been sitting here waiting for you for an hour, and we’re punishing you with one bottle, do you have to make a scene?"

"Can’t you talk nicely without swearing?" Hu Zian also became angry, staring at Gao Hong, "We’re here to eat, not to suffer!"

"Hu Zian!" Gao Hong’s eyes were already red.

"Enough!" Yang Chen sighed, picked up a bottle, stood up, and said to the few people, "I just wanted to invite everyone to a meal today, have some drinks, brag a bit, didn’t expect everyone to be so busy, perhaps it was my mistake, didn’t consider everyone’s feelings, sorry!"

After saying that, Yang Chen raised the bottle and chugged it.

Seeing this, the other four exchanged looks, feeling a bit guilty.

"Brother Chen... you don’t have to..."

Yang Chen finished drinking in one go, and said to the few people, "I won’t disturb you, I prepaid the boss a thousand yuan for the barbecue, order whatever you like, I’ll head out now!"

With that, Yang Chen slammed the bottle on the table and turned to leave.

These people were immediately flustered, quickly shouting, "Brother Chen!"

"Don’t go, Brother Chen!"

"Brother Chen!"

But Yang Chen didn’t look back, striding into the crowd.

Seeing this scene, the bottle in Gao Hong’s hand crashed to the ground, glass shards flying everywhere.

The surrounding tables immediately quieted down, looking over in fear.

Gao Hong pointed at them, "Gan Wei, Hu Mingxuan, Bai Lei, Hu Zian, Guan Xiaoke, damn you all! The boss worked hard to gather you for a meal, is this how you show respect? If it weren’t for being here, I’d definitely beat each of you up!"

With that, Gao Hong pulled Sun Yue to leave.