Chapter 26: Who is the Groom

Wang Zhao did not express any opinion on this statement. However, she also felt that this was too much of a coincidence, and in her view, Chen Fangli’s return was quite untimely.

Ex-boyfriends are rarely able to smile when meeting again; peaceful breakups are few and far between. Most separations leave behind a lot of resentment, with both parties secretly hoping the other isn’t doing better than themselves.

Wang Zhao had never met Chen Fangli, so she couldn’t make any judgments. But from Xu Yingchun’s words, she could understand a bit about Chen Fangli’s character.

Outwardly gentle, but inwardly he should be a man with many thoughts and insights.

Xu Yingchun was her class monitor during university, and those who could become class monitors were usually people with strong social skills, able to get along well with many classmates.

At that time, Chen Fangli and Wang Zhao were the celebrities of their department, so Xu Yingchun must have had plenty of interactions with this couple. Moreover, she had access to a lot of gossip and could probably recount seven or eight tenths of Wang Zhao and Chen Fangli’s emotional experiences.

During this period, Wang Zhao had already extracted quite a bit of information from Xu Yingchun, such as how the original Wang Zhao got involved with Chen Fangli in college, the reasons for their numerous unnamed cold wars, the M times Wang Zhao was confessed to, and the places where Chen Fangli and she had dates in the library.

Heaven knows where Xu Yingchun heard all these rumors from. Wang Zhao felt that at least half of them were unreliable. At the very least, the reasons for the small cold wars between the original Wang Zhao and Chen Fangli were something that, given Wang Zhao’s personality, she would definitely not talk about openly. Chen Fangli also didn’t seem like someone who liked to discuss his private life with others.

So she believed most of it was just random speculation by the public.

However, this speculation also gave Wang Zhao an idea. Both the original Wang Zhao and her ex-boyfriend Chen Fangli had a stubborn part in their personalities, the kind of people who would not easily lower their heads.

Two people with such personalities would certainly find dating somewhat tiring, but from Xu Yingchun’s words, she learned that these two had dated for four years in college and didn’t even break up at graduation.

They stayed together for so many years despite indescribable cold wars, so one of them must have been working hard to maintain this relationship. For two people with such personalities to date for so long, Wang Zhao could only describe it with the words “truly in love”.

So what eventually caused them to break up?

It remains unknown.

Wang Zhao didn’t answer any of Xu Yingchun’s subsequent questions, only briefly saying that she really couldn’t attend next week’s class reunion, and told Xu Yingchun to handle it herself.

This was unavoidable. She didn’t have enough time every day now, wishing she could split herself into two, making a day have 72 hours. This way, one half could be used for exam preparation, and the other half for dealing with wedding-related matters.

After understanding that Wang Zhao really couldn’t make it, Xu Yingchun couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed. They hadn’t seen these classmates for a long time, and after this gathering, it might be several years before they met again. Since graduating from university, classmates had been working all over the country, and it was rare to keep in touch even once a year.

Moreover, many classmates were quite curious about Wang Zhao, of course, this was a friendly curiosity.

Their offline class reunions weren’t as exaggerated as described online, where every word spoken was about comparing jobs and other material things. Now, it was just about reconnecting. They all graduated from law school, and most classmates had gone to work in procuratorates or courts, with some becoming lawyers or working in the legal departments of large companies.

These were all connections, and meeting face-to-face could also help with networking and potentially expanding work opportunities.

“Alright then. If you have time later, come if you can. Try to spare some time to have a meal together, that’s all.” Xu Yingchun said, and then joked, “Let the boys in our class see if the number one beauty from the Law School of Jiang University has become jaded after entering society.”

Wang Zhao laughed: “I’ll go if I have time then, but there’s a big chance I won’t be able to make it. Just let the classmates know and apologize on my behalf.”

“Okay. I’ll hang up now, but let me know when you set your wedding date. I’ll come to support you then,” Xu Yingchun said.

Wang Zhao made a sound of agreement.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zhao sat at home in a daze for a while. She couldn’t help but take out an iron box that the original Wang Zhao had kept under the bedside table, which contained many things of sentimental value.

Such as graduation photos, competition certificates, and some other documents.

She had already looked through these several times before, so it was easy for her to find that photo tucked in among the graduation certificates.

Because there weren’t many people in a university class, this kind of graduation photo was clear enough to see everyone’s face. Wang Zhao and Chen Fangli stood together, the two of them positioned slightly in the middle.

They stood very close, and one could tell at a glance that there was a special relationship between them.

However, Wang Zhao in college didn’t seem much different from now. Sometimes when Wang Zhao stood in front of the mirror, she would wonder if the college Wang Zhao was actually herself.

The expression in her eyes was too similar.

A person’s personality is largely set by adulthood, becoming fully formed by the age of twenty-five, shedding all naivety and innocence, and becoming more capable.

But sometimes when she looked at Wang Zhao in the photo, and then looked at herself in the mirror, there was almost no change.

Even Xu Yingchun had remarked several times during their chats that after years in society, all their classmates had changed, including herself. They were no longer as passionate as before, life had worn them down into round balls.

How was it that only Wang Zhao seemed to have taken a youth potion? Four or five years had passed, and she hadn’t changed a bit, still standing out as the most stunning one in a crowd.

Several years had passed since this graduation photo was taken, and who knows what changes Chen Fangli had undergone. After all, foreign countries were different from China. After so many years, the youthfulness of the man in the photo had probably faded quite a bit.

On the day of the class reunion, Wang Zhao still couldn’t find time to go because she had to go with Li Zhenguan to get their marriage certificate. There were many people getting married during this period, so they could only make an appointment for next Friday.