Wang Shuang was stunned by the fact that Mrs Peng could grab three people with both hands at the same time.
This ability was truly impressive.
No wonder even someone as picky as Xie Qian praised Mrs Peng.
Peng Guo Qing was sent by his mother to urge the kitchen, and when Peng Guo Qing returned sweating on his forehead, the Peng couple had already thoroughly investigated his circle of friends.
In particular, Peng Zong compared Wen Ying and the others with the information in his mind one by one, arriving at a rather unexpected conclusion. In terms of family background, Wen Ying was the most ordinary among the group. In terms of personal earning ability, Wen Ying could not compare to the popular star Li Meng Jiao. In terms of achievements, the Qin siblings were both outstanding, with Qin Jiao being a true top student who could enter Guanghua Management School at Peking University. Yet the core figure of this small circle was neither Li Meng Jiao nor Qin Jiao, not even the slightly older Qin Yi, but Wen Ying.
At first, Peng Zong was a bit uncertain, but when his silly son Peng Guo Qing entered the private room and subconsciously looked at Wen Ying, Peng Zong immediately confirmed it.
Why was that?
Peng Zong could not help but pay more attention to Wen Ying.
After chatting a few more sentences, Peng Zong found that talking with Wen Ying was quite comfortable.
In fact, Li Meng Jiao and the others were all worldly, none of them awkward, all very poised and generous.
But Qin Jiao was aloof, Qin Yi was taciturn, Wang Shuang and Li Meng Jiao both carried a youthful immaturity. Only in exchanging with Wen Ying did Peng Zong feel no barrier at all.
The one sitting next to him was clearly a young girl, with round eyes blinking and evoking closeness, yet like an adult with mature thinking, always able to understand right away what he wanted to say, what he cared about.
This feeling was quite marvellous.
Peng Zong wanted to chat more with Wen Ying, to probe how much she had in her belly, but Mrs Peng chided, “Oh, you go greet Qin Yi and Wang Shuang. The young girl is for me to entertain.”
Mrs Peng turned her head with a face full of envy. “I really do not know how your parents did it, giving birth to you three so well, raising you even better. You have made me so jealous.”
How nice it would be to have a daughter, soft and fragrant.
Li Meng Jiao had already been fed full of Mrs Peng’s enchanting words, grinning foolishly at her.
Wen Ying was afraid this silly one would do a split on the spot and took over the topic. “You and Uncle Peng have taught Guo Qing very well too. Although we have known him only a year, we all like him very much.”
As soon as Wen Ying finished speaking, Li Meng Jiao and the others nodded in unison.
Peng Guo Qing was deeply moved.
What were friends? This was what friends were, really giving him face.
Wen Ying’s words were sincere, and Mrs Peng’s smile deepened. Clearly, Mrs Peng also believed she had raised her son well.
Peng Zong suddenly asked, “You are all a group of very excellent children, already possessing achievements far beyond ordinary peers. Guo Qing falls far short compared to you.”
This statement was not wrong, it was indeed the plain truth. Peng Guo Qing had been just muddling through in recent years.
But paired with Peng Zong’s usual tone, the previously harmonious atmosphere was completely ruined.
Mrs Peng gritted her back teeth, wanting very much to dump the plate of cold dish in front of her onto the dog of a man’s head.
Peng Guo Qing just smiled indifferently.
Anyway, Wen Ying had given him advance warning. Peng Guo Qing felt no loss at all. His dad was just this kind of person. It would be abnormal if he did not ruin the atmosphere like this.
Wen Ying was also smiling, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
She had already remembered where she had heard the name Peng Ning Kang.
Wen Ying did not know how big the Peng family’s business was now, but more than a decade later, the Peng family’s business scale was no less than that of ‘Jinhu Group’. ‘Jinhu’ was already low-key enough, and Peng Ning Kang was even more low-key. He did business on a large scale, yet his name never appeared on the rich list.
Wen Ying had heard this name from He Zhen.
At that time, He Zhen was looking for someone to make an introduction, wanting to meet Peng Ning Kang.
He Zhen back then was already the sophisticated ‘Little Boss He’, with considerable face in the medical devices and medical beauty industries. Even he found it hard to meet Peng Ning Kang, because this person was too difficult to arrange a meeting with.
Wen Ying had been puzzled. Everyone had weaknesses, soft spots. He Zhen was worldly in business, unable to meet Peng Ning Kang himself. Could he not even connect with those around him?
“Peng Ning Kang has no one around him. He is a lone wolf that cannot be攻略ed, like a precision machine that never makes mistakes, deciding every deal and investment with superhuman calm, presiding over his business empire.”
What kind of person would have no one around them?
Wen Ying was truly curious.
No wife or child, no family or friends?
He Zhen said he was unclear on the specifics, only hearing that Peng Ning Kang had divorced his wife years ago, and she had moved abroad.
Did he have children?
Unknown.
Did he have family?
Possibly.
Anyway, He Zhen could not contact Peng Ning Kang’s family, so they could basically be considered non-existent.
As for friends, even less so. For someone like Peng Ning Kang, how could he have any trustworthy friends? Friendships probably equated to interests.
Same name and surname, both from the capital, both doing large business. Wen Ying was basically certain that the one before her was the ‘Peng Ning Kang’ whom He Zhen wanted to meet but could not.
Whether He Zhen later found a way to meet Peng Ning Kang, Wen Ying did not know. Not long after He Zhen mentioned this name to her, Xie Qian had his accident. Wen Ying could hardly accept the news of Xie Qian’s death, in a daze for a time, and then she was reborn onto the middle school entrance exam field.
Peng Zong felt something marvellous about Wen Ying, little knowing that Wen Ying felt even more subtle. The big shot whom He Zhen wanted to meet but could not in her previous life was now sitting at the same table eating with her.
With this Peng Zong, Wen Ying found it hard to view him through the lens of a big shot.
He was Peng Zong, more importantly, Peng Guo Qing’s father.
And the kind of father who did not perform well, no better than Old He.
How could the current Peng Zong imagine that more than a decade later, he would have built a large business, yet with no wife or children by his side, becoming a true lone wolf.
Mrs Peng must have been very disappointed in this man to choose divorce.
What happened to Peng Guo Qing?
More than a decade later, even Xie Jinghu’s illegitimate sons had surfaced, starting to take over ‘Jinhu Group’ operations. With Peng Guo Qing’s current age, no matter his ability, the outside world should know that Peng Ning Kang had such a son.
Many guesses flashed through Wen Ying’s mind. Looking at Mrs Peng who had withdrawn her smile, and Peng Guo Qing who seemed unconcerned, Wen Ying said seriously to Peng Zong,
“Uncle Peng, I do not think Guo Qing is inferior to us in any way. If you mean grades or the bit of fame we luckily gained, I instead feel those are superficial. I do not know what Guo Qing was like before. I can only tell you about the him I know. I have long known his growth environment must be very privileged, and I know more that in such a privileged environment, people easily go astray or turn bad. Yet he did not. He is a kind person, values relationships, has principles. That is why I am willing to be his friend. This is Rong City. No one cares who his father is. We only care about who he is.”
It was not because you, Peng Ning Kang, are rich that we have to be friends with your son.
We became friends with Peng Guo Qing without knowing who his father was.
