Wang Yongsuo?
Ye Yun's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but sit up directly from the bed.
After being reborn, there were not many things that could make Ye Yun's heart ripple.
But these three words were like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake.
It stirred up monstrous waves.
If it weren't for that link in Pan Shubing's WeChat Moments, Ye Yun probably wouldn't have thought of the person's identity at first glance.
But combined with Pan Shubing's link, the name Wang Yongsuo instantly came to Ye Yun's mind!
This was the university postgraduate supervisor who had taken good care of him back then, and Teacher Wang who later became a professor at Jinling Higher Vocational College!
In an instant, deep in Ye Yun's heart, memories of Teacher Wang surged like a tide.
In his previous life, after his entrepreneurial failure, he began to degenerate, practically a social outcast.
He had long lost contact with his former classmates and friends.
Yet, after becoming successful, he did go to see a few people, those who had played a crucial role in his life as mentors.
The one who helped him the most was his university and postgraduate supervisor.
It was a pity that when he wanted to see him again, all he saw was a black and white photograph.
His former teacher had passed away, having succumbed to a serious illness.
Not being able to send off this esteemed mentor was a great regret in Ye Yun's life.
Ye Yun remembered kneeling at the mourning hall, his teacher's wife holding his hand and weeping.
"Xiao Ye, Old Wang kept talking about how he couldn't let you go when he was leaving. Now that you've turned over a new leaf, he can rest assured."
Looking at Wang Yongsuo on the memorial tablet, who was like a father and a teacher, Ye Yun cried his eyes out that night...
All sorts of past events flooded Ye Yun's mind.
However, all of this was shattered by the friend request in front of him.
Soon, Ye Yun clicked to accept.
Just after accepting, a voice call request came in.
"Ye Yun?"
As soon as the call was connected, a voice, somewhat familiar yet gentle, came through.
"Is... is that Teacher Wang?"
Ye Yun's voice trembled.
Hearing Ye Yun's address, the voice on the other end carried a hint of relief.
"I didn't expect you to remember me. I really didn't expect it. It's me! It's me!"
"Teacher Wang, what are you saying? I, Ye Yun, will never forget you in this lifetime!" Ye Yun said.
"Really? Then why haven't you thought of contacting me for so many years?" Teacher Wang's voice turned cold on the phone.
"Uh..." Ye Yun was speechless for a moment.
He suddenly didn't know how to answer the question.
How could he explain?
Should he say he had been indulging in drinking, gambling, and womanizing for the past two years?
And then, in despair, he became unwilling for anyone to see his wretched state?
"Ye Yun, I never had high hopes for you in the past. I didn't expect you to be like this now... Alas! Why, why did you do this!" Teacher Wang said with great pain.
"Teacher Wang, you, you know everything?" Ye Yun asked.
"I know! Ye Yun, Ye Yun, do you remember what I told you when you left school? 'An old man's ambition does not wane with age; poverty but strengthens his resolve, and he will not abandon his lofty aspirations!' No matter what difficulties you encounter, you must not lose hope in life, nor give up on yourself! You were the most outstanding among your peers at Jinling University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. But look at you now... look at you... Alas! Why did you ruin such a good hand!" Wang Yongsuo's voice was filled with disappointment and frustration.
At first, he didn't believe the classmates who said Ye Yun was the Ye Yun he knew.
But as many classmates provided evidence, and even one student produced a picture of Ye Yun being arrested during a raid on a brothel, he believed it!
And it made his heart ache even more!
"Teacher Wang... that's all in the past. The past is unbearable to recall," Ye Yun sighed.
If it were anyone else saying this, he would have just acknowledged it, as they weren't close.
But this esteemed mentor, who had once placed such high hopes on him like a father, made even Ye Yun feel a pang of guilt.
How much that mentor had cared for him back then!
He had even arranged for him to work as a part-time teacher at Jinling Vocational College to earn living expenses while he was still looking for employment.
"The past? You mean, you, you've turned over a new leaf?" Wang Yongsuo asked.
"Yes, Teacher Wang, to be honest, I took a wrong turn these past few years, even reaching a point where my family was on the verge of falling apart. Fortunately, I recently had a moment of clarity and have re-embarked on the right path. I haven't achieved fame and fortune, but I have managed to build a small career. I'm even planning to visit our alma mater for the school recruitment fair soon to hire some juniors to help out," Ye Yun said.
"Are you telling the truth?" Wang Yongsuo was stunned.
"How could I dare to lie to you about something like this? Even if I did, the winter recruitment fair is starting soon, and I'll need your help to get a booth. This matter can't be faked, can it?" Ye Yun said. "How about this, Teacher Wang, we both have WeChat, give me your address, and I'll come to see you tomorrow to catch up."
"There's no need to catch up for now. I'm attending a conference in Shanghai these few days and won't be back until next week. How about this, your wife's classmates are planning a class reunion next Friday, and all the professors from our department have been invited. Why don't you come to the reunion? Most of your former classmates, except for a few who are unreachable, should be there. I even got your contact information from classmate Pan Shubing. She told me she was planning to discuss this with you and your wife."
After hearing Ye Yun mention that he was going to Jinling University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for recruitment and wanted to catch up, Teacher Wang pondered for a moment.
Besides, he wanted to verify if what Ye Yun said was true.
If it was true, Ye Yun would have no reason to refuse.
This would also allow all his former classmates to see that the student he had once favored was not as bad as he had become.
To be honest, when he learned about Ye Yun's family situation from the class group, he was the angriest!
However, upon hearing Wang Yongsuo's words, Ye Yun was taken aback.
A class reunion?
He knew all too well the purpose of such gatherings.
In fact, not long after marrying Li Mengyao in his previous life, he had attended one.
But that was his university class reunion.
Knowing that Ye Yun had married a girl from a vocational college and the hardships he was facing at the time.
He and Li Mengyao had become complete jokes.
Under the mocking gazes of everyone, Ye Yun and Li Mengyao had fled like rats in the street.
To describe it with a lyric from Eason Chan would be most fitting.
"That year, eighteen, stood like a nobody; with tears, I vowed, you all must see me."
So-called class reunions were merely opportunities to rekindle old flames and engage in mutual comparison, offering no substance whatsoever.
Therefore, when Wang Yongsuo mentioned Li Mengyao's class reunion now, Ye Yun instinctively didn't want to go.
Because he understood that before he became successful, his family had been ridiculed by everyone like clowns.
Those people were merely passersby, not even friends.
Even after he became successful, those people had, through various means, tried to solicit favors from him.
But without exception, Ye Yun had coldly refused them all.
He could donate his vast fortune to the country, Yao Ke Group spent tens of billions on charity every year, and when people needed him, he would give his all! Ye Yun had also personally sponsored hundreds of impoverished college students to complete their studies...
But to those people, from beginning to end, Ye Yun had remained a passerby, never once extending a helping hand.