Rebirth of the Urban Immortal Cultivator

CHAPTER 8

Over the phone, Auntie Tang told him that it was not just any dinner; it was a dinner party for one of Jiang Churan's girlfriends.

He wagered that he would just show up at the party and leave when no one was paying attention. So thinking, he dialed Jiang Churan's number.

"Hello? Is this Ran-ran? This is Chen Fan."

"What is it?" Jiang Churan's cold voice drifted out of the phone without any trace of enthusiasm.

Chen Fan continued, "Auntie Tang invited me to join your friend's birthday party."

"Ok. I am at the downtown Starbucks. Why don't you come over?" It seems Jiang Churan had received word from her mother.

"Who's that, Ran-ran?"

A girl in all Gucci and LV asked Jiang Churan curiously.

She was Jiang Churan's WRB (white-rich-beautiful) girlfriend, Zhang Yumeng: The birthday girl.

There was another tall and glamorous girl sitting right next to Jiang Churan; both of them were Jiang Churan's BFFs since childhood.

"Just a loser. He is my mom's friend's son. I have no idea what got into my mom's mind, like, seriously? Guess what she had been doing? She wanted to set me up with that dude. Can you believe that? Me and a country hillbilly? Eew!" Jiang Churan put her phone away and said with a heavy frown.

"So, he has met your parents." Zhang Yumeng jested. She was too curious not to press Jiang Churan with more questions, "How's his look? Is he rich? Is he as good as my boy Yang Chao?"

Yang Chao was Zhang Yumeng's boyfriend; he was tall and handsome, a charming captain of the school basketball team. His family owned the 'Tiansheng Grand Hotel,' one of the top five five-star-hotels in Chu Zhou City.

Although the basketball team captain never lacked admirers, he had always been very proud of being able to date the popular girl Zhang Yumeng.

"You are such a gold digger! Is money all you care about?" The tall and more distant looking girl rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuemeng.

"What's wrong with that? I don't date fat losers who are poor; you know," Zhang Yumeng put her hands on her hips, elbows up and pointing out, as she shot back at the other girl.

"Fine, fine, we all know you have high standards" Jiang Churan put in. "His name is 'Chen Fan,' and he is from Si Shui County. He is from an average family and looked... ok, I guess? But my mom insisted that he is the Mr. Right because he is honest."

"Honest? How much is that worth nowadays?" Zhang Yumeng burst out laughing.

The tall girl next to Jiang Churna shook her head and said in a serious voice, "Don't listen to her. However, he does sound very much out of your league. Even if you think you like him, your relationship will be doomed. "

"I didn't say that I liked him. Stop worrying your pretty head about it, girls. I am just annoyed with my mom." Jiang Churan said helplessly.

"If you don't like him, maybe I can offer you a helping hand. I will teach him a lesson." Zhang Yumeng snorted.

Jiang Churan's rolled her eyes, and she felt so annoyed with her mother and her friends that she didn't even know what to say.

After a while, they saw Chen Fan walking toward the Starstruck.

In 2007, when Starbucks first entered the Chinese market, it was extremely popular among the middle class and white-collar workers. They would meet with their friends to spend a relaxing weekend afternoon.