In the sedan car.
An Nuan's lips were swollen.
She stared at Ye Jinghuai, looking at a certain person with a satisfied expression.
He even said shamelessly, "You didn't lose anything at all."
She had lost terribly.
And he said she didn't lose anything.
Not to mention their previous life.
Just in this life, she was really as white as a piece of paper.
However, look at Ye Jinghuai...
She couldn't even count how many women he had with all her ten fingers.
That was just the exposed ones.
Who knows how many more undiscovered ones there were.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
An Nuan simply turned her head to the side, ignoring Ye Jinghuai.
Ye Jinghuai was actually in quite a good mood.
Seeing An Nuan huffing angrily like that, he didn't make things too difficult for her either.
He just let An Nuan look out the window like that.
While he looked at her.
The sedan car arrived at Heye Home-style Restaurant.
The two of them walked in one after another.
As soon as they walked in, they saw Xia Qiqi already sitting there.
An Nuan doubted whether this girl even went to work properly.
She was always punctual whenever they met up, almost excessively so.
"I've been waiting for you guys for so long, I'm starving," Xia Qiqi was casual with everyone.
Including Ye Jinghuai.
Without even greeting him, she acted like they were old friends.
Ye Jinghuai didn't have any good feelings towards Xia Qiqi either, so he didn't respond to her and just sat to the side.
"Oh right, you said a friend of Ye Jinghuai would come too? Where is he?" Xia Qiqi was silly and oblivious, completely unable to tell that Ye Jinghuai disliked her.
"Hu Feng went to park the car. Qin Jiang and... should be here soon." An Nuan didn't tell Xia Qiqi that she had invited Xiao Nanchen.
If she had told her, Xia Qiqi would probably have slammed down her chopsticks and left.
"Call to hurry them up a bit," Xia Qiqi complained a little, "Making us wait to eat, how unenthusiastic."
An Nuan was just about to call when the room door was respectfully opened by a server.
Xia Qiqi turned to look, her previously high spirits instantly changing her expression the moment she saw Xiao Nanchen.
Xiao Nanchen noticed it too.
Then he pretended not to have seen anything.
"Why did you invite Xiao Nanchen?!" Xia Qiqi's voice wasn't loud, but it definitely wasn't quiet either.
Everyone in the room could hear it.
Including Xiao Nanchen and Qin Jiang, who had just walked into the room.
Qin Jiang was pushing Xiao Nanchen as they entered the room.
"I told you I was inviting friends, you were quite happy to come too, weren't you?" An Nuan looked completely innocent.
"You did that on purpose." Xia Qiqi gritted her teeth.
"I just thought it'd be more fun with more people around. I don't have that many friends, and neither does Ye Jinghuai." An Nuan explained.
Xia Qiqi didn't believe her at all.
"Now that everyone's here, let's eat," An Nuan urged them.
Then she arranged for Xiao Nanchen to sit in the spot next to Xia Qiqi.
Xia Qiqi glared at An Nuan.
But she endured it because there were others present.
An Nuan sat next to Xia Qiqi, and Ye Jinghuai naturally sat next to An Nuan.
Then there was Hu Feng, Qin Jiang.
Six people total, just right.
"Let's drink a toast first," Qin Jiang took the initiative to liven up the atmosphere.
Everyone picked up their wine glasses.
"Wait," Ye Jinghuai said, "An Nuan hasn't been feeling well these two days, so she can't drink."
"Haven't been feeling well?" Xia Qiqi insinuated meaningfully, "Could it be... pregnant?!"
"... " An Nuan spat blood.
Why was everyone saying she was pregnant these days?
Could it be that it was time for her to get pregnant?!
Was she considered abnormal if she wasn't pregnant yet?!
"No, it's just my period," Ye Jinghuai explained, then asked the server to pour a cup of warm boiled water.
"And here I thought I was going to become a godmother," Xia Qiqi joked.
"If you want a child that badly, just have one with Nanchen," Qin Jiang cut in.
"Can you not say such horrifying things?!" Xia Qiqi's face even turned pale from fright.
Her immense fear towards this kind of thing was visible to the naked eye.
Xiao Nanchen witnessed it all, yet didn't show any emotion.
"Ungrateful," Qin Jiang scolded her.
Just as Xia Qiqi was about to retort...
"Alright alright, let's all drink up," An Nuan quickly smoothed things over.
Xia Qiqi suppressed her anger with some difficulty.
She told herself that she was enduring this to give An Nuan face.
So she raised her wine glass and started drinking.
The atmosphere at the table was actually quite good.
Although Ye Jinghuai and Qin Jiang didn't like Xia Qiqi much, Xia Qiqi had an outgoing personality and didn't care at all. So they still interacted quite smoothly.
She could tell Xia Qiqi would've been even more unrestrained if Xiao Nanchen wasn't by her side.
Xia Qiqi picked up her wine glass and took the initiative to toast Ye Jinghuai, "Big hero, congratulations on your promotion."
Ye Jinghuai was unmoved.
Xia Qiqi's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Xiao Nanchen also raised his glass, "I'll drink to that too."
Just as Xia Qiqi was about to refuse, she saw Ye Jinghuai pick up his wine glass and say to Xiao Nanchen, "You can't drink much."
"I know," Xiao Nanchen nodded.
"You two know each other?" Xia Qiqi asked.
She somehow felt like their relationship was out of the ordinary.
"Of course we know each other. How could I possibly not know An Nuan's best friend?!" Ye Jinghuai spoke matter-of-factly.
"Isn't An Nuan's best friend me?" Xia Qiqi looked completely serious.
"That's why I know you too, don't I?"
Xia Qiqi froze for a bit.
She felt like Ye Jinghuai made sense somehow.
Yet also that something was off.
Before she could think it through, Ye Jinghuai suddenly downed his wine in one go.
Xia Qiqi quickly followed suit.
As did Xiao Nanchen.
At the table, they were basically all drinking.
Initially they all drank together, taking turns toasting each other.
But later, it became just Xia Qiqi and Qin Jiang's show.
It was like a competition to see who would admit defeat first.
The two kept egging each other on ceaselessly with no end in sight.
An Nuan knew Xia Qiqi and Qin Jiang were most likely to hit it off.
The two were drinking so crazily they were making a scene.
"Don't worry, you know Xia Qiqi's alcohol tolerance. Even if she does get drunk, she'll be bright and chipper the next day. No need to worry," An Nuan said to Xiao Nanchen.
By now, Xia Qiqi and Xiao Nanchen had swapped seats.
Which meant Xiao Nanchen was sitting next to An Nuan, while Xia Qiqi was sitting next to Qin Jiang.
Xiao Nanchen nodded slightly.
But really, what use was his worrying? Xia Qiqi wouldn't listen to him anyway.
"Eat more dishes, I purposely ordered some non-spicy ones," An Nuan said.
"He Ye was your suggestion right?!" When Xiao Nanchen found out about Xia Qiqi meeting up to eat, his first thought was An Nuan must have been behind this. Hearing it was this restaurant confirmed his guess.
An Nuan just smiled faintly, neither affirming nor denying it, "When Qiqi falls in love with you, she'll consider you more too."
Xiao Nanchen also smiled a little. After all, Xia Qiqi loving him truly felt like wishful thinking.
"There will be such a day," An Nuan said affirmatively.
Xiao Nanchen nodded rather perfunctorily.
He probably didn't allow himself to expect too much.
Dinner ended after 10pm.
By then, Qin Jiang and Xia Qiqi were both drunk.
Despite clearly not getting along usually, once drunk they were calling each other sworn brothers. There was a feeling that they regretted not having met sooner.
The two were arm in arm, reluctant to part.
In the end, they even became sworn brothers right in front of everyone.
An Nuan reckoned that the two would probably regret this tremendously once they sobered up!
