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"I'm concerned about him, you go quickly." Ye Jing'an said.

"I'm not going." Liu Muzhe shook off his hand and walked down the hall.

"I'll go by myself!" Ye Jing'an ran to the door quietly, listening with his ear close to his chest in a wretched manner.

Liu Muze: "..."

But the soundproofing in the room was so good that Ye Jingan didn't hear anything. He lost interest and went downstairs.

"Why don't you listen?" Liu Muzhe said with a smile.

"You can't hear anything. I told you to go but you didn't go." Ye Jing'an complained.

"Don't interfere in other people's private affairs." Liu Muzhe said.

"Then I can always get involved in our private affairs." Ye Jingan slowly approached.

At this moment, the phone rang again. Ye Jingan was confused. Every time he was in a good mood and wanted to have some fun, he would always be interrupted. He opened the phone unhappily. It was his sister calling: "What's the matter?"

"What's your attitude! Stop being like a firecracker every day." Ye Jingning said, "Are you back? Come to my place tonight, I'll treat you to dinner."

"You're treating? Just tell me what's going on. I'll think about whether I can have the meal." Ye Jing'an said.

"You must come. If you don't come, just try it!" Ye Jingning said, "By the way, ask Qiu Zimu and that handsome boy to come together."

"Okay, let's celebrate for them." Ye Jing'an said.

"What are you celebrating?" Ye Jingning asked.

"They are together." Ye Jing'an said with a smile.

"I said they were busy, hahahaha." Ye Jingning reminded again, "6pm, old place, you must come!"

Ye Jingan leaned his head on Liu Muze's shoulder: "Here you go again, without even giving me a break."

"I rest every day." Liu Muzhe said.

"No way! I work so hard to take care of Brother Liu at night, and you don't even feel sorry for me." Ye Jing'an said aggrievedly.

Liu Muze: "..."

"It's still four or five hours before we get to the hotel. Shall we go play for a while?" Ye Jing'an said.

Liu Muze naturally knew what Ye Jingan meant by playing, and sighed helplessly: "Can you be more serious every day? What are you playing in broad daylight!"

"Look at them, why are you so old-fashioned?" Ye Jing'an took advantage of Liu Muzhe's inattention and ran to the room with the person in his arms.

Ye Jing'an was used to taking a nap. After playing with Brother Liu for a while, he went straight to sleep without setting an alarm. When he woke up and looked at the time, it was only four minutes to six o'clock. Ye Jingning called him five or six times, but he turned off the silent mode and didn't hear any of them. When the screen of his phone was full of messages, Ye Jing'an knew without even clicking on them that they were all scolding him.

He quickly woke Liu Muze up: "It's six o'clock, did your sister call you?"

"I don't know. I left my phone downstairs." Liu Muzhe said.

"Hurry up!" Ye Jing'an got dressed and went to call Qiu Zimu and Wang Zhiyi, who were sitting downstairs eating takeout. "Don't eat anymore, my sister's treating us. Hurry up and go over there. We're already late. She's going to scold me to death."

"Well, she called me five or six times and also sent messages scolding you." Liu Muzhe said.

"Hurry up!" Ye Jing'an grabbed a few people and threw them into the car, then stepped on the accelerator and drove straight to the hotel.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Qiu Zimu asked.

"My sister asked us to come over for dinner at six o'clock, but I fell asleep and forgot about it." Ye Jing'an said.

"What a pity that we ordered some delicious food if you had told us earlier." Qiu Zimu looked back at the takeaway.

"Why didn't you say it earlier? You didn't know why you locked the door at that time. What can I say?" Ye Jing'an said speechlessly.

Qiu Zimu's old face turned red and he stopped complaining.

Ye Jingan was curious about what they had done, but her sister called again to urge him, and her tone was quite bad. Ye Jingan was fully focused on driving and had no energy to gossip about them.

It was the rush hour, and the traffic was so crowded that even at the red light, Ye Jingan was worried sick. Ye Jingning had a strong sense of time and hated others being late. She ordered a table of hot food and waited until it was cold. Ye Jingan didn't dare to imagine how angry she was.

Fortunately, the traffic jam didn't last long. However, the two places were far apart, so Ye Jing'an drove much faster than usual, but it was already seven o'clock when he arrived.

Ye Jing'an walked timidly towards the hotel with Liu Muze on his arm. In the private room, Ye Jingning sat opposite him with his arms folded and a sullen look on his face. The bottle of white wine on the table was almost empty. Wu Yuling was sitting nearby eating fruit. When she saw Ye Jing'an coming, she silently cast a sympathetic look at him.

"Sister, hahahahahahaha..." Ye Jing'an pulled Liu Muzhe to sit next to her, "Brother Liu said he would drink with you today!"

Looking at Ye Jingning's murderous eyes, Liu Muze walked in very reluctantly. He had no intention of sleeping in the first place, but Ye Jingan insisted on making a fuss, which made him sleepy. Now he made a mistake and pushed him up to take the blame.

Ye Jingning slapped the stool: "Ye Jingan, come sit here!"

"You and Brother Liu are drinking, and it would be too much of a nuisance for me to sit in the middle," said Ye Jing'an.

"One!" Ye Jingning counted with his fingers.

"Sit, sit, sit, sit... I'll sit!" Ye Jing'an immediately sat down obediently and turned his face away consciously.

Ye Jingning grabbed his ear and scolded him: "What the hell do you look like? Are you just a decoration? Can't you hear me or don't you understand me?!"

"I slept for a while and forgot to set the alarm. It's my fault. If you need any help, I've already agreed. This won't happen again. Please don't scold me." Ye Jingan pleaded.

Ye Jingning remembered that he had come here to ask for their help, so he softened his attitude and did not pursue the matter any further. Seeing Qiu Zimu and Wang Zhiyi still standing stupidly at the door, he smiled and said, "Brother, stop standing there."

"Okay, thank you, sister." Qiu Zimu said.

"Let's eat first. The dishes are almost cold. I asked the waiter to reheat them." Ye Jingning said.

"Sister, what do you want from us?" Ye Jing'an asked.

"Don't mention it, I'm so fed up! Let's eat first and talk about something happy, otherwise I'll lose my appetite just thinking about this." Ye Jingning's eyes swirled between Qiu Zimu and Wang Zhiyi, "Brother, you and this handsome guy?"

"Ahem, this is my friend, Wang Zhiyi." Qiu Zimu introduced.

"I know. We've seen this before when we were playing script-killing games." Ye Jingning said with a smile.

"Yeah, sister, the dishes you ordered are really delicious." Qiu Zimu smiled foolishly.

"Stop interrupting me. What's wrong with you?" Ye Jingning asked.

Qiu Zimu saw Ye Jingan staring at him with a smirk, and guessed that he must have told Ye Jingning everything. Everyone at the table stared at him, and Qiu Zimu's ears burned red. He whispered, "We are together."

"Beautiful! I knew something was wrong between you two." Ye Jingning raised his eyebrows proudly at Wu Yuling, "I guessed it right."

"Why didn't your brother guess it at that time?" Wu Yuling said with a smile.

"You didn't either, and you were even joking with him at that time." Ye Jingning said.

"Stop talking about this and eat!" Wu Yuling picked up a shrimp and fed it to her.

Ye Jingning had a lot of things to deal with at the company, and he was upset that Ye Jingan was late. Ye Jingan had to drive, and he had to tell him something important later. He couldn't force him to drink, so he had to grab Liu Muze and Qiu Zimu to drink with them.

Liu Muzhe found that his alcohol tolerance seemed to have improved a lot since he drank the jars of wine that Ye Zhuoran brought. Now he couldn't even look at ordinary liquor. He could drink a few bottles as if nothing had happened. It didn't matter how much Ye Jingning forced him to drink.

Qiu Zimu still couldn't handle the alcohol, and after a few drinks his face was already red, but today he was having a good time, holding up his glass and toasting them in turns. Seeing Qiu Zimu getting drunk, Wang Zhiyi took the glass and stopped him from drinking.

"Who's on top between you and him?" Ye Jingning was curious and gossiped.

Qiu Zimu slammed the table and said, "Of course it's me!"

"Oh, really?" Ye Jingan laughed strangely.

"That's it!" Qiu Zimu raised his chin.

"Really?" Ye Jingning asked Wang Zhiyi.

"Well, he has the final say." Wang Zhiyi said.

"Brother, you can't tell, hahahahahahahahaha, cheers!" Ye Jingning drank a glass of wine and stared at Ye Jingan, "You two? I haven't asked yet?"

"Is there any need to ask?" Ye Jing'an sneered.

"Although you are my brother, I have always recognized you. But, after seeing how you fainted from crying for two days last time, I was really not sure." Ye Jingning stroked his chin, pondering their relationship.

"What do you mean by fainting from crying?" Liu Muzhe asked.

"Don't you know that on the day Ye Jing'an pissed you off and left, you cried and collapsed in the forbidden area and fainted for two days." Ye Jingning said.

"What's wrong? Brother Liu has been unconscious for more than a week!" Ye Jing'an said.

Liu Muzhe glared at Ye Jingan, put his hand on his thigh and pinched it hard.

"Ouch, it hurts! I was just talking nonsense." Ye Jing'an changed his words.

"Yeah, I understand." Ye Jingning smiled meaningfully and handed Wang Zhiyi a glass of wine. "You protect him, you drink!"

In the past, many people would catch insects and make medicinal wine. Wang Zhiyi didn't like the taste of wine. Seeing Qiu Zimu was already drunk but still trying to grab the wine, he raised his hand and drank the wine directly, then handed him an empty glass.

"That's great!" Ye Jingning said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zhiyi slapped the table, covered his head, staggered twice, and fell to the ground with a thud. Everyone around was stunned, and Ye Jingan hurried over to see what happened to him.

"Wang Zhiyi!" Qiu Zimu couldn't stand steadily. He sat up anxiously and knelt beside him. "What's wrong with you?"

"Dead!" Ye Jing'an looked at Liu Muze in shock. "What happened?"

Qiu Zimu became anxious and called his name with tears falling from his eyes.

"What's wrong?!" Ye Jingning thought it was a joke at first. There were many people who pretended to be dead to avoid drinking. However, looking at the mess, it didn't seem like a joke. "Hurry up and send him to the hospital!"

Liu Muze said calmly: "It's okay, don't worry about him."

"No, someone died. I should be held responsible for persuading him to drink!" Ye Jingning shouted.

"He's really fine. He's not an ordinary person. Don't worry about him. He will be fine after a while." Liu Muzhe said.

"Brother Liu said it's okay, so it must be okay." Ye Jing'an patted Qiu Zimu's shoulder, "Stop howling, it's definitely not dead, look at the three-comb bull."

Qiu Zimu took out a three-comb bull from his pocket. It lay on its back in Qiu Zimu's hand, its tentacles and legs shaking slowly, and it was indeed not dead.

"Stay alive, he's just drunk, give him a kiss." Ye Jing'an said.