Meng Xianchen felt that what Gu Tingchen said made sense. He nodded heavily, thinking that Gu Tingchen was very thoughtful.

"Don't worry, I will block all your alcohol for you." Meng Xianchen said with certainty.

Gu Tingchen nodded, stretched out his long legs, and walked towards the restaurant, with Meng Xianchen following behind him.

When they were almost at the door of the private room, Gu Tingchen stopped and let Meng Xianchen walk ahead. "Remember, you are the pillar of the Meng family. Later, you speak first and I will help you. Just say that I can't hold my liquor."

No matter what Gu Tingchen said, Meng Xianchen just nodded obediently.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Xianchen took the lead in opening the door of the box, and sure enough, there were several familiar faces sitting inside.

As soon as they saw Meng Xianchen, everyone stood up and greeted him, "Hello, Mr. Meng."

Meng Xianchen nodded somewhat awkwardly, then slightly sideways, letting Gu Tingchen stand behind him. Everyone was startled when they saw Gu Tingchen. Before they could say anything, Meng Xianchen took the lead in introducing him, "This is Mr. Gu from the Gu Group. I'm sure everyone knows him."

Everyone nodded and greeted Gu Tingchen, with a hint of flattery in their words.

Gu Tingchen simply nodded at them indifferently, then sat down first with aloofness. Meng Xianchen followed closely behind and sat next to Gu Tingchen, then explained to the bewildered customers, "Mr. Gu is my friend."

Everyone nodded, but their eyes and brows showed different thoughts. Meng Xianchen saw it and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

"Everyone knows the purpose of calling you here today. Another one of the Meng family's businesses has gone bankrupt, and it's the one we have been cooperating with. I don't understand why this happened?" Meng Xianchen said straight to the point.

But as soon as he finished speaking, these customers all showed embarrassed and mocking expressions, "Mr. Meng, you have to ask yourself the reason. How do we know this? It's because of your poor management."

"Really? Over the years, our company's business model has never changed, nor has the quality. Even our customers, you guys, haven't changed. So how could it be that our business is failing? Are you no longer willing to cooperate with the Meng family?"

There was scrutiny in Meng Xianchen's eyes.

The customers looked at each other in silence.

Meng Xianchen knew he had hit the nail on the head. He took advantage of the situation and raised a glass of wine to toast them, saying, "I came here today to get to the bottom of this. What exactly is going on?"

As Meng Xianchen spoke, he saw that everyone's gazes were still avoiding him, so he drank the wine in his glass without hesitation.

"Mr. Meng has a good alcohol tolerance. Why don't we not talk about this matter today? We haven't seen each other for a long time. How about having a drink together?" Among the customers, there was a representative who seemed to be relied upon by everyone. His surname was Wang, and he was best at making friends.

Mr. Wang raised a glass of wine and suggested excitedly.

Everyone was very respectful to him and quickly picked up their glasses, saying flatteringly, "Since Mr. Wang has said so, let's not be polite and have a drink."

Everyone responded. At that moment, Meng Xianchen felt it was very ironic, as if the man surnamed Wang was their leader.

Just as everyone was about to raise their glasses to drink, Wang suddenly looked at Gu Tingchen, who had been silent the entire time. With a kind and infectious look on his face, he said to Gu Tingchen, "Mr. Gu, I've long heard of you. It's a rare opportunity to meet you today. Let's have a drink together."

After saying that, he pointed the wine glass towards Gu Tingchen, looking very familiar.

Gu Tingchen only raised his eyes slightly to glance at him. With just this one glance, Gu Tingchen could see clearly what kind of person he was. Then he said indifferently, "I'm sorry, I can't drink much."

"Hey, Mr. Gu, please give us some face. Everyone is drinking. If you don't drink, everyone will be unhappy." The man surnamed Wang persuaded Gu Tingchen with a smile, but Gu Tingchen looked unmoved.

He gently pushed away the wine glass and looked at the man named Wang with a firm and unceremonious look.

Wang's expression changed slightly, and he looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly returned to normal and continued to stare at Gu Tingchen with a smile, but his eyes now revealed a cold, smiling tiger.

"Mr. Gu, your company is not here, and your influence is not here. It's not good to be so out of place, right?" There was a threat in his words. Gu Tingchen was not stupid, so of course he could hear it.

Seeing this, Meng Xianchen stepped forward in time, "Boss Wang, what do you mean by this?"

"It's nothing special. I just want Mr. Gu to have a drink." The man surnamed Wang was so persistent in trying to get Gu Tingchen to have a drink that Meng Xianchen had to suspect that they really wanted to get both of them drunk.

Meng Xianchen glanced at Gu Tingchen, then explained for him: "Mr. Gu can't drink much."

"That's impossible. Mr. Gu is a prominent figure in the business world. How could he not drink? You treat us like three-year-old children." The man surnamed Wang was becoming more and more impolite in his words, but Gu Tingchen did not retreat at all.

Meng Xianchen knew that he couldn't avoid this glass of wine. Besides, he had promised to block the wine for Gu Tingchen before entering the door.

With a stiff scalp, Meng Xianchen picked up the wine glass in front of Gu Tingchen, filled it, and held it in front of Wang. "Mr. Gu can't hold his liquor well, so I'll drink this glass of wine for him."

After saying that, Meng Xianchen drank the glass of wine without saying anything else.

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding why Meng Xianchen was so protective of Gu Tingchen. But after all, they had been drinking, and although Mr. Wang was unhappy, he had no choice but to shut up and sit down.

"Mr. Meng is really great. He is willing to go through fire and water for his friends." The man surnamed Wang said with a hint of sarcasm.

Meng Xianchen panted, his face slightly flushed as he nodded, but he still didn't forget the purpose of his visit. "Tell me, who is it that is stealing our business from the Meng family? Why are you all unwilling to cooperate with the Meng family anymore?"

Meng Xianchen swept his gaze across everyone's faces and found that they were all avoiding his gaze, as if they had done something wrong.

"We agreed not to talk about business, Mr. Meng. Let me toast you another glass." The man named Wang appeared in time to ease the situation, and then handed Meng Xianchen another glass of wine. Meng Xianchen was already a little drunk from the previous glass, so he drank another one without hesitation.

Applause broke out at the scene. Although Meng Xianchen knew that they had bad intentions, he still turned the cup over and emptied it.

"I've finished drinking it. Can you tell me now?" Meng Xianchen swayed slightly, fortunately Gu Tingchen pulled him back in time.

"Mr. Meng, it's not enough for you to drink alone. Mr. Gu must drink something too." The man surnamed Wang was still not discouraged and insisted on forcing Gu Tingchen to drink.

Before the wine glass was placed in front of Gu Tingchen, Meng Xianchen snatched it away.

"I'll drink his wine for him. I'll drink as much as he has!"