"Hey, you're a chairman, after all. When your employees toasted you, even that young girl downed her drink, and you, a grown man, only took such a tiny sip. Don't tell anyone you know me."

Just as Zhou Ruan was getting the wine, Lu Yi kept staring at the red wine, swallowing hard. Seeing that Lu Fan had only taken a sip, he thought to himself, "Since I can't have any, I'll let you have more," and mocked Lu Fan.

"Actually, I drove here. It looks like Manager Zhou will have to give me a ride. That's all I need. I'll take it."

Lu Fan originally wanted to go back, but when he heard Lu Yi provoking him, Lu Fan's short temper flared up.

He first said something to Zhou Wen, and seeing that Zhou Wen could give him a gift, he then raised his wine glass to Zhou Ruan and drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp.

"That's more like it."

After watching Lu Fan finish his drink, Lu Yi smiled and said to him.

"This is how you retaliate against me for not letting you drink."

Lu Fan had long understood what Lu Yi wanted to do, but he just didn't want to drink. However, since things had already progressed to this point, drinking wouldn't be a big deal.

"No way, this was poured for you by someone else. If they poured it for me, I would drink it without saying a word."

Lu Yi explained to Lu Fan with a wronged expression, and after explaining, he sarcastically implied that Zhou Ruan hadn't poured him any wine.

"Brother Yi, I forgot. I'll pour you a glass right now."

Zhou Ruan's face was flushed. She had drunk too much from the previous cup and had forgotten what Lu Fan had said. As she spoke, she was about to pour Lu Yi a drink.

"Oh, thank you so much."

Hearing that Zhou Ruan was indeed pouring him wine, Lu Fan glanced at him out of the corner of his eye but didn't say anything. He quickly took his own glass and turned around. Seeing Zhou Ruan lowering the glass of red wine in her hand, he smiled broadly and thanked her happily.

Zhou Wen was about to stop Zhou Ruan from pouring wine, but after thinking about it, she didn't say anything. As Lu Fan's younger brother, if she were to cause trouble at this time, she might offend Lu Yi.

Besides, Lu Fan had been watching without making any statement. In the end, I decided to just watch quietly.

"Zhou Ruan, you've had too much to drink. Give me the wine."

Seeing Lu Yi looking smug, holding a wine glass ready to drink, Lu Fan felt unhappy and then extended his hand to Zhou Ruan.

Here, take it.

Zhou Ruan was already quite drunk. When she heard that Lu Fan wanted red wine, she handed it to him without thinking. As soon as she handed him the wine, she slumped onto the table.

"Little Ruan, Little Ruan."

Seeing Zhou Ruan slumped over the table, Zhou Wen quickly came over and gently patted Zhou Ruan on the shoulder.

"Stop calling her, she's already drunk."

When Lu Yi saw the wine bottle fall into Lu Fan's hand, he knew he wouldn't be drinking any wine today. His smile turned into a bitter one as he looked at Zhou Wen, who was still calling out to Zhou Ruan.

"Chairman, please eat first. I'll go take my sister home and then come back to pick you up."

Looking down at his younger sister, who was already quite drunk, he then spoke to Lu Fan, who was still drinking.

"Go ahead, but be careful."

Upon hearing that Zhou Wen was going to take Zhou Ruan home, Lu Fan didn't say anything else and simply nodded in agreement, since he wasn't in a hurry to go back anyway.

Zhou Wen helped Zhou Ruan up and led her out of the office.

"Brother, what Sister Qi said before seems to be more than it appears."

When only Lu Yi and Lu Fan remained in the office, Lu Yi spoke to Lu Fan.

"Judging from Sister Qi's expression, it's probably not simple, but she didn't tell us what happened to the inspection team. This makes me feel a little uneasy. Today, the Zhou sisters probably came in and interrupted Sister Qi. I can only find out from her tomorrow when I have time."

Lu Fan could see it, and his face became quite solemn. Often, the unknown is what is most frightening.

"It seems that's the only way."

After listening to Lu Fan's words, Lu Yi kept staring at the red wine bottle in Lu Fan's hand, watching Lu Fan drink one glass after another until the whole bottle was empty. Lu Yi, who was drooling with envy, could only swallow his saliva and said somewhat unwillingly.

"Alright, I left this for you on purpose, you've been drooling all over the bowl."

Lu Fan had been watching Lu Yi's gaze closely and noticed that the other man hadn't taken his eyes off the wine bottle. Helpless, he handed the red wine to Lu Yi and said...

"Thank you, brother."

Lu Yi, who had been wanting to drink for a long time, saw that Lu Fan had actually asked him to drink, so he quickly took the bottle from him and then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lu Fan.

Although there wasn't much left in the bottle, it was enough to satisfy my craving. I tilted my head back and drank the rest of the red wine in one gulp.

"Where have you been hiding lately?"

Seeing Lu Yi's anxious appearance, Lu Fan couldn't help but smile. He used to be a sunny and cheerful young man, but now he had become so disheveled in just a few days.

"Cough cough cough, why are you asking about this? You're not still going to use me as a pawn, are you?"

Lu Yi, who had just finished drinking the red wine, was savoring the taste when Lu Fan asked him where he lived. He immediately remembered the time he had given the police the location where he had met Sun Yue, and he almost choked on his own saliva.

After coughing twice, he asked Lu Fan with some lingering fear.

"You have a persecution complex, don't you? It's getting colder at night lately, and I'm wondering if it's cold where you live."

Seeing Lu Yi's suspicious look, Lu Fan explained to him, utterly speechless. His cousin looked at him as if he were a devil.

This also hurt Lu Fan deeply.

"You don't need to worry about that. I'm sleeping very well now. If I told you, I would have to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed at night."

Lu Yi pursed his lips but didn't say anything. Instead, he lowered his head and continued eating the rice in his bowl, saying to Lu Fan as he ate.

"Oh, whatever you want."

Lu Yi refused to say, and Lu Fan didn't ask any further. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Lu Fan leaned back on the sofa and spoke.

"Big brother, do you think these two sisters are trustworthy?"

Lu Yi, who was eating, quickly finished his meal, then rubbed his stomach and asked Lu Fan across from him.

"have no idea."

Lu Fan closed his eyes and shook his head at the question Lu Yi raised.

"Then you're going to let them work at the company, and have the two of them listen in on the sidelines today?"

Lu Yi couldn't understand what Lu Fan was up to, so he pressed Lu Fan for an answer.

"Whether I join the company or not doesn't matter. If they really want to harm you behind your back, it doesn't matter where they are. Although I don't know if they have any problems, I can be sure of one thing: he has no connection with the Oriental Group. Otherwise, the Oriental Group would have known that I've recovered long ago."

Lu Fan had already figured this out, and then shared his analysis with Lu Yi.