The man in the suit walked over and said politely, "Hello, are you Mr. Tang? My boss asked me to come and drive."

Tang Ping handed him the car keys directly: "Oh, then you can drive away."

The man in the suit smiled and said, "Mr. Tang, no, my boss told me to come pick you up. She has something to discuss with you."

Tang Ping was a little puzzled. What could Chen Shuting want to talk to him about so late at night? Could it be because of Uncle Tai's phone call?

Since she rejected Uncle Tai, Chen Shuting came to act as a mediator?

After thinking it over, Tang Ping decided to go and let his elderly mother go back by herself.

Zhou Xiaofeng didn't say anything, but simply reminded him, "It's so late, come back early!"

"knew."

Tang Ping opened the car door and got in. The man in the suit introduced himself as Mr. He. Chen Shuting called him Uncle He. He seemed to be from her hometown and was someone she could trust.

The two chatted briefly for a while, then sat in the back seat. Tang Ping was also a little tired after a busy day.

Leaning back in the back seat, Tang Ping fell asleep in no time.

Uncle He drove very steadily, and there were no bumps along the way. It wasn't until they reached the underground parking garage that Uncle He woke him up: "Mr. Tang, we've arrived."

Tang Ping casually asked, "Okay, Uncle He, you drive very steadily."

Uncle He opened the car door and laughed, "Hehe, I used to drive for the factory director for over twenty years, I'm used to it."

Tang Ping nodded, thinking to himself that he should probably hire a driver.

Lin Yuan is her assistant and also works as her driver. There are advantages to that, but this woman isn't as steady a driver as Uncle He. Li Hui doesn't even have a driver's license yet, and he's a novice driver.

After going upstairs, Chen Shuting opened the door and handed over a pair of slippers.

After changing his shoes, he went inside. The living room was dimly lit and the lights were off. Tang Ping asked in confusion, "Why aren't the lights on?"

Chen Shuting closed the door, walked over, and said with a smile, "It saves electricity!"

Tang Ping was stunned for a moment, then saw a candlelight dinner set on the table, with freshly opened red wine that had already been decanted.

"Can we drink?" Chen Shuting asked, picking up a wine glass.

"Have a little, but I can't hold my liquor; one glass and I'm out," Tang Ping said.

Chen Shuting rolled her eyes at him: "What, are you afraid I'll do something bad to you if you get drunk? Dream on!"

Tang Ping frankly replied, "No, I'm not at a disadvantage anyway."

Chen Shuting smiled, raised her glass, and gestured for Tang Ping to clink glasses lightly.

"Hey!" Tang Ping agreed readily.

There was steak on the table; it must have been a candlelight dinner specially ordered by Chen Shuting.

"You're calling me so late because I rejected Uncle Tai's offer, right?" Tang Ping asked.

Chen Shuting said, "Not really. Uncle Tai has taken good care of my son and me, and I did recommend you to him. But I didn't expect that you weren't interested in this. Actually, it's better not to follow Uncle Tai. You can do some clean business, stay away from the struggles of the underworld, and not have to live in constant fear."

"It's not that I'm afraid of fighting, it's just that I look down on old foxes like Chen Tai. On the surface, he claims to have promoted me, but in reality, I'm just his puppet. As for me, I have a bad back, and I don't like to bend over to others," Tang Ping said with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to be so ambitious. By the way, what did you do before?"

Tang Ping said, "He runs a fish stall, just like Gao Qiqiang. We're in the same market on Jiuchang Street. But he's smart and shrewd, and his business is much better than mine."

"Then how did you come up with the idea of ​​opening an internet cafe and building a factory?" Chen Shuting asked again.

She seemed more interested in Tang Ping's past, asking about small things in his life and his family situation.

Tang Ping didn't really hide anything: "It's not that I suddenly thought of it, I just felt that it would make money, so I decided to try it out. The record store, internet cafe, and KTV are just small-scale operations. In the future, I will focus my main energy on the company."

The two chatted and drank red wine, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for years, with endless topics to discuss.

At first, Chen Shuting asked the question, but later it became Tang Ping's turn.

"It was Uncle Tai who brought Bai Jiangbo and me together. Actually, I don't really like him. But as a woman, I always need someone to rely on. During the years he was fighting with Xu Jiang, I advised him that he should stop making money when he had enough. The business of the battlefield is bloody, and we can't compete with them. But he wouldn't listen, and as a result, he was buried by Xu Jiang."

Chen Shuting was a little drunk, and while resting her chin on her hand, she slowly recounted the details of the past.

"Xu Jiang is a madman. I'm really scared. If it weren't for you, and Xiao Chen got into trouble, I don't know what I would have done in the future."

As Chen Shuting spoke, she poured the wine.

Tang Ping knew that she had been under a lot of pressure today, and her tense emotions had finally subsided and she had completely relaxed.

A bottle of red wine was quickly emptied, and it was already past midnight.

Tang Ping glanced at his phone, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's too late, let me help you to rest."

"No, I want to drink more! Tang Ping, let me drink to my heart's content tonight. There's still wine in the cabinet, I'll go get it!"

As Chen Shuting spoke, she stood up, but she stumbled and almost fell.

Tang Ping quickly went up to help him, saying, "Let me take it. Which bottle?"

"Anything is fine."

The battleground between the two shifted from the dining table to the balcony. Under the floor-to-ceiling windows, there was a tea table for afternoon tea. The two enjoyed the moonlight and continued their tea.

Suddenly, Chen Shuting asked, "Tang Ping, will you... will you look down on me because I'm a widow with a child?"

"What? What is a widow?"

Tang Ping was also so drunk that he couldn't hear what Chen Shuting was saying at all.

"Fool, even a widow wouldn't know. Let me tell you, it's not like I, Chen Shuting, am without suitors, but there are very few men I'd be interested in. Tang Ping, how old are you?"

Chen Shuting asked a question, but Tang Ping remained slumped over the coffee table, mumbling something in a daze.

"You've already passed out? You can't hold your liquor! Don't sleep here, let me help you to your room..."

Chen Shuting laughed, stood up, and helped Tang Ping to the bedroom.

But Tang Ping was too heavy, and she, as a woman, didn't have enough strength.

The two stumbled and fell, finally reaching the room. Suddenly, Chen Shuting slipped and fell onto the bed, and Tang Ping took the opportunity to lie on top of her.

Lips pressed against lips, and at that moment, a raging fire ignited within them.

Outside the window, the moonlight was perfectly round.

Tang Ping was indeed drunk; he had completely forgotten that Chen Shuting was in front of him.

His primal desires made him desperately want to possess the woman in front of him, but as a virgin, he couldn't find the right place.

"Silly boy!"

Seeing Tang Ping's eagerness, Chen Shuting chuckled and casually pulled down the curtains.

A series of angry roars, accompanied by Chen Shuting's suppressed groans—whether of pain or pleasure—echoed throughout the room.

That night, the two of them went completely mad.