Seeing that Qin Shen was about to get angry again, Qi Fei didn't dare to smile shamelessly anymore. He quickly adjusted his attitude and admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, Captain Qin, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong--"
"I told you not to admit your mistake to me. If you want to apologize, go apologize to the girl!"
"I'm sorry, sister." He immediately turned around and faced Xu Man. "I was really drunk just now. My mind was confused. I was just thinking about how to liven up the atmosphere... I didn't really want to get you drunk - no, anyway... You should understand what I mean, right? I'm really sorry. I promise, I will never do this again, really."
The development of the matter was somewhat beyond Xu Man's expectations. She thought that when Qin Shen asked Qi Fei to put down the bottle of wine, the matter was over, but she didn't expect there would be a follow-up, and it was such a follow-up.
As the instigator of this farce, Qi Fei was expected to be taught a lesson by Qin Shen, but she did not expect to be asked to apologize to him.
Only Qin Shen would be like this. He seemed casual, but in fact he was very cautious in what he said and did, taking every aspect into consideration without leaving out anything.
Thinking of this, a warm feeling surged through her heart. She gave Qin Shen a gentle smile, then turned to Qi Fei and whispered, "It's okay."
"I know you have no ill intentions, and I'm not being hypocritical. I really can't drink because it can easily cause allergies in my body."
She sat at the table, smiling quietly and gracefully. The reflective light troughs on the upper edge of the wall reflected the warm yellow light, which shone on her body, making her whole body covered with a halo. She looked like a spring apricot on a branch, pure and charming.
Qi Fei was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Qin Shen slapped him on the back: "What are you standing there for? Speak."
"Oh oh." He came back to his senses, not knowing whether he was in a daze for too long or what, "Well..." He was stuck for a long time before he managed to say, "Okay, I remember, I will never persuade you to drink again. Not only that, if anyone wants to force a drink into your arms again, just come to me and I will block it for you!"
Qin Shen glanced at him coldly.
"You helped her block it? You're good enough not to cause trouble, and you even helped block the wine."
Qi Fei shuddered and realized that he had lost his mind and made a mistake again. The new intern was very pretty, especially when she smiled, she could make people feel numb to the bones and capture their souls. But she already had a boyfriend and had been reserved by his team leader. Why was he being so infatuated with her and trying to get close to her? Wasn't he courting death?
Realizing this, he felt a chill on his back. He laughed dryly twice and didn't dare to stay here any longer. He gritted his teeth and said, "Captain Qin, I'm leaving first," and slipped away as fast as he could, even faster than Li Shijie.
Qin Shen snorted lightly and let him go.
Zhao Jia knelt behind the sofa, acting as a human mushroom while secretly observing the development of the situation. When he saw his captain looking towards him after Qi Fei slipped away, he felt something was wrong. He felt that the fire was about to burn him. He quickly took the initiative to admit his fault: "And me, I am also wrong. I diverted the topic. I am really sorry, Xu Man. I just said it casually, but who knew Zhu Zhuo would come over and agree with me and make things worse."
"Hey, how can this be blamed on me?" Zhu Zhuo panicked when he heard this, fearing that he would also be implicated, and hurriedly distanced himself from the matter and said, "You were the one who started it, okay? I... I just agreed... I didn't know things would turn out like this-"
"Okay, don't think I don't know what you're thinking." Qin Shen interrupted their conversation impatiently, "Let's stop here for today. Don't let this happen again. Not only to Xu Man, but also to others. Is this the way to persuade people to drink? You forgot the drunk driving banners you put up at the beginning of the year, right?"
The two of them remained silent.
Seeing them like this, Xu Man felt a little embarrassed. She thought that it was enough to say so far. Just when she was about to open her mouth to let this matter go, she saw Qin Shen slowly exhale, take out his mobile phone to check the time, and look at Li Shijie who was looking around: "It's almost eight o'clock, are we still going to have this meal together?"
"Let's get together, let's get together." Li Shijie replied quickly, "I haven't even touched my steak yet, but I've already been stuffed with wine. It will be a shame if I don't eat it. Let's get together, keep getting together, and we won't stop until the restaurant closes!"
Qin Shen: "Then disperse, don't gather here, go do what you need to do."
Everyone had been sobered up by his action of smashing the wine bottle on the table just now, and they were eager to return to their seats and stay away from the center of the storm. However, due to his usual prestige, no one dared to move until he gave the order. They could only pretend to be wooden and serve as a background. When they heard his words, they immediately scattered. The diners who were watching from the nearby seats also withdrew their gazes and went back to their seats when they saw that there was no more fun.
The farce finally ended and the restaurant returned to its normal noisy level.
Li Shijie also sat back in his seat, but before he had sat there for two seconds, he stood up again and made way for Qin Shen's seat: "Brother Qin, please sit down, please sit down, and go inside."
From beginning to end, Xu Man sat upright on the sofa chair and never stood up. It was not that she didn't want to, but she really couldn't find a suitable opportunity. The same went for speaking. Except for replying to Qi Fei, "It's okay," the rest of the time, she would always be interrupted by others when she wanted to speak. After Qin Shen sat down, she was finally able to speak to him smoothly.
"Captain, thank you very much for what you did just now."
Qin Shen exhaled softly, "It's okay." He smiled at her, his expression was much calmer than when he was facing Qi Fei and others, and his tone was also gentle, not at all cold and hard just now, "They are just too much, and they don't know the severity of the situation."
Xu Man smiled and said, "It's also my fault that I didn't make it clear in advance. It's normal for them to misunderstand that I was looking for an excuse to refuse."
Qin Shen smiled, "You..." He stopped talking halfway, glanced at Li Shijie who was chewing steak beside him but also pricked up his ears, and didn't continue talking. He changed the subject and asked her a different question, "Is the noodles cold? If it's cold, ask them to serve a refill and change this one."
Li Shijie choked on his steak: "If you don't finish the first one, you have to pay extra for the second one! Fifty yuan per person, this is - too cheap!" Under Qin Shen's gaze, he changed the subject abruptly, chewed the beef in his mouth and swallowed it, and said to Xu Man with a righteous face, "Switch, switch, switch, it's only fifty yuan, cheap, switch!"
As he spoke, he raised his voice to call the waiter over, but Xu Man quickly stopped him: "No, this noodle is quite hot, I'll just eat this portion, no need to order more."
"Let's change it." Qin Shen said, "I'll treat you to dinner today, just treat it as a team gathering."
Li Shijie was stunned: "Fuck, Brother Qin, are you serious?"
Qin Shen nodded faintly as a response.
Li Shijie looked like he wanted to worship him: "Brother Qin, you are so fucking nice! Manly! Generous! I knew I didn't follow the wrong person!"
After praising her, he excitedly stretched out his hand, crossed the table and tightly grasped Xu Man's wrist which was holding the fork: "Junior sister, I beg you to come to my birthday party next year! And the year after next, and the year after next——"
Qin Shen frowned and slapped his arm away: "Talk is one thing, but why are you touching a little girl? Let go."
Li Shijie immediately stopped: "Yes, yes, I was too excited just now, sorry, sorry."
"It's okay." Xu Man replied softly, her face flushed. Of course, it was not because of the handshake he just gave her, but because of Qin Shen's invitation to dinner.
In her heart, she repeatedly told herself not to think too much. Maybe the other person just wanted to make up for the fact that the atmosphere was almost awkward just now, so he invited her to dinner. After all... just to ensure that she would not be asked to refill her meal by Li Shijie's complaints, he invited her to the whole dinner. This was... too ridiculous, it was impossible to even think about it.
But she still couldn't stop feeling confused, thinking that he did this for her, and her heart was beating fast.
On the other side, Li Shijie was already telling everyone the good news. No one believed it at first and thought he was joking. But when Qin Shen really nodded, disbelief turned into disbelief. Zhu Zhuo and Li Shijie had the same personality. They only cared about food and not about beatings. When he heard this, he immediately came out of the shadow of the lesson he had just received and shouted that he wanted Captain Qin to treat him on his birthday as well.
The atmosphere became lively again, and everyone started chatting and bragging to each other, but no one asked Qin Shen why he decided to treat them all. They probably thought the same as Xu Man, thinking that he treated them to a meal to make up for what almost ruined the atmosphere just now.
Xu Man did not participate in this discussion. She had no one to discuss with. She just sat there quietly as before. She rolled up the noodles with a fork and took a small bite. She found that it was not too cold and still had a little bit of heat. The taste was not bad, but it was definitely not as delicious as when it was fresh out of the pot.
But she didn't care. She was not picky about food and could eat anything unless it was extremely greasy.
Just as she was about to take her second bite, Qin Shen, who was sitting opposite her, spoke up: "Don't eat anymore. The noodles are cold. What's there to eat? Let's have a refill."
She raised her head, smiled delicately, and said, "I think it tastes pretty good. There's no need to go to such trouble. It would be a bit of a waste to serve another portion. No thanks."
Qin Shen: "It's okay, I don't mind the waste."
Xu Man: "...Really not necessary."
Qin Shen said "It's okay" again, then waved to the waiter and asked him to bring two refills.
Seeing this, Li Shijie immediately turned around and stared at Xu Man's plate with shining eyes: "Brother Qin, can this cold steak belong to me?"
Qin Shen: "Take these two steaks away and order a refill."
Waiter: “Okay.”
The waiter in a suit and vest swiftly took away two plates of sizzling steaks.
Li Shijie: “…”
Li Shijie's face twisted: "Brother Qin, you are too cruel."
Qin Shen smiled comfortably and sat back on the sofa: "I'm paying for your guests, so of course you can do whatever you want. If you want to eat anything, just pay for it yourself."
"Ah! My heart is broken." Li Shijie held his chest and pretended to be heartbroken. "It's good to be rich!..."
Xu Man: “…”
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