Xie An glanced at her arrogantly: "Little beauty, what are you worried about? We're not bad people."
Ji Xia stared at him with a stern face, trying to appear calm: "Bad people don't have the word 'bad' written on their faces. We live in a society governed by law. I advise you to think twice before you do anything."
Xie An and Xie Xun couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this: "Think twice before you act? What do you think we're planning to do?"
"What? Do we look that much like thugs?"
Two pairs of playful, smiling eyes casually sized up Ji Xia and Hou Xiaolian. They were quite pretty and had good figures, but their brains weren't very sharp.
Do they think the young master of the prestigious Xie family is lacking in women? Why would he need to make a move on an ordinary girl in a restaurant?
Slowly shaking his head, Xie An crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his legs: "This private room was given to you by someone else. I booked it in advance."
Ji Xia suddenly realized why the waiter had said there were no seats available at first, but then said there were private rooms available!
She looked them up and down: "Did you give up this private room? Thank you, but do we know each other?"
"You don't recognize me? We met a week ago."
Xie An instinctively tried to defend himself, while Ji Xia racked her brains, asking, "Have we met before? Where have we met?"
“A week ago, at a restaurant in Houhai, your partner brought a bottle of homemade fruit wine and treated us to some.”
With Xie An's explanation, Ji Xia finally remembered what happened that night.
However, they were sitting in the next seat, and it was Chen Jing who poured them the drinks. What was strange about her not recognizing him?
Ji Xia smiled faintly: "My friend just went back to get some wine. Do you two need to see him? If so, I'll have him come to your private room later."
She pointed to the opposite compartment, indicating that she knew their location and reminding them to leave.
Xie An scoffed upon hearing this: "So wary? We can't even wait here?"
Ji Xia kept a calm face, but seeing that the two were sitting properly opposite each other, and neither said anything frivolous nor made any physical advances.
Judging from their clothes and demeanor, she guessed they were someone important, and not wanting to offend them, she decided to just let it go.
He picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two men: "Do you two have something to discuss with Ah Jing today?"
"There is something I need to talk to you about, but I think it's fine."
Ji Xia listened quietly with her brows furrowed. She wondered what kind of background these two young men had, as they seemed to have investigated the matter between her and Chen Jing quite thoroughly.
She forced a smile: "What do you want to talk about?"
Are you selling the formula?
The two spoke in unison. Ji Xia was taken aback and looked at them blankly: "Recipe? What recipe?"
Did these two people wander into the wrong place? Or did they pick the wrong person? She's in the clothing business, selling designs, where would she get the formula?
Seeing the confusion in her eyes, Xie An coughed twice more, "It's the winemaking recipe. The red wine we drank the other day tasted pretty good. I heard it was your recipe, right?"
Ji Xia suddenly realized: "You mean that? Isn't it just squeezing grapes, adding rock sugar, and fermenting them? It's such a simple thing, what kind of recipe is there?"
"It's that simple?"
Xie An and Xie Xun looked incredulous. Foreign countries have hyped up red wine to an incredible degree, with a single bottle selling for an astronomical price. How could there be no recipe?
"Just grapes and water? No yeast or anything?"
Xie An pursed his lips: "As long as you guarantee that the formula will not be leaked, price is not a problem."
Ji Xia exchanged a helpless glance with Hou Xiaolian. The recipe wasn't going to be leaked? It was leaked long ago. Chen Jing's underlings helped her those few days, and at least six or seven of them watched her brew the wine.
When it comes to brewing red wine, which underling wouldn't be curious and take a second look? To make them keep quiet? Only Chen Jing can solve this problem; she can't.
Ji Xia smiled helplessly and shook her head: "It doesn't matter if you want the formula or not. As for the money, we don't lack it. It doesn't matter whether you have it or not."
"However, you said the formula shouldn't be leaked. Let's discuss it with my partner later. I can't make that decision myself."
Xie An and Xie Xun thought about it and agreed, slowly and methodically picking up their teacups.
Ji Xia looked at the two suspiciously for a moment: "Comrades, what do you need this recipe for? To brew it for yourselves? Or do you want to open a winery? To grow grapes and make your own wine?"
Xie An glanced at her: "You're quick-witted. We do have that idea."
"I just think those vineyards and wineries abroad are quite romantic."
Xie Xun held the teacup and slowly swirled it, looking at the pure color of the black tea in the cup through the light: "I've heard that the finest wines produce red wines that are the color of rubies, is that true?"
Ji Xia shook her head: "Not necessarily. It depends on the color of the grapes. Besides red, there is also white wine, which is actually colorless, the same color as baijiu (Chinese white liquor)."
"Of course, even if it's red, the color of wine made from different grapes in different years will vary. Some are light red, and some are dark red."
"It seems you know quite a bit about wine."
Xie An looked at her with puzzlement. The information showed that she was just a female college student from a rural commune, and the place where she lived and studied should have little to do with red wine.
How did she know the winemaking recipe? She seems to know quite a bit about wine.
Not long after, Chen Jing brought over a large soda bottle filled with more than a pound of red wine. Hou Fang and Chen Qiuyu also returned from outside, excitedly talking about the commotion outside.
Seeing Xie An and Xie Xun in their seats, the three of them looked at Ji Xia suspiciously.
Ji Xia nodded to Chen Jing: "They came here specifically to find you, and this private room was reserved by them in advance, but they gave it up because of you."
Chen Jing felt that the two people in front of him looked somewhat familiar. Upon hearing this, he readily reached out and shook hands with Xie An, then sat down next to Ji Xia.
"Hello, I'm Chen Jing. Which friend recommended you two brothers?"
"Xie An, he is Xie Xun."
Xie An shook hands with Chen Jing and pointed to the red wine in his hand: "Is this also your own homemade red wine? Made from grapes?"
"Yes, it's homemade. My partner likes playing with these things, so we made some ourselves. It tastes pretty good. Come on, have a taste!"
He enthusiastically poured wine for Xie An and Xie Xun, who immediately took their own wine glasses and asked him to fill them.
"By the way, didn't you just order food? Why hasn't it arrived yet?"
"We're busy. There are a lot of customers today. I just asked, and the waiter said it would take at least half an hour."
Chen Qiuyu complained and pulled out a few paper bags from his clothes: "Here, I was worried you'd be waiting too long without anything to eat, so I specially bought some kebabs outside."
It was roasted mutton. After it was roasted, Chen Qiuyu had the bamboo skewers removed, and the meat was put into four brown paper bags and poured onto four pretty white porcelain plates.
Chen Jing politely pushed one in front of Xie An and Xie Xun: "Brother, just drinking isn't fun. This roasted lamb goes well with it. By the way, haven't we met somewhere before? You look kind of familiar!"
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