Xu Nanzhi leaned casually on the sofa and greeted Zhang Hao with a smile.
Looking at the person in front of him, Zhang Hao couldn't help but feel dazed.
In fact, Beijing is not that big, and there are some intersections between the elders of each family.
In addition, most of us are of the same age, and it is very common to go to the same school, not to mention friends of friends.
Even though there has been no news from Xu Nanzhi in the past five years, no one who knew her has truly forgotten her.
He seemed to be asking in disbelief: "Nanzhi?"
"Yes, it's me."
Xu Nanzhi still nodded to the man who seemed a little incredulous with an unchanged expression.
After hearing the response, Zhang Hao gradually came back to his senses: "Um, do you want to play cards together?"
His mind skipped a beat, and he didn't have time to think about it. After blurting it out, his face seemed a little embarrassed.
Xu Nanzhi nodded: "Sure, I haven't played for many years."
"Well, upstairs, they are all upstairs."
Zhang Hao stammered, seeming a little flattered.
Xu Nanzhi nodded, then stood up and left with Bai Yiyi.
Just as he was about to go upstairs, a waiter-like man approached Zhang Hao and said, "Boss, Miss Xu is here."
The three of them were stunned when they went upstairs. Bai Yiyi's face darkened, but Xu Nanzhi didn't show any emotion.
Zhang Hao seemed a little embarrassed.
He turned his head and looked at the two of them: "Yiyi, I'll go over and say hello. You take Nanzhi up first."
"Zhang Hao, what do you mean?" Bai Yiyi spoke in a bad tone, and anyone could hear her displeasure.
Zhang Hao explained, "Sister Yi, you really can't blame me for this. I know you hate Xu Shiqing, so how could I possibly call him?"
He slapped his forehead and said, "I know, it must be my cousin. He's been having a hot relationship with a little celebrity recently. That little celebrity is a distant cousin of Xu Shiqing. The two of them get along very well. He must have called her."
Bai Yiyi frowned as she listened to Zhang Hao's explanations about celebrities and cousins. Zheng Yu was about to say something when Xu Nanzhi, who was standing beside her, said, "Then Yiyi and I will go up first."
Facing Zhang Hao's grateful look, Xu Nanzhi smiled faintly and pulled Bai Yiyi upstairs.
When they reached the second floor, Bai Yiyi spoke up, "Nanzhi, Xu Shiqing really thinks she's some kind of phoenix. Her father, as an illegitimate child, is now taking over, and she's just following suit. If I were you, you shouldn't have stopped me just now."
"Miss Xu, she's a fake..."
Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Xu Nanzhi: "Yiyi, it's not worth getting angry over this person."
"Besides, in the situation just now, the one who was in trouble was Zhang Hao."
After hearing what Xu Nanzhi said, Bai Yiyi stopped talking. Knowing that Xu Nanzhi was right, she muttered softly, "I just wanted to stand up for you. Back then..."
Xu Nanzhi whispered, "There's no rush. I'm not in a rush at all."
As they spoke, the two walked to the door of the box that Zhang Hao had mentioned before and pushed it open.
There were several people sitting in the box, some of whom were naturally familiar faces.
A few college classmates seemed to be talking about something. When they saw the door was pushed open, they said, "Zhang Hao, why are you so slow in calling Bai Yiyi?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yiyi and Xu Nanzhi beside her were stunned: "Um, where is Zhang Hao?"
"Zhang Hao said he would come over later."
As she spoke, Bai Yiyi pulled Xu Nanzhi to sit on the sofa on the side.
Looking at the familiar faces, Xu Nanzhi greeted them politely.
All of these people are her college classmates, some from the same class and some from other classes.
When they saw Xu Nanzhi, they were all stunned: "Nanzhi, you're back from abroad?"
Xu Nanzhi nodded: "Yes, I'm back."
Everyone in the room was unexpectedly speechless.
Bai Yiyi looked at the expressions of the few people and knew what they were thinking. She said, "Why, you're not welcome?"
Someone immediately spoke up: "No, no, how could that be?"
Then he turned to Xu Nanzhi and asked warmly: "Nanzhi, when did you come back?"
"Yes, Nanzhi, what are you doing after you come back?"
Xu Nanzhi answered everyone's questions one by one, seeming to be quite patient.
As they chatted, the topics of conversation unconsciously became more casual, and if they weren't paying attention, they would speak without restraint.
"Nanzhi, you broke up too early. You don't know that people now..."
Just when he was halfway through his conversation, someone interrupted him: "You've had too much to drink."
As he spoke, he looked at Xu Nanzhi with a hint of apology in his eyes: "Nanzhi, I'm sorry, he drank too much."
The person who spoke also realized his mistake and apologized: "Nanzhi, I'm sorry."
Xu Nanzhi smiled faintly: "It's okay, it's all over."
Seeing that Xu Nanzhi didn't seem to take it to heart, the person who had just said the wrong thing breathed a sigh of relief.
The classmates in this room only knew that Xu Nanzhi's family was well-off and seemed to have some status in Yuncheng, but they did not know the relationship between Xu Nanzhi and the Xu family.
Because the Xu family started out with a high profile, they only had one eldest daughter, Xu Shiqing, so even though Xu Nanzhi also had the surname Xu, no one thought of it.
As he was talking, Zhang Hao pushed the door open and walked in: "Oh, are you talking about this?"
Seeing Zhang Hao come in, the atmosphere in the box relaxed a little. Someone said, "Zhang Hao, what were you doing just now? Everyone's been waiting for you."
As soon as Zhang Hao came in, he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all, then sat on the sofa: "Don't mention it, Xu Shiqing just came over to say hello to her."
Everyone knows Xu Shiqing. In recent years, as the Xu family has established a firm foothold in Beijing, they have become increasingly high-profile, and so has Xu Shiqing of the Xu family.
Although Xu Shiqing was not a classmate of theirs, they all had jobs and it was inevitable that they would have some interactions sometimes, so naturally they all knew each other.
The people in the box didn't know the relationship between Xu Nanzhi and Xu Shiqing, so they spoke without hesitation: "Speaking of which, Xu Shiqing is also a flower in our Beijing city."
As he spoke, he seemed to be concerned about Bai Yiyi: "Of course, Yiyi, you are the most beautiful."
After saying this, someone asked in confusion: "Speaking of Yiyi, I've always been curious. You and Xu Shiqing are supposed to be in the same circle, so why do you and her get along so badly?"
Bai Yiyi was about to say something when Xu Nanzhi interrupted her, causing her to change her tone: "I just look down on her. She looks so calculating."
Seeing that she didn't want to say more, they didn't ask any more questions.
Zhang Hao tried to smooth things over: "Alright, let's stop talking about this. Come on, let's play cards."
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