Chapter 312 You don’t want me to see them?
Tang Yutong stared blankly at the screen of her mobile phone. The call record with Chu Ci ten minutes ago was still warm.
At that time, he gently asked her to have dinner with him. She happily agreed, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose.
But at this moment, that bit of excitement had already been extinguished by Mu Nanyan's words.
Her slender fingers unconsciously rubbed the edge of the phone, and her knuckles turned slightly white from the force.
If...if Chu Ci really knew Lu Yiran...
This thought was like a thorn, piercing her heart and causing her pain. She didn't even dare to think about it any further...
Tang Yutong took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She picked up the phone again, her fingertips hovered over Chu Ci's name for a moment, and finally pressed the dial button.
"Hey, Yutong, did you miss me?"
Chu Ci's smiling voice came from the receiver, with noisy music and the crisp sound of wine glasses clinking in the background.
Tang Yutong frowned unconsciously and skipped his teasing.
"Where are you?"
"What's wrong?"
Chu Ci's voice paused noticeably.
"Nothing, just asking."
She pretended to be relaxed, but her nails had already dug deep into her palms.
"It's where we had dinner last night. A few of my friends came over on business and asked me out for a get-together."
There was a hint of nonchalance in Chu Ci's voice.
"What friend? Do I know him?"
Tang Yutong's voice was soft, but it carried an unavoidable insistence.
Chu Ci on the other end of the phone was lazily leaning on the leather sofa with his long legs crossed.
A few people nearby tried to come closer with winks, but were stopped by his sharp look.
He raised his index finger to his lips, a warning flashing in his eyes.
Seeing this, several people calmed down and returned to their seats.
He chuckled, picked up the wine glass on the table, tapped his fingertips casually along the wall of the glass, and said to Tang Yutong on the other end of the phone:
"You don't know them. I haven't seen them for a while. If they hadn't called me out of the blue, I wouldn't have known they were in Beijing."
Tang Yutong's heart sank a little bit, and she forced herself to speak in a light tone:
"That's perfect. Invite them out for dinner tonight, along with your friends from yesterday. It will be more lively with more people."
Chu Ci's smile froze on his face, and his hand holding the wine glass paused, and the amber liquid swayed gently in the glass.
He took a sip of wine calmly, put the glass on the table, tugged at his tie, and said in a slightly stiff tone:
"Why do you suddenly want to have dinner with them? How about another day? Tonight is just the two of us..."
Tang Yutong interrupted him directly and said with a smile:
"A date is always possible. Besides, it's a rare occasion for your friends to come over, so we should at least play host. Or... you don't want me to meet them?"
When Tang Yutong finished speaking, her tone suddenly turned cold.
Chu Ci heard this and quickly denied it:
"How is that possible? If you want to meet them, let's have dinner together tonight. They just insisted on having a good get-together tonight."
"Then please send me the address later and I'll drive there myself after get off work."
After Tang Yutong finished speaking, she hung up the phone without giving him a chance to speak again.
Chu Ci stared at the darkened screen with a frown on his face.
The box suddenly became quiet. The others looked at each other, and one of them asked tentatively:
"What's wrong, Brother Chu, is my sister-in-law coming?"
Chu Ci did not answer, but drank the wine in the glass. The cold liquid slid down his throat, but it could not extinguish the inexplicable irritation that rose in his heart.
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