Unconsciously, Ye Xinning started thinking too much and pulled her wandering thoughts back.
No, no, she shouldn't be so sentimental; it's not like her.
At their banquet, the conversation was mostly about work. When it came to serious matters, it wasn't appropriate for the group of women to stay there any longer.
"Go sit over there with them for a while, I'll call you when we're done."
Ye Xinning understood what he meant, said nothing, and got up to go to the side.
The other person who walked with her was Mrs. Qin, the wife of some CEO.
"Mrs. Shen, over here."
Ye Xinning doesn't like to talk much in front of outsiders; she just nodded and followed them.
Mrs. Qin was a woman in her mid-thirties. Ye Xinning sat down with her on a sofa. There was a glass of red wine in front of them. Mrs. Qin picked up a glass and handed it to her, saying, "Mrs. Chen, you drink, don't you?"
Ye Xinning took it, her smile perfectly timed, "Is there something Madam Qin wants to say to me?"
"It's nothing. We couldn't join in their business talk over there, so we came over for a drink to pass the time."
Ye Xinning remained expressionless. "Is that so?"
"This wine tastes quite good, Mrs. Shen, wouldn't you like some?"
Ye Xinning looked down at the wine in her glass and thought that Madam Qin was really enthusiastic, always trying to get her to drink. Was there something she had to say that she could only say after drinking?
Ye Xinning picked up his wine glass and drank it casually.
Mrs. Qin continued, "I just saw Mrs. Shen and Mr. Shen walk in together, but they didn't talk much. So, is it that Mrs. Shen and Mr. Shen don't have a good relationship?"
"Is Madam Qin particularly interested in our marriage?"
"It's not because there were a lot of strange news reports in the media recently."
"Yeah?"
Ye Xinning raised an eyebrow, her gaze filled with unfathomable depths.
She drank by herself, seemingly oblivious to the fact that everyone in the southern part of the city knew their relationship was strained.
"Has Mrs. Shen ever thought about separating from Mr. Shen?"
Ye Xinning took a sip of wine, then lowered her head because of the question. "I think Madam Qin has probably asked the wrong person about this."
Madam Qin looked somewhat embarrassed. She did want to ask President Shen, but she didn't dare. The Qin family's plan for coming to this dinner party tonight was to test Shen Lin's preferences and see if they could get a chance to cooperate with him from this angle.
However, no useful information could be obtained from these conversations with Ye Xinning.
Madam Qin thought of another woman who had previously had a relationship with Shen Lin, and in her anxiety, she became somewhat unrestrained in her speech.
"Didn't I hear before that there was someone else by President Shen's side? What kind of woman is she? Does Mrs. Shen know?"
Before Madam Qin asked that question, Ye Xinning was still wondering what this person's purpose was in bringing her here. But as soon as she heard the question, she immediately understood.
So that's what all that buildup was for.
She swirled the wine in her glass, her gaze filled with a deep chill. "Is Mrs. Qin very curious?"
It was probably Ye Xinning's sudden change in attitude that made Madam Qin realize that she had been too direct just now. "Everyone is curious about President Shen's matter, isn't that right?"
Everyone's curious?
Ye Xinning smiled. Yes, everyone was indeed curious about what kind of woman Shen Lin liked, but this woman in front of her was the first one to directly set her sights on him.
"He probably likes girls who are innocent and harmless, who can act cute and pitiful, and who can also... please him in bed."
Ye Xinning's words surprised and delighted Madam Qin. "Really? Mr. Shen really likes this?"
"If I'm not mistaken, that's how it is."
"Really? That's great!"
Madam Qin's excessive joy was almost to the point that she wanted to directly say that she wanted to push people into the intensive care unit.
Ye Xinning's face remained cool, and her words were indifferent, "So Madam Qin knows what she wants to know. May I sit alone for a while? After all, this wine is quite good."
Madam Qin had wanted to leave for a long time. Sitting and chatting with someone like Ye Xinning made her feel like she had no control over the conversation. After hearing what Ye Xinning said, she quickly got up and left.
Now that he was all alone, Ye Xinning sat there, thinking about what had just been said, and found it all incredibly funny.
Not wanting to stay in that environment any longer, she took her wine glass and walked outside alone.
As for Shen Lin, although the discussion is about cooperation, his status and position have always been coveted by others. He only needs to choose one of these people that he likes.
He didn't say much, but his gaze unconsciously turned towards Ye Xinning's direction. However, this time he didn't see the figure he was looking for.
Shen Lin frowned. Where did he go?
Among so many people present, no one could detect Shen Lin's absent-mindedness. At that moment, President Qin received a text message from Mrs. Qin.
After reading it, the man's eyebrows relaxed, and he looked at Shen Lin with a fawning smile on his face, "President Shen must be very busy with work lately."
"Mr. Qin, is there a deeper meaning behind your words?" When Shen Lin answered, his tone was slow and deliberate. Without careful observation, one would only think he was being polite. But if one listened closely, one could tell that his attitude was quite cold and perfunctory.
"If you get tired of talking, you can take a break."
"rest?"
"A friend of mine owns a club here. Mr. Shen, would you like to relax there after dinner?" Mr. Qin suggested.
At this moment, Shen Lin's mind was not on this at all. Upon hearing this, he refused without even thinking.
"I'm not going." Ye Xinning has never liked being in places like that. He remembered once when he came back from the club, she took her things and went to the guest room just because she smelled that smell.
He still finds those images funny when he thinks about them now; he realizes what it's like when someone has obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness.
Thinking about those things, Shen Lin's expression softened unconsciously, but this scene was misunderstood by others.
Especially President Qin, whose expression was somewhat unpleasant after being rejected by Shen Lin, but seeing that Shen Lin was not angry, he did not think of giving up directly.
A moment later, a woman entered from outside, wearing a pure white dress and with a delicate yet tasteful "no-makeup" makeup look.
The woman, holding a bottle of red wine, walked straight toward Chen Lin.
"Mr. Shen, here's your drink."
He didn't even raise his head as he approached.
The woman started pouring the wine, but whether by accident or not, the glass suddenly tipped over, spilling all the wine onto Chen Lin.
The woman looked flustered, but her tone wasn't particularly urgent. "I'm sorry, Mr. Shen, I accidentally got your clothes dirty."
After saying this, the woman glanced in Mr. Qin's direction again and whispered, "How about I take you upstairs to handle this?"
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