Ye Xinning was surprised to see Shen Nanxing there as well. She asked in surprise, "We're not that late, why are you here too?"
Shen Nanxing came over and took her hand. At that moment, Chi Zhao also walked out from the crowd.
"You're here."
Shen Lin hummed in agreement.
As soon as Shen Nanxing saw Chi Zhao, he shrank to Ye Xinning's side and didn't say a word.
As Shen Lin and Chi Zhao were talking, Chi Zhao said, "You haven't gone to see my older brother yet, have you? Why don't you go and say hello?"
Shen Lin nodded, turned to Ye Xinning and said softly, "I'll go say hello first, I'll be right back. You two chat for a while, wait for me."
"Okay," Ye Xinning replied slowly.
After Shen Lin and Chi Zhao left, Shen Nanxing finally spoke to Ye Xinning, "My elder brother really can't bear to leave you for even a moment."
Ye Xinning genuinely felt that Shen Nanxing's words were somewhat exaggerated.
No, you're overthinking it.
“Of course he is. I think my brother has become even more anxious since you got pregnant. It’s only been a short time. You can imagine what he will be like during the next nine months of pregnancy.”
Ye Xinning was also thinking about nine months later, when the child would be born, the crystallization of her love with Shen Lin. Just thinking about it made Ye Xinning feel that the matter was very beautiful.
"Let it go. The first time is probably always like this. Let's not talk about me. Let's talk about you guys. How did you end up here? Don't tell me you came with Chi Zhao."
Shen Nanxing shook her head violently, "How could I come with him? It was my father. The Chi family invited my father, but he was too busy to come and couldn't just refuse the Chi family, so he asked me to come in his place."
"And what about you and Chi Zhao?"
"Me and him?"
Shen Nanxing crossed her arms and said nonchalantly, "What could possibly happen between me and him? I already have a boyfriend. Sister-in-law, please stop associating me with him."
"So, have you really let go of it?"
"Whether I let go or not, it doesn't really matter anymore. He and I missed each other from the very beginning. From that moment on, it was destined that our lives would never intersect again."
Ye Xinning wanted to say something more, but then another sound came from the doorway.
They looked over there again, and the person who appeared in everyone's eyes was none other than Mu Chaochao.
Mu Chaochao walked in step by step, dressed in an elegant evening gown. With her delicate features and unique temperament, Mu Chaochao's appearance at this moment was destined to be captivating.
Shen Nanxing had never met Mu Chaochao before. Seeing Ye Xinning staring at Mu Chaochao, she was somewhat confused. "Sister, do you know that person?"
"Yes, he's a new lawyer at our firm."
Shen Nanxing nodded, and couldn't help but look Mu Chaochao up and down. "Very beautiful. It seems your law firm attracts pretty girls."
"Really?" Ye Xinning smiled casually.
"Of course, your sister-in-law is so beautiful, and your boss Xiao Chen is also quite good. Your law firm can be described as a high-value law firm."
"I hope our business capabilities can live up to your praise."
"Absolutely, sister-in-law is the best."
As the two were talking, Mu Chaochao approached and stood in front of Ye Xinning, her eyes filled with surprise and astonishment.
"Attorney Ye, what are you doing here?"
"The second young master of the Chi family is a good friend of my husband."
Ye Xinning explained why she was there in a simple sentence.
"I see."
Where is Attorney Mu?
"Chi Xuan is a good friend I've known for many years abroad. He took care of me many times when I came to Nancheng, and he also invited me to this party."
Chi Xuan, Chi Zhao's older brother.
Ye Xinning was quite surprised that Mu Chaochao knew Chi Xuan.
"That's good. Attorney Mu just arrived in Nancheng and knows someone here, so everything will be much better."
"Okay, then I'll go say hello to Chi Xuan first. Attorney Ye, see you later."
"See you later."
...
Mu Chaochao left, and Ye Xinning hadn't even recovered her thoughts when Shen Nanxing spoke up.
"Sister-in-law, it seems like you and this person have a very distant relationship."
“She just arrived in Nancheng, and we are just colleagues. Maintaining an appropriate social distance is the right thing to do.”
Shen Nanxing was not socially inept and understood what Ye Xinning meant.
Ye Xinning didn't say anything more. She and Shen Nanxing started chatting about other things, and time passed quickly.
Later, Ye Xinning received a text message from Chi Zhao, saying that he was talking to Shen Lin on the second floor of the building next door, and asked her to go up and find them.
Ye Xinning was puzzled. Wasn't it just to go and say hello to Chi Xuan?
How could we chat for so long? And now you're even sending her a message asking her to go online.
Ye Xinning looked puzzled. Shen Nanxing saw her looking down at her phone and asked, "What's wrong, sister-in-law?"
"It's nothing, it's just that Shen Lin and Chi Zhao live next door, and they asked me to go find them."
"Then go, sister-in-law."
"Come with me."
"No, I don't want to meet Chi Zhao alone. It would be awkward, and I wouldn't know what to say. Sister-in-law, you can go find my brother yourself. You can come back and talk to me later, it's the same."
Since Shen Nanxing had already said so, Ye Xinning couldn't say anything more.
"Okay, I'll go over there in a bit and come back to find you soon."
"Um."
Ye Xinning left the banquet hall. The Chi family lived in a traditional Chinese building. It was a bit far from the banquet hall to the building Chi Zhao had mentioned, but fortunately, the road was brightly lit. Ye Xinning walked very slowly.
Ye Xinning was walking slowly when the phone rang.
She took out her phone and saw that the caller was Ji Jianshen.
In recent days, Ji Jianshen has been calling her much more frequently than before, all because she is pregnant.
"Hello." Ye Xinning answered the phone.
Have you had dinner yet?
"Not yet, I'm attending a dinner party with Shen Lin."
After Ye Xinning finished speaking, she clearly sensed silence on the other end of the phone.
It seems inappropriate to mention Chen Lin in Ji Jianshen's context.
"Is there something you need when you call me?"
"It's nothing. I checked the weather forecast, and it looks bad tomorrow. You have to go to work tomorrow anyway, so I'm calling to remind you to wear more clothes."
Ye Xinning looked down at her fingers and said, "Okay."
She no longer said, as she usually did, that these were minor matters and he didn't need to call her specifically.
But she knew that whether she said it or not was unimportant; even if she did, Ji Jianshen wouldn't listen.
They talked about other things, mostly Ji Jianshen telling her how to take care of her health, and Ye Xinning listened attentively.
Just then, a woman rushed out of a villa not far away, shouting, "Someone has fallen down the stairs! Someone has fallen down the stairs!"
Ye Xinning looked up and saw the building where she was going to find Shen Lin. Her hand holding the phone froze, and she stared at the building without moving.
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