"Miss Shao, long time no see." Zhou Ye was the first to wave and greet Shao Mo with a smile.

Shao Mo was a little unsure of the two's intentions, "Second Master Shen, Young Master Zhou, what do you want?"

Zhou Ye immediately presented the things in his hand, "Today is Fatty, it's Zeng Fang's birthday, we are here to celebrate her birthday."

Shao Mo was a little surprised and did not take the thing from Zhou Ye.

But Zhou Ye was so shameless. When Shao Mo refused to take his things, he smiled and looked into the yard. "Oh, everyone is ready to eat. It seems that it is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Brother Zhen, let's not stand at the door anymore. Let's go in."

Shen Zhen gave Zhou Ye a look that said "you're smart", then glanced at Shao Mo with a half-smile, "Miss Shao is blocking the door. Does that mean she doesn't welcome us?"

Shao Mo had no choice but to open the door, "Please come in."

With the arrival of the two people, everyone in the yard turned to look.

Those who knew Shen Zhen and Zhou Ye were all filled with surprise. Why did this King of Hell come?

Those who didn't know the two were full of curiosity.

Zeng Fang reacted the most. She stood up and walked in front of Shen Zhen, "Why are you here?!"

Zhou Ye immediately handed over the imported chocolate in his hand, "Zeng Fang, happy birthday, we are here to celebrate your birthday."

Zeng Fang glared at the chocolate in Zhou Ye's hand and said bluntly: "I didn't invite you."

Zhou Ye didn't know how to respond to this, so he had to go see Shen Zhen.

He didn't want to come, after all, he was not familiar with Zeng Fang. But he didn't know what was wrong with Shen Zhen that he insisted on coming. As a good brother, he naturally had to risk his life to accompany him.

Zeng Fang's words just now really didn't give any face at all. If it were an ordinary man, he would have walked away in embarrassment if not angry, but Shen Zhen was not an ordinary man.

He pulled the corner of his mouth idly, "You mean, you treat me as a sucker and want to take advantage of me for nothing?"

Zeng Fang's face suddenly turned red. "Stop talking nonsense! Who is trying to take advantage of you?"

"You told me today is your birthday and asked me to give you a gift, but you don't plan to treat me to a meal. If this isn't taking advantage, what is it?"

Zeng Fang was speechless. "I, I was just kidding you!"

Shen Zhen's expression turned slightly cold, "Are you kidding me?"

Zeng Fang didn't dare to respond, fearing that Shen Zhen would beat her up.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, both sides were in a dilemma, Shao Mo immediately stepped forward to help, "Okay, time is almost up, everyone take a seat."

At Shao Mo's signal, Ling Chuan took the two boxes of chocolates from Zhou Ye.

"Second Master Shen, Young Master Zhou, please take a seat and have some soup."

"Xiaotang and the others must have been stuck in traffic. Let's drink soup while waiting for them." Wen Qingsheng also spoke up, and the atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became a lot more lively.

Zeng Fang also realized belatedly that her treatment of others just now was inappropriate. After all, people had brought gifts to her house, and she shouldn't have said those spoiling words.

To make amends, she pretended to be calm and asked Shen Zhen and Zhou Ye to sit at the boys' table, "You can sit at this table, this table is full of boys, you can drink later."

Shen Zhen didn't put on airs and sat down with Zhou Ye under Zeng Fang's guidance.

Although the banquet had not started yet, the tempting aroma of the white soup and spicy soup boiling in the copper pot made him salivate.

"It smells so good. I haven't eaten mutton hotpot for a long time."

Ling Chuan brought the mutton bone soup that was boiled like milk to the two of them and said, "Drink some soup first."

"Thanks, brother."

Although Zhou Ye was cynical, he was quite worldly-wise. He took the mutton bone soup and thanked Ling Chuan with a smile.

Shen Zhen took the soup with a dull expression and put it on the table. He didn't like drinking this fishy stuff.

Zhou Ye drank it happily and was immediately amazed, "Wow, this soup is so delicious!"

"Thank you, Brother Zhen!"

Zhou Ye held a bowl of mutton bone soup in each hand and drank it with relish.

Zeng Fang helped distribute the mutton bone soup to everyone. When she turned around, she saw that there was nothing in front of Shen Zhen, so she brought a bowl of soup over without thinking much.

"Have a bowl of soup..."

Just as she put the soup in front of Shen Zhen, she noticed that Zhou Ye was drinking two bowls of soup by himself.

"No, Brother Zhen doesn't drink..."

Before Zhou Ye could finish his words, he saw Shen Zhen pick up the mutton bone soup in front of him and drink it, and the rest of his words were stuck in his throat.

Zeng Fang didn't know that Shen Zhen offered the soup in Zhou Ye's hand to him, and thought that Zhou Ye was looking at the pot while eating from the bowl, so she tactfully reminded him, "There is still a lot of soup in the pot. You can scoop it out after you finish drinking it. There is no need to take up two bowls."

Zhou Ye: "I, no, this is..."

But Zeng Fang didn't listen to his explanation and turned away.

Zhou Ye glanced at Shen Zhen with resentment, but found that the other party was laughing secretly, which made him feel even more depressed.

Fortunately, Zuo Xiaotang and his siblings finally arrived, so the feast could begin.

Zhou Ye quickly immersed himself in the deliciousness of the mutton hotpot and put the slightest bit of unhappiness behind him.

With Shao Mo's secret dipping sauce and the best mutton, even Shen Zhen enjoyed the meal with gusto.

Just when he was enjoying his meal, he noticed that Zhou Ye beside him gradually stopped eating. He turned his head and found that Zhou Ye was staring at the opposite side.

He followed Zhou Ye's gaze and saw that it was the chubby girl.

He tapped Zhou Ye's hand with his chopsticks, "What are you looking at if you're not eating?"

Zhou Ye didn't care about the pain, he lowered his head and whispered to him, "Brother Zhen, have you noticed that Fatty seems to have lost weight?"

Shen Zhen looked at him coldly and said nothing.

Zhou Ye was not aware of the danger. His eyes were still fixed on Zeng Fang at the opposite table. He continued to talk to himself, "You know what, the fat girl has become prettier after losing some weight."

Hearing this, Shen Zhen couldn't help but look at Zeng Fang at the opposite table.

The warm yellow light enveloped her head, and her round face seemed to be coated with a layer of pearly color, giving her an indescribable beauty. Her eyes were sparkling as she stared at the food in the pot, and her lips were a cherry red.

The lotus is like a face and the willow is like an eyebrow.

For some reason, this line of poetry came to my mind.

"Brother Zhen, you've been drinking, what are you standing there for?"

Zhou Ye had withdrawn his attention at some point and raised his glass with the others at the table, except Shen Zhen, who was fascinated by the chubby girl at the opposite table.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Shen Zhen calmly picked up the wine glass and said, "It's a bit spicy."

In order to fully satisfy everyone's different tastes, Shao Mo specially prepared a double-flavored hotpot base. The spicy soup is authentic Sichuan flavor, spicy and fresh, which makes these young people in Beijing who usually don't eat spicy food love and hate it.

If I eat it, I can't bear it. If I don't eat it, it smells too good.

No one doubted Shen Zhen's words, except Zhou Ye. He knew that Shen Zhen never ate spicy food, and he didn't even put his chopsticks into the spicy soup pot tonight.

But as a good brother, he naturally wouldn't sabotage.

After he finished drinking the wine in the glass, he took the opportunity to pour the wine and whispered to Shen Zhen, "Brother Zhen, you haven't given up yet?"

Zeng Fang and Shao Mo were sitting together, so Zhou Ye naturally thought that Shen Zhen was just fascinated by Shao Mo.

(End of this chapter)