Ni Sitian turned around and saw a handsome man with a touch of roguish charm walking towards her. He extended his hand to her and smiled warmly, saying, "Hello, I'm Pei Yang."
Just as she was about to reach out to shake his hand, Xu Tingchuan grabbed her hand and pulled it back.
Pei Yang raised an eyebrow: "So stingy, can't even shake hands?"
Xu Tingchuan looked at him expressionlessly, as if to say that he was just that stingy.
Pei Yang shrugged, withdrew his hand, and bent down to take a closer look at Ni Sitian.
Ni Sitian felt a little shy under Xu Tingchuan's gaze and hid behind him. Xu Tingchuan reached out and pushed Pei Yang's face away.
"Tsk tsk, not only will you not shake my hand, you won't even let me look at you?" Pei Yang pouted in dissatisfaction and said, "Your possessiveness is really abnormally strong."
Xu Tingchuan remained noncommittal, put his arm around Ni Sitian's shoulder, and introduced her to them: "This is my wife, Ni Sitian."
"Hello." Ni Sitian greeted everyone with a slightly reserved smile.
Xu Tingchuan led her to a seat and asked Pei Yang, "Where is Gu Chen?"
"I just called, I'll be there soon." Pei Yang said, glancing outside and laughing, "Speak of the devil, and he appears."
Ni Sitian looked over and realized that Gu Chen, whom Xu Tingchuan and the others had mentioned, was just someone with the same name. She hadn't expected that he was actually the special guest on the legal program, the famous lawyer Gu.
She couldn't help but marvel at how sophisticated Xu Tingchuan's social circle was.
"Ah Chen, come look, someone's even more shameless than you." Pei Yang went up to him, put his arm around Gu Chen's shoulder, and grinned at him: "Third brother's wife is even younger than your little girlfriend... um..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Chen elbowed him in the stomach.
Ni Sitian couldn't help but laugh as she watched, but then her expression changed slightly as her stomach started cramping again.
"What's wrong?" Xu Tingchuan noticed her frown and leaned over to ask.
"It's nothing." Ni Sitian shook her head, changing the subject: "He called you 'Third Brother'? You're younger than him? You're the third among them?"
“This isn’t based on age,” Pei Yang interjected. “It’s determined by playing cards. Mu Zhi is fourth, and Gu Chen is fifth.”
Ni Sitian was slightly surprised. Could it be that Pei Yang was the boss?
“He’s the second oldest,” Gu Chen explained to Ni Sitian, speaking in a serious tone. “However, it’s not because he plays cards better than Tingchuan, but because Tingchuan thinks the word ‘second oldest’ sounds bad, so he deliberately lost to him.”
Ni Sitian couldn't help but chuckle; it really suited Xu Tingchuan's cunning nature.
"Ah Chen, you came here specifically to sabotage me, didn't you?" Pei Yang tightened his grip on Gu Chen's neck.
The two of them joked around for a bit, and the atmosphere in the private room immediately became much more relaxed.
Ni Sitian felt less reserved and smiled at Xu Tingchuan, casually asking, "Who's the boss? You can't beat him?"
The moment she finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room froze instantly, and even Pei Yang lost his smile.
She glanced around, pursed her lips, wondering if she had said something wrong.
"The boss is gone." Finally, Shen Muzhi, who had been silent all along, broke the deadlock. His voice was as cold and stern as he was.
Ni Sitian was stunned for a moment, then realized that she had misunderstood the meaning of those words and was at a loss for what to do.
Xu Tingchuan raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder, patting her gently to comfort her.
Pei Yang changed the subject and started to liven up the atmosphere again.
Ni Sitian felt something was off and dared not speak carelessly anymore.
The waiter started serving the dishes. Halfway through the meal, her stomach started to hurt so badly that she made an excuse to go to the restroom.
I had just come out of the restroom when I ran into Qin Mubei.
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