Tan Yinghao has a loud voice, and Zhou Yunwan heard what he said as soon as she approached.
She stopped involuntarily and her eyes fell on Shen Yanli.
After not seeing him for one night, he had changed a lot. Just as Tan Yinghao said, he looked like a poor kid who had just broken up.
The two looked at each other from a distance. Zhou Yunwan bit her lower lip, not knowing how to react for a moment.
She thought she should say hello to him. After all, today was his birthday and she hadn't had the chance to wish him happy birthday. She could also take this opportunity to ease their strained relationship.
But he seemed to see what she was thinking, and looked away before she could open her mouth.
“Stop talking nonsense.” Shen Yanli said in a cold voice, then stretched out his hand to push Tan Yinghao away, walked around the dining table and sat down in his seat.
After he sat down, Xing Maohui beside him whispered, "Is that problem at work very difficult? Haven't you solved it yet?"
As soon as he heard his words, Shen Yanli knew that he had misunderstood the reason for his bad mood, but he did not explain it, and followed his words and said: “The person who reported it has been identified, and the punishment has been issued. It’s almost resolved.”
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Xing Maohui nodded when he heard this, looked at him seriously and said, "If you have any more problems, just tell me, we brothers will help you."
"I know." Shen Yanli picked up a glass of water and took a sip nonchalantly. With the help of the glass, his peripheral vision followed the figure as it slowly moved.
Zhou Yunwan looked at Chen Yanli who was chatting with Xing Maohui, and saw that there was nothing unusual in his expression. She stood there for a while, then returned to her seat with Xing Zhaoling who had returned from the toilet.
Although they usually didn't have any particular rules for eating, since Chen Yanli was the birthday boy today, everyone consciously put him in the main seat.
Zhou Yunwan and Xing Zhaoling were young and had a good relationship, so they sat in an inconspicuous corner, almost the farthest away from Shen Yanli's main seat. There were green plants blocking the round table in the middle, so it was difficult to see each other's faces.
"Wanwan, right after we left, the staff went to clear the proposal venue." Xing Zhaoling couldn't help but sigh, "Does that guy not plan to propose? Wouldn't it be a waste to throw away all those flowers?"
"What proposal?" Feng Suying on the side was attracted by Xing Zhaoling's words and looked over curiously.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Tan Yinghao came over with interest, and everyone at the table looked towards Xing Zhaoling.
No one noticed that Shen Yanli paused holding the water cup, and his eyes became obscure and deep.
Seeing that everyone was so interested, Xing Zhaoling vividly described the scene that she and Zhou Yunwan had just seen. With the mentality of watching the fun, Feng Suying wished she could get up and take a look right away.
"Sister Suying, you don't have to go. I just came out of the bathroom and it's almost all gone." At this point, she couldn't help but feel sorry and couldn't help but guess: "Could it be that their relationship broke down temporarily? So they don't want to ask for it anymore?"
Feng Suying interrupted her when she heard this: "Tsk, can't you hope for something good?"
Xing Zhaoling knew that she had said the wrong thing. She scratched her head and suddenly thought of something. She came close to Feng Suying and said with a smirk, "Hey, how did Ying Hao propose to you, Suying?"
Feng Suying's cheeks flushed, and she glared at her in pretend anger: "You little frivolous girl, now you even dare to make fun of your sister Suying?"
"I dare not, I dare not." Xing Zhaoling knew that she was not really angry, but she still pretended to be afraid and shrank her neck.
Feng Suying pursed her red lips, and many past events popped up in her mind. After a long while, she smiled and said, "It wasn't him who proposed to me, but I proposed to him."
Tan Yinghao, who was usually carefree, couldn't help but blush at this moment, stiffening his neck and whispering: "Ahem, why are you telling everything to others?"
"So what? Is there anything that cannot be said?" Feng Suying had seen the enthusiasm and openness of foreign countries, and did not think there was anything that could not be said. Women also have the right to pursue love, and proposing to the man they love is not something shameful.
"I didn't tell you before because Tan Yinghao was embarrassed, so I kept lying to everyone that he was the one who proposed to me."
At this point, Feng Suying cleared her throat before continuing, "I was sent abroad to study for several years. I was afraid that he would get together with someone else behind my back, so I asked him if he was willing to wait for me. He said he was willing, so I said if he was willing, then we'd get married when I came back."
"Our two families have a good relationship, so they got engaged before I left."
When they got engaged, all their good friends attended.
When Feng Suying said these words, her face was full of happiness, and she responded generously to everyone's jokes.
Tan Yinghao, who was standing next to her, had a shy look on his face and kept quietly pulling her sleeve under the table to ask her to stop talking. But Feng Suying was in high spirits and ignored him. Her family status was obvious.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was harmonious, and the dishes that had been ordered earlier were served one after another.
Tan Yinghao finally found an opportunity to change the subject: "Let's raise our glasses together and wish our birthday boy a happy birthday!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stood up, filled their glasses with wine, and shouted Happy Birthday in unison.
Zhou Yunwan's eyes were always on Shen Yanli, but he didn't even look at her. Such obvious deliberate neglect made her so uncomfortable that she clenched her wine glass.
Feeling upset, she couldn't help but drink two more glasses of wine. After drinking too much, she became emotional and her eyes turned red without her knowing when.
Xing Maohui noticed that she didn't eat much and just kept drinking, so he reminded her loudly, "Lingling, keep an eye on Xiaowan and don't let her drink too much. Doesn't she have a low alcohol tolerance?"
After saying that, Xing Maohui looked at Shen Yanli who was also drinking beside him, realized something, and asked in confusion: "Why don't you just take care of Xiao Wan?"
He knew how much Chen Yanli could drink, so he didn't say much to persuade him. But what surprised him was that Zhou Yunwan drank so much, but he didn't react at all. What did he say to him at the last party?
Hearing this, Zhou Yunwan looked towards Shen Yanli, but the other party didn't even raise his eyelids, and his voice was terrifyingly indifferent: "Didn't you take care of it?"
The implication is that he doesn't care anymore.
Zhou Yunwan's eyes became even redder and she drooped her eyelashes in embarrassment, afraid that others would notice something.
And at the moment when she lowered her head, Shen Yanli raised his eyes and looked at her, his eyes gradually darkened, and he felt a dull pain deep in his heart.
Unable to stay any longer, he found an excuse to leave: "I'm going to the bathroom."
The bathroom on the third floor is outside the dining area, some distance away, and requires walking through an open-air corridor.
Shen Yanli washed his hands and face with cold water, and he calmed down a little.
After coming out of the bathroom and taking a few steps, I saw a familiar figure waiting in the corner of the corridor.
He couldn't help but pause.
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