Ji Chu looked at Chu Ningxuan, who had snatched the wine glass, with a sinister gaze, and said coldly, "Give it to me."
Chu Ningxuan frowned and said irritably, "Is it worth it for that woman?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she received a fierce look from Ji Chu. Chu Ningxuan shrank back and ran to Lu Jingyan's side, while signaling the waiter to take away the wine bottle in front of Ji Chu.
"Brother Ji, Zhou Yun is beautiful and capable. You're not still thinking about your white moonlight, Zhou Jin, are you? With the power of your Ji family, you shouldn't be playing that kind of arranged marriage game anymore, right?"
Chu Ningxuan, being cheeky, kept bringing up the very thing he shouldn't have said. Zhao Zhilin looked at Chu Ningxuan as if he were an idiot, then turned his gaze to Ji Chu.
“Ah Chu, Zhou Jin is back now and you want to fulfill your promise to her; it’s a responsibility as a man. But Zhou Yun has been with you for so many years, and there are bound to be some feelings between you.”
Zhao Zhilin had previously fought with Zhou Jiajiao, or more accurately, with Zhou Yun, when he was developing vacant land in the suburbs of Xindu.
At that time, the Zhou Group was competing with several companies for the development rights of vacant land in the suburbs. In the end, thanks to Zhou Yun's decisiveness and courage, she defeated the other competing companies and directly won the cooperation with Zhao Zhilin.
He had witnessed Zhou Yun's methods in the business world, and they were impeccably clean. She earned what she could have obtained through underhanded means, through her own abilities.
It's clear that this girl isn't as bad as the recent rumors suggest, and since Zhou Yun's biological daughter recently underwent a kidney transplant, it's likely that Zhou Yun agreed to it.
"How could the secret that the Zhou family has kept for so many years be exposed after Zhou returned to China for medical treatment?"
"There are rumors circulating in the industry that she was adopted by the Zhou family to be used as a source of medicine for their biological daughter, and it seems that the rumors are not false."
“Brother Ji, you don’t necessarily have to use love to make it up to Zhou Jin.”
Chu Ningxuan and Zhao Zhilin took turns trying to persuade the taciturn Ji Chu, while Ji Chu fiddled with the lighter in his hand with an inscrutable expression.
Seeing that Ji Chu remained silent, the two sighed softly and continued drinking, and the dimly lit private room instantly fell silent.
Lu Jingyan sipped the liquid in his glass with a nonchalant air, as if sighing, "So many years of companionship still can't compare to the love at first sight when I was young. If Feng Yunzhou hadn't gone back to his white moonlight back then, I wouldn't be here now."
Ji Chu's gaze, fixed on the glass in his hand, suddenly turned icy, and his thin lips pressed into a thin line.
"I'm leaving now." Ji Chu stood up abruptly and strode out.
Zhao Zhilin silently clinked glasses with Lu Jingyan, and the two exchanged a meaningful glance.
Chu Ningxuan silently gave Brother Lu a thumbs up in his heart. His words were like a wake-up call. Brilliant, Brother Lu!
Just as Ji Chu reached the door, the heavy door was pulled open from the outside.
Ji Meng and Shi Wan looked at Ji Chu in surprise as he walked out, but Ji Chu strode away as if he hadn't seen them at all.
Ji Meng turned around and called out to Ji Chu's retreating figure, "Big brother, where are you going..."
Before he could finish speaking, his tall figure disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
When Lu Jingyan saw Shi Wan enter, his cool gaze instantly turned scorching. He got up and pulled Shi Wan to a corner of the sofa.
Before Shi Wan could even sit on the sofa, Lu Jingyan pulled her onto his lap with a forceful pull. Shi Wan glared at the man reproachfully, but ultimately remained silent.
Completely bewildered, Ji Meng sat down next to Zhao Zhilin. "Zhao Zhilin, did you guys upset my brother?"
“Miss Ji, we dare not offend your brother. What if someone angers him and he gives one medicine to one of our colds or fevers and it works?”
Chu Ningxuan glanced sideways at Ji Meng, but as soon as his gaze passed over, he received a chilling look from Zhao Zhilin.
Well, another doting husband, a pure love warrior, and a love-obsessed man!
Ji Meng ignored Chu Ningxuan and reached out to pick up Zhao Zhilin's wine glass to taste the wine in her mouth.
Zhao Zhilin affectionately tidied Ji Meng's hair that had fallen across her chest and said softly, "It's about the Zhou family."
"Oh? Zhou Yun?" Ji Meng blinked her charming eyes, looking at the empty wine glass. The wine was very good today, so she poured some more into the glass.
She knew about her older brother and the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, but she didn't expect that recently there have been rumors that the eldest daughter of the Zhou family was just an adopted daughter, and that their real daughter had just returned from recuperating abroad.
Zhao Zhilin frowned slightly, skillfully took the wine bottle from Ji Meng's hand, and stopped pouring the wine.
Ji Meng didn't notice Zhao Zhilin's actions. She just exchanged a glance with Shi Wan and said casually, "My brother is such a jerk."
Shi Wan didn't expect Ji Meng to directly criticize Ji Chu. After all, he was her older brother, and she shouldn't be siding with outsiders.
Ji Meng noticed Shi Wan's confusion and raised an eyebrow. "My brother met the Zhou sisters when he was young, I think it was at the orphanage that the Zhou family sponsored."
“I don’t know what happened in between, but my brother became very close to Zhou Yun, another daughter of the Zhou family. At that time, Zhou Jin was no longer in the country.”
"I don't know much about their complicated relationship, but there have been a lot of rumors circulating in the industry lately, saying that Zhou Yun stole Zhou Jin's position, and that my brother was also deceived by her for so many years..."
"Some say that the Zhou family has raised Zhou Yun for so many years, giving her power and wealth, and now they are unwilling to provide a kidney for their own daughter."
"There are quite a few rumors like this."
Ji Mengyao's cheeks flushed crimson instantly, her sexy and charming red lips parted slightly, and golden liquid flowed down her delicate white throat.
"So your brother dated her for so many years, and now that his white moonlight is back, he's dumping her?" Shi Wan looked at Lu Jingyan with suspicion.
Lu Jingyan waved his hand innocently, "We've already tried to persuade him, but that kid is stubborn and will regret it sooner or later."
“Mengmeng, we saw Ji Chu and Zhou Yun at the restaurant last time. It seems they parted on bad terms.”
"Hmm?" Ji Meng raised her eyebrows. "Isn't she pretty? I used to think it would be great if she could be my sister-in-law."
"She's beautiful, capable, and gets along well with me, her future sister-in-law. She used to visit me whenever she came to Y country on business."
Ji Meng couldn't help but praise Zhou Yun, but then her eyes dimmed as if she suddenly remembered something. "It's all because of my brother, that scumbag. He doesn't cherish his girlfriend of so many years, and he even helps the Zhou family and that so-called 'white moonlight' bully Zhou Yun!"
Ji Meng grew angrier and angrier. Before Zhao Zhilin could react, she picked up her wine glass and downed the remaining half-glass of wine.
Zhao Zhilin's hand, which was about to stop Ji Meng, froze in mid-air, and his face instantly darkened.
Doesn't this woman have any idea what she might do when she's drunk?
Although he liked her a lot, it felt like he had been "forced" after each encounter.
I feel so wronged!
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