"Peining, I'm sorry! I ruined your wonderful birthday dinner!" Chen Siqi said to Zhou Peining.
"This all started because of me, Peining. I'm sorry!" Sun Yating also looked guilty.
"What are you talking about? I am the one who should apologize. Zhou Jian is a member of our Zhou family, and he is the one who started all this!" Zhou Peining said.
"Ahem~" Zhou Mingyu interrupted a few people and then said: "It's just a birthday dinner. If we don't have enough fun, we can just go to another place and get together again!"
"Haha, that's great. Let's just get together. It wouldn't be fun if there were too many people!" Zhou Peining said.
"Okay, I haven't eaten anything today!" Chen Siqi's eyes lit up.
"Siqi, are you okay? I was out for a while just now, and when I came back I found out this happened!" Ma Ziji walked over at this time.
"It's okay, Brother Ziji, thank you for your concern!" Chen Siqi suddenly became gentle.
"Haha, I'm glad you're okay. By the way, I saw you guys were having a very happy chat just now. What were you talking about?" Ma Ziji asked.
"Mr. Ma, isn't my sister's birthday party ruined? We are discussing changing the venue and having a few people celebrate my sister's birthday together." Zhou Mingyu said.
"That's great. It's really not nice to ruin a birthday dinner like this. So, a friend of mine just opened a bar in this area. It has just been renovated but hasn't opened yet. I'll say hello to him and we can go over there to have some fun?" Ma Ziji suggested, adjusting his glasses.
"This is not a good idea!" Zhou Peining looked embarrassed, as she was not familiar with Ma Ziji.
"Little sister, since Master Ma has said so, aren't you being disrespectful to him?" Zhou Mingyu complained.
"Well, Siqi, Yating, what do you think?" Zhou Peining asked.
"I'll listen to Siqi, but there will definitely be no problem with Siqi! Right?" Sun Yating winked at Chen Siqi.
"Yeah." Chen Siqi nodded shyly, leaving Zhou Mingyu and his sister stunned. What was going on?
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Ma Ziji said and made a phone call.
After a while, Ma Ziji arranged everything, and several people followed Ma Ziji to the bar.
"Mr. Ma, welcome, welcome!" As soon as I arrived at the door of the bar, a man came up to me.
"Boss Li, we are sorry to disturb you." said Ma Ziji.
"It is a blessing for our shop to have Mr. Ma and a few young masters and ladies come to our shop. How can it be considered a disturbance? Let's go in. Everything has been arranged!" Boss Li said to everyone.
Several people followed Boss Li into the bar. The bar had just been renovated and there was no customer. In order to serve Ma Ziji and his group well, Boss Li specially called all the newly recruited service staff, about 30 people. There were only 6 people in their group, and more than 30 people serving was indeed a bit exaggerated.
There were also some birthday decorations in the bar, but apparently because of the tight schedule, the decoration was relatively simple. In order to create an atmosphere, there was also a small band performing on the stage.
"Haha, Miss Zhou, you see I prepared this in a hurry, I hope you don't mind." Boss Li said.
"How could that be? It's already very good, thank you Brother Li." Zhou Peining said gratefully.
"Well, have fun, I won't disturb you!" After settling everyone down, Boss Li left tactfully.
After Boss Li left, everyone talked and laughed, and soon more than an hour passed. Chen Siqi was no longer as restrained as before.
"Haha, you don't know, when Siqi was a child, she always insisted on playing with me, and always said that she would marry me when she grew up!" Ma Ziji said with a smile.
"There is such a thing? How come I didn't know about it?" Zhou Peining said.
"That was a long time ago. Siqi was only five or six years old at that time! I was less than ten years old too. Grandpa Chen often visited our house and he always brought Siqi with him. But I was still young at that time. How could I be willing to play with a little girl? Every time, Siqi would get so angry that she would cry." Ma Ziji explained.
"Hey, why are you saying this?" Chen Siqi looked embarrassed.
"What happened next?" Sun Yating asked curiously.
"Alas, due to some special reasons, our family and the Chen family stopped interacting, and I seldom saw Siqi. Later, I went to study in Country Z, and I lost contact with Siqi. Speaking of which, I really miss my childhood!" Ma Ziji took a sip of wine and sighed.
"I also miss going to Brother Ziji's house to play when I was a child!" Chen Siqi said in a low voice.
Everyone started to make a fuss after hearing this.
Ma Ziji coughed lightly, ending the topic, and raised his glass to Li Mu, saying, "Brother Li Mu, I've heard about your experience. It wasn't easy, but now you've finally gotten through the hard times. Come, let me toast you!"
Li Mu didn't even raise his eyelids. He didn't like the feeling that Ma Ziji gave him. How experienced was Li Mu? He could tell a person's character at a glance. Even though the viciousness in Ma Ziji's eyes was hidden very deeply, how could it be hidden from his eyes? Besides, there was still a lot of evil spirit in Ma Ziji, which was not something that could be obtained by killing one or two people. In this society ruled by law, you are not a soldier, nor a policeman. It is not normal to have such a big evil spirit in you!
Now Ma Ziji contacted Chen Siqi either for Jishi Pavilion or to get the secret of Chen Siqi's rapid improvement in cultivation, nothing else. If it wasn't for Chen Siqi's sincere admiration, Ma Ziji would have been slapped to death by Li Mu.
Ma Ziji felt a little embarrassed, not knowing whether to put down the wine in the air or drink it.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Mingyu quickly clinked glasses with Ma Ziji and said, "Haha, Mr. Ma, I'll have to rely on your care in the future!" Then he drank the wine in the glass.
"It's my duty. We are all friends after all! Haha~" Ma Ziji also drank the wine in his hand, which relieved some of his embarrassment.
Chen Siqi felt a little helpless and said to Ma Ziji: "Brother Ziji, don't mind it. My brother is just like this, very cold and aloof. He treats everyone like this!"
"Haha, how could that be! Everyone has different personalities, so why would I care? Besides, Brother Li Mu is your cousin, so he is my cousin!" Ma Ziji said with a smile.
"That's good!" Chen Siqi felt relieved. She was really afraid that Li Mu and Ma Ziji would have a falling out, which would make it very difficult for her to deal with. Now it seems that Li Mu still has some misunderstandings about Ma Ziji. She could just try to counsel him later.
At the same time, Chen Siqi thought to herself: "What did Brother Ziji mean by that just now? My cousin is Ziji's cousin?" Her heart was beating fast.
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