"Good evening, sir. This is wine from table four for you. Please enjoy."
The waitress placed the opened bottle before them and walked away.
Jiang Nan Fang exchanged a glance with Zhou Yu An.
Zhou Yu An instinctively assumed the wine was for Jiang Nan Fang.
"Impressive. You've only been seated a few minutes and someone's already sending you drinks. And such good wine, do you have friends here?"
"It's for you."
Jiang Nan Fang turned and pointed to table four.
"They said it was for you, sir. The person behind you is watching you."
Zhou Yu An blinked, turned his head, and looked with her.
He made eye contact with Jiang Si Cheng.
Jiang Si Cheng feigned seriousness and raised his wine glass to him.
"But I don't know him."
Zhou Yu An was a complete straight arrow.
"Did he mistake me for someone else?"
Jiang Nan Fang didn't know if he was pretending to be naive or was genuinely that naive.
"Don't you usually come to bars?"
"Do you come often?"
From his reaction, he was indeed a very honest person.
Then again, it made sense.
For a tech elite like him, it was either overtime or endless business trips.
When he had free time, he had to think about promotions and raises, so where would he find the mood to waste time here?
"Not often, but I've seen more than you, by a little."
Jiang Nan Fang smiled.
"I think he probably likes you. Sending wine is a way to show his affection."
Good heavens.
Zhou Yu An's skin crawled instantly.
"No wonder my mom always told me not to hang out in places like bars when I was little, saying there weren't many decent people. I can't accept this wine, I need to return it to him immediately."
Jiang Nan Fang had never met such a naive man before, and he was amused.
"It's fine, no need to return it. If you don't accept it, you don't accept it. People like them have plenty of money anyway, they won't care about one or two bottles."
"That won't do. I can't let him misunderstand that I want to accept him."
I don't want to take advantage of this small benefit.
Zhou Yu An couldn't afford to lose face.
He called the waitress back to return the two bottles of wine.
Jiang Nan Fang held his hand.
"It's really unnecessary. If people know you don't want to take advantage of him and you returned the items, those who don't know might think you're exchanging favors."
"Listen to me, it's correct. Just ignore him."
It seemed what Jiang Nan Fang said had some truth to it.
Zhou Yu An waved the waitress away again.
"I really can't stand this place. It's too noisy and the air is bad. Don't invite me to such places again in the future."
"Understood. You're so likable, I won't invite you even if you want to come later."
Jiang Nan Fang said this and checked the time.
"It's getting late. You're so uncomfortable here, why don't we leave?"
Let's go.
The two stood up to leave.
Jiang Si Cheng quickly stood up and strode to Zhou Yu An's front.
"It's still early, why are you in such a hurry to leave, handsome man?"
Zhou Yu An clearly hadn't expected this person to be so thick-skinned.
He ignored him, and this guy actually came up to him?
He didn't know what to say and instinctively looked at Jiang Nan Fang.
However, Jiang Nan Fang looked composed, showing no intention of helping him speak.
He could only say, "I have a girlfriend."
Actually, from Zhou Yu An's reaction upon receiving the wine, Jiang Si Cheng had already guessed eighty percent.
But he enjoyed a challenge.
Some people claimed to be straight but still wanted to taste what was offered?
What if he was also that kind of person?
"It's this lady, isn't it? Your taste is good. Your girlfriend is very beautiful."
Zhou Yu An shrugged, not denying it.
"I don't have any other intentions, I just want to make friends. It's still early, shall we have a drink together?"
As everyone watched the waitress bring two more bottles of wine to Jiang Nan Fang,
Before Zhan Bei Jue could think further, Lu Qing Xu introduced him.
"It's not for your ex-wife. That person doesn't like women."
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"His name is Jiang Si Cheng. He just got married recently, but I heard his sexual orientation is different from ours."
"He married a wife to keep at home and not use, only to go out fishing for men. He's after that handsome guy."
"I don't know which girl was so blind to jump into such a huge trap with her eyes open."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was thoughtful. Zhan Bei Jue's eyebrows immediately furrowed seriously.
He looked coldly at Lu Qing Xu.
"What did you say his name was? Say it again."
"Jiang Si Cheng, what's wrong?"
Such a coincidence?
He hadn't intended to deal with him, but now he was bumping into his trigger point amidst his busy schedule.
To avoid meddling in the wrong affairs, Zhan Bei Jue immediately took out his phone, adjusted the focus, took a picture of Jiang Si Cheng, and sent it to Zhou Jin Bei.
Zhou Jin Bei was at home reading parenting books when her phone rang. She instinctively picked it up to look.
Zhan Bei Jue sent her a picture of Jiang Si Cheng?
She was so shocked she almost rolled off the sofa.
"How do you know him? Where are you? How did you get involved with him? What are you trying to do?"
"Don't reveal my secrets, and don't do anything rash!"
Damn it, it really was him.
The fool of a wife who was deceived by this scumbag, as described by others, was actually his cousin!
Thinking about it made him feel unbearable.
He immediately put down his teacup and walked downstairs.
Jiang Si Cheng was smiling and talking to Zhou Yu An, who was about to refuse.
Zhan Bei Jue emerged from behind.
"Alright. Mr. Jiang doesn't mind if I join, right?"
The voice was so familiar.
Everyone turned their heads and saw Zhan Bei Jue, who appeared like a ghost, having materialized behind them at some point.
After a long time without seeing him, they unexpectedly encountered him here.
And he wanted to drink with them, what was he planning?
Zhan Bei Jue was known throughout the Nancheng business circle, but very few knew his relationship with Zhou Jin Bei.
Jiang Si Cheng naturally recognized him.
Seeing Zhan Bei Jue suddenly approach and speak to him, he was extremely flattered.
"Mr. Zhan?"
Zhan Bei Jue's expression was faint.
"These two are my friends. Since you're planning to drink together, can I join?"
That would be a great honor.
How could Jiang Si Cheng refuse?
Zhou Yu An had already refused to go to his company, so he couldn't refuse a drink now.
Only Jiang Nan Fang.
"I can't drink anymore, excuse me, I'll leave first."
She wanted to leave, but Zhan Bei Jue, who went back on his word, put his arm around her waist.
"Wait."
"??"
"I'll give you a ride later."
"There's no need, Mr. Zhan..."
Zhan Bei Jue leaned close to her ear: "Wait, I'll treat you to a good show."
Thus, the four returned to sit on the same sofa.
In a moment of distraction, Zhan Bei Jue sat downstairs.
Upstairs, Lu Qing Xu remarked with a look of enjoyment.
"He thought anyone could fight him for a woman, guarding against a gay man too, impressive."
Lu Ming Zhe reminded him.
"It's fine if you say that in front of me, but if you say it in front of him, I'm sure he'll pull your tongue out?"
"But you're right. The ex-wife is truly beautiful. Sitting between three men, tsk tsk."