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Inside the dark private room, Yu Xi and Yan Chen were still silent as usual, drinking one cup after another. Meanwhile, Yu Xi was sitting on the side, doing nothing but watching the TV screen indifferently.

The gazes of the other people in the room intentionally or unintentionally glanced over. Noticing the awkward silence that surged between the two of them, they smiled in tacit understanding. They didn't inquire about Yu Xi's identity and instead raised their wine cups to shake it towards Yu Xi.

"Director Yan, don't drink alone all by yourself. What's the point of drinking alone? Since everyone is out playing, of course we can all drink together to have fun. Come, come, give me some face and let's go." A man raised his glass with a rough smile.

Yan Chen heard this and nodded his head, then his deep voice slowly sounded out in the room, "You don't have to say that, Boss Liu. In the future, I still need your help in my business."

"Hey, what are you talking about? I, Old Liu, am lucky to be able to help you. In the entire capital, no one knows how powerful you are. You don't need any help at all. You're just giving us friends some face."

The person at the side also chimed in, "That's right. Yan's group is now independent from the rest, so any random project would be enough for us little Luo to eat for a few years. We are already very satisfied with just a piece of the cake."

"Director Yan sure knows how to joke around. Just a simple stamp of your foot would cause the entire capital to tremble."

The men kept talking among themselves until the atmosphere turned into a heated one again. They were still indifferent to the flattery, so they raised their glasses and downed it in one gulp.

Yu Xi silently watched all of this and only felt that it was inexplicably funny. These people were all people who were interested in fame and fortune. They came for the sake of profit and kept flattering Yan Su. They were only here for the money and power in his hands.

His methods were famously clean and ruthless, and his ability was superior to everyone else's. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made the Yan Group look so big and so orderly, like they were doing everything in their power.

However, there was no need to mention it. He knew that if there was really something wrong with his Yan Clan one day, those people who would actually help him would most likely not show up or hide from him. The world was just that cruel.

She nonchalantly sat at the side, trying to lessen the feeling of her own existence. However, those people didn't plan on letting her go just like that. After they finished drinking, they turned their wine cups towards her.

"How should I address this lady?" The one who called himself Old Liu looked at her with a smile.

Yu Xi was stunned for a moment. She didn't realize he was talking to her, and only recovered after a moment. She glanced at him and saw that he didn't intend to speak. She braced herself and replied, "My name is Yu Xi." After saying that, he gave a faint smile.

"Oh …" Then, he said in a pleasant tone, "It's our first time meeting each other, just call me Old Liu," and raised his wine cup, "It's our first time meeting each other, we should at least …"

However, before he could finish, Director Liu was stopped by Yan Chen's warning gaze. He smiled bitterly at Yan Chen, but didn't say anything else. Instead, he drank his own cup.

The crowd felt it was funny and wanted to give it a try, but they were stopped by Yan Chen's faint warning gaze and could only helplessly clink glasses with the person beside him.

Yu Xi watched all of this with a complicated expression. She looked at Yan Chen and was unable to understand what he was thinking. He was clearly always sneering at her, so why … and there's going to be a side of you that's taking care of it...

Her heart was filled with an inexplicable emotion. She secretly thought that this person was really unpredictable. She was afraid that even those who followed him would have to have seven orifices in their hearts. Otherwise, it would be tiring to death.

A few of the elders standing to the side looked at Yan Chen and Yu Xi, their gazes wandering between them. Yu Xi immediately felt as though she was sitting on pins and needles, but her expression remained expressionless.

"Director Yan, you can't do this. You've protected Miss Yu so well. Could it be that you're afraid of being bullied?"

"Haha, it's rare to see someone who cares so much. It's indeed different, to actually protect so tightly."

The few of them seemed to understand as they teased her. Yu Xi looked at Yan Su and thought about how to not cause a misunderstanding. Her brain quickly considered how to explain themselves.

However, a deep voice sounded out. There was no temperature, and no excess emotions. He first explained, "It's not the kind of relationship that you think."

The few of them looked at each other, then spoke in a deep yet calm manner, "I've only seen a few of them. Women should drink less."

The other bosses looked calm and collected, without a single trace of emotion on their faces. They probably didn't care about this woman at all. Therefore, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

However, they were all intelligent people. Very soon, someone picked up on the topic and laughed, "That's right, always thoughtful and considerate. You all have the demeanor of gentlemen. We can't do it anymore, we're too inferior."

After the previous delicate atmosphere was resolved by a series of jokes, the few of them once again began talking to each other as if nothing had happened.

Yu Xi stood at the side watching Yan Chen's cold side profile. She let out a sigh of relief at the bottom of her heart as she had a relationship with Yan Chen Yan. Actually, she was also resisting, since both of them were so unwilling, it was best not to cause any misunderstandings.

But a gentleman... She couldn't help but secretly mutter in her heart, these people had only seen his dignified appearance, if they knew that he was secretly sinister, they would probably slap their faces. Moreover, when she recalled the scene where he just threw Chen Yan into the room, she only felt it was funny.

As time passed minute after minute, the few of them drank until their faces turned red and their ears turned red. Yu Xi had yet to finish her work and had followed them to the door.

He didn't even glance at Yu Xi the whole way to the door to communicate with her. Yu Xi only felt that he was very baffling tonight and didn't know how she had offended him. Since he didn't want to communicate with her, she wouldn't rush to talk to him.

Yu Xi did not think much of it. As she watched the car drive over, she said softly, "Be careful on the road." Without even looking at him, she turned around and walked into the hall.