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Du Liqing didn't know how to refuse her words, and was even more clear that Lu Juyan didn't seem to give her any room to refuse. A trace of dissatisfaction appeared in her heart, but she didn't express it on her face.

The two of them walked out onto the street. Lu Juyan stopped a taxi and the two of them sat in it together. In order to prevent Du Liqing from discovering his identity, they didn't drive to his side all this time, so they had no choice but to ride around in these cars.

It was already the peak hour for getting off work, so there were quite a few cars on the road hurrying back and forth. The driver was not familiar with the roads, so he only took a few main roads. There were many traffic lights on the streets to begin with. As a result, when they stopped, it was very easy for them to build cars and block them from time to time.

Yuan Wei and Qu Yanzhi, who had arrived at the restaurant that Du Liqing had reserved, did not wait for his reply. A waiter, seeing that the two of them were well-dressed, walked up and asked, "May I ask if you two need any help?"

"Yes, which room did Miss Du Liqing reserve?" Yuan Wei subconsciously pulled Qu Yan Shi's hand to prevent her from losing her. At the same time, he also stopped the other girls from looking at him. Looking at the waiter in front of him, he asked with a tone of a gentleman. His every move exuded a warm and refined aura, but the estrangement in his eyes made many feel that he was a person who didn't want to get too close to strangers.

Qu Yan Shi used her other hand to hold Yuan Wei's arm. At the same time, she took the initiative to declare her allegiance to him. She didn't like many girls looking at him. There was a trace of vigilance in the depths of his eyes. He unhappily pouted, but didn't say anything.

The waiter standing in front of the two of them had his mouth filled with dog food. His mood was extremely complicated, but his face maintained a professional smile. Her body stiffened and she didn't know how to reply. Another receptionist happened to check the room that Du Liqing had reserved, so she walked over and very calmly brought the two to the room that Du Liqing had reserved.

By the time Du Liqing and Lu Juyan arrived at the entrance of the dining hall, nearly twenty minutes had already passed. The traffic jam caused the two of them to feel helpless as they followed the waiter into the room.

"Lan, you're finally here. "Hey, shouldn't you both get three drinks if you're so late?" When Qu Yan saw Du Ruqing walking in first, she opened her mouth to greet him. When she saw Lu Juyan following in, she paused for a moment. However, she didn't stop her from teasing Dudian. She opened the bottle of wine on the table and sat in front of the table where both of them were seated.

Qu Yan Shi's actions caused Du Ruqing to be startled. She was not good at drinking, so she looked at the wine in front of her with an awkward smile. She explained, "The roads are blocked, so 'natural disaster' is not something I can change."

She stuck out her tongue helplessly and pushed the glass of wine in front of the table, showing that she didn't want to drink anymore. She was afraid of speaking the truth when she drank too much. She was also afraid that if she was found out, she would be mocked.

"I can't come up with an excuse. At the very least, you should at least have a drink if you don't want three, right?" Qu Yan Shan was not a person who could be easily evaded. She spoke very resolutely. In the end, all she did was learn the noisy atmosphere of this place.

This caused Du Ruqing to not know what to say. She turned her gaze towards Yuan Wei, only to find that his expression was indifferent, as if he wouldn't come out to stop them. Helplessly sighing in his heart, a single word appeared in his mind: love more than friendship.

She pursed her lips and picked up the wine not far from her. The moment he was about to approach her thin lips, Lu Juyan, who was sitting to the side, snatched the wine cup from her hands and drained it in one gulp. The village opened his mouth and said, "I'll drink for her!"

Lu Juyan had always known of Du Qiuqing's alcohol tolerance and what would happen to her after she drank too much to avoid any accidents, so he could only give her a helping hand. He placed the empty wine cup in front of her and then picked up the wine cup in front of her and drank it all in one gulp. He didn't seem to have any expression on his face.

"Tsk, so green. He's so good to you. Are you interested?" Qu Yan Shan bumped into Du Liqing's shoulder and coincidentally pushed her into Lu Juyan's arms. When she saw that Lu Juyan had naturally embraced her waist and was very protective of her, she couldn't help but open her mouth to tease him, a slightly lewd smile playing on her lips.

"Research, what are you talking about!" When Du Ruqing felt Lu Juyan's hand on her waist, her heart began to race. Her beating heart was also in disarray, and she didn't know what to do. Ye Zichen pursed his lips, then grabbed the table and propped himself up the next second. She obediently sat on the chair and didn't dare to set her gaze on Lu Juyan. She feigned dissatisfaction as she pouted, studying Qu Yan's words.

If it weren't for the fact that the tip of Du Xiangqing's ears were slightly red at this moment, he wouldn't have been able to detect her shy appearance. After all, she had deliberately turned her head away. As joy filled his heart, the waiter just happened to bring in the dishes, interrupting everyone's conversation.

When the waiter left, Qu Yan glanced at Lu Juyan, who was sitting upright, and was about to open her mouth to tease Du Qiuqing. When she decided to get close to the two of them, Yuan Wei, who was sitting beside her, lightly coughed and intentionally pulled at the corner of her sleeve, reminding her to be quiet. She could only helplessly pout her lips and embarrassedly put away her state of mind as a matchmaker.

After the four of them had eaten and drunk their fill, Yuan Wei and Du Ruqing chatted for a while before leaving with the abnormally lively Qu Yanzhi. He understood that Qu Yanzhi would help Du Liqing and Lu Juyan get along with him, but he did not want Qu Yanzhi to lead the lives of others.

"I'm going back to the company too." Du Liqing watched the two leave and walked with Lu Juyan onto the main street. After walking for a while in silence, she saw a taxi that was about to arrive. She had chosen to ignore whether Lu Juyan wanted to go back to the company with her.

"Wait, I'll take you to a place." Just as Du Liqing was about to reach out to stop a taxi, Lu Juyan grabbed her hand and forced her to look at him. He desperately wanted to keep her by his side and repeat what he had already said.

After being stopped, Du Liangqing's eyebrows slightly wrinkled, but in the next second he calmed down. Feeling the warmth on Lu Juyan's palm, the tip of her heart trembled. She didn't know why, but she had a faint and peculiar feeling that flowed through her heart, causing her to subconsciously nod her head in agreement to Lu Juyan's words.