Zhan Yanqing's fist was about to fall, and Jiang Mingzhu appeared too suddenly. He braked urgently to avoid hitting Jiang Mingzhu in the face.
In fact, Yuanye didn't expect Jiang Mingzhu to come to save him.
After being startled, Yuanye pulled Jiang Mingzhu's hand and asked, "Did I hit you?"
Jiang Mingzhu shook her head.
Zhan Yanqing watched the interaction between the two with scarlet eyes.
His eyes finally focused on Jiang Mingzhu's face, "Are you really with him?"
After finishing her words, Zhan Yubai turned to look at Zhou Li and found that Zhou Li was staring here intently, but she couldn't see through Zhou Li's expression.
Jiang Mingzhu lowered her eyelashes, "Yes."
One word was like thunder, and everyone in the box looked at her.
Even Yuan Ye was shocked. He didn't expect Jiang Mingzhu to admit that it seemed like he couldn't escape from this pot.
Zhan Yanqing: "Do you like him?"
Jiang Mingzhu lowered her eyes and said nothing. This silence was more hurtful than giving a direct answer.
Zhan Yanqing pushed Jiang Mingzhu away and grabbed Yuan Ye's collar again. He gritted his teeth and looked at him, wishing he could just kill him.
"I treat you like a brother. You stab me in the back and pry me into a corner!" Zhan Yanqing's voice was shaking with anger. "You don't know she is my woman?"
Yuan Ye: "Who is your woman? Has she admitted it? You two have broken up and you don't want me to pursue you? Do you have any objection to our consensual relationship?"
Yuanye was also confused by Zhan Yanqing's anger. If he couldn't offend Zhou Li, he couldn't offend Zhan Yanqing.
The two of them exchanged words with each other, mercilessly poking at each other's weak points. Their anger became more and more intense, and the situation was about to get out of control.
Zhan Yubai thought that the two would get into trouble, but he didn't expect that they would actually fight.
Yuanye's attitude towards Jiang Mingzhu seems a little subtle...
"Is that enough?" Finally, Zhou Li's words made the two people who were fighting stop.
Zhan Yubai immediately grabbed Zhan Yanqing's arm. She looked at the wilderness opposite with an apologetic look on her face.
"Yuan Ye, I want to apologize to you on behalf of Yanqing. I'm sorry. I did something bad today with good intentions..."
Zhan Yanqing was still on top, and he pulled Zhan Yubai, "Why do you apologize to such a hypocrite?"
Zhan Yanqing's logic is very simple: even if he has nothing to do with Jiang Mingzhu now, Jiang Mingzhu is the person he once liked, and as long as Yuan Ye has some sense of propriety, he should not be interested in Jiang Mingzhu.
This kind of behavior is like stabbing him in the back.
Zhan Yubai: "Mingzhu, I'm sorry, you..."
"Let's go." Jiang Mingzhu ignored Zhan Yubai, grabbed Yuan Ye's arm and walked out.
When the two of them walked out, they happened to pass by Zhou Li, and Jiang Mingzhu didn't even give him a look.
Zhou Li put his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes darkening as he watched Jiang Mingzhu drag Zhou Li out of the box.
The original dinner party turned into a farce. Zhan Yanqing never calmed down, so Zhan Yubai patiently persuaded him.
But Zhan Yanqing didn't appreciate it very much, so he just threw her away and left without looking back.
At this time, Zhan Yubai and Zhou Li were the only two people left in the box.
Zhan Yubai turned around and met Zhou Li's deep eyes, with an expression of even more self-blame and pain on his face.
Zhan Yubai held Zhou Li's wrist, his voice choked with sobs, "I thought Yan Qing had given up."
Zhou Li: "Why did you ask Jiang Mingzhu to come here?"
His tone was very calm, and it sounded like a casual question, but it gave people a strong sense of oppression.
Zhan Yubai: "She said that day that she hadn't seen Yuanye for a long time, and I wanted to help her."
Zhou Li: "Where is Zhan Yanqing?"
Zhan Yubai: "..."
Zhou Li: "I don't want to see this happen again."
He didn't lose his temper, but these words were more terrifying than losing his temper. Zhan Yubai got goosebumps after hearing it.
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Jiang Mingzhu pulled Yuan Ye away
After leaving the club, he let go of his hand.
Yuanye saw Jiang Mingzhu's eyes were red and she was biting her lip, and knew that she was very stimulated by what just happened.
Yuanye: "Jiang Mingzhu, are you okay?"
Jiang Mingzhu pinched her palms and didn't say a word.
Yuanye was worried that Jiang Mingzhu would go back alone, so he reached out and asked her for the car key, "I'll give it to you."
With her devastated look, if she drove back by herself, there might be a car accident on the way.
It was obvious that Jiang Mingzhu was indeed in a bad mood. She remained silent even after getting in the car. She lowered her head and Yuan Ye could not see her expression clearly. He could only see her shoulders twitching.
Yuan Ye is carefree but not lacking in insight. After all, he grew up in a wealthy family, so he can see through many things.
This evening's incident was obviously arranged by Zhan Yubai in advance.
Zhan Yubai should have known what happened between Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li when she investigated Jiang Mingzhu before, but she didn't expose it and chose this method to "sabotage" it.
Jiang Mingzhu was severely beaten by Zhan Yubai today, which was quite pitiful.
Yuan Ye's heart moved with compassion. When he stopped and waited for the red light, he gently patted her shoulder, "Stop crying, how about I take you to eat something delicious?"
Jiang Mingzhu sniffed, "I want to eat cheesecake."
Yuanye: "Eat, go and eat now, we can eat enough at one time!"
Yuanye was so bold that he took Jiang Mingzhu to a famous dessert shop in Beicheng. He waved the menu and ordered all the cakes.
A few minutes later, the table was covered with various corner-cut cakes, a dazzling array.
After Jiang Mingzhu saw the cake, she calmed down a lot. She cut off the corner of her favorite cheese and took a bite.
Yuan Ye: "Are you feeling better?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Why are you there tonight?"
Yuanye: "Sister Yubai said we would have dinner together, but she didn't say she made an appointment with you. If I'm not mistaken, that's what she told you, right?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Yeah."
Yuanye: "She must know about you and fourth brother, otherwise she wouldn't come here."
Jiang Mingzhu sipped the cake, the sweetness spread between her teeth, and she suddenly smiled.
This smile made Yuanye confused, "What are you laughing at?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I didn't expect you to be quite smart."
Yuan Ye raised his eyebrows, "What you said, before you wrote it, you thought I was a fool."
Jiang Mingzhu didn't think Yuanye was a fool, she just thought he was quite careless. Now it seemed that she had indeed misjudged Yuanye, and Yuanye had a very bright mind.
Jiang Mingzhu: "You are much smarter than your fourth brother."
Yuanye immediately understood what Jiang Mingzhu was talking about, "Hey, Sister Yubai did what she did today, fourth brother must know her purpose."
Jiang Mingzhu smiled bitterly, "So what, he can't bear to do anything to her."
Yuanye: "..."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I'm sorry for bringing you into this."
Yuan Ye: "I can't blame you. I was the one who used you as a shield in the beginning."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Will Zhan Yanqing really break up with you?"
Yuan Ye: "That's not a big deal, we have fought before."
Jiang Mingzhu lowered her head and stopped talking, mechanically putting the cake into her mouth.
Yuanye stared at Jiang Mingzhu for a minute or two. Her behavior was too worrying: "Are you going to keep entangled with the fourth brother like this?"
