Half of today's guests were Xi Wenlan's classmates; while Jiang Yanjin was unable to come due to something else, Xu Yinjie was the best among the boys.
Xi Wenlan's best friend Zhou Yan has been in love with Xu Yinjie for a long time and has a good relationship with Xu Yinjie.
She didn't confess, but her classmates knew that she admired Xu Yinjie and often talked about them. Xu Yinjie just smiled and told everyone not to joke, and did not explicitly refuse to associate with Zhou Yan.
This made Zhou Yan feel that her relationship with Xu Yinjie was tacitly approved.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yinjie was so attentive in front of Yun Qiao, and she suddenly became angry.
"Vixen!" she cursed secretly.
Xi Wenlan held her hand and laughed softly: "Don't cause trouble, it's my birthday today."
Zhou Yan: "Don't worry, I won't do it."
This Zhou Yan's status is a bit strange.
She is the niece of Zhu Longtou's third concubine's mother's family. As these young people become more prominent, Zhu's third concubine has a preeminent status among the ladies of Yancheng, and the Zhou family's status is rising.
Everyone is afraid of the Green Gang and wants to make friends with them.
Xi Wenlan can be best friends with Zhou Yan because of her family background.
Zhou Yan has always been domineering and doesn't take Yun Qiao seriously at all.
Seeing that Xu Yinjie was always around Yun Qiao, even if a female companion came next to Yun Qiao, Xu Yinjie followed suit, and Zhou Yan couldn't help but feel angry.
The dinner starts promptly at 7pm.
At the head of the long table, Du Xiaoqin, the fourth wife of the Xi family, sat, and Xi Wenlan sat next to her.
Du Xiaoqin gave a toast to wish her daughter a happy birthday; she also expressed her gratitude to the guests and thanked everyone for their support.
In front of the juniors, Du Xiaoqin behaved appropriately.
Everyone raised their glasses.
When sitting at the table, there were men on one side and women on the other. Xu Yinjie happened to be opposite Yun Qiao, and next to Yun Qiao was Jiang Yanyu.
Xu Yinjie stretched out his chopsticks to pick up food for Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao refused twice and almost fell out, but Xu Yinjie refused.
On Sheng Zhao's side, there are also boys who are courteous.
In addition to Yun Qiao and Sheng Zhao, more boys congratulated Xi Wenlan.
Halfway through the banquet, Zhou Yan drank several glasses of wine and was already drunk.
Just when Xu Yinjie was about to toast Yun Qiao again, Zhou Yan spoke up and asked loudly from a few people away: "Xu Yinjie, why are you disrespecting me?"
The long table fell silent.
Everyone looked over and saw that it was Zhou Yan, and they immediately wanted to watch a good show.
Xu Yinjie's expression remained unchanged and he picked up the wine glass: "I respect you, classmate Zhou."
"Change the cup! Who do you think I am when you use the same cup? A vixen who lives under someone else's roof?" Zhou Yan said loudly, "I'm not that mean."
Xi Wenlan was stunned.
Everyone looked this way, but no one spoke.
I saw Xu Yinjie stood up, walked slowly towards Zhou Yan, and took the initiative to hold Zhou Yan's shoulders: "You are drunk, how about I take you back first?"
Zhou Yan didn't give up just yet.
Xu Yinjie showed weakness. She pushed her nose into his face and tried her best to flick his arm: "I'm not drunk! I just want you to toast me. Do you want to do it or not?"
"Of course." Xu Yinjie smiled, his white teeth were very eye-catching, he was a very lively person.
He reached out to the male classmate next to him, and the classmate handed him his wine glass.
Xu Yinjie picked up Zhou Yan's cup again and handed it to her: "Here, let me toast you! Today is Wen Lan's birthday, so I'll toast you a few more cups to congratulate Wen Lan."
Xi Wenlan responded: "Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Xu."
Xu Yinjie raised his head and drank a glass first.
He went to pour again.
Zhou Yan did not drink, but said to Xu Yinjie: "To celebrate Wen Lan, why are you toasting me? You should toast to certain people. After all, they are beautiful and capable."
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