Ginza was not a notably upscale place.

However, it was not inexpensive either.

Teacher Xiang just received her royalties and wanted to treat everyone. Bai Muchuan took on the task of choosing a venue and killed a lot of brain cells during the process. He didn’t want her to feel heartache when she saw the bill, but at the same time, he also didn’t want to choose a place that might make her lose face.

When he had finally chosen a venue and made a reservation, he also tried to ask for a reward from Xiang Wan.

However, he only received her cold shoulder.

“I know that you used to eat, drink, and celebrate, so you know which places to go… So stop showing off, okay?”

“…”

“Sir Little Bai, I’m a rookie when it comes to partying. Please take care of me!”

Bai Muchuan frowned after hearing her words and knocked her forehead. “So, you know how to talk, huh?”

“Tch! What’s up?”

Aye! He sighed, “I’ve worked so hard for you, searching for a suitable location. My phone is still scorching hot, yet you treated me this way… Cough, cough… Cough, cough, cough…”

“You shouldn’t expect to be rewarded, Sir Little Bai.” Xiang Wan took his arm and smiled mischievously. “I know that you love to do things for me since that makes you happy…”

“…”

Those who would go for dinner didn’t leave work early.

Coincidentally, Cheng Xin was also working rather late that day.

She usually got off work on the dot unless there was some work to settle rather urgently. Thus, she soon realized that the atmosphere didn’t feel right at the office.

What are these people up to now? She thought.

She caught Salimu and asked, “Where are you going?”

Salimu was an honest child. “We’re going for dinner. Hehe, Teacher Xiang’s giving a treat…”

Cheng Xin’s eyebrows locked into a frown. “Who’s going?”

Salimu continued to be an honest child. “Besides yourself, I think everyone’s in?”

“…”

Cheng Xin instantly became gloomy.

“What did she mean by that?”

“Well, I think… Aiyo, I gotta go!” Salimu waved his hands. “Bye-bye…”

…

Xiang Wan didn’t invite everyone.

She only invited those closer ones who were in the group chat.

Salimu was simply pranking Cheng Xin and didn’t expect that she would take his words for it.

When Xiang Wan came out of the restroom, Cheng Xin stopped her.

What is this woman up to? Xiang Wan thought.

Xiang Wan raised her eyebrows. “Officer Cheng, what’s up?”

Cheng Xin was a little hesitant. “I heard you’re giving a treat tonight…”

“Yeah!” Xiang Wan nodded.

“Why didn’t you ask… I mean… all of you are going?”

“…”

How could she ask like this?

Xiang Wan found it funny. “No. We have official matters to settle. Having dinner is purely coincidental.”

“Oh, official business!” Cheng Xin couldn’t take the fact that they were always ostracizing her. In the same unit, in the same environment, everyone could get along with each other, yet no matter how hard she tried, these people still treated her like an outsider.

Cheng Xin was disgruntled.

She controlled her temper, bit her lower lip, and laughed awkwardly.

“Teacher Xiang, I haven’t had my dinner as well…”

The hint was too obvious.

For most people, when someone already put it this way, they would concede and say, “Alright, do you want to join us?”

However, Xiang Wan really had a purpose for giving a treat that night. Moreover, she didn’t like Cheng Xin, so why would she ask her along?

Both plastered an awkward smile on their faces.

Xiang Wan cleared her throat and ran her fingers through her hair while lowering her gaze to stare at Cheng Xin’s red-colored high heels. “I also invited others along, I really don’t think it’s appropriate…”

Cheng Xin then replied, “Others? Who is that? What do you mean by not appropriate?”

“…”

Did this person have a low EQ, or is she just overly complacent?

Nevertheless, Xiang Wan had to put on a smile. “It’s Xie Wanwan, whom you openly criticized last time. Won’t you feel awkward when you see her? You agree, right, Officer Cheng? Ah you see, I gotta go now… See you tomorrow!”

She scurried away, not even wanting to look at Cheng Xin’s already dark and gloomy face.

Bai Muchuan saw her little act of ‘running for her life.’

He was puzzled. “What are you doing? Have you seen a ghost or something?”

“It’s scarier than a ghost!” Xiang Wan puffed a sigh. “It’s our Miss Cheng, she wanted to join us for dinner…”

Bai Muchuan responded, “Did you turn her down?”

Xiang Wan raised her eyebrow. “Of course, don’t tell me you want her along to go with the wine?”

Bai Muchuan didn’t say anything more. “…”

…

All those invited turned up.

Tang Yuanchu escorted Xie Wanwan there.

He and Wei Bing, as well as Xie Wanwan and her assistant, showed up.

Cheng Zheng, Mei Xin, Miao Zichen, Ding Yifan, Salimu, and Quan Shaoteng came as well.

Fang Yuanyuan, who saw in the group chat that Xiang Wan was buying dinner, had been complaining to her.

“You! Why? I just left, and you’re giving a treat?”

Xiang Wan replied, “Don’t complain! I’ve couriered the cat food to you.”

Fang Yuanyuan responded, “D*rn! You’re really… How can you treat me like this? I’m a woman who loves you, dotes on you, and pampers you wholeheartedly. You broke my heart! Hurhur!”

Xiang Wan chatted back, “Hurhur! Are you at your in-laws’ place now?”

Fang Yuanyuan messaged back, “Guess where I am?”

Xiang Wan replied, “… You didn’t go to your in-laws’ place?”

Fang Yuanyuan responded, “No, I’m on my way there. The path is long and difficult… Ahhhh… I want to cry already. Guess the height of my high heels shoes. Ahhhh… It’s 10 centimeters tall. My dear sis, I’m dying…”

Xiang Wan didn’t waste time and replied swiftly, “Hah! Enjoy the trip. I can’t talk anymore. We’re going to have a scrumptious dinner now. Don’t drool all over!”

Fang Yuanyuan replied, “Just go! You heartless creature!”

It was not pleasant for her to keep using her phone for messaging while everyone had arrived.

Xiang Wan ended the chat, put down her phone, and listened to them while they were talking.

The latest hot topics were, respectively, the biochemical sprayer found in Bai Muchuan’s place and the death of the two neighborhood police officers. Everyone was upset about it. Quan Shaoteng then proposed to offer a toast to the two comrades who died, which everyone welcomed…

Since Xie Wanwan and her female assistant were present, they didn’t delve deeper into the case.

They only talked about all those things that were discussed on the internet.

Xie Wanwan didn’t join in the conversation. Her gaze hung low, unsure about what she was going on inside her head.

Tang Yuanchu repeatedly expressed his guilt. He felt that the two criminals dared to enter the house while he was away. If he had not left, then the two wouldn’t have come to the house and installed that sprayer…

Xie Wanwan glanced at him when she heard that.

“If you said it like that, then the one who’s responsible for all of these is me.”

“…”

If she hadn’t insisted on meeting CEO Song, all of these wouldn’t have happened.

The atmosphere stiffened.

Xie Wanwan narrowed her eyes and finished the liquor in one gulp. “I seem to always screw things up!”

Tang Yuanchu wanted to reach out a hand to stop her.

However, the next moment, he decided to drop his hand. “Drink less.”

Xie Wanwan didn’t look at him or talk to him. After finishing a glass of liquor, she filled it up again.

Since Xiang Wan was the one who would be picking up the tab, it wouldn’t be nice for her to persuade others not to drink. Well, in fact, she actually hoped Xie Wanwan would drink more.

This was because the latter needed to vent her emotions since she was greatly troubled.

Alcohol was sometimes a sharp weapon.

It could easily make people surrender something that they wouldn’t otherwise confide to others…

Xie Wanwan’s alcohol tolerance was not that good. Her beautiful face was suffused in an enchanting crimson shade; her twinkling eyes were lovely and sexy…

Tang Yuanchu gazed at her, a little captivated by that sight.

When she suddenly let out a burp and supported herself to stand up with both hands on the table. “I’m going to the restroom.”