Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 110 New Year's Eve and Duan Yiheng meet their blind date again

Lin Xi had resolved one concern, but another remained.

After the meal, she asked Duan Yiheng for the photos.

Before she even reached the study, Duan Yiheng turned around and blocked her path, asking, "What do you need my photos for? Didn't you already give them to me?"

Lin Xi said one thing but meant another: "I didn't back up my broken phone. I took some photos last year to keep as a memento."

Duan Yiheng said "Oh," deliberately drawing out the last syllable: "I'll send it to you now."

Before Lin Xixin could agree, he added quietly, "Keep it as a souvenir."

Lin Xi snorted and pushed open the study door.

Before the video conference, Duan Yiheng called Mu Zhao.

Lin Xi overheard the conversation and learned that Mu Shuo was also going. After he hung up the phone, he muttered, "Is this Mu Shuo a brother-complex guy?"

Duan Yiheng smiled meaningfully: "You didn't notice?"

Lin Xi blinked, looking confused: "What did you figure out?"

“He has always had feelings for Liang Yutong,” Duan Yiheng said. “The reason I didn’t tell you this before was because Liang Yutong has a fiancé.”

Lin Xi stared in astonishment, mouth agape: "Mu Shuo likes Yu Tong? Really? These two don't seem like a good match at all. Isn't Mu Shuo the same kind of person as Duan Mingxuan and Yu Lang?"

Duan Yiheng glanced at her: "Have you seen Mu Shuo fooling around with them recently?"

Lin Xi: "I really didn't know that."

Duan Yiheng: "Perhaps you can think about it from a different perspective. Why does Mu Shuo hang out with Duan Mingxuan, and when did it start?"

Lin Xi thought for a moment and suddenly understood, saying, "It's because Yu Tong and I are good friends, and Duan Mingxuan and I are close, so Mu Shuo hangs out with him?"

Duan Yiheng nodded: "This child is teachable."

Lin Xi digested this information on her own for a long time.

After the video conference ended, Duan Yiheng glanced at Lin Xi, who was curled up on the sofa reading a book, and sent a few messages to Meng Huaishan.

Just as he was about to look up, Meng Huaishan asked him if he could bring two friends along.

Who else could it be but Zhou Li? Duan Yiheng naturally agreed.

Turning off his phone, Duan Yiheng looked up at Lin Xi and said, "It's not very interesting with just the few of us, so I invited Meng Huaishan and his friends."

"Sure," Lin Xi said without turning her head.

Duan Yiheng harbored selfish motives, but he couldn't tell Lin Xi himself, so he had Meng Huaishan step in.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Xi had made an appointment with Liang Yutong several days earlier.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time and wanted to take this opportunity to catch up on each other's lives and relationships.

To Lin Xi's surprise, Zhou Zheng also came on New Year's Eve.

In the lobby of the private club, Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng exchanged a knowing glance, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

However, Duan Yiheng quickly figured it out.

Meng Huaishan and Zhou Li are childhood friends, and Zhou Li and Zhou Zheng are brothers. It's inevitable that Zhou Zheng would find out about Meng Huaishan coming to the club for New Year's Eve.

Meng Huaishan even specifically asked him if he could bring friends over, and he personally agreed.

Duan Yiheng was both amused and exasperated.

As the host, Duan Yiheng could not be impolite. Led by the staff, the group entered the suite in the VIP area.

When young people eat and have fun together, it doesn't matter where they sit. Meng Huaishan grabbed Duan Yiheng, who was about to sit next to Lin Xi, and whispered in his ear:

"I mean, how can a big CEO like you be so clueless? If it weren't for Zhou Li, I wouldn't even know that Professor Zhou and Lin Xi had gone on a blind date."

Duan Yiheng turned and stared at Meng Huaishan, wanting to say to him, "You still don't know that I kissed Lin Xi."

But what good was the roar in his heart? Duan Yiheng could only watch helplessly as the upright and dignified Professor Zhou nodded politely to him and sat down next to Lin Xi.

Meanwhile, Liang Yutong naturally occupied Lin Xi's other side.

Duan Yiheng could only sit down silently next to Meng Huaishan.

Zhou Zheng comes from a wealthy family but is very low-key. After being single for three years, he met someone he was satisfied with and decided to give it a try.

Therefore, Lin Xi was given special consideration at the dinner table.

Liang Yutong nudged Lin Xi under the table and whispered gossip, "Professor Zhou is great, he has a strong sense of service."

Lin Xi gave her a "stop it" look: "It's impossible for me and him."

“Why? I think he’s good-looking, and he’s not bad-looking either,” Liang Yutong said.

Lin Xi shook his head: "It can't be explained in just a few words."

Liang Yutong: We'll talk about that later.

Lin Xi absentmindedly responded, her gaze unconsciously glancing in Duan Yiheng's direction.

Duan Yiheng suddenly smiled at her, a typical forced smile, and Lin Xi subtly avoided his murderous gaze.

Zhou Li noticed the unspoken tension between the two and asked with a smile, "Brother Duan, is there something you're unhappy about with my second brother?"

Duan Yiheng was caught red-handed, but he remained calm: "Third Young Master is joking."

Zhou Li then turned to Lin Xi and smiled, "So, Miss Lin, what do you think of my second brother?"

Zhou Zheng turned his face and looked at Zhou Li disapprovingly: "With so many people in front of you, I'm afraid Miss Lin will praise me to the skies."

Zhou Li's words eased Lin Xi's embarrassment, but he pressed on while the iron was hot: "My mother gave birth to three sons, and my eldest brother gave birth to two more sons. She dreams of having a daughter. Whoever marries into my Zhou family will surely live a happy and comfortable life."

Liang Yutong secretly gave Lin Xi a thumbs up and mouthed "good marriage".

"Aunt Fang has always been open-minded and cheerful, and she was also a friend of my aunt. If she were still here—"

Meng Huaishan stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Aunt Fang refers to Zhou Li and Zhou Zheng's mother, while the aunt he mentioned...

Lin Xi was startled. When she looked at Duan Yiheng again, she found that his face had darkened.

Isn't Meng Huaishan's aunt Duan Yiheng's mother?

Zhou Li kicked Meng Huaishan, who went to look at Duan Yiheng and regretted his slip of the tongue.

"Yi Heng—"

"I'm going to have a smoke." Duan Yiheng suddenly stood up. "You guys take your time eating."

Lin Xi subconsciously got up to chase after him, but was stopped by Meng Huaishan: "You sit down, I'll go take a look."

"I'll go instead," Lin Xi said, genuinely worried.

"It's alright," Meng Huaishan said. "It's all my fault for speaking too quickly. It's my turn to go. You sit down."

Lin Xi pursed her lips and had no choice but to sit down, her eyes involuntarily glancing towards the door.

Liang Yutong noticed her anxiety, pressed down on the back of her hand, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Xi shook her head: "It's nothing."

Meng Huaishan found Duan Yiheng in the smoking room. Duan Yiheng looked up from the smoke and said:

"Don't change the subject, I have something to tell you."

Meng Huaishan sat down opposite him. Feeling guilty, he naturally agreed to everything, saying, "Tell me what it is, and I'll do it for you."

Duan Yiheng curled his lips: "I hope you will step in and terminate the adoption relationship between the Meng family and Lin Xi."

"What did you say?" Meng Huaishan wondered if he had misheard, and he didn't understand why Duan Yiheng would do this.