she said she had no choice

shi yan had just walked over, but before she could speak, song meilian said,”Shi Yan, you’re here. Come and sit. you don’t seem to be in good spirits. are you not feeling well?”

as she spoke, she pulled jiang rui closer to her, trying to make space for shi yan.

however, jiang rui left the space between the two of them empty for shi yan to sit in the middle.

Jiang Rui was already very apologetic to song Meilian when she agreed to let that girl appear at their gathering. although song meilian looked like she didn’t care, she knew that song meilian couldn’t possibly not care.

song meilian and yan were more familiar with each other. at this time, yan was more suitable to sit next to song meilian.

Hearing song Meilian’s question, Shi Yan’s expression was unnatural for a moment, but she quickly recovered and sat down with a smile.

“no, it’s just that i didn’t rest well since i went out early in the morning to take a plane.”

“Why didn’t you go out to play?” she was asking why song meilian didn’t go out with jing xuan during the holiday.

as she spoke, shi yan glanced at the girl sitting on the other side of jing xuan.

She looked to be a few years older than them, about 22 or 23 years old. She looked very obedient, not in the same style as song Meilian.

song meilian was a cold goddess, and the girl looked like the sister next door.

Seeing that Shi Yan was looking at her, the girl smiled and nodded at her, looking cute and obedient. he really didn’t look like someone who would force a threesome on someone who didn’t like him.

Shi Yan glanced at her and then turned to Jing Xuan, who was sitting in the middle.

as an outsider, it wasn’t appropriate for her to interfere in other people’s private affairs. but if jing xuan, the person involved, allowed a girl who was interested in him to stay by his side and make song meilian unhappy, shi yan would still have a prejudice against him.

there was no other reason. song meilian was her friend.

however, seeing jing xuan’s frighteningly dark face, which seemed to be angrier than song meilian, shi yan looked away from him.

” no, jing xuan has been busy with something recently. we plan to go out in a few days. ”

he then asked her and jiang che what they were planning to do next, whether they would stay in haicheng to rest or go out. shi yan said that she would decide in two days.

After chatting for a while.

Jing Xuan didn’t interrupt the whole time, and the girl also sat on the side obediently without disturbing him.

Shi Yan found out the girl’s name during the chat.

On the MU planet.

Among the people invited by Jiang Rui were a few daughters of Haicheng’s influential families whom Shi Yan had never met before. One of them knew mu Xingxing and had just called her name.

“yan, do you want some wine? the red wine on the table was sent over by big brother han. he said it was a new product from the winery.” jiang rui said.

There was quite a lot of wine on the table. Some were already opened, and some were not.

there was indeed a faint wine fragrance.

Shi Yan wanted to say that she wouldn’t drink tonight, but she saw song Meilian pick up a glass and start pouring wine.”drink some. i just drank a few glasses of this wine. it’s not strong, so it won’t get you drunk easily.”

Shi Yan could tell that song Meilian wanted to drink it herself.

“then let’s drink two cups.” “I’ll pour it.” Song Meilian took the wine from her hand.

“Are you drinking? they’re having a big game over there, and i don’t have a good tolerance for alcohol, so i don’t dare to join in on the fun. but it’s really boring to just sit here.”

as soon as mu xingxing spoke, several people looked at her.

including jing xuan.

jing xuan frowned hard.

Mu Xingxing was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said,”why are you all looking at me like that?” Is there something on my face? Or … Or do you guys not want to play with me?”

towards the end of her sentence, her tone sounded a little aggrieved.

it wasn’t pretentious, it was purely aggrieved and a little pitiful.

it was easy to make people pity him.

of course, shi yan was definitely not one of the people who would take pity on her.

When Shi Yan was ruthless, even she herself felt that she was ruthless. She had never had any sympathy for unimportant people.

No one paid attention to mu Xingxing, and the atmosphere froze for a moment.

jiang rui laughed in her heart and put on a fake smile.”how could this be? seeing how well-behaved miss mu is, i thought you didn’t know how to drink. i’ve neglected you.”

it was really difficult for her to be the host!

she really wanted to curse at someone who had sneaked into a private meeting she did not know.

that’s right, jiang rui didn’t know mu xing, even though mu xing was from a certain family in haicheng.

The MU family was barely qualified to be in their circle, and mu Xingxing was usually not qualified to move around in their circle.

He didn’t know where she had befriended the young miss of the Xie family in the capital.

speaking of the eldest daughter of the xie family in the capital, jiang rui had never heard of her before. she was only giving the xie family face.

who asked the xie family to have such a powerful head?

Her brother had mentioned Xie Heng to her before. He was a powerful figure comparable to her fifth uncle. Her brother had also warned her not to offend the Xie family if possible.

“i’ll give miss mu a toast as an apology.”

“Young miss Jiang, you’re too kind.” mu xingxing took the wine from jiang rui and raised his glass to her with a smile. he seemed to want to clink glasses with her, but found that he was a little far away.

He looked at Jing Xuan and said,”I’m sorry, young master Jing. Can I change seats with you?” I want to play with miss Jiang and the other girls, so I’m sitting a little far from here.”

jing xuan’s face darkened a little more. apparently, he didn’t want to give her the seat. he couldn’t bear it anymore and was about to explode.

Song Meilian touched his hand.

He looked at song Meilian.

after looking at each other for a few seconds, or rather, jing xuan stared at song meilian for a few seconds, he got up and left, going to where jiang cheng and the others were.

Mu Xingxing sat down.

after jing xuan left, she was sitting next to song meilian.

“I’m sorry, miss song, for chasing your boyfriend away. but then again, your relationship with your boyfriend is really good. he couldn’t bear to leave you for the whole night.”

mu xingxing smiled when she saw the three of them looking at her, ” I know you have misunderstood me. I think I need to explain myself.

I am indeed the fiancée that Madam Jing has chosen for master Jing, but it was just a joke. How can you take it seriously? ”

“Besides, I’ve heard a thing or two about who the head of family Jing is even if I don’t pay attention to the business world. But our Mu family is just a small family, and I don’t dare to disobey Madam Jing’s will, so …”

“I’m sorry, miss song. I really didn’t mean to come here tonight to make you unhappy. I had no choice. I’ll toast this cup of wine to you as an apology to Qianqian. I’ll punish myself with three cups to show my sincerity.”

song meilian watched her drink three glasses of wine in a row.

he didn’t speak.

She didn’t know if he believed her.

shi yan and jiang rui didn’t say anything either. they spun their wine glasses in their hands and watched quietly.

After drinking three glasses of wine in one go, mu Xingxing hesitated and said, ” “looks like miss song hasn’t vented her anger, then i’ll punish myself with three more cups of tea.”

“No need,”

song meilian finally spoke.

“although the wine is not strong, it’s easy to get drunk if you drink like miss mu. we’re just drinking and chatting, not getting drunk.”

She gently knocked on the glass,”there’s just one thing I don’t understand, Yingluo.”