Blossoming Flowers

Jiang Yingyue dared not look at Zhou Yan as he walked by; she was behaving like a little mouse looking at a massive cat. All four of them were aware of her trying her very best to not be noticed, and no one said anything about it.

Zhou Yan moved to the booth next to Han Qingshan's, and he sat down, his face still completely black. Lin Qiang started regretting inviting him to this party, and even more so when the guests started coming towards their booths.

Many of the guests were shocked that both Han Qingshan and Zhou Yan were appearing at the same place at the same time, and many wanted to discuss business with them both, or at least get some better relationship with them for the sake of their families in the future.

Many of the women felt that although Han Qingshan was attractive, Zhou Yan was not worse. He was the complete opposite of Han Qingshan, but he was still so attractive in the eyes of the women; his cool and cold aura was enough to make them interested.

So when he sat down, and Lin Qiang was about to finally gather his courage to speak with Zhou Yan, the timid voice of a woman sounded next to them, "Excuse me, I am Liu Lihua, I saw you entering earlier, and wish to offer a toast to you." She had gathered all the courage she had as she stepped towards them and raised her glass, but then she realized that neither Zhou Yan nor Lin Qiang had a glass of wine yet.

Her face was instantly flushed red in embarrassment. She had been too fast in moving, but to her surprise, Zhou Yan looked at her with his cold eyes and considered it.

"Lin Qiang, get us something to drink so that we can toast with this young woman," he ordered, and Lin Qiang, who was completely puzzled by his master's order, nodded his head before he headed to the bar and fetched a bottle of wine alongside two glasses.

When he returned to the booth, he found that the woman, Liu Lihua, was seated next to Zhou Yan. Her face was red; she was clearly drunk, and she was almost leaning against him. Her face was flushed, her eyes betraying the greed she felt when looking at the handsome young man.

He also faintly heard their conversation.

"So you are telling me that Han Qingshan is interested in this commoner because of guilt?" he asked in a friendly manner, and Lin Qiang suddenly understood what was going on.

His master had invited her in so that she could spill all the gossip about Han Qingshan and Jiang Yingyue!

"That's right!" Liu Lihua nodded her head eagerly. "He accidentally hit him with a car, and since then he has felt guilty towards him. It is obvious that this commoner is abusing the feeling of guilt, even making gay rumors spread around about them."

Lin Qiang saw that Zhou Yan was angry. In fact, angry was too mild a word to use, but he dared not say anything, and just placed the glasses and the wine on the table.

The wine that had been in Liu Lihua's glass was already empty, and she greedily poured another glass of wine for herself when she saw the bottle that Lin Qiang left on the table.

"Young Master Yan, you are much more noble," she began slurring; her words were getting hard to understand. "You would never let such a poor and annoying person get close to you. It is lowering your value!"

Zhou Yan was at his limit. He could handle her trash-talking Han Qingshan, but of all people, she had to talk bad about Jiang Yingyue.

Seeing that his master was nearing his limit for what he could handle listening to, Lin Qiang stepped forward.

"Miss Liu, please leave the booth," he said politely. "We are going to discuss some private affairs, so I can only ask you to step out for a moment."

"No!" she exclaimed, her eyes widening like bronze bells, and her head shaking like a rattle-drum.

"I will not leave, you are just jealous of me!" The woman was completely losing her usual composure and was completely sure that Zhou Yan actually fancied her.

"Young Master Yan has yet to ask me to leave, who are you to step in? You are clearly jealous! Are you also a gay who wants to screw your own boss?"

Lin Qiang's face turned solemn the more she spoke, and her shrill shrieks were so loud that everyone could hear them.

In the booth next door, Jiang Yingyue had been drinking some juice while looking at Han Qingshan who was discussing the cooperation with Wang Feihong, but when she heard Liu Lihua's words, she almost choked on her drink.

Not just her, even Han Qingshan and Wang Feihong stopped their conversation, and Wang Feihong quickly excused himself. He had to fix this problem. Fast.

He quickly went to all of Liu Lihua's friends and managed to find a few who were willing to take her home.

Afterward, he rushed to the booth with Lin Qiang, Zhou Yan, and Liu Lihua.

"Miss Liu, please go home for the night," Wang Feihong said politely, but who would have thought that Liu Lihua was so stubborn? She just glared at Wang Feihong and moved closer to Zhou Yan.

Annoyed by the woman, Zhou Yan quickly left the booth and went for one opposite Han Qingshan and Jiang Yingyue instead.

Seeing that he had abandoned her, Liu Lihua felt indignant, and just as she was about to head over to him again, her friends came and simply dragged her out of the hall, while she kept screaming and yelling about them having to let her go.