8 pm, at a certain buffet restaurant in the city.

"How goes your business in Shanghai?" I asked He Yi. When I looked at her, I noticed that her brow was pinched with fatigue. The constant travel definitely hadn’t been easy on her.

He Yi brushed away the tendrils of hair sticking to her forehead before shaking her head a little. "The contract is signed, and the management and the operations of our Shanghai branch are almost on the right track. Almost all the major problems are settled besides some minor changes in human resource."

I picked up a barbecue stick and pushed several pieces of barbecued meat to her plate with a small knife. Then, I smiled at her and said, "That’s good news. Now eat. You’ve grown thinner, you know…"

He Yi cupped her own cheeks and smiled brightly at me. "Have I really? I’ve always wanted to lose some weight. Did my dream actually come true?"

I rolled my eyes at her. "Being too thin is bad, you know. You’re just fine the way you are, not to mention that I love being able to feel your…"

Murong Mingyue abruptly crushed the crab claw in her mouth and glared at me. "No teasing Eve in front of me and Beiming Xue! Do that again and I’ll throw...