When Qi Chenyan brought Shi Xing back to the banquet, about an hour had passed. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening and the banquet was nearing its end.

Only a few playful people remained.

And for them, this time seems to have just begun.

Qi Chenyan was fed up with Lu Li's endless phone calls, so he came down with Shi Xing.

The hotel garden at this moment is completely different from before. The elders are gone, only some second-generation rich people are left.

The music also changed, from the previous elegant music to the most exciting music in the bar, with people dancing in the middle.

Someone moved a few sofas into the corner of the garden, and Lu Li and his group gathered there to play, both men and women.

Shi Xing doesn’t even recognize him.

Except Lu Li.

But this group of people obviously knew Qi Chenyan, and they started to make a fuss when they saw them.

He called her "Third Brother Qi" and Shi Xing "Sister-in-law".

Someone laughed and said, "Hey, where did Brother Qi San and his wife go? They haven't been seen for over an hour. They're too clingy."

"Sister-in-law even changed her clothes."

"Brother Qi, aren't you too anxious?"

Everyone looked at them with curious eyes, as if they knew everything that had happened to them before.

They probably all take such things lightly and joke about them casually.

But Shi Xing rarely experienced such teasing, and felt a little uncomfortable, with his cheeks slightly red.

Lu Li was sitting in the middle of a group of people. He followed the noise and looked up at them with a smile. When he saw Shi Xing standing next to Qi Chenyan, his eyes flashed slightly.

Compared with her previous dresses, Shi Xing's current outfit is simpler and more comfortable.

She wore a simple light blue dress and light casual shoes, and her makeup was removed, leaving her clean and tidy. Without her previous glamour, she didn't look ugly at all, but seemed even prettier. She was so pure that she could drip water.

Lu Li also curled his lips and said softly, "Tsk, that dress my sister was wearing just now was quite pretty. Why did you change it?"

"What are you yelling about?"

Qi Chenyan looked at him with dissatisfaction.

She was obviously very unhappy about him calling Shi Xing "sister".

Lu Li leaned against the sofa and smiled nonchalantly: "You are my younger brother, so it is not wrong for me to call my wife my sister, right?"

Qi Chenyan scoffed, "Do you act like a brother?"

Lu Li kicked the person next to him and said, "Move aside. Didn't you offer your seat to your Third Brother Qi and his wife when they arrived?"

The people around him hurriedly stood up and made way. Lu Li looked at them again: "Come on, is this okay? Do you act like a brother now?"

Qi Chenyan was too lazy to pay attention and took Shi Xing over to sit down. "Would you like something to eat?"

In order to wear the dress, Shi Xing didn't eat much at night. When she was in the room, Qi Chenyan ordered a meal for her, but she said she couldn't eat anymore after just a few bites.

At this moment, he also shook his head and said, "I just need something to drink."

Qi Chenyan frowned slightly, "You haven't eaten much all day today, how about I ask the waiter to bring over a piece of cake?"

"Ok."

Shi Xing didn't refuse anymore. If she didn't eat anything, he would be worried.

Lu Li sat beside them, playing with a lighter in his hand, watching them with interest.

Then he chuckled: "Xiao San has really grown up."

As he said that, he handed over a cigarette.

Qi Chenyan had just ordered from the waiter next to him, then glanced at the cigarette in his hand and said, "I've quit."

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and clicked his tongue twice, "Not bad."

He simply gave up smoking and threw the cigarette back on the coffee table.

The group of people around have started playing again, rolling the dice and guessing the size.

Lu Li did not participate at this moment and asked them to sit further away. He asked Qi Chenyan to come down because he had something to say to Qi Chenyan.

Shi Xing didn’t know those people, let alone play with them, so she just sat next to Qi Chenyan and ate cake obediently.

Lu Li didn't get down to business right away, but chatted casually for a few words. While he was talking, his eyes kept looking at Shi Xing uncontrollably.

The eyebrows moved slightly.

Why is this girl so well behaved?

Qi Chenyan seemed to have noticed something, his eyes darkened, and he called him, "Lu Li."

Lu Li was startled and looked at him.

Qi Chenyan curved his lips, his curve a little cold: "Does it look good?"

"..."

Lu Li's eyes flickered, and Qi Chenyan said coldly: "My wife."

Shi Xing looked at them, not understanding what Qi Chenyan meant by these two words without a beginning or an end.

Lu Li was a little embarrassed and cleared his throat: "Who doesn't know that she is your wife?"

What are you proud of?

Qi Chenyan's expression was cold, "You'd better know."

Shi Xing blinked and felt even more puzzled.

She couldn't help but ask, "What are you talking about?"

Qi Chenyan turned to look at her with a helpless look in his eyes, and touched her head: "It's nothing, just eat obediently."

"Oh."

Shi Xing felt that it was inconvenient for him to say, so he didn't ask any more questions and continued to eat his cake.

Then she picked up the juice that Qi Chenyan ordered for her and took two sips.

After drinking it, I frowned. It was sweet, but it seemed to have a taste of alcohol.

Shi Xing took another sip. It did taste like alcohol, but it was sour and sweet and very delicious.

Knowing it was probably a cocktail, she didn't pay much attention and took another sip before putting it down.

Over there, Lu Li leaned against the sofa with his eyes lowered for a few seconds, crossed his legs, and said to Qi Chenyan, "Alright, let's get down to business."

Qi Chenyan looked at him.

Lu Li sighed: "You asked me to check before, whether An Mingyi had been to Country Z during those few days, and his whereabouts after he came. I checked it all."

He fiddled with his lighter and said lightly, "It's just as you expected. An Mingyi was here."

Qi Chenyan's eyes darkened: "So that night, he went to the Ronghao Hotel?"

Lu Li nodded.

Qi Chenyan's heart sank.

He really guessed it right.

Shi Xing bit the cake spoon. When she heard Lu Li's words, she thought of An Ran's previous conversation with her.

"Aren't you also An Mingyu's daughter?"

"What if I'm not?"

Shi Xing's eyes flashed slightly, and she suddenly felt that if An Ran was not An Mingyu's daughter, then she might not be An Mingyi's daughter either?

But would An Mingyi, such a smart person, be deceived by An Ran?

He couldn't possibly not even do a DNA test, right?

However, since Lu Li was here, Shi Xing didn't say anything for the time being, and just listened quietly to the conversation between Lu Li and Qi Chenyan.

Lu Li told Qi Chenyan everything he had found out about An Mingyi's whereabouts during those few days. An Mingyi left with An Ran the morning after he checked into the Ronghao Hotel.

So, both An Mingyi and An Ran knew very well from the beginning to the end whose child An Ran was pregnant with.

Under such circumstances, she still tried every means to force Qi Chenyan to recognize the child, using An Qinghui as a knife to force him to marry An Ran.

I have to say, it was a good plan.

Qi Chenyan's expression was grim. Shi Xing suddenly rubbed his head and leaned into his arms, frowning and humming: "A Yan, I feel dizzy..."

Qi Chenyan was stunned for a moment, and then he smelled the sweet aroma of wine on her breath.

He looked at the coffee table and saw that she had drunk all his wine.

The wine was ordered for him by Lu Li. Needless to say, the alcohol content of the wine Lu Li ordered was very high. He himself hadn't even prepared to drink it, but she drank it all!

Qi Chenyan was speechless.

"Who told you to steal the wine?"

Shi Xing blinked, and pouted as if about to cry, "Why are you being so mean to me?"

"..."

Qi Chenyan couldn't do anything to her.

He picked her up and said to Lu Li, "I'll take her to rest first."

Turn around and leave.

Lu Li watched Qi Chenyan carrying Shi Xing away, and his brows tightened as he thought of the aggrieved look in the little girl's eyes just now.

He felt like something was really wrong with him.

Why is he so concerned about Qi Xiaosan’s wife?

Lu Li irritably picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Listening to the noisy laughter around him, he closed his eyes and kicked the coffee table, "Stop the fucking noise and be quiet."

Very annoying.

Almost instantly, the noise around them died down.

Lu Li took a few deep breaths.

Suddenly remembering something, he took out his cell phone and clicked on a photo Qi Chenyan had sent him before.

It was the woman he asked to investigate, An Ran.

Lu Li looked at the woman named An Ran in the photo, his eyes gradually darkening...

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