Locking away my heart and love! Going back to 2000 to be a top student again.

"..." Xu Su remained silent.

So, besides calling him "brother," what else did she do to Zhou Mochen?

However, Shen Chen's words made sense. Fortunately, she didn't have the bad habit of indiscriminately harassing people when she was drunk, otherwise...

Otherwise, what if Zhou Mochen caught her hugging another man and calling him "brother"...

Xu Su shuddered; that person must be furious.

He wouldn't care whether she was drunk or not...

"But I really didn't expect you two to get along like that on a daily basis,"

Shen Chen interrupted her thoughts, smiling knowingly as he said, "You're quite capable. You're the only one I've seen who's managed to push Brother Zhou to that level over the years."

Xu Su pursed her lips and remained silent, the tips of her ears turning a subtle red...

By piecing together fragmented memories, she could roughly guess what she had done last night…

She buried her head in her food and ignored the teasing from the person opposite her.

The phone screen on the table lit up from time to time. Xu Su glanced at it and saw that it was a message from the elite group.

In two days it will be the time for the Qingxuan Sect's offline gathering. The hotel for the dinner has been booked, and Liuyun is counting the number of people who will definitely come.

Xu Su quickly signed up.

Those in Beijing will undoubtedly attend, but it's a bit more complicated for those from other provinces. However, there are only two days left, so their attendance is certain.

There's also Jessica, who's currently abroad. She posted a picture of a plane ticket for tomorrow, with Shanghai as her destination. She needs to go home first before coming to Beijing for the gathering, confirming that she's a member from another province who will be attending.

The elite group doesn't have many members to begin with, and this gathering was organized more than a month in advance, so the statistics were collected very quickly.

After the statistics were completed, Liu Yun posted the data in the group: "[The confirmed attendance for this gathering is 23 people. Below is the list of members. Please check it against yourselves, and if there are any omissions, please message me privately.]"

Below are the member IDs of Yipai. Xu Su glanced at them and saw her name listed.

Sika: [Should we split the bill now, or wait until after the dinner and split it according to the bill?]

Nanyang: [Our gang's meals are always paid for by the boss personally, so members don't need to split the bill. Xiao Xika, just showing up is enough.]

The group members were very accommodating, and one by one they started sending out emojis like "Boss is so generous," "Thank you, boss," "Please take care of me, boss," and "Does the boss need leg hair?"

Xu Su also joined in the fun, creating her own meme.

Having spent a lot of time chatting in the group, she had collected quite a few emojis. She picked out an adorable emoji of a cat holding up a sign that said "Thank you, boss" and sent it out.

"Playing on your phone while eating?" Shen Chen tapped the table lightly with his fingertips. "Xu Su, that's not a good habit of yours."

Xu Su said "oh," and ate a few mouthfuls of rice. Before long, Shen Chen's phone rang...

She raised an eyebrow and mimicked his sarcastic tone: "Is it a good habit to answer the phone while eating?"

Shen Chen paused slightly in his hand holding the phone, looking at her with a sense of helplessness.

Xu Su quickly waved her hand: "Never mind, never mind, I was just joking, I didn't mean to stop you from answering the phone."

While Shen Chen was on the phone, Xu Su glanced at the group chat again.

Sika suggested that since they had come all this way, they didn't want to just have a meal and then leave, and requested that some entertainment activities be organized for team building.

This topic has been discussed before, but the response was not very enthusiastic, so it was dropped.

When Sika brought it up again, only a handful of people responded.

The suggestions they gave were mostly about going to karaoke and drinking.

Liu Yun said that karaoke is an existing project, and after dinner, it's natural to go to karaoke. Besides, karaoke doesn't really count as team building.

So, someone suggested going camping or hiking, but this was rejected by the majority.

Xika tagged Xu Su, asking her if she had any good ideas.

Xu Su said she was open to whatever came her way and was fine with anything.

Her laid-back response naturally displeased Jessica, who muttered something, but Xu Su didn't see it.

After Shen Chen finished the call, afraid of being lectured again, she locked her phone screen and focused on eating.

After drinking a bowl of the ginseng and old duck soup that Shen Chen highly recommended, Xu Su felt that she was about 80% full and decided not to eat anymore.

Even the most delicious food shouldn't be eaten too much. She took her phone to the restroom and checked the group chat to see where they had decided to go.

The service here is quite good. Each private room is equipped with two independent service staff. Xu Su was led to the restroom by a female waitress. Not wanting to keep her waiting at the door, she told her to go about her business.

On the way back after washing her hands, Xu Su felt like she had forgotten something. It wasn't until she was almost at the door of the private room that she realized her hands were empty and she didn't know where her phone was.

She must have left it on the sink. Xu Su hurried back. Not much time had passed, and when she got back, the sink was empty.

Xu Su checked the phone thoroughly and finally confirmed that someone had picked it up.

I really can't believe it. Isn't this supposed to be a high-end place? How could a phone disappear in less than ten minutes after being left unattended?

Just then, a male waiter walked by, and Xu Su called out to him, "Excuse me, I lost my phone, it was on this counter."

She wondered if the waiter had helped put it away.

After saying "Please wait a moment," the male waiter picked up the walkie-talkie at his waist and began asking his colleague questions.

Sure enough, a waitress quickly replied on the walkie-talkie: "A customer found a cell phone on the sink in the restroom five minutes ago. He said that if the owner comes to ask, he can come to the Lingyun Pavilion private room to get it back."

Xu Su breathed a sigh of relief; the time and place matched up...

She was really puzzled. Why didn't they just give the phone to the waiter? Why did they insist that she go to him to retrieve her lost item?

Should she thank me in person?

But for anyone who comes here to eat, a word of thanks is always welcome…

Despite her confusion, Xu Su still needed to retrieve her phone. She asked, "Which way is the Lingyun Pavilion private room?"

The waiter bowed slightly and pointed in a direction: "Please follow me."

The private restaurant wasn't very big. In less than three minutes, the male waiter who had led the way stopped, and Xu Su saw the golden plaque above the door of the private room with the three characters 'Lingyun Pavilion' carved on it.

This place was less than ten meters away from her and Shen Chen's private room.

"Please wait a moment," the waiter said, knocking on the door of the private room. It seemed to be quite noisy inside, so no one answered. The waiter wasn't expecting a reply from the customer, but rather that his colleague standing in the corner behind the door could hear him.

The door was quickly opened from the inside. The two waiters exchanged a few words, and the waitress inside nodded slightly to Xu Su before turning and walking towards the table.

Through the half-open door, Xu Su saw a somewhat familiar-looking man sitting in the main seat.

They look familiar, but we've only met once and never even spoken.