On a summer evening, sitting down with a handful of good friends over skewers and drinks, talking about anything and everything — there was simply no better feeling.

Halfway through the meal Xu Ye put a hand to his forehead, moved his chair over next to Chen Qingqing's and rested his head on her shoulder, muttering, "I've drunk too much. I'm a bit dizzy."

He had barely finished before Chen Qingqing bestowed a dirty look on him, then pushed his head gently away with one hand and came straight back at him. "You've quite obviously been drinking Sprite. What's the act for?"

Seeing that his scheme had been seen through, Xu Ye simply turned shameless. "Just let me lean on you a minute."

"No. There are too many people."

"What does it matter how many people there are? We're in a proper relationship. It isn't as if we've come out to have an affair."

Hearing that, Chen Qingqing finally couldn't hold back and gave Xu Ye's thigh a hard pinch. Beside them, Pei Youwei stuck her thumb up. "Nicely done. That's exactly how you have to handle men."

Xu Ye was lost for words. "Boss, going on like that, you'll never get married off."

"Not getting married off suits me fine. Then I earn my own money and spend my own money, and go traveling wherever I like and enjoy myself."

"…"

The several of them were talking away happily.

Not far off.

Gu Mengyao's high school best friend Liu Qian had run into Xu Ye by chance once again — and seeing Xu Ye sitting with three girls, she once again took out her phone and started filming on the sly.

Jiangzhou was a small city. Nothing was more ordinary than classmates running into each other out on the street.

But this time Xu Ye didn't spot Liu Qian at all. He was completely absorbed in the conversation.

Once Liu Qian had recorded two minutes of video she turned and left, and then sent Gu Mengyao a message. "Mengyao, I ran into Xu Ye on the street again just…