"Manager Chu, your place is really lively, with every beauty in our company toasting you. It's making us guys green with envy and jealousy. If this goes on, we'll be too envious to eat."

Behind Mo Xiaoran, Hao Jun held his wine glass, smiling mischievously as he spoke what was really on his mind in a joking tone. Although he tried to appear casual, he couldn't hide the tinge of bitterness in his voice.

Earlier, he had already embarrassed himself, and he felt the need to do something about it.

If he kept a silent and sullen face, the chairman and general manager would surely label him as petty, greatly lowering their impression of him, even though, in truth, that was quite accurate.

Thus, he decided to join Chu Ge for a drink, downplaying the earlier incident. This would not only showcase his magnanimity but also let him vent a little frustration.

Chu Ge had already downed several drinks in succession. Even drinking water would make him bloated, let alone beer. Hao Jun just couldn't believe that pouring one more glass for Chu Ge wouldn't cause him any discomfort, especially since Hao Jun intended to use liquor to toast him.

Seeing Hao Jun's beaming face and sensing the false friendliness hidden in his smile, Chu Ge smiled slightly, "Manager Hao, are you planning to push drinks on me?"

"Ha, what do you mean by pushing drinks? It's no fun if you put it that way, Manager Chu,"

Hao Jun laughed heartily, pretending to be generous, and picked up the bottle of 52-degree Jian Nan Chun from the table, filling up Chu Ge's glass with a glug, then filled his own glass as well.

"This is my first time sitting at the same table with Manager Chu for a meal. It's just us two men at the table. If we don't have a drink, it wouldn't be right. Manager Chu, don't say you'll drink when the beauties toast you, but won't show face to me, alright?"

Chu Ge rolled his eyes internally, thinking, who do you think you are? Comparing yourself to these beauties, don't you feel embarrassed? While you're cursing my ancestors in your heart, you're pretending to be close to me. Is this amusing to you?

With someone like you, with my earlier temperament, if I even glanced at you, it would be out of pity. Who do you think you are?

Of course, no matter how much Chu Ge looked down on Hao Jun, there's a saying that you don't hit a smiling face. In this setting, especially today being his and Qin Ruojing's big day as legal spouses, he didn't want to cause any friction and upset Qin Ruojing.

It's just a glass of wine; drink it, then get rid of this guy.

Chu Ge smiled, also raising his glass, "Manager Hao, you're joking. Let's have a drink."

Watching Chu Ge's smiling face, Qin Ruojing's lips subtly curved. This guy was really admirable today, rarely not being a buzzkill, huh? His politeness toward Hao Jun must be... for me, right?

Warmth filled Qin Ruojing's heart. After all, she understood Chu Ge's bad temper well, and for him to act this way today was truly remarkable.

Mo Xiaoran also let out a sigh of relief. The reason she hadn't immediately returned to her table was that she feared a conflict would arise between Hao Jun and Chu Ge. Seeing that both men seemed to be on good terms, she had nothing to worry about.

She had dined with Chu Ge more than once or twice, so she knew well that he could hold his liquor. Even downing several glasses in a row, adding another glass of liquor wouldn't be a problem.

Thinking this, as Mo Xiaoran prepared to step away, she suddenly felt something moving on her hand. Glancing sideways, her pupils immediately contracted in shock.

It was a hairy, dark spider, nearly the size of a ping-pong ball!

"Ah!"

Mo Xiaoran, afraid of such things since childhood, instinctively let out a scream and frantically shook her hand, flinging off the large spider that appeared out of nowhere. Simultaneously, the wine glass in her hand shattered with a "crash," landing right next to Hao Jun's foot.

The scream was as sudden as the spider's appearance, causing everyone in the room to pause, especially Hao Jun, who was about to toast with Chu Ge. He was startled, and his right hand holding the glass trembled, spilling the liquor.

"What happened, Xiaoran?" After a brief silence, Xia Feifei stood up and asked in a hurry.

"Nothing, nothing, there was just a spider." Mo Xiaoran blushed, involuntarily recalling that big cleaning event, apologetically explained and sneaked a glance at Chu Ge.

Upon seeing Chu Ge with a pained expression, looking down at something,

"Vice Minister Chu? Are you alright?"

In her anxiousness, Mo Xiaoran instinctively reverted to calling Chu Ge "Vice Minister Chu," as those were her happiest days.

With Mo Xiaoran's worried inquiry, everyone's attention turned to Chu Ge.

It turned out that when Hao Jun's hand trembled, most of the liquor in his glass spilled out. Unfortunately, it landed on Chu Ge's leg. Although most of it soaked the chair, his pants weren't completely spared, and ended up wet in one spot.

Hao Jun was the nearest, and he was the first to see what was happening there. Inside, he was delighted, with his eyes shining brightly with joy. If it weren't for considering the occasion, he would definitely burst into laughter.

Heaven knows, he really didn't mean to splash wine onto Chu Ge, even though he did want to do that very much, it was absolutely an accident.

Mo Xiaoran's yell, coupled with the glass that shattered at his feet, truly scared him to bits. His heartbeat still hasn't quite stabilized.

What a payback, wahahaha, it's truly retribution! Let you steal the limelight, let you be popular, struck by divine wrath, huh?

Chu Ge looked at his pants helplessly; he actually had the ability to dodge the glass of wine, but if in that split second he had abruptly retreated his body without getting a single drop on him, wouldn't the people in the room treat him like a monster?

From Chu Ge's subconscious desire to dodge, to consciously suppressing that thought, was merely a matter of an instant.

Many people can do the first part, but not many can actually dodge under these circumstances. Such people are considered experts in the eyes of ordinary people, and to not only think to dodge but actually dodge, and then immediately control oneself not to dodge, that's extremely rare.

Of course, outsiders simply couldn't see through this complexity. All they could see was Chu Ge being quite unlucky, with wine splashed on his pants, as most men led by Hao Jun were gloating over his misfortune.

However, within just a few seconds, the gloating expressions in their gazes were entirely replaced by extreme astonishment.

Not only others were astonished, even Chu Ge himself was.

Because the three women closest to him, upon realizing his pants were wet, immediately reacted instinctively, grabbing tissues without thinking, and coincidentally reaching towards the place where he was splashed.

Three delicate hands reached simultaneously towards the place on Chu Ge's pants that was splashed, belonging to Qin Ruojing, Luo Suyun, and Mo Xiaoran.

Until the three women's tissue-wrapped hands met together, they suddenly came to their senses, subconsciously exchanged glances, and simultaneously paused, and simultaneously withdrew their hands.

This time, everyone in the room was completely dumbfounded. The large private room was extraordinarily quiet, with only the sound of swallowing saliva echoing amidst the weird silence.

Aside from the three involved, Qin Ruojing, Luo Suyun, and Mo Xiaoran, others were seriously doubting their eyes.

Damn! What… is going on? Just now… it had to be an illusion, right?

Wine spilled on Chu Ge, and Mo Xiaoran actually was so nervous that she immediately reached out to try to wipe it off?

If it were just Mo Xiaoran, it could be explained since the wine on Chu Ge's pants was splashed there because of her, it barely makes sense. But the catch is, seriously… seriously three women all did the same action?

Among these, it even included… included the chairwoman of Tianjiao Group, Qin Ruojing?

In fact, even though almost everyone noticed the diamond rings on the ring fingers of Qin Ruojing and Chu Ge's left hands, even if they were sitting together, only a few women close to Chu Ge made any connection.

After all, those two diamond rings are not couple rings at all, they are completely different styles, moreover, in the eyes of this part of the people, Chu Ge is only the HR manager of Tianqing Company, whereas Qin Ruojing is the chairwoman of the entire Tianjiao Group. To say these two are a couple, or even engaged, or married, isn't that a joke?

Who could believe this? Who would dare believe this?

But judging from the scene just now, it seems… maybe… probably… perhaps… could it be that these two really have that kind of relationship?

Otherwise, why would Qin Ruojing react so quickly? Without hesitation, she reached her hand towards Chu Ge's pants?

But wait, but hold on, among these three women, there's Luo Suyun too, now what's going on?

Could it be that Chu Ge not only has that kind of relationship with the chairwoman but also has a fling with Luo Suyun?

Everyone was utterly confused and stunned, most people concluded after being dumbstruck, what happened must have been an illusion.

However, after a few more seconds, everyone had to accept the fact they could no longer deceive themselves into thinking – what happened just now wasn't an illusion, but truly happened right under everyone's noses.

Because after the three women's hands withdrew, Chu Ge inwardly gave a bitter smile, unable to express his awkwardness.

Under the gazes so astonished that words fail to describe, Chu Ge sweated, sweat pouring like a waterfall.

Qin Ruojing glanced at Chu Ge, then casually looked at Luo Suyun and Mo Xiaoran, before picking up her bag, turned her gaze towards the heavily perplexed Chu Ge, and calmly said: "Come out with me for a moment."

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