The atmosphere of the dinner turned out to be more awkward than the two ladies thought.

As it turned out, Rong Yi was also someone not fond of talking. He was very quiet.

That was a shared quality between him and Nan Chen.

Unfortunately, the only similarity between the two men made it even more challenging for them to get along with each other.

Ning Ran had pulled many strings to get the two of them together for a meal. Seeing that her plan was about to fail, she began to panic.

“Ahem.” Ning Ran cleared her throat and raised her glass somewhat awkwardly. “Let's raise a toast! It's a rare opportunity for all of us to gather together.”

Yet, neither Nan Chen nor Rong Yi budged. Both parties were waiting for the other person to make the first move, for neither of them wanted to drink with the other person.

To lighten the mood, Rong Rong raised her glass to play along. “That's right. It's rare that we gather together. Let's make a toast! Until now, I still remember the time Ran had stood up for me against the delinquents back in Livingsfill.”

Rong Rong was hinting to Rong Yi that Ning Ran was her friend. In other words, Rong Rong was expecting Rong Yi to save Ning Ran some face despite his hostility toward Nan Chen.

As a well-mannered man, Rong Yi caught onto Rong Rong's hint quickly and reluctantly raised his glass.

Seeing that Rong Yi had raised his glass, Nan Chen followed suit. The four of them clinked their glasses before taking a sip respectively.

However, the room fell back into a heavy silence after the toast.

Unhappy with the progression of the meeting, Ning Ran tried to turn things around. Even if she failed in the end, she could tell herself that she had at least tried.

“Mr. Rong, there are a few things I would like to say. If I say anything wrong, please forgive me,” Ning Ran said with a polite smile.

Rong Yi nodded courteously. “Go ahead, Ms. Ning. I'm not easily offended.”

deep breaths to calm herself, Ning Ran thought over her words carefully. “Firstly, I would like to express my sympathy toward the unfortunate incident that had befallen Rong Jilin. Even though he initially was the one who insulted me on Weibo, I assure you that we

“we” that Ning Ran mentioned included Nan Chen and the

lower his head in front of the Rong family over this incident. Thus, she did not even mention Nan Chen's family name in her clarification but

up the subject.

to bring up the matter was the

did not like that. There was nothing wrong in admitting defeat, but there was no

Chen held his tongue to save Ning Ran the humiliation. If it were anyone else, he would have probably shut them down

respond immediately but mulled over it in silence for a brief moment. “When you said 'we,' Ms. Ning, were you including

thinking about how he should react. He did not expect Rong Yi

or rather, the two families. Nan Chen should be dealing with the issue at hand

Corporation or me. Therefore, I

getting from bad to worse. Nan Chen was too domineering. It was impossible for him to remain gentle after being called out by Rong Yi.

Moreover, the Rong family had revealed the spy that was hiding in

the troubles that Nanshi Corporation was facing at the moment were all Rong Yi's doing, and the troubles were unfortunately

were to provide an explanation under this circumstance, it would no doubt be considered as him waving the white flag. It would be as though he was saying,

Chen

had been resolved and Nan Chen was not at the losing end, perhaps he would have been

many people

getting increasingly tense. Frozen in place, Ning Ran wanted to

by the desire to resolve them.

two are being unfair to Ran!” All of a sudden, Rong Rong spoke up. “Ran had asked you guys here so that everyone would place harmony above everything else and clear up the misunderstanding, not for you two to banter with each other and leave the two of us to suffocate in awkwardness. Don't you think that you're putting Ran and me to shame by acting in this manner? No matter what, we come from a good place of wanting to resolve the issue.

Rong Rong was young, her speech was confident and powerful.

you two want to act all high and mighty, you can do so elsewhere. I've invited everyone out for dinner out of good intentions so that you two have a chance to communicate with each other, yet you left no

Mr. Nan. Mr. Nan, are you really not going to give any explanation for the fact that my brother has been severely injured?” Rong Yi

You can take it however you want,” Nan

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