That evening.
Inside a KTV private room.
The moment Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping saw each other, they both turned to leave. No matter how Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling tried to stop them, neither showed any intention of staying.
"Xiao Ran, let go!" Dong Xuebin barked.
Xie Ran grabbed him. "Brother-in-law, what are you doing?!"
"What do you mean, what am I doing?" Dong Xuebin said. "So you were just keeping me in the dark?"
Xie Ran said awkwardly, "I didn't lie to you. Today really is Xiao Ling's Lunar Calendar birthday."
"You said the people coming were all Xiao Ling's friends." Dong Xuebin pointed at Fang Wenping. "What's with her? You know she and I don't get along, yet you still dragged me here? There are only four of us, and you call this a birthday party? So you tricked me into coming, huh? Nice one, Xiao Ran! You even fooled me!"
"Brother-in-law, that's not it!" Xie Ran said anxiously.
"I don't care what you were planning. I've got things to do back home!"
"It's Xiao Ling's birthday. Can't you at least give her that much face?" Xie Ran said.
Dong Xuebin glared at him irritably. "That's just how I am. Nobody's face means a damn thing to me!"
While Xie Ran tried to persuade Dong Xuebin near the door, Fang Shuiling was tugging at Fang Wenping on the sofa.
"Little Aunt! You spend my birthday with me every year!" Fang Shuiling refused to let go, clutching her stubbornly.
Fang Wenping gave her a dark look. "Our family celebrates birthdays by the Solar Calendar. Since when did we ever celebrate them by the Lunar Calendar? I was already wondering when you asked me to come. I thought, why would your birthday be today? I'm not senile enough to