Li Wang walked over with Zhao Qiuluo and glanced at Jiang Linyuan, who was sitting across from them.
"Sorry, could you move? We have some things we'd like to talk to Xia Tao about."
Jiang Linyuan looked across at Xia Tao.
She was blinking frantically, so hard her eyelids looked ready to take flight!
Handsome guy! Don't go! Don't leave me alone to face this hell!
"Why should he leave? Are you still afraid of being embarrassed at this point? There are already so many people watching. What difference does it make where we sit?"
Zhao Qiuluo sat down beside Jiang Linyuan without the slightest hesitation.
Li Wang glanced around the shop. Ever since he and Zhao Qiuluo had come in, the tension between them had naturally drawn the attention of many customers.
"Fair enough..."
He sighed and sat down beside Xia Tao.
Wait, that's the wrong seat! Why was Li Wang sitting next to me?
Why were the two of them sitting across from each other like a couple?!
Xia Tao shrank inward, deliberately putting some distance between herself and Li Wang. She timidly said,
"I, um, need to use the re—"
"Xia Tao, if you leave, the two of us will only argue even more. Please help me out."
Li Wang looked at her and sighed helplessly.
"Xia Tao isn't the problem. You are, Li Wang!"
Zhao Qiuluo stared at Li Wang and scoffed.
"Xia Tao and I just grew up together. We're purely friends."
Li Wang explained earnestly.
"Right, right. Senior Zhao, Li Wang and I really don't have anything going on. We're just ordinary friends."
Xia Tao hurried to make her position clear. Cut ties! Cut them off completely!
There had never been anything between her and Li Wang, not even a period of mutual attraction.