Inside the dessert shop, the once-quiet corner became exceptionally lively with everyone's arrival.
The servers swiftly moved tables and chairs, combining scattered single seats into a long table suitable for a gathering. The crisp clinking of cups and plates mingled with everyone's laughter and chatter, creating an especially harmonious atmosphere.
"Na'er, come have dinner with us later?" Xu Xiaoyan scooped up a spoonful of cream cake and put it into her mouth. Its delicate sweetness spread across her tongue, and a satisfied, blissful expression appeared on her face. She then turned to Gu Yuena and warmly extended the invitation.
"Sure." Gu Yuena returned a faint smile, her tone gentle as she agreed without the slightest hesitation. Her gaze swept across the people at the table before finally settling on Nan Fusheng, carrying an imperceptible warmth.
Nan Fusheng sat nearby, his gaze resting on Lan Fozi beside him. She had her head lowered, hands clasped in her lap, her eyes unfocused as though her mind had drifted far away.
He reached out and lightly patted her shoulder, teasing, "Hey, weren't you the one who insisted on coming? Why have you been spacing out the whole way? Now that you've met the real person, aren't you going to go say hello?"
"Huh?"
Lan Fozi was startled awake by the sudden pat, and her unfocused eyes immediately sharpened. She had already been unsettled by the many women surrounding Nan Fusheng along the way, and now that she snapped back to herself, a faint flush rose to her cheeks.
Her gaze first darted between Gu Yuena and Kiana—the former cool and dignified, the latter lively and radiant. Though the two silver-haired, violet-eyed beauties had entirely different temperaments, both gave off an aura that made others hesitate to approach them casually.
Then she looked helplessly