Li Rongxiu said the words, but his body did not move an inch. He merely wiped the corner of his mouth at leisure, set down his knife and fork, straightened his back and leaned back, crossed one leg over the other, and folded his hands over his knee, openly assuming the posture of someone watching a show.
Xin Mengmeng and the others also broke into ill-intentioned smiles.
Chi Junrui sensed trouble. Following everyone's gazes, he abruptly turned around and saw Shen Manyao, calm-faced and smiling faintly.
Chi Junrui hesitated for a moment before saying gently, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to rest properly at home?"
Shen Manyao gave Chi Junrui a half-smiling look, then slowly sized up Ji Weibai beside him. A strangely familiar scent seemed to rush toward her. The two women exchanged a discreet glance, and Shen Manyao smiled. "Who is this lady, Junrui? Aren't you going to introduce her to me?"
Chi Junrui felt uneasy, but he smiled as warmly as a spring breeze. "This is Teacher Ji Weibai. She is Junhao's English teacher. By the way, Manyao, you still haven't told me—why did you come here?"
"Oh." Shen Manyao gave a meaningful chuckle and pointed at Xin Mengmeng. "Miss Xin sent me a text and invited me out for dinner. I thought we were all classmates and hadn't seen each other in so long, so naturally I should come out and catch up."
Xin Mengmeng raised an eyebrow. She had not expected Shen Manyao not to mention the photographs at all, merely glossing over the matter with a few words.
Perhaps she did not consider Ji Weibai worth worrying about, or perhaps she did not want to quarrel with Chi Junrui in public and make a spectacle of herself.
Upon hearing Shen Manyao's