Chapter 135
As noisy as it had been just moments ago, it was now just as quiet.
With Yan Beiyou present, both Ji Yunqi and Mo Ning switched to silent mode. Even if they were in a bad mood and chewed their food forcefully, they would receive a covert warning from a certain SSS-level Alpha.
Before long, the lively private room was left with nothing but the sound of everyone eating with exceptional caution.
Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng had no idea what had happened. Whenever everyone else was talking, they did not speak.
And when no one else was talking, they were even less likely to rashly open their mouths.
When Ye Nanxun ate alone with Yan Beiyou, they would occasionally chat. But surrounded by so many people, he too switched into focused eating mode.
Whenever Yan Beiyou put food on Ye Nanxun's plate, Ye Nanxun would imitate the Alpha and place food on the Alpha's plate as well—the Alpha who had specifically disguised himself to come eat with him.
Lunch ended quickly. With matters weighing on everyone's minds, they set down their bowls and chopsticks early.
It was Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng's first time entering the Imperial Palace, and their first time tasting the cooking of its chefs.
Though neither of them had had their fill, seeing everyone else set down their chopsticks, they could only reluctantly put down theirs as well.
"You're Xiao Xun's students?" Yan Beiyou suddenly asked.
During the meal, the natural, intimate interactions between Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun had made it obvious to anyone with functioning eyes that their relationship was anything but ordinary.
Thinking of how Ye Nanxun had just said he had started dating someone, Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng immediately realized that this powerful, handsome Alpha was their teacher's