Let her have the seat, let her sit next to Ning Shiyu?
That'd be humiliating.
"Manager Ye." Lin Nuan smiled indifferently. "I don't need you to vacate a spot for me, just take good care of President Ning."
The man beside her was quick-witted, and casually pulled out the chair in front of Lin Nuan: "President Lin, then please sit here."
"Thank you, President Xu." Lin Nuan took off her jacket and handed it to the waiter, sitting down as if nothing had happened.
There was an empty seat between her and Ning Shiyu, which the man surnamed Xu took for himself.
Once everyone had arrived, the other party's words were all flattery directed at her and Ning Shiyu.
Lin Nuan wasn't used to it, so she just smiled perfunctorily, giving nothing away.
After picking up a couple pieces of vegetables, her peripheral vision glanced at Ning Shiyu—Ye Ke was helping him with food, urging him to drink less, exactly as Lin Nuan had instructed. She took care of him down to the last detail.
"President Ning, Miss Ye is not only gentle and gracious, but she also knows how to take care of people. You're lucky indeed." Lifting his wine glass, the man continued: "Here's to you, President Ning, may we soon toast at your wedding banquet."
Ning Shiyu raised his glass and took a small sip, accepting the blessings.
Lin Nuan let out a quiet laugh, remembering what Su Linfei had said: "You don't even get a wedding. What kind of Mrs. Ning do you think you are?"
"Shiyu, your stomach isn't good, don't drink too much." Ye Ke grew even gentler.
At this dinner table, her legal husband sat next to someone else, being cared for, receiving others' congratulations about him and another woman.
Lin Nuan felt like a joke.
Ever since she stepped into the Ning family at 13, he held her in contempt, exhausting himself to trample her.
"President Lin, forgive me for asking, but you're so young—are you still single?" the man surnamed Xu asked, holding his wine glass.
Lin Nuan snapped back to attention, picked up her glass and smiled politely: "President Xu, are you trying to set me up? If you know someone suitable, feel free to keep an eye out for me."
After speaking, Lin Nuan downed more than half a glass of red wine in one go.
Everyone at the table stared in shock.
President Lin really knows how to give face. No one asked her to drink, but she's drinking so heartily. Truly a heroine among women.
"President Lin, your drinking leaves me honored and flustered. Don't worry, I, Xu He, will do my utmost to find you the perfect match." Xu He said, then drained his glass, which was more than eight-tenths full.
If Ning Shiyu didn't already have a beauty by his side, Xu He thought those two would be a good match. If he himself wasn't married, a chance meeting with someone like Lin Nuan would be wonderful beyond words.
"Someone as formidable as President Lin—who would dare want her?" Ning Shiyu spoke coldly.
This woman, asking someone to introduce her to a boyfriend right in front of him.
Am I dead to her? Or is the one on her computer not enough for her amusement?
"President Ning makes a good point. President Lin is a dragon among men—or women, rather. Finding someone to match her won't be easy." The man surnamed Xu agreed.
These people in business are slick-tongued, masters at playing any side.
Lin Nuan snorted, blatantly ignoring Ning Shiyu: "President Xu, you flatter me."
But since Lin Nuan drank so readily, everyone began to toast her.
Whether her mind was weighed down or something else, she accepted them all. After a few drinks, her stomach churned, and she furrowed her brow.
"President Lin, with your addition to Ning Group, the company will surely soar. I drink to you."
Lin Nuan stared at the wine in her glass, suddenly wanting to slap herself twice.
What the hell is this? Why give herself more grief for no reason, drinking this damned wine?