When the hotpot and dishes arrived, he raised his glass repeatedly, and with just a few words, had a group of girls laughing non-stop.
However, much to Xiaozhao's dismay, he wanted to talk more with that round-faced girl, hinted twice at wanting to add her on WeChat, but she didn't catch on.
But the round-faced girl curiously asked, "Oh right, you always say you're life-and-death friends with Lu Sisi's boyfriend, that Brother Yan, how did it become life-and-death?"
"It's really a life-and-death friendship, Brother Yan saved my life!" Xiaozhao recounted the event, putting away his smile, and said seriously, "I'm not joking, it's true."
The whole table fell silent, curiously looking at Xiaozhao, even Lu Sisi stopped speaking—this was a story Chen Yan hadn't shared with her, and she was curious too.
"It happened last year, I went to Jiangbei with Brother Yan, and on the way back, while taking the cross-river ferry, I fell into the river.
