My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 444 - 025: Angry?

At ten past six in the evening, Ye Lingran set off from the studio, hailed a taxi, and went to the Moon River Restaurant. She originally didn’t want to go, after all, she wasn’t familiar with those present. But even if she didn’t go, she should at least greet them. It’s basic politeness and respect, so she thought she had to make the trip.

By the time she arrived at the restaurant, they were four minutes away from the agreed time of six-thirty. Ye Lingran was afraid they weren’t there yet, so she waited outside for five or six minutes before walking in. When the waiter approached, she just smiled and said she was looking for someone.

"Designer sister, here!" As she reached the middle of the restaurant, a familiar voice entered her ears. Ye Lingran looked over and saw Shan Dan smiling and waving at her.

Compared to this afternoon, the evening was obviously missing three people. Ye Lingran smiled as she walked over, seeing that there was only an empty seat beside Jiang Suie, so she had to sit there.

"Why don’t I see Mr. Guo and Miss Han here?" Ye Lingran looked around and found that the host of the gathering wasn’t present, couldn’t help but curiously ask with a smile.

"It’s like this, they received a call from the jewelry store on the way saying the rings they ordered were ready. They were asked to go check if there were any unsuitable parts for modification. So, they let us come ahead and convey their gratitude, while Qianqian went out with her boyfriend for the evening, leaving us single dogs here." A ponytailed girl, Meng Ke’er, explained with a smile, "Designer sister, how should we address you?"

Ye Lingran chuckled lightly and said warmly, "Just call me by my name! I’m Ye Lingran."

"Let’s introduce ourselves, so you will recognize us later. I’m Meng Ke’er, working in sales. Beside me is Shan Dan, who works in the same field, and this is Xu Ying, a playful one, an architect, and this is Qin Hao. The one sitting next to you is Jiang Suie; these three are all architects."

Ye Lingran smiled and nodded, her gaze sweeping across Meng Ke’er and nodding to each one, finally stopping at Jiang Suie, who happened to be looking at her too. Ye Lingran gave a gentle smile and withdrew her gaze.

"Sister Ling Ran... do you drink alcohol?" As Meng Ke’er spoke, Jiang Suie glared at her, intending to stop.

But Ye Lingran didn’t notice this detail and smiled, shaking her head, "Sorry, I can’t really drink alcohol." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"No problem, then just have a beverage; Dan Dan and I aren’t big drinkers either." Meng Ke’er was straightforward, saying what she felt. She picked up a beverage bottle and poured her a glass.

The atmosphere while dining was quite harmonious, with laughter and conversation, not at all like people who had just met. When they were almost finished eating, Jiang Suie quietly got up to use the restroom but actually went to pay the bill. When he returned, they sat for a while before getting up to leave the restaurant, and it wasn’t even half-past eight.

Meng Ke’er and Xu Ying were smart and knew Jiang Suie was going to do something ’big,’ so they didn’t want to stay as third wheels. They found some random excuse to say goodbye, exchanging phone numbers, but when Ye Lingran took out her phone, she found it was out of battery. She had been busy all afternoon and had left it on the desk without charging it, noticing this only when she was leaving.

She directly told them her phone number and watched them leave.

"Thank you for tonight’s dinner." Retracting her gaze, Ye Lingran smiled at Jiang Suie, "Well... I’ll be heading back now, bye." She waved at him and prepared to turn and leave.

"Wait..." Hearing this, Jiang Suie, in a fluster, grabbed her slender wrist, causing her whole body to stumble backward due to inertia, falling into his arms. The two ended up only about ten centimeters apart.

Ye Lingran froze, eyes widening in surprise, staring blankly at him, while Jiang Suie was also stunned, completely unexpected for it to turn out like this. A blush crept onto his handsome face, his heart pounding ’thump, thump, thump,’ his expression becoming especially tense.

"Sorry, are you okay?" Gathering his senses, Jiang Suie quickly apologized, though he didn’t release her wrist.