Li Guoliang was originally stunned in place, but now, receiving the glance from Xing Chen, a sudden flash of insight hit him, and he immediately understood.
He hurriedly stepped forward to help Ran Xiangsi out, "It’s nothing, it’s nothing, just a joke. It’s these bodyguards who are careless, it has nothing to do with Miss Ran!"
With such a heavyweight like Li Guoliang standing up to say that this matter had nothing to do with Ran Xiangsi, no one present dared to say a word more. Everyone remained silent, pretending they hadn’t seen what was happening in front of them.
As for the dizzy Gu Beichuan who had been beaten, he was already pressed onto the table by two bodyguards, one on each side, and they roughly wiped his mouth with a tissue before obediently apologizing, "Sorry, Young Master Gu, we were too reckless."
As expected of the Wilson family’s bodyguards, truly well-trained...
"..." Gu Beichuan was still groggy, completely incapable of thinking clearly.
Once this was resolved, Ran Xiangsi turned around and, together with Xing Chen, sat down in the two empty seats.
Generally speaking, when meeting elders, the juniors need to greet them before sitting down.
However, Ran Xiangsi and Xing Chen acted with such dominance, completely ignoring Ran Zhonghai!
In fact, Ran Zhonghai had never been good to Ran Xiangsi. Ran Xiangsi had never felt anything resembling fatherly love, not even the slightest sense of blood ties!
The atmosphere was a bit awkward at first.
Fortunately, Li Guoliang continued to play his mediating role. He sat between the two sides, playing the peacemaker, "Young Master Xing, everything has been handled properly? You see, we started eating before you arrived." The source of this content ɪs NovᴇlFɪre.nᴇt
Li Guoliang was really being a sycophant, addressing him with a respectful ’you’ every time, practically putting Xing Chen on a pedestal!
To his credit, Xing Chen acknowledged him, nodding slightly, and scanned the nearly finished dishes on the table, curling his lips into a faint smile, "It’s fine. I invited everyone here for a meal, after all. It’s our fault that Xiangsi and I were late."
Listening to Xing Chen’s polite remarks, Ran Xiangsi felt somewhat uncomfortable!
Just now, she had come in all aggressive, and now, seeing Xing Chen’s refined and gentlemanly demeanor, she felt a bit ashamed...
Li Guoliang took over the conversation from Xing Chen and looked at Ran Zhonghai, "Zhonghai, you don’t mind, do you? Young Master Xing specially invited us for this meal, right?"
The implication was that everything everyone ate just now was at Xing Chen’s expense.
The saying goes, taking someone’s food makes it hard to speak up. Having eaten his food, how could they possibly question anything?
Clearly, that would not do.
Ran Zhonghai was no fool; he understood this clearly.
Moreover, seeing how respectful Li Guoliang was to Xing Chen, and recalling how arrogant Xing Chen had been as he entered, he knew this was someone he could not afford to offend!
Right then, Ran Zhonghai looked at Xing Chen and quickly nodded, "Yes, of course, we don’t mind. Just that I’m not sure about this young master’s identity?"
"I am Xing Chen." Xing Chen introduced himself openly and then glanced at Ran Xiangsi beside him, adding in a calm tone, "This meal was Xiangsi’s idea."
In other words, this meal was hosted by Ran Xiangsi.
As soon as Xing Chen finished speaking, Ran Yingqian became restless.
She didn’t know Xing Chen’s identity, after all, she had just started her freshman year in college and had no idea how dangerous the outside world could be.
So she was the only one at the table bold enough to stand up, pointing at Ran Xiangsi, and asked loudly, "Impossible! How could she have money? Look at her shabby appearance, from head to toe, which part of her looks presentable?"