Chapter 856
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The client's surname was Li, and he had an assistant with him. As soon as he entered Jin Garden, he saw Xu Wennuan, but he had no intention of approaching her. He waited until Xu Wennuan stood up and waved at him with a smile on her face before he walked over.
When he was about six feet away from the table, Xu Wennuan said, "Hello, Director Li."
Director Li did not speak, but his eyes scanned Xu Wennuan from head to toe. When his gaze landed on her chest, it lingered twice before he suppressed the interest in his eyes and met Xu Wennuan's eyes. He nodded gently and said, "Hello, Miss Xu."
"Please take a seat, Director Li." Xu Wennuan politely pointed to a seat.
Director Li was not in a hurry to sit down but invited her to take a seat first.
Xu Wennuan did not argue with Director Li over such a trivial matter. She calmly and generously sat down in the seat that she had originally reserved for him.
After she sat down, Director Li chose the seat next to her. When he pulled out the chair, he deliberately moved it closer to Xu Wennuan's chair, so when he sat down, he was especially close to her.
Back in Shanghai, Xu Wennuan had worked as a designer and sat in the office all day. After work, she would go to Wu Hao's office. Aside from the female colleagues she was familiar with, she had not interacted with many people. When she returned to Beijing with Wu Hao to start her business, no matter how busy and tiring the company was, Wu Hao would never let her go out to socialize. It was not until she left Wu Hao and entered the business department that she realized how foolish and naive she had been in the past.
After a few months of training, although she had not developed a pair of discerning eyes, she could still see many things clearly.
She knew that Director Li had ulterior motives for her. When she first started working in the business department, she could not stand the way men looked at her as if they were goods, so she had turned her back on them and walked away. But there were too many clients like that, and if she resisted every single one of them, she would not be able to solve the problem of food and clothing, let alone pay her debts.
She had to grow up and adapt, and when she was not bullied, she still had to learn to tolerate it.
As she thought about this, Xu Wennuan forced herself to ignore the close distance between her and Director Li. She sat upright on the dining chair, tilted her head, and handed the menu to Director Li. "Director Li, please order."
Director Li did not stand on ceremony. He took the menu and called the waiter to order the dishes. In the end, he even ordered two bottles of white wine.
The wine was served first. Director Li didn't wait for the dishes to be served and directly asked the assistant sitting opposite to open the wine bottle and pour three glasses of white wine.
Director Li placed one glass in front of Xu Wennuan and took the other one for himself. He raised it to Xu Wennuan's eyes and said, "Miss Xu, it's our first time meeting. Nice to meet you."
After such a long time, Xu Wennuan was still not used to the custom of exchanging toasts at the table.
But now, she was no longer the person she used to be. She had no one to rely on, nor did she have the right to be willful. Even though the sight of the wine made her heart tremble, she still smiled as she picked up her glass, clinked it against Director Li's, and took a sip.
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In less than half an hour, Xu Wennuan had already gulped down half a bottle of baijiu.
Perhaps it was because she had a cold, but the alcohol kept churning in her stomach. When Director Li handed her another glass of wine, she couldn't take it anymore. She apologetically said, "I need to go to the restroom." Then she got up and staggered towards the restroom.
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