CHAPTER 137: CHAPTER 137: GATHERING (2)

After a glass of wine, Ye Xinluo asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Lan Shan turned her head, smiled, and said, "I’m fine."

Then she picked up a glass of water from the table and drank it. Soon, she finished three glasses of wine, and the people around her stopped making things difficult for her, and everyone went back to eating.

Ye Xinluo pulled Lan Shan to sit down, then placed some food in her bowl, saying, "Drinking on an empty stomach is bad for your stomach, eat something first."

"It’s okay, I can handle this bit of wine." Lan Shan looked indifferent, as if those few drinks were nothing.

"You still need to eat something." Ye Xinluo didn’t give in at all until Lan Shan picked up her chopsticks and ate all the food in her bowl, then she was relieved.

The others at the table were chatting animatedly. Only Lan Shan and Ye Xinluo were silent, seeming a bit out of place.

Halfway through the round of drinks, everyone was feeling a little tipsy, and Yu Tian stood up with her wine glass.

"Everyone, today is my birthday, I’m so glad you all could celebrate with me, I’d like to offer you a toast."

Everyone rose to clink glasses with her, except for Lan Shan and Ye Xinluo, who remained seated.

"Lan Shan, Xinluo, why aren’t you moving? Do you think I’m not sincere enough?" Yu Tian said.

Lan Shan stood up with her wine glass, saying, "Xinluo isn’t feeling well today, I’ll drink with you all."

"Why not? We’re all here to have fun, surely you can’t not drink at all." The curly-haired woman was clearly not buying it.

"Yeah, yeah, it doesn’t look good for her to be the only one not drinking." The people around joined in the ruckus.

"Qiao Na, stop making trouble, I told you Xinluo isn’t feeling well." Lan Shan said coldly, looking at the curly-haired woman.

"Oh, she’s not some heiress, what’s with the attitude? By not drinking, she’s not giving Tiantian any face," Qiao Na’s tone was also quite bad, having long been annoyed with Ye Xinluo, and was looking for an excuse to vent.

"What did you say?" Lan Shan squinted her eyes and asked coldly. At work, it was Qiao Na who clashed with her the most.

Taking advantage of a bit of family wealth, she bullied others at the company. Just as she was about to say something, Ye Xinluo sitting beside her tugged on her arm and shook her head at her.

Ye Xinluo stood up, held a wine glass in her hand, and said, "Happy birthday."

Yu Tian smiled and said, "Thank you," then tilted her head back and drank all the wine.

Seeing her finish the drink, everyone’s eyes fell on Ye Xinluo.

She stared at the wine in her glass for a moment, then steeled herself and drank it all in one go.

Immediately, cheers erupted around her.

After a glass of wine, Ye Xinluo felt her throat burn uncomfortably and couldn’t help but cough twice.

Lan Shan quickly supported her, "How are you?"

"It’s nothing." She waved her hand.

She grabbed a few tissues and handed them to her, saying, "Why pretend you can handle alcohol when you can’t? Now you’re choked. Serves you right!" Lan Shan said irritably.

"Don’t you have a bit of compassion?" Ye Xinluo glared at her and said.

At this moment, Yu Tian came over with a glass of water, apologizing, "Sorry, I didn’t know you couldn’t drink. Have some water first, it might make you feel a bit better."

"Thank you." Ye Xinluo took the glass of water, drank a couple of sips, feeling the burning sensation in her throat subside a little, so she drank a couple more sips.

As Yu Tian watched her drink more than half the water, an indescribable look flashed in her eyes, but she quickly resumed her usual expression.

She smiled and said, "No need to thank me, we’re all colleagues..."

After saying that, she returned to her seat.