"Oh, I see..."

Sheng Yi’s smile faded a little, but she couldn’t help but add, "I think focusing on your career is still the best choice, after all, such a good opportunity, right? I think even though you’re at that age, you must stay calm and not rush into marriage or anything. It’s not too late to wait until you meet the right person, otherwise just finding someone randomly would be too much of a compromise, which wouldn’t be good."

What Dao An caught onto was the sensitive point: "You also think I’m old?"

Sheng Yi was taken aback, then shook her head vigorously to deny it: "No, no, no, no, no, I didn’t mean you are old. It’s just that people at your age have a unique charm that others don’t have."

But isn’t that saying he is old.

Just afraid of being too blunt and hurting him, Dao An thought.

Sheng Yi almost covered her face, she should speak less if she couldn’t express herself clearly, Dao An must think she’s too talkative.

Both of them had different thoughts, completely not on the same page.

And as the quiet observer, Gu Yuan, was eating and suddenly started to laugh.

Seeing Gu Yuan laughing, Sheng Yi was puzzled and asked, "Yuanyuan, why are you laughing?"

Gu Yuan placed her chopsticks on the celadon chopstick rest with a crisp thud, laid her hands flat on the table, and said to the two of them, "I’m laughing at something really funny."

Sheng Yi: ??

Even someone as clear-minded as Dao An didn’t understand.

"Ah." Gu Yuan sighed again.

Sheng Yi was even more confused: "Yuanyuan, why are you sighing?"

Gu Yuan didn’t say any more words, she picked up her chopsticks again, took a piece of shrimp, placed it on Sheng Yi’s plate, and said, "Yiyi, you should eat more."

Sheng Yi: ???

Right after that, a piece of crab meat was placed on her plate, which Dao An served with public chopsticks, and he said to her, "It will be hard to have this opportunity in the future, so you should eat more."

Dao An’s action followed Gu Yuan’s lead.

Serving the dishes separately wouldn’t make sense.

But following Gu Yuan’s lead, there was nothing that couldn’t be done, and it felt more justified.

Sheng Yi naturally didn’t think much about it, just felt a bit disappointed in her heart. Dao An was going abroad, and there was no fixed date for returning, which all indicated that he might really get married and have children abroad and never come back.

Just thinking about the future where she would be contacting Dao An across the ocean, or maybe unable to contact him at all, people who don’t meet often tend to not stay in touch for long. Thinking about this, Sheng Yi suddenly felt that the delicious food in front of her wasn’t tasty anymore.

Even she didn’t know what she was thinking.

The three of them ate this meal with different thoughts.

Sheng Yi wanted to talk more with Dao An but was afraid he would find it annoying, so she could only ask him occasionally and then listen carefully to his answers. She always showed her emotions very enthusiastically, otherwise, it would seem too strange.

Ah... why do humans have so many troubles?

And why does Dao An have to go abroad?

And furthermore, will Dao An really not come back once he goes abroad?

At this time, a frightening thought popped into Sheng Yi’s mind: If only she had taken him down before he achieved success! Maybe she would be the CEO’s wife by now!!

When this thought popped up, Sheng Yi’s cheeks flushed.

Internally she cursed herself: Ah ah ah Sheng Yi you beast!

He treats you as a friend and you want to sleep with him!

You’re not human!!

At this moment, all of Sheng Yi’s emotions were expressed in her repeatedly clenching and unclenching hands.

She had already figured things out, Dao An was not just going abroad to develop his career, but also very likely to get married and have children there, so many terrifying futures...

Therefore, Sheng Yi suddenly raised her glass of red wine: "Our old comrade Dao An is going abroad, how can we not raise a glass, come on, come on, Yuanyuan, Dao An, let’s raise a glass."

Gu Yuan raised the half glass of red wine in front of her.

Sheng Yi poured herself a bit more, but her hand trembled, and she poured too much. She first clinked glasses with Gu Yuan, lowering her glass, letting Gu Yuan’s glass be on top, which was her habit and also a little rule for clinking glasses.

After clinking glasses with Gu Yuan, she then raised her glass to Dao An. As she was about to lower her glass, Dao An quickly stretched out his palm, supporting the bottom of her glass with his fingertips, then gently lifted it higher, finally lowering his own glass to clink with hers.

Sheng Yi was stunned.

Dao An had lowered his glass, putting hers on top.

While she was dumbstruck, Dao An took his glass back, drank it all in one gulp, returned the empty glass to the table, and said to Sheng Yi, "I finished mine, feel free to drink at your pace, don’t push yourself."