Lott extended his hand to her gallantly, inviting her to return to the banquet together.
"No…" Xining was about to refuse when she suddenly felt a hand around her waist.
She turned and met Ji Muye's gaze as he lowered his head to look at her. She heard him chuckle and say to Lott, "We're looking forward to it."
"Mr. Ji." Lott naturally remembered the cold-looking man in front of him. His eyes darted between Ji Muye and Xining with curiosity.
Ji Muye gave him a slight nod and said fluently in a foreign language, "Apologies, let me smooth things over here first."
He sighed and said in a helpless tone, "I misspoke earlier and upset her. If it weren't for you stopping her, I wouldn't even know where to find her."
Ji Muye gently and intimately explained away Xining's abrupt departure, attributing it to him making her angry with his words.