Li Jiawei shook her head and said, "Thank you, but no thanks. I'll put those potted plants in grandma's yard. By the way, does Shiwen come home often?"

The staff member replied, "Not much. Master Shiwen has only come back twice this year, and each time he just took a few bottles of wine and left."

Li Jiawei stood up and asked, "Is there still a lot of wine in the wine cellar?"

The staff member said, "There's more. Mr. Er, Master Yan, and Master Shiwen would put some wine in there from time to time."

Li Jiawei walked out of the greenhouse and said, "Then I'll go take a look!"

When we arrived at the wine cellar, we saw that several rows of wine cabinets were filled with red wine and white wine, with white wine being the most popular. After all, drinking white wine is still the mainstream at the Chinese table.

Li Jiawei took a bottle of Moutai and a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet. Tonight, she met with her former colleagues from the tourism and culture working group, including Zhao Jianye, Chang Gang, and Zhou Dan. Although she had resigned from the government department, she still kept in touch with them from time to time.

Since she was going to drink in the evening, Li Jiawei parked her car at Li Garden and asked the staff to help deliver it to the apartment tomorrow. Afterwards, she called a special car on the taxi app and went to pick up Chen Zhishu.

Chen Zhishu was pregnant and had originally planned to have her husband take her home, but Li Jiawei sent her a message saying she would come pick her up, so she decided not to let her husband take her home.

Chen Zhishu got into the car, looked at Li Jiawei, and praised: "Jiawei, your skin is so good now, what cosmetics do you use?" Then, she seemed to think of something and said: "Forget it, you'd better not tell me. I'm pregnant now, so I can't use any cosmetics."

Li Jiawei looked down at Chen Zhishu's belly and asked, "It's been six months, right?"

Chen Zhishu nodded and said, "It will be seven months in a week." Then she asked shyly, "You said I'm already 40 years old and I'm pregnant again!"

Li Jiawei said enviously: "How happy it is! To be able to give birth to a little cotton-padded jacket."

Chen Zhishu smiled and said, "Indeed, my husband and I have always wanted a daughter. Last month, my husband had a dream that I gave birth to another boy. He woke up in shock." Then, she smiled and looked at Li Jiawei, and asked with concern, "How are you now? Do you have any good news?"

Li Jiawei listened, smiled and nodded, and said: "I am already engaged, and I will get married in February next year."

"Oh my!" Chen Zhishu said in surprise, "It's already December. Time flies. Who is your boyfriend? When can we meet him?"

Li Jiawei replied: "When I get married, I will definitely send you an invitation."

Chen Zhishu immediately said, "Okay, I haven't attended a wealthy family's wedding yet, and I'm curious about what it's like!"

Li Jiawei smiled and said, "I don't plan to have a big wedding, I will just invite relatives and friends to have a meal together."

The two chatted along the way and unknowingly arrived at the hotel box they had booked in advance. Zhao Jianye and Chang Gang had already arrived.

Seeing Li Jiawei and Chen Zhishu coming in, the two of them quickly stood up and greeted them. Li Jiawei handed the wine she brought to Chang Gang and said, "Team Leader Chang, this is the wine I brought."

Chang Gang took the wine bag, took out the wine, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's still Moutai!" Then, he looked at Zhao Jianye and asked: "Director Zhao, this Moutai is drinkable today, it's not expired!"

Zhao Jianye knew that Chang Gang was teasing him. When he was promoted last month, his daughter gave him a bottle of Moutai. But his wife was strict with him, so he hid the wine in the office. When he was not driving after get off work at night, he would occasionally drink a few sips in the office, but was discovered by Chang Gang. In order to prevent Chang Gang from snatching his wine, he lied to Chang Gang and said that the wine was expired.

Well! This gave Chang Gang a handle to accuse him of being stingy. Now when Chang Gang asked this, he quickly told Li Jiawei and Chen Zhishu the whole story and said, "If you don't want me to drink it, just tell me directly. You had to lie to me that the wine was expired." Then, he looked at Zhao Jianye and snorted, saying, "I, Old Chang, have never heard of wine expiring."

After hearing Chang Gang's complaints, Chen Zhishu laughed so hard that he held his stomach: "Oh, you are all leaders, you really should let your subordinates see what you look like."

Li Jiawei also smiled and said, "A little drinking can make you happy, but too much drinking can harm your body. I'll send you a few bottles of good wine in a few days."

Chang Gang waved his hands and said, "No, I was just joking with Lao Zhao. We are busy with work now, and we are not allowed to drink on weekdays, so we don't have many opportunities to drink. Lao Zhao and I both reported that we came out to drink today."

Li Jiawei said: "It's okay, I'll give it to you and you can enjoy it slowly."

Chang Gang knew that Li Jiawei was not short of money, so he did not refuse too much. He glanced at Zhao Jianye and said, "Old Zhao, you are grateful to me today, so Jiawei gave you the wine. You have to treat me to a meal later. This is the second meal you owe me, and I remember it!"

Zhao Jianye knew Chang Gang's character and said with a smile, "Jiawei gave me wine, and I appreciate her kindness. What does this have to do with you?"

Chang Gang continued, "You got promoted this time, but you haven't treated me to a meal yet. Do you still owe me a meal?"

Zhao Jianye looked at Chang Gang and said with a smile: "I got promoted, shouldn't you treat me to a meal?"

When Chang Gang heard this, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "Old Zhao, you are such a dishonest person. When I got promoted, you asked me to treat you, and I did. Why do you still ask me to treat you when you get promoted?"

Zhao Jianye smiled and said, "You are being nice to me. You are so happy to see me get a promotion. You must treat me to a meal if you are happy!"

When Li Jiawei was in the work group, she often saw Zhao Jianye and Chang Gang joking with each other. Now that they are no longer in the same unit, they still do so, and Li Jiawei can't help but laugh along with them.

Then, Li Jiawei looked at Zhao Jianye and asked, "Team Leader Zhao, when will Zhou Dan arrive?"

Zhao Jianye sighed and said, "Zhou Dan is busy now. Although we work on the same floor now, I can't see her once a week. I guess she is working overtime again. I'll give her a call and ask."

After that, Zhao Jianye took out his cell phone and called Zhou Dan. The call went through, but no one answered. After ringing for more than ten times, he hung up and said, "I guess she's still busy."

Li Jiawei looked at her watch. It was almost eight o'clock. She looked at Zhao Jianye, Chang Gang and Chen Zhishu and asked, "Should we wait a little longer or eat first?"

Zhao Jianye said, "Let's wait a little longer. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so we can have a chat."

Li Jiawei nodded, but considering that Chen Zhishu was pregnant, she ordered some cakes and a hot soup first.

Zhou Dan came out of the meeting room, rubbed her stiff neck, and saw that it was already 8:10. She saw a missed call from Zhao Jianye on her phone, and called Zhao Jianye back while walking to the office.

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