"Yes, Mr. Lu," Xiaowang answered with certainty.
Lu Bancheng's brows twitched slightly. "Maybe it was too stuffy in the club, so she went outside to catch some air?"
Xu Wennuan thought Lu Bancheng's guess was reasonable. "I'll go take a look." She stood up and precariously ran out of the banquet hall in her heels.
After thoroughly checking the front courtyard and not finding Qin Zhi'ai, she returned to the hall. Shaking in her sleeveless gown from the cold outside, she asked in a shaky voice, "Xiao'ai still hasn't returned?"
Lu Bancheng shook his head.
Sensing something was amiss, Xiaowang got up from his chair and said, "I'll go check the lounge again."
"I'll go take a look in the backyard then." Xu Wennuan called for the waiter to retrieve her coat. After draping it over her shoulders, she made her way out of the banquet hall.
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