"Miss Shen, President Cheng has already settled the bill. Since the restaurant was offering discounts, we added some extra credit to the membership card, but it wasn't all used up during this meal. You can just keep this card and consider this as us treating you again the next time we discuss cooperation."
I'm not sure if this thought was Cheng Yanqing's or if Lu Xun did this to smooth things out on his own. It's not uncommon in business partnerships to extend little courtesies like this.
However, Shen Lan felt that no matter what the circumstances were, she should not accept it.
"Thanks for President Cheng's kindness, but as this partnership comes from President Cheng's generosity to provide us with the opportunity, we should be the ones expressing our gratitude. Now that you have stepped up to pay the bill first, it is even more improper for me to accept this."
