The hall was not exactly quiet, with several actors who had already gotten drunk talking loudly, their assistants following them around, trying to steady them and ceaselessly urging them to quiet down amidst the noisy commotion.
Pei Yu did not like the smell of cheap, inferior alcohol and indifferently stepped aside to avoid it.
After finishing the call, Secretary Qin said, "Xiaodong says madam is in the hall."
Only then did Pei Yu lift his gaze and carefully scan the few people around, spotting the person he was looking for in a corner, the corners of his lips silently curving up.
She seemed to have had a bit to drink and looked somewhat sluggish, lips pursed and eyelids drooping; usually such an expression meant unhappiness, but it was uncertain what the reason was.
Pei Yu walked over to her.
As she sat with her head drooping in a daze, footsteps grew nearer and nearer until they stopped right in front of Shen Zhiyi, who looked up slightly, her gaze still a bit vacant.
