There was a moment of silence as Mrs. Hoyle didn't seem as aggressive as she once was since she was about starting a new acquaintance with Olive, and suddenly Mrs. Hoyle didn't know how to communicate with Olive.
"Mrs. Hoyle, do you have anything else to say?"
"No, good-bye."
Olive raised her lips as she listened to the busy beep of the phone hanging up and thought of Mrs. Hoyle's awkward voice when Mrs. Hoyle talked to her.
Was this a good start? At least Mrs. Hoyle was less domineering towards her than Mrs. Hoyle had been.
Annie really helped.
By the time Olive returned to her private box, some of the dim lights have dimmed and the noise of the crowd has died down.
She thought she had gone into the wrong room and was about to come out when she saw the sizzling up of the candle in the middle of the table.
Someone shouted, "Happy birthday, Boss. I wish you many happy returns of the day.
Then they started singing birthday songs in a jagged pattern, making the scene seem old-fashioned and uncreative.
Well, it's Kent's birthday today? Why didn't anyone tell her? How could Alan say nothing to her? If he had spoken to her earlier, she could have prepared a present.
"Make a wish." They cried.
Kent slapped his subordinate on the head. "Today, as a single man, I have been fooling around with you, and you have wished me many happy returns of the day. Do you want me to stay single all the time?"
Kent's subordinate laughed. "What makes you think so? I wish you many years as wise as you are today. Boss, you are so charming, and you are a very rich bachelor, so the line of women admiring you is longer than the train. If you were to remain a bachelor, would you not be hated greatly by both man and God? What do you want those of us who work for you to think? So, if you want a woman, it's as easy as saying a word. All kinds of beauties are yours to choose from, no matter how tall or thin."
With the compliment, Kent's eyes narrowed with laughter, looking like a Maitreya, while he pointed to his subordinate. "Come here."
Kent's subordinate was obedient and moved closer.
"Turn around." Said Kent.
Kent's subordinate didn't understand but turned around obediently.
Kent gave his subordinate a kick in the ass and said. "I haven't seen you learn anything else, but you are getting better at flattering me."
Kent's subordinate wasn't prepared for this, so he had a sudden intimacy with the floor.
The atmosphere was even warmer since everyone in the private box seemed to be laughing their heads off. Kent's subordinate was not ashamed, as he got to his feet and laughed. "Boss, are you deliberately molesting me?"
"You shameless gay, the Boss is a real straight man, so don't expect that."
"Even if the Boss becomes gay, between the two of you, you will be fucked by the Boss."
Amid all the laughing and joking, Olive sat next to Alan, whispering in his ear. "It's Kent's birthday today, so why didn't you tell me about it in advance?"
Alan, who knew what was on her mind, smiled and said. "He doesn't need any gifts, but he does need a woman who is considerate and close to him, while he wants the woman to like him not for his looks, nor his power or wealth, but only for himself."
Shouted Kent. "I'm telling you, I've stopped having casual sex with women, so you guys are going to keep those lascivious women away from me."
Damon laughed. "Boss Bai, are you going to be like Boss Hoyle, saving your virginity for Janetta?"
All these people in Jiangcheng knew that Boss Bai's love affair was always going on, but they didn't always know what's going on in Luo City these few months. So now when Damon talked about this, it's like an instant explosion in the private box.
"Boss, so you already have someone you like."
"Which beauty is it? Tell us quickly."
Kent stared. "Am I that shallow? You like women just for the way they look. Go on, if any of you can drink and win Alan's sweetheart, Olive, I will have a prize for you."
Olive protested. "How does this have anything to do with me? Aren't you deliberately bullying me?"
He's such a bad egg! The alcohol capacity of the woman really couldn't be exposed easily in front of the man, otherwise, this man was always thinking about deliberately getting you drunk.
Kent told her. "You can ask Alan to help you."
"Even if each of us can beat the other three here in drinks, that's still more subordinates of you. Kent, if you really want to beat me at drinking, do it yourself. I don't need my husband to help me, and you don't need to tell your subordinates to help you drink, dare you?" Olive's smiling face was as beautiful as a pear in full bloom, while she looked at him. He's trying to plot against her? No way!
Kent said uncontrollably after being challenged in public by a woman. "Let's fight for a drink now, and I can save you three drinks lest people say I'm bullying a woman."
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