Later that afternoon, Lü Yang, accompanied by Aunt Mei, visited Court President Chu Xuan. Because Chu Xuan had received a call from Zhang Min beforehand, she was very welcoming to Lü Yang and Aunt Mei, even inviting them to dinner at a private room in a nearby clubhouse after work. Aunt Mei was restless in the clubhouse. Firstly, she was flattered by the court president's personal reception, and secondly… seeing that a plate of pastries cost over a hundred yuan, a pot of tea several hundred, a dish over a thousand, and a bottle of wine several thousand, she doubted whether the two thousand yuan she carried would be enough to pay for the dinner. Just as the three settled into the private room, Lü Yang's phone rang. It was Yi Ya calling. "Are you done with work?" Yi Ya asked Lü Yang as so

