"You should've just come, you didn't have to bring gifts! Quick, come in, sit down, have something to drink!" Shen Yibin said cheerfully as he welcomed them inside. Xu Ye glanced around and saw that not many people had arrived. Besides the four girls from the shop and Li, there were only Wen Yuan's and Director Kong's groups. Then there was Mr. Long Sheng, who had arrived on a woodpecker, and the Hou family of three with their little terror of a child. Oh, and Qin Qing was here with his girlfriend, currently showing Shen Yibin the calligraphy and painting they'd received from Mayor Wang. Lv Tiantian had class, so she couldn't make it. All told, there were fewer than twenty people—not even enough to fill the lawn.
"That's not what Hah'Er seemed to think just now," Mo Xiaomo retorted mercilessly. "It was blocking the door, demanding a gift for entry. You must have taught it to do that. Bin, you've got some nerve saying those words."
