By the time they left the chamber of commerce, it was already past three o’clock. Li Li glanced at Lu Nan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and said, “You did well today.” Although she was a bit quiet, she had good judgment and knew when to speak and when to stay silent. When she did speak, she was composed and didn’t show any nervousness. 

Li Li interpreted Lu Nan’s silence as a sign of inexperience, but she didn’t know that Lu Nan simply knew her priorities. Whenever she accompanied Wang Xiaoxue, Lu Nan knew not to steal other people’s spotlight, especially now that she was with the provincial group purchasing manager. 

Besides, Lu Nan had no intention of standing out today. She wished she could knock some sense into her head: She had planned to keep a low profile but couldn’t help overthinking and overanalyzing when she met people. Was her occupational habit really that hard to shake off? 

When they arrived at the office, it was 3:50 PM, ten minutes before the scheduled meeting time with Zhou Tian. 

It had been a rare, tightly packed, and busy day. 

At four o’clock sharp, Zhou Tian arrived. She had allowed plenty of extra time, since it only took less than half an hour to get from the office to the evening tasting event. 

Zhou Tian said, “In the afternoon, I had He Manlin, from the provincial office’s clerical staff, go to the reserve warehouse to get the tasting wine. She took two bottles of nine year old Yuan Chuan Harmony Wine… but I just found out that a ‘relative’ is coming tonight, which might make things inconvenient. Lu Nan, how’s your alcohol tolerance?” 

Lu Nan’s first reaction was that this was not good news. 

If Zhou Tian can’t drink at tonight’s tasting due to physical reasons, does that mean I’ll have to prepare to handle the situation? 

Lu Nan then thought that she shouldn’t be too anxious. 

For both professional and personal reasons, Zhou Tian would never let a complete newcomer handle a small tasting event alone. 

As expected, Zhou Tian then said, “I had Chen Lu go to tonight’s party in my place. Lu Nan, you should learn from Chen Lu. She has a lot of work experience.” 

“Okay, Manager Zhou.” 

… 

Chen Lu said helplessly, “I thought Manager Zhou would take you to today’s small tasting event, so I wouldn’t have to be involved. I didn’t expect to still end up not avoiding it.” 

Lu Nan asked, “I heard from Manager Zhou that tonight they’re using the nine year old Harmony Wine. So, is the small tasting event organized by Green Trading?” 

“Yes, Green Trading signed a full-channel contract for Harmony Wine with us last year. Our company reimburses Green Trading for five dining events per month and sponsors the wine for five events. This is Green Trading last one for this month.” Chen Lu’s expression was not very good. “Oh well, we’re just small fry anyway. Once we’re there, eat less, talk less, and follow my lead.” 

“Got it.” After all, Lu Nan had seen Green Trading warehouse last time. 

Well, it’s definitely going to be a tough feast. No wonder Zhou Tian wants to avoid it. 

After a while, Chen Lu took a deep breath and said, “Lu Nan.” 

“Hmm?” 

“Wait for me a moment, I’m going to buy two meat buns to eat.” It’s common knowledge among office workers that if you don’t have anti-alcohol medicine before a drinking event, eating some fatty meat first can help. 

It’s just that nowadays, meat buns don’t have fatty meat filling. 

Lu Nan couldn’t help but smile; it was obvious that Chen Lu was a bit nervous today. “Sister Lu, it’s better to drink milk.” Milk can form a protective film in the stomach, preventing alcohol from penetrating the stomach lining and prolonging the absorption time of ethanol in the body. 

Chen Lu suddenly realized, “Right, then let’s have milk.” 

… 

Today, Green Trading Company did invite clients to dinner, more precisely, the agents of foreign clients. 

But they are still their clients. 

Manager Ni was displeased to see that it wasn’t Zhou Tian who arrived, but Chen Lu and a newcomer he had met recently. He grumbled, “Yuan Chuan keeps everyone busy—President, Manager Wang, and now even Ms. Zhou. Is everyone this busy?” 

“Manager Ni, I’m really sorry. Manager Zhou indeed had something urgent today. However, she instructed me specifically to bring you the nine year old Harmony from our reserve stock…” Chen Lu smiled apologetically, signaling Lu Nan to place the wine for tasting on the table from her handbag.