Huang Xin was in the back, watching the whole tug-of-war with Liu Pan over these three issues with Nan Zhubin—
No, there was no tug-of-war. Strictly speaking, it was Nan Zhubin who was pulling and dragging by sheer force.
Huang Xin opened his mouth.
But then, as if he thought of something, he swallowed his words. He slowly sat back down in his chair and showed a nonchalant expression.
...
"You just said you wanted to talk to me. What do you want to talk about?"
Nan Zhubin said, as if in thought, slowly taking two steps to adjust his position so that he could keep both Huang Xin and Liu Pan in his line of sight.
He wouldn't make the same mistake twice. Now his main attention was on Liu Pan, while always keeping an eye on Huang Xin.
But Liu Pan was completely unaware of this.