Iris, Jin Liwei and the others were no longer surprised by René Alejandro's presence at their gatherings. Whenever Wei Lan and Randy came, the Spaniard would almost always accompany them. Everyone was also aware that for some reason, he and Lu Zihao just couldn't get along no matter how much Yu Mo tried to mediate things between them.
Ever since the tense staring standoff between the two men during the Christmas gathering when they almost brawled before others fortunately stepped forward to break them up before anything disastrous happened, René Alejandro had become more mindful of his behaviour. He apologized to everyone and admitted that he had been rude. He even tried to extend a hand to Lu Zihao and "make up" with him, but the latter only snorted at his "fake" apology.
Lu Zihao continued to treat René Alejandro with hostility but the Spaniard only let everything pass with a "helpless" smile and kept on "enduring" the other man's obvious antagonism towards him.
