A face flashed automatically in Qing Muchen's mind. However, he looked around the restaurant and then the lobby, but he couldn't find the other party.
Tong Yan seemed to be equally puzzled by the extra plates on the dining table. She glanced at it and asked casually, "Mom, who is this prepared for?"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Tong Xiyao could reply, a respectful greeting suddenly sounded outside the hall door, "Master Shi, you are here!"
The clear and crisp sound made Tong Yan startled, and the knife and fork in his hand hit the dinner plate with a clang.
On the cobblestone path from the garden to the restaurant, a figure walked slowly towards this side with slender legs.
Arriving at the entrance of the hall, he stood at the door and glanced towards the dining table, scanning the faces one by one. Shi Jinyang walked towards this side with staggered steps.
Tong Yan listened quietly to his footsteps getting closer and closer. When his voice disappeared from the dining table, she suddenly raised her face and stared at him intently.
Recently, he has not appeared at Qing's house for several days.
Suddenly appearing, Tong Yan never thought that it would be a day for family reunion like Christmas.
At this time, he should appear in the Shi family, not the Qing family!
Tong Xiyao was also staring at Shi Jinyang, raising her face slightly. When she looked at him, her eyebrows were always slightly curved.
In fact, she asked the servant to prepare an extra set of tableware because she just guessed that it might be used tonight.
Shi Jinyang hasn't been here for several days. Counting the days, Tong Xiyao thinks he should show up tonight.
There is something that Shi Jinyang and Tong Yan may not have noticed themselves.
I don't know since when, the frequency of Shi Jinyang's appearance in Qing's family suddenly became much higher. Tong Xiyao paid careful attention to it. In the past half year, Shi Jinyang's visits to Qing's family have not lasted more than a month. Week passed.
Today is exactly the seventh day since he last appeared.
Tong Xiyao actually relied on gambling. What she didn't expect was that she won the bet so easily.
Tong Yan's eyes darkened as she thought about what he said in the office last time.
Glancing at his face, she said sarcastically, "It's a big holiday, so you're a rare guest!"
"Is Yan Yan hinting that I haven't come enough?" Shi Jinyang glanced at her lightly and replied without changing his expression.
Tong Yan's hand holding the knife and fork trembled, and the corner of her lips raised a hint of mockery.
His face is really big!
"I'm bluntly saying that Master Shi doesn't need to come today." Tong Yan corrected him as he poured himself a glass of boiled water nonchalantly.
Shi Jinyang stood opposite her, crossed his arms across his chest, touched his chin with his hand, and stared at her intriguingly for a few seconds. He sneered lightly, as if he was mocking her words.
His voice was actually very soft, so light that it was almost inaudible.
However, Tong Yan's ear is twice as good.
His voice sounded harsh to her.
Her eyes glanced in his direction, her face blank.
"I'm not here to see you." Qing Muchen's eyes flitted across her face lightly, turned around, and walked straight towards Tong Xiyao.
When he came, he had a bag full of gifts and various jewelry boxes.
The first one came to Tong Xiyao, and he gave her a gift, "Aunt Yaoyao, this is your Christmas gift."
After that came Qing Yafeng, Qing Muchen, and the rest of the Qing family.
He walked around the dining table and everyone was eating, except for the childless ones.