Even though everyone was eating together during the Chinese New Year, Mu Chen felt as if everything had returned to square one, a feeling he had developed from facing such a large family alone.

The atmosphere at the dinner party was quite strange.

Yan Hui, who was usually the troublemaker, was unusually well-behaved at this moment, sitting quietly eating without making a sound, not even raising his head or giving Mingmei and the others a second glance.

Meanwhile, Mingmei and Muchen sat opposite Mingyi and Meishi, eating their meal, but nothing tasted good.

I feel that Yan Hui's behavior can be considered a kind of warning. For example, Mei Shi may not be happy right now.

"What's wrong? Didn't we say we were going to have a candlelight dinner?"

Seeing the two young people eating in silence, Mingyi, who knew that Mingmei and Muchen were uncomfortable, still asked a question.

As he asked, he calmly cut a piece of medium-rare star beast meat and exchanged plates with his wife beside him. Then, Mingyi looked up and saw Mu Chen imitating him and exchanging plates with Mingmei.

Mingyi: "..."

Sure enough, they know how to handle things.

Mingyi pursed his lips, then looked at his daughter, and suddenly let out a barely audible sigh.

He would probably be even happier if the plate of fried willow catkins that Mu Chen swapped with his daughter's was intact.

Seeing Mingmei's surprise and joy, Mingyi felt a growing sense of disdain.

He was certain that Mu Chen never treated his daughter this well when they ate together normally!

Mu Chen calmly accepted the disdainful look from his future father-in-law. He glanced at Mingmei beside him, who seemed oblivious, his eyes warm and gentle.

I currently feel absolutely nothing about the undercurrents and overt affections between my boyfriend and my father.

Because of the already eerie atmosphere, Mingmei was so focused on eating that she didn't want to make herself unhappy at all.

While eating the meat that Mu Chen had cut for her, Mingmei secretly glanced at the food on the table and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

When she eats with Mu Chen, she almost always eats what Mei Shi likes. Judging from the food on the table, Mingmei can tell that it's mostly Mei Shi's favorite dishes.

It's not that she doesn't like what Mei Shi likes, but compared to her mother who likes to eat everything, Mingmei's preferences are more limited: desserts and light, fresh dishes.

Okay, she admits that the food on the table just had all sorts of flavors, and that she was just being picky. _(：3」∠)_

When Mingmei had eaten until she was almost seven-tenths full, she finally mustered the courage to break the eerie silence at the dinner table: "Dad, how did you and Mom get here? Did something happen?"

It's not that she thinks her parents came all this way just to see her, nor is it that she underestimates herself; it's just that her parents generally wouldn't do something like traveling all this way just to see their child.

"It's nothing, I was just passing by. I didn't originally plan to visit you, I just came to see your uncle."

Compared to Mingmei, who probably thought she came to take care of something, Meishi's words were even more hurtful: she came to see Yan Hui.

Mingmei: ...

How can I live with this mother?

"Sister Mei, if you keep joking, you might make Mei Mei cry."

Seeing Mingmei's visibly droopy little face, Yan Hui finally couldn't help but laugh out loud and tease her.

Upon hearing her uncle's words, Mingmei turned to look at her mother, who seemed to be suppressing a laugh. Mingmei's heart felt as if it were filled with countless tiny trumpets shouting, "Can't you still come out from the source?!"

"Really, you can't resist teasing me~" Mei Shi glared at Yan Hui, then smiled gently at Mingmei and said, "Sweetie~ Mommy just happened to be passing by and asked your uncle for some money."

Yan Hui: ...?

Can we still be together?

Mingmei: ...?

Mom, are you implying that I'm so poor you don't even want to come see me?

Mu Chen: ……!

True to your nature!

Even Mingyi, the head of the family, stopped what he was doing.

"I have money."

As a man, Mingyi felt that he should have the dignity he deserved. This sounded like he couldn't support his wife and she was going back to her parents' house to ask for money.

"I have one too."

Mu Chen watched as Ming Yi's bright gaze shifted from Yan Hui to Ming Yi, and he added the same comment.

In this matter, Mu Chen believed he had performed better than his future father-in-law.

"Hmm... I have one too."

Mingmei, who probably, possibly, perhaps, definitely didn't understand Mu Chen's meaning, immediately looked at her mother.

Mingmei said that she also had money, and she could give Meishi money if she didn't.

Mei Shi, who had been smiling all along, suddenly turned completely furious.

Why does it seem like she's a beggar passing through everyone's world just because she makes a joke?

Everyone here has money, so does that mean she doesn't?

"Have some soup, or it'll get cold."

Yan Hui was the first to sense the oppressive atmosphere around Mingmei. He pretended not to see it and pointed to the soup pot with a heat preservation device underneath, asking Mingyi to serve Meishi soup.

Mingyi responded swiftly to this.

While serving the soup, he also turned his head to the side and glared at Mingmei and Muchen from an angle that Meishi couldn't see.

Bright and beautiful: ?

Why is her dad glaring at her?

"Drink the soup."

As soon as Mingyi finished serving the soup, Mu Chen followed suit, interrupting Mingmei's attempt to ask a question.

Finally, when the fruit platter was served during the family's "candlelight dinner," Yan Hui dismissed the waiters in the private room and replaced them with his smart security guard standing nearby. Only then did Mei Shi and the others start talking freely.

"You've been in Zerg territory for most of the year?"

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