Seeing that the servants had already set up the dinner area, Li Qichen noticed that no one's eyes were on him, so he immediately went to Li Muhao's side.

"You don't need to worry about this thing on me. Try to avoid dealing with ghosts as much as possible in the future. I don't want you to suddenly have one of these things on you one day."

No sooner had Li Qichen finished speaking than the unlucky guy climbed onto Li Qichen's head and started pulling at his hair with his claw-like hands. From a distance, it looked as if Li Qichen's hair had suffered a disaster.

"Who are you calling a piece of trash? Are you looking for trouble again? I'm not going anywhere from today onwards. I'm going to stick to you. I think you've been having too much fun lately and have forgotten the power of this great demon."

Li Qichen apologized repeatedly, a scene that stunned Li Muhao. He then sighed and turned to walk to Xiao Yanbao's side.

"Whether Fourth Uncle is normal or not doesn't seem to have much to do with this ghost, does it?"

Xiao Yanbao considered it seriously for a moment and nodded in agreement. Just as the unlucky guy and Li Qichen were blaming and pulling at each other, the old man began to invite everyone to sit down and eat.

Little Yanbao didn't even bother to look at his fourth uncle, Li Qichen, and the unlucky guy. He skipped over to Zhong Jingyi's side and was about to sit down when he heard his grandfather calling his name.

"Yanbao! Come over to Grandpa and Grandma!"

Xiao Yanbao first looked at Zhong Jingyi, then whispered "Mom." Zhong Jingyi stood up, smiled at the old man and woman, and said:

"Yanbao was a bit naughty while eating, so why don't you sit over here with me? Mulang is asleep right now, and I'm fine."

Li Qicheng chimed in, and the old man had no choice but to give up. But after sitting down, he looked at the dishes on the table, picked up a plate of sweet corn pastries, and instructed Li Qirui next to him to pass it to Xiao Yanbao.

Little Yanbao took the corn crisp that Grandpa had specially given him and sweetly called out "Grandpa!"

Soon, everyone began to enjoy the dinner that had been prepared all day, but neither Ye Ming, who was temporarily staying at Li Qicheng's house, nor Gao Kexin, who was temporarily staying at Li Qirui's house, appeared.

Just as Xiao Yanbao was wondering if Ye Ming was dealing with that cloud of black smoke at the kindergarten, Li Muhao stood up, looked at the old man, frowned, and said:

"Grandpa, Ye Ming... why didn't Grandpa come?"

The old man was very pleased to hear Li Muhao inquire about Ye Ming's absence, and said with a smile:

"Something came up at the Ye family's place, so Ye Hong took him back. You can all come back together after school tomorrow."

Li Muhao said "oh" and sat back down. Not long after, when everyone had only eaten half their fill, a bright headlight shone outside the manor gate, extremely dazzling.

Then a figure walked in cheerfully from the gate, humming a pop song. When the figure saw the people having a meal under the pavilion, it was clearly stunned for a moment, and then walked towards the group.

Who is it?

It was the fifth brother, Li Mufeng, who spoke. Li Muchen, who was standing next to him, glanced up at him and then lowered his head to eat the shark fin rice in his bowl, saying something indifferently.

"Cousin, do you still want some of that barbecue? If not, I can have it!"

Li Muchen was absolutely delusional to think he could get any food from Li Mufeng. As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mufeng took a bite of the meat skewer, yanked the skewer away with his other hand, and threw the bare skewer next to Li Muchen.

"Huh? Second Brother, what did you say? I didn't hear you clearly!"

Looking at Li Mufeng's actions, Li Muchen blamed himself for being too abrupt. How could he have asked Lao Wu, this glutton, for food?

"It's nothing, I just said you're too handsome!"

"Thanks, Second Brother. You're just a little less handsome than me, but you're still quite a good-looking guy."

Li Muchen felt a headache coming on. He shouldn't have talked to Lao Wu. No! He shouldn't have sat next to him.

As Gao Kexin approached the pavilion, she deliberately slowed her pace, adopting a quiet and gentle demeanor, a stark contrast to her unruly attitude when she entered.

Hello, Grandpa and Grandma! Hello, Uncle and Aunt!

Gao Kexin spoke as sweetly as ever, but everyone only greeted her politely without saying anything else. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit off, Liang Xunling immediately got up and went to Gao Kexin's side.

"Kexin, have you eaten yet? I'll ask Auntie to bring an extra chair so you can sit down and eat with us!"

Gao Kexin politely declined Liang Xunling's invitation, then took out a palm-sized gift box from her backpack, held it up for everyone to see, and then walked over to Zhong Jingyi and Li Qicheng.

"Little Yanbao, this is a gift from your older sister. I hope you like it!"

It must be said that Gao Kexin is very good at handling interpersonal relationships. After that incident, she did not show any fear while living in the Li family. On the contrary, she was very poised and generous in everything she did.

This made Zhong Jingyi, who hadn't intended to make things difficult for her, feel sorry for Gao Kexin. She then took the gift box that Gao Kexin handed over by Xiao Yanbao's little hand.

Xiao Yanbao hadn't intended to open the gift; he was just about to ask his mother to help him pack it when he saw Gao Kexin with a pitiful expression.

"Yanbao, aren't you going to open it and take a look? This gift was something your sister spent the whole afternoon picking out. It's not very valuable, but it's really good for your health!"

Hearing Gao Keyin say this, Zhong Jingyi quickly spoke to Xiao Yanbao:

"Thank you, Yanbao! Let's open your gift now. I'm sure you'll love it."

Xiao Yanbao first thanked Gao Keyin before reaching out to open the gift box. However, as the gift box was unwrapped, Xiao Yanbao felt extremely disgusted with Gao Keyin and didn't even want to look at her.

Not to mention opening the gift the other party gave, but Xiao Yanbao didn't open the last box, while Zhong Jingyi reached out and opened the box.

Inside the box lay a teardrop-shaped piece of yellow amber, with a beautiful, colorful insect in the very center. Under the light, the insect seemed to come alive.

"This amber is quite rare. Finding such a gift must have taken a lot of thought, right?"

Liang Xunling stood beside Gao Kexin, speaking softly in her defense. Zhong Jingyi nodded repeatedly. Seeing that Xiao Yanbao had opened the box, Gao Kexin smiled slightly, said goodbye to everyone again, and walked alone toward Li Qirui's villa.

Liang Xunling returned to her seat, and after sitting down, she gently touched Li Qirui's arm and whispered:

"How about we talk to Grandpa today about our plans to adopt Kexin?"

Li Qirui didn't expect his wife to say that, and he felt it was a bit inappropriate. After all, tonight's dinner was meant to calm Xiao Yanbao down, and Gao Kexin's appearance was already a bit inappropriate. To bring up adopting her at this time was very unsuitable for Li Qirui.

End of this chapter