Her tone was full of impatience, and she dragged out her words as if this dinner was a huge trouble, a burden she had to deal with.
Xia Xiong's expression suddenly underwent a subtle change. His originally kind and gentle face, which always carried a warm smile, quickly flashed with a hint of barely perceptible anger.
The anger flashed across his deep eyes like a raging flame, but he forcibly suppressed it in an instant.
Despite the turmoil in his heart, he did his best to control his emotions and try to maintain his usual calm and composed tone of voice, just like a brave captain struggling to stabilize his ship in a raging storm, not allowing the ship to deviate from its course in the slightest.
He slowly opened his mouth and said to everyone earnestly, "It's been a long time since our family has been able to get together and have a proper meal. Can't we even fulfill such a simple request as sitting down and having a meal together today?"
As he said these words, his eyes naturally revealed a deep longing for harmonious family relationships.
His gaze was like a clear lake, filled with earnest expectation, as if hoping that his family could put aside all the past conflicts and grudges and rediscover the warm and happy times of the past.
However, Zhou Jing scoffed coldly at Xia Xiong's sincere words.
The laughter sounded exceptionally sharp and piercing, almost like the mournful cry of an owl in the dead of night, icy cold and devoid of any warmth.
Then, she glanced at Xia Wan, who was standing silently to the side, with her contemptuous eyes. Her face was full of disdain, as if what she saw was not a living person, but an object that she found extremely repulsive.
Then, she said sarcastically, "Oh ho, so you want to get together? In my opinion, it's probably only because of certain people that you suddenly remembered I exist! If this cripple hadn't come back home, you, the head of the family, probably wouldn't have even thought of organizing any so-called family gathering, would you?"
These words, once spoken, were like a sharp knife, slicing through the already tense and oppressive atmosphere. The air in the room seemed to freeze instantly, making it hard to breathe.
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