As soon as Ren Yayong entered the private room, he exclaimed in surprise, "Such a big private room?!"
Gu Yueji was sitting behind the screen by the window. Ren Yayong didn't see her, so he pulled the manager aside and asked her about it.
"Booking such a big private room must have cost a lot of money, right?"
The manager replied, "Mrs. Ren set the standard at 3888 per table."
Ren Yayong's eyes widened. "3888 for a table? What could possibly cost that much?"
"Each table has several seafood dishes, including lobster, abalone, and grouper, and the prices aren't too expensive."
Ren Yayong thought to himself, "Ren Jin didn't even inform me about his birthday banquet, yet he invited outsiders to eat lobster and abalone. Which Mrs. Ren? Who told her to make these arrangements?!"
Gu Yueji chuckled softly and stepped out from behind the screen. "I decided to be Mrs. Ren myself, so what?"
Ren Yayong was startled by Gu Yueji's sudden appearance. "You, what are you doing here?"
Instead of answering, Gu Yueji asked, "I should be the one asking, what are you doing here?"
She clearly didn't invite him.
Gu Yueji's blatant unwelcoming attitude made Ren Yayong feel humiliated. "What's wrong with me coming? Can't I come to celebrate my son's birthday? Can't I come?!"
Having been absent from the father's role for so many years, now that Ren Jin has grown up and become capable, he keeps calling him "son." Gu Yueji certainly doesn't welcome Ren Yayong.
Ren Yayong pointed to the private room and questioned, "Did you host this birthday banquet?"
Gu Yueji nodded indifferently, "Yes."
"You're just going to squander Ren Jin's money like this?"
Gu Yueji frowned in confusion, "How did I squander it?"
"Spending so much money on a birthday? Is this how you spend money? Don't you know how to manage a household?"
Gu Yueji countered, "Does Uncle know how old Ren Jin is this year?"
Ren Yayong paused, speechless.
"You probably don't remember, Ren Jin is 31 years old this year, right?"
It is a custom in Ren Jin's hometown to celebrate his 31st birthday in a grand way. Ren Yayong must know this, but he just doesn't know that Ren Jin is already 31 years old this year.
In the village, people celebrating their 31st birthday would throw a banquet for the whole village, but Ren Yayong still stubbornly insisted, "Celebrating 31 doesn't have to cost so much money!"
Gu Yueji felt that this person was being unreasonable. "Ren Jin earns money, and it's never too much to spend on him. As long as he's happy, I can spend even more."
Gu Yueji knew that Ren Yayong kept finding fault because he was angry that Ren Jin had spent so much money on him but refused to give him any.
Ren Yayong was so angry that he was panting with his arms crossed.
When he heard that Ren Jin was having a birthday banquet at a grand hotel without inviting him, he couldn't stand it. It was bad enough that his son was living a glamorous life and wouldn't let him benefit from it, but now he was having a birthday dinner with outsiders and didn't even invite his father. What kind of son was he?!
He plopped down on the sofa. “Since my son spent so much money to treat us, I have to eat this meal today. That’s how I’m doing justice to the woman who gave birth to him 31 years ago.”
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