The Wen family specially brought out the large round table that was only used during the Chinese New Year, and everyone tacitly gave Fu Wenting the main seat.
"Everyone, sit down." Fu Wenting sat in his seat with his back straight.
Everyone sat down in order of seniority. Wen Liyu was originally sitting next to her uncle, but Wen Liyan took her seat first, so she had to sit opposite Fu Wenting.
There are not so many rules when a family eats together. Everyone waits for Fu Wenting to pick up his chopsticks before picking up the dishes and eating.
After filling their stomachs, Wen Weiye acted like a good brother and asked Wen Liyan to get some wine.
Everyone poured wine into their own glasses, only Wen Liyu was still concentrating on eating.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you? You're just busy eating. Get up and toast your uncle." Fu Mei reached under the table and pushed her leg.
Wen Liyu then raised her head, with a small bulge on her cheek. She chewed with her ignorant eyes open, like a furry little animal.
She came back to her senses when she saw everyone's increasingly strange looks. She immediately swallowed the food in her mouth, stood up, and held up the wine glass. "Uncle, I toast to you."
"Please sit down." Fu Wenting ran his fingers across the rim of the cup without raising his eyes.
Wen Liyu sat down after hearing what he said. As soon as she sat down, she realized something was wrong. Fu Mei glanced at her with a look of disappointment, and Wen Liyan did the same. The other person's mouth corners were directly raised with a sarcastic smile.
Only then did she understand that what her uncle had said was just a polite remark and that she shouldn't really sit down but had to continue standing.
Wen Liyu: “…” Socializing is so difficult, don’t make things difficult for Yu!
Compared with her, Wen Liyan, who had been working for a long time, understood this rule better. She called him "uncle" all the time, and her words were sweeter than the sweet and sour pork on the table.
"Uncle, I toast to you." Brother Wen, Wen Yuyang didn't want to see his younger sister being despised like this, so he stood up and interrupted the weird atmosphere at the dinner table, bringing the atmosphere back to normal.
After Wen Yufei also toasted, he quietly patted the little sister's shoulder and looked at her sympathetically, "It's a blessing to be able to eat, eat more."
“…Brother, please don’t make it seem like I can only eat this one meal, okay?” Wen Liyu sighed inwardly, but her hands continued to pick up dishes honestly.
"Uncle." Wen Liyan guessed that her uncle was in a good mood, so she asked tentatively, "Our radio station is currently holding an induction training for announcers. Do you think I can join?"
She had been working as a logistics staff for almost a year and was no longer satisfied with the status quo.
Why should I be promoted to announcer after studying for so long, but be squeezed out by people with backgrounds at the last minute?
Now she also has a background. If she has her uncle's help this time, she won't need much help. As long as her uncle says a word, she will definitely not be squeezed out.
Fu Wenting's face flushed after drinking, and his ears were slightly red, which diluted his usual serious and ruthless demeanor.
"Xiaoyan, you have to have confidence in yourself. As long as you have the ability, you can get in."
Wen Liyan's face didn't look good, but she still maintained a smile, "Uncle is right."
Wen Weiye spoke quickly, interrupting what Wen Liyan was about to say, and glared at her subtly.
But he couldn't let such a small matter as the announcer disrupt his plans.
It’s not that Wen Weiye doesn’t love his daughter. The key point is that her current salary as a logistics staff member is the same as that of an announcer.
In the eyes of the older generation, as long as the salary is similar, it doesn’t matter what the position is.
Besides, there are two unemployed people in the family, so if anyone needs to speak, we should speak for the second and the youngest.
Wen Weiye was thinking that it would be best if the second and youngest sons could directly enter the Xuri Factory. They didn't need to be high-ranking, just as a small supervisor or production team leader.
When Wen Liyan was glared at by her father, she immediately understood her family's plan. She was so angry that she didn't want to eat and just put down her chopsticks and left.
Her departure made the already awkward atmosphere even more tense.
"This child might not be feeling well." Fu Mei stood up and turned around. "I'll go check on her. You guys continue eating."
Wen Liyu held the wine glass and stood up, taking the eldest sister's seat and sitting next to her uncle. "Uncle, I toast to you."
"Uncle finally got transferred back, and our whole family is very happy." Wen Liyu racked her brains to think of a topic. "I have always missed my uncle, and I am very happy that you are back."
Fu Wenting raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh? So Xiaoyu misses her uncle so much, I never thought."
"Ahem..." Wen Liyu also knew that this was a bit outrageous. After all, when Fu Wenting left, the original owner was only a few years old and didn't even remember that she had an uncle.
"Haha, Xiaoyu was just born at that time, and your uncle even held you in his arms." Wen Weiye continued the topic, "Xiaoyu has always liked handsome men since she was a child."
"When I held you in my arms, you cried so hard that your lungs were torn apart," he recalled with emotion. "But once your uncle held you in his arms, you stopped crying and even smiled at him."
"You said you..."
"Dad?!" Wen Liyu interrupted her father in disbelief, "I was never like this when I was a kid."
"Why not?" Wen Weiye beamed. "Boss, you were older by then, so you should remember it, right?"
Wen Yuyang's brows relaxed, "Yes."
"I don't even remember..." Wen Liyu's cheeks flushed slightly at the teasing, "Those were all things from my childhood."
The awkward atmosphere at the dinner table was resolved with just a few words. Fu Wenting didn't say anything, but from the frequency of his drinking and the corners of his mouth, it could be seen that he was in a good mood.
After three rounds of drinking, Wen Weiye was drunk and said, "Hic... Wen Ting."
"Yeah." Fu Wenting's cheeks flushed. He tilted his head to face Wen Liyu, his eyes slightly closed.
Wen Liyu stared with her eyes wide open. Although she had seen many handsome men, this was the first time she had seen a rough and steady cadre like Fu Wenting.
Fu Wenting's drunken appearance was like red flowers blooming in the snow, adding a touch of charm to his handsome appearance.
"Look, the second and youngest sons haven't found a job. It's so hard to find a job these days. You need either connections or resources." Wen Weiye was drunk and spoke more bluntly than before.
"The second child graduated from university and has a very good academic background. Look..."
Fu Wenting had a faint expression. He opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Wen Liyu looking at him in a daze. The inexplicable impatience in his heart dissipated a lot.
"Brother-in-law, this matter cannot be rushed." He said, "Yu Fei is old enough and has his own ideas."
Fu Mei had returned at some point, and upon hearing his words, she quickly spoke up, "What could he possibly think? Wenting, you're also... If Yu Fei joined the factory, wouldn't you have someone to help you?"
“We are all one family…”
Fu Wenting didn't wait for her to finish, and turned the wine glass upside down and placed it on the table, "Sister, Yu Fei has never been to a factory and has no experience. He needs to be down-to-earth at the beginning."
His words clearly told the Wen family that it was impossible for him to arrange for Wen Yufei to enter the factory directly.
Wen Yufei was so embarrassed at the dinner table that he kept winking at his parents, but they just couldn't see him.
Unable to eat the meal, Father Wen didn't say anything more and was pulled into the living room by the eldest and second sons, where the three men went to talk.
Fu Wenting put on his coat and prepared to leave. Fu Mei was busy clearing the table. Seeing this, she quickly called out, "Xiaoyu, come on, see your uncle off."
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