Chapter 67
On the dining table, the chandelier cast a soft glow, and the silver tableware had a faint luster.
Mu Qingxuan tightened her fingers holding the spoon slightly, scooped up a spoonful of sea cucumber soup and put it into her mouth.
She glanced at Mu Dashan and Sun Qiumei who were sitting opposite her.
The long legs gently touched Huo Changfeng's under the corner of the table.
Huo Changfeng paused and put down the napkin in his hand.
"Today's sea cucumber soup is not cooked enough."
Huo Changfeng's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it made the entire dining table quiet in an instant.
He gently stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon. "It's not soft enough and not tasty enough."
Wang Ma was stunned, thinking Huo Changfeng was blaming her: "I'm sorry..."
But before he could say the apology, he saw Mu Qingxuan's eyelashes trembling, and she lowered her eyes and whispered.
"I was negligent. I will pay more attention next time."
"Notice?"
Huo Changfeng raised his eyes, his cold gaze swept across her face, and then fell on Mu Dashan and his wife who were watching nervously opposite.
"As the daughter-in-law of the Huo family, you can't even cook a bowl of soup properly. If you tell others about it, it will seem like our Huo family has treated you harshly."
"If you can't do it right, get someone else to do it."
He put down the spoon and rested his elbows on the edge of the table, his posture casual yet oppressive.
Mu Qingxuan bit her lip and stood up to go to the kitchen.
Then Huo Changfeng said calmly: "Sit down."
She froze in place, then slowly sat back down after a moment, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the hem of her skirt.
Mu Qianqian's hand holding the chopsticks was shaking slightly.
Sun Qiumei opened her mouth, but was gently nudged by Mu Dashan's elbow.
Huo Changfeng took a sip of the tea and looked at Mu Qingxuan: "If you can't do it well, don't do it, so as not to waste your efforts."
The knuckles of Mu Qingxuan's fingers, which were gripping the spoon, turned white and trembled slightly. She seemed to want to explain something, but she didn't dare to open her mouth.
Her throat moved, and in the end she only uttered a choked "hmm", the sound as thin as a mosquito, full of anxiety and fear.
After a long while, she raised her head. Her eyes were already filled with a layer of crystal mist, which seemed about to turn into tears and roll down in the next second.
His eyes were full of helplessness and grievance, like a puppy being scolded by its owner. He looked at Huo Changfeng timidly, and from time to time he would steal a glance at Mu Dashan and Sun Qiumei opposite him.
Anyone who saw that look would feel sorry for him.
She sniffed, reached out and gently wiped the corners of her eyes, her voice clearly filled with tears: "I'm sorry, I didn't do well, I will definitely change in the future..."
As she spoke, she lowered her head again. Her long hair fell, covering most of her face. One could only see her slightly shaking shoulders, as if she was sobbing silently.
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Changfeng stood up and left.
It was as if he had no patience to listen to what she had to say.
Mother Wang was completely stunned when she saw this scene.
Cui Lirong was also dumbfounded.
She raised her eyebrows, slammed the table, and wanted to blame Huo Changfeng.
Mu Qingxuan seemed to be startled and jumped up like a rabbit: "I'm sorry, Mom, I made you unhappy, I will go and clean it up right away."
She lowered her head slightly, covered her face and ran away quickly.
Mu Dashan and Sun Qiumei looked at each other and hurriedly chased after him.
Cui Lirong looked at the suddenly empty dining table and looked at Wang Ma in confusion: "What on earth is going on?"
Mother Wang was also completely confused and just shook her head.
"Never mind, this brat Changfeng is really going to rebel. He actually dares to talk to Qingxuan like that." Cui Lirong snorted coldly and rolled up her sleeves in dissatisfaction, "Just wait and see how I teach him a lesson later!"
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Outside the yard.
Mu Qingxuan turned her back to the Huo family's gate, sobbing and wiping the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.
She moved her ears and heard footsteps coming from behind.
Then, the shoulders shrugged even more.
Sun Qiumei tugged at the wrinkled hem of her floral dress, and her plastic earrings made a harsh sound: "What the hell is going on? Marrying into a wealthy family still makes me suffer this kind of filth?"
She craned her neck to look in the direction of the kitchen, tapping the back of her hand with her plump fingers.
"Say something!"
There was still a little bit of water on Mu Qingxuan's eyelashes, and her voice was as hoarse as crumpled rice paper: "In the Huo family, I am an outsider."
The knuckles of her fingers turned white as she gripped the wet rag. She deliberately let her sleeves slide down half an inch, revealing the "bruises" marked with an eyebrow pencil.
"I can't even serve tea or water normally, Changfeng..."
The last sound dissipated in the trembling breath.
Mu Dashan's pipe banged heavily against the wall, and his breathing became heavier.
Sun Qiumei suddenly grabbed Mu Qingxuan's wrist, and the smell of cheap perfume mixed with sweat hit her face: "Waste! You can't even tie a man down, I raised you for nothing!"
Mu Qingxuan looked up suddenly, her eyes full of tears.
"When it comes to ability, Qianqian is much better than me."
"Qianqian and Shi Feihua are in perfect harmony. I heard that Shi Feihua wants to buy Qianqian an imported car recently."
Sun Qiumei was stunned: "Is this really the case?"
Mu Qingxuan nodded seriously: "Of course!"
"Didn't Qianqian tell you?" She glanced at the couple suspiciously, her face full of confusion.
Sun Qiumei rolled her eyes and immediately understood something.
She cursed, "That damned girl Mu Qianqian actually hid such an important thing from me. Just wait and see how I'll deal with her when the time comes!"
Mu Qingxuan pursed her lips slightly to hide the smile on her lips.
"By the way, Dad, Mom, you haven't told me why you came here so suddenly?"
"There was no advance notice, and I didn't prepare anything."
Sun Qiumei rolled her eyes and waved her hands impatiently: "You are such a useless person, what's the point of telling you in advance? You can't even please your in-laws. I really raised you for nothing."
Mu Dashan looked miserable: "I can't count on you now. I don't know if Qianqian can help me..."
Mu Qingxuan shrank back and asked curiously, "Did something happen at home?"
Sun Qiumei's eyes widened so wide that her eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets: "You damn girl, are you hoping something bad will happen to your family?"
Mu Qingxuan quickly shook her head.
Mu Dashan sighed deeply: "It's your brother, Mu Dongjie."
"Now that you are of high school age, your mother and I think the education conditions in the capital are better, so we want to send your brother to the capital to study. It's a good opportunity for the whole family to move here together so that we can take care of each other."
When Mu Qingxuan heard this, a cold light flashed in her eyes.
As she expected, he came for Mu Dongjie.
But she didn't expect that Mu Dashan and Sun Qiumei were so ambitious that they had already considered moving the entire family to the capital.
She blinked lightly and said vaguely, "I heard that Qianqian's husband Shi Feihua just started working at the Education Bureau recently and wants to help his brother go to high school. Mom and Dad, you should look for Qianqian."
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