Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Zu Qi looked back following the voice.
Then he saw a woman wearing a bright yellow knitted dress walking over slowly, with a slender black belt tied around her waist, outlining her slender waist. She had delicate light makeup on her face, thin eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and a small cherry mouth, and there was almost no trace of aging on her.
You could guess even with your toes that this beautiful woman must be Xue Yanjing’s lover.
In the blink of an eye, Sun Fei had already reached the dining table. She pulled out the chair and sat down very naturally. Then she held her chin with her intertwined fingers and looked at Zu Qi with interest.
“You are Zu Qi, right? I have long heard that Xiao Jue has a boyfriend, but he refuses to bring him back to us as his elders. Now I have figured it out.”
Sun Fei’s words didn’t sound like much at first glance. But if you heard carefully, you would find that almost every word she said seemed to be declaring that she was a member of the Xue family.
Zu Qi had read the novel and knew the characters of Sun Fei and Xue Hao, so he naturally understood the implication of Sun Fei’s words.
However, Zu Qi still pretended to be dumbfounded on the surface. He turned to look at Xue Jue, who had a calm face where he didn’t know what he was thinking and pulled the corners of his mouth with an embarrassed smile.
“This is…” Zu Qi extended his voice hesitantly.
“Guest.” Xue Jue spoke concisely and to the point.
Sun Fei’s smiling face suddenly froze: “…”
Strictly speaking, today was the first time that Sun Fei had shared the same table with Xue Jue in the seven or eight months since she moved into Xue’s house. She and Xue Jue had met only a handful of times, and which time in the past had it not been so loud that it almost lifted the roof?
Although Sun Fei was domineering in front of Weng Yuxiang, who was weak and easy to bully, she was a little frightened when faced with Xue Jue, who had almost beat her son into a disability.
Sun Fei originally wanted to take advantage of the golden day when Xue Jue brought his boyfriend home to get closer to him and Xue Jue, but she didn’t expect that Xue Jue would not give her any face and would embarrass her immediately.
For a moment, Sun Fei couldn’t help but turn pale.
Before Sun Fei could speak, Weng Yuxiang said with a serious face: “Don’t you have something to go out for today?”
Sun Fei was stunned, and then she remembered that Weng Yuxiang had come to her yesterday to discuss avoiding suspicion. Weng Yuxiang was worried that the situation at home would cause trouble for Zu Qi so she had asked her to go out for a while.
But Sun Fei was naturally unwilling. This was her and her son’s home. Why should she be sent out for an outsider?
“Oh, it’s nothing.” Sun Fei responded casually. She raised her hand to smooth her hair and did not continue the topic.
Obviously Weng Yuxiang didn’t want to give up. She was silent for a moment, and then continued: “If you have other things to do, you can go and do it first. I will make a formal introduction to you in a few days.”
Hearing this, Sun Fei smiled and narrowed her phoenix eyes. Like a beautiful vixen, she said: “Sister Yuxiang, besides going shopping with my sisters and for beauty treatments, what else can I have to busy myself with? You must have overestimated me.”
Weng Yuxiang had a straight face. When she was about to speak, she suddenly heard Xue Jue say: “If she doesn’t want to leave, just let her stay.”
“But…” Weng Yuxiang hesitated to speak. After meeting Xue Jue’s comforting gaze, she swallowed the rest of her words back into the belly silently.
Zu Qi sat quietly between the two of them, looking at his nose and mouth with concern, trying to treat himself as a transparent person, looking at the table full of delicious food while salivating.
Not long after, Butler Zhang walked up behind Xue Jue and said, “The old gentleman is back.”
Xue Jue nodded, but the indifferent expression on his face did not change.
He acted much calmer than Zu Qi expected, and could even be called indifferent, as if the sudden presence of Sun Fei and Xue Hao, mother and son, in the family did not have much impact on him.
“That person is here too?” Xue Jue asked in a low voice.
Butler Zhang knew that Xue Jue was referring to Xue Hao, so he nodded and replied: “They came back together.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the three people at the table heard the servants’ voices greeting Xue Yanjing and Xue Hao. Xue Jue and Weng Yuxiang were sitting still. He didn’t even raise his eyelids.
When Zu Qi saw this, he stayed calmly in his chair.
Only Sun Fei, who had been looking towards the living room just now, looked happy. She quickly stood up and twisted her waist to greet them. A flower almost appeared on her face and she said softly: “Why did you come back only now? We have all been waiting for you since a long time.”
“There was something urgent to deal with in the company, so we were delayed.” Xue Yanjing took off his coat and handed it to the servant next to him. In the blink of an eye, he saw Zu Qi sitting between Xue Jue and Weng Yuxiang, and his eyes suddenly darkened.
Sun Fei immediately noticed the change in Xue Yanjing’s expression, and the smile at the corner of her eyes and eyebrows continued to deepen. She took Xue Yanjing’s arm and sat down as if nothing had happened.
“It’s rare that Xiao Jue has come back with his boyfriend. Our family has never sat together and had a meal like this.” Sun Fei leaned on Xue Yanjing’s shoulder and said with a smile.
Zu Qi raised his eyes and met the eyes of Xue Yanjing and Xue Hao, father and son, who were looking at him. In fact, Xue Jue and Xue Yanjing looked similar, but Xue Jue’s appearance was more similar to that of the gorgeous Weng Yuxiang.
On the other hand, Xue Hao and Xue Yanjing were almost carved from the same mold – their faces were angular, their eyes were long and narrow, their lips were thin, and they liked to squint their eyes slightly when looking at people.
You could tell at a glance that they were biological father and son…
However, Xue Yanjing’s facial features were more regular, and time and experience had accumulated a mature and steady aura on him. Even though he was old now, it was not difficult to see that he was a manager who was used to being in high positions all year round.
On the other hand, Xue Hao, who had little social experience, seemed to be much pettier. His appearance was more feminine. Although he had a fake smile on his face, he could not hide the shrewd calculation in his eyes.
In the novel, the endings of Xue Yanjing and Xue Hao were not much better than the original owner as cannon fodders. Sun Fei and Xue Hao were tortured by Xue Jue, but that was a long time later.
In the early stage, Xue Jue had not yet gone dark and had not completely taken over the Xue family. He was suppressed by Xue Yanjing and other elders of the Xue family. It was not until later when he saw the male and female protagonists falling in love that the stimulated Xue Jue began to fight for power.
So during this period, Xue Jue, who was very scrupulous, had to let Sun Fei and Xue Hao, mother and son, dance around in front of him…
Thinking of the future endings of those three people, Zu Qi couldn’t help but mourn for them in his heart.
When everyone was moving their chopsticks, Xue Yanjing, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked: “Are you Zu Qi?”
Zu Qi was stunned for a moment, and then replied: “Yes.”
Xue Yanjing sneered, then turned his attention to Zu Qi’s bowl where without saying a word Xue Jue was putting vegetables, frowning even deeper when he saw Xue Jue’s natural and skillful movements.
“What are you doing like this!” Xue Yanjing shouted suddenly. He slapped his hand on the dining table, startling Sun Fei and Xue Hao next to him. “Did I allow you to bring a man back? When you wanted to leave, you should have just never stepped into the door of my Xue family again! You are so shameless, I have almost lost all my old face because of you!”
Xue Hao ate the food without saying a word, his expression full of gloating.
Sun Fei quickly put down her bowls and chopsticks. Seeing that Xue Yanjing’s face was red with anger, she gently patted his back and advised him in a gentle voice: “If you have anything to say, please wait until after dinner. Xiao Jue finally came back. Don’t make any trouble or everyone will be unhappy.”
Weng Yuxiang also said coldly: “I asked them to come back. My son’s surname is Xue, can’t he return to the Xue family?”
“Our Xue family does not have an unfilial son like him. To rebel against his parents for a wild man who came out of nowhere, I would rather pretend that we never had a son like him!” Xue Yanjing said angrily.
Soon Xue Yanjing calmed down under Sun Fei’s constant comfort, took two deep breaths, his gloomy eyes lingering between Xue Jue and Zu Qi for a moment, then he nodded and said: “Okay, it’s not impossible for you to come back for dinner if you want. Get out of here immediately after you finish eating, and don’t even think about coming back to live here again.”
Weng Yuxiang didn’t expect that Xue Yanjing would speak so decisively, and stood up suddenly, staring at Xue Yanjing in disbelief: “You actually want to drive Xiao Jue out?!”
“He wanted to leave on his own. If a son is too old to stay, there is no need for me to leave a way out for him.” Xue Yanjing said ruthlessly.
Weng Yuxiang looked at Xue Yanjing intently for a while, and suddenly her eyes felt moist, and her voice became hoarse: “So you will leave all your options to your other son?”
“Who I leave it to is my business.” Xue Yanjing pointed at his feet confidently and said, “I am the master of the Xue family. You must understand your status.”
In the blink of an eye, the dining room had become noisy.
Only Zu Qi was eating seriously, while Xue Jue was concentrating on picking up vegetables for Zu Qi. Seeing that it was almost time, Xue Jue put down his chopsticks and asked Zu Qi: “Are you full?”
Zu Qi burped a little, touched his stomach and nodded. No one else had moved their chopsticks more than a few times, and most of the food went into his stomach.
Xue Jue turned to Butler Zhang and said, “Take these away.”
“Yes.” Butler Zhang responded in a low voice, and then ordered the maid to clean up the mess.
Seeing that Weng Yuxiang and Xue Yanjing were quarreling more and more fiercely, the flames of war soon came to Zu Qi. Xue Yanjing, furious, asked Butler Zhang to drive Zu Qi out.
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