Chapter 549 - 550: Past Grudges, Written Off
At the very end, Xi Siwei finally walked over to Shen Ruozhuo and took her away from here, returning to their seat.
The rectangular dining table had Ji Mushen as the host sitting at the top, Shen Youran as the hostess sitting to his right, followed by Lou Xi and Qin Mobai.
On Ji Mushen’s left sat Qin Sheng and the elderly lady, along with Qin Ruiqian, followed by the Shen Family members.
The difference in intimacy was immediately apparent.
The tableware on the dining table was extremely exquisite, flown in from Monaco along with Ji Mushen and the team, including chefs all brought by Ji Mushen from Monaco, all to give his wife Shen Youran a sense of home.
The level of luxury was astounding.
"Serve the dishes!" Ji Mushen commanded, and the servants who had been waiting outside streamed in, bringing in the exquisite dishes.
Once the dishes were served, the atmosphere at the table improved significantly, after all, in front of good food, there isn’t much time to think about anything else.
Of course, this was just Lou Xi’s perspective.
"Youran, have you been well these years?" Shen Yucheng finally seized the opportunity to say a few words to his sister, filled with care and apology.
Shen Youran barely looked up, "Thanks to brother, I’ve been well."
Shen Yucheng was suddenly choked, after all, when Shen Youran was chased out of the Shen Family, he had said nothing from start to finish, even concealing the fact that her daughter was still alive.
"Seeing your family of three reunited, my heart..."
"Yucheng, don’t say anymore!" Lin Qingqian tugged on Shen Yucheng, stopping him from speaking further.
She had heard Lou Xi clearly calling Ji Mushen "Uncle Ji" just now, which meant that Lou Xi’s biological father wasn’t Ji Mushen.
Yet Shen Yucheng insisted on referring to them as a "family of three," wasn’t he just rubbing salt into Shen Youran’s wound?
Lou Xi glanced at Shen Yucheng, not surprised by his words.
At the time she discovered Shen Youran was her mother, she also thought Ji Mushen was her father.
But Shen Youran said he wasn’t, and whenever father was mentioned, Shen Youran would fall into deep sorrow.
So Lou Xi never asked Shen Youran about her father again.
As long as Ji Mushen was good to Shen Youran, as for who her father was...
Suddenly, Lou Xi felt Qin Mobai’s hand on the back of her hand, warm and broad, just like the feeling Qin Mobai always gave Lou Xi.
"Let’s eat, the food won’t taste good if it gets cold," Ji Mushen spoke again, dispelling the awkwardness just now.
Ji Mushen was protective of his wife, couldn’t stand seeing Shen Youran unhappy, so he had to control the entire situation.
The meal proceeded quite smoothly after the initial awkwardness.
After the servants took away the main course plates and brought out the dessert, Lou Xi picked up the glass of juice in front of her.
"Shen Ruozhuo, I’m pregnant, so I can only toast with juice. After we drink this, let’s wipe the slate clean on our past grievances." Lou Xi thought she had kept Shen Ruozhuo in suspense long enough.
Shen Ruozhuo was stunned for a moment, looking at Lou Xi with a gaze mixed with coolness and gratitude.
"Thank you, sister, for letting bygones be bygones." Shen Ruozhuo picked up her wine glass and drank all the red wine in it, "I hope we can happily be sisters in the future."
"Okay." Lou Xi took a sip of juice, not finishing it in one go, no need.
She agreed to let bygones be bygones with Shen Ruozhuo, merely to ease the relationship between their mother-daughter and the Shen family.
Besides, having one more friend is always better than gaining an enemy.
It’s just that in this world, you never truly know someone’s heart.