Chapter 322 - Thank You for Your Thoughtfulness (1/2)
Su Chenghui blinked, made a quick decision in his mind, and turned around to hurry to the private dining room that Xiang Caiping had disappeared into.
Xiang Caiping entered the room with her eyes red. She was an intelligent woman. If she were not one, it would have been impossible for her to establish her own career and gain a footing in a foreign land.
Now, however, she was despising her own intelligence. She had interpreted all the nuances in Su Chenghui’s simple question to Su Qingsang.
She felt sudden heartache and was extremely tormented. The excruciating sorrow she felt when she saw Su Qingsang upon entering the room caused her to look pallid and her eyes to be red.
Su Qingsang and Huo Jinyao exchanged looks of dismay. Su Qingsang had mentioned Xiang Caiping’s encounter with Su Chenghui briefly to Huo Jinyao when she returned to the dining room.
The encounter came as a surprise to both Su Qingsang and Huo Jinyao. Both of them did not attribute Xiang Caiping’s reaction to anything related to Su Qingsang. They only thought that Xiang Caiping must have gotten too worked up when she saw Su Chenghui.
“Mother?” Su Qingsang was a little worried as she stared at Xiang Caiping, her eyes clouded with concern.
At this moment, Huo Jinyao’s normally abstruse eyes revealed traces of his thoughts. Instead of responding with concern, like Su Qingsang, he had glimpsed something else from the situation.
Why are Xiang Caiping’s eyes filled with regret? He could not help but look at Su Qingsang again and, as confirmation of his deduction, Xiang Caiping was looking at Su Qingsang from time to time.
“I’m fine.” Xiang Caiping shook her head when she was aware of Huo Jinyao’s attention on her. “Let’s continue with our meal. The dishes are getting cold.”
“Sure,” Su Qingsang did not pursue the matter further. Xiang Caiping was her elder and, if Xiang Caiping felt like broaching the subject, she would naturally do so without external prompting.
Before the trio could resume with their meal, however, Su Chenghui had already entered the room uninvited.
“Caiping…” Su Chenghui fixed his eyes on Xiang Caiping the moment he entered the room. He had much to tell her but, upon seeing Huo Jinyao and Su Qingsang, his words were caught in his throat.
Xiang Caiping ignored Su Chenghui while Huo Jinyao and Su Qingsang stood up to acknowledge him.
“Father.”
“Father.”