Chapter 150: A very Awkward family dinner 5 (2/2)
Meanwhile, in the study. The fog in Su Liya's head cleared as Lu Yingjie walked in on them. Suddenly, Feeling self-conscious, in her present position. She buried her face in Lu Yaozhu's chest, luckily Lu Yingjie didn't stay long. She unwrapped her hands from around his neck and faintly hit him on his shoulder, she got down from the table as he pulled back slightly.
”wait_”
Before he could continue his words, she straightened out her clothes and ran out of the room. Lu Yaozhu chuckled as he watched her run out of the room, he walked around the room and picked up her hairpins. He placed them in the box on his table, he would bring them back to her after the family dinner.
Su Liya ignited the looks her maid gave her as she ran out of the study with her hair down. There was no way she looked at this that would not be even a little embarrassing. Luckily her maid was too shocked to say anything else, she never doubted that they had already put one and two together and discovered just what went in the study.
Before leaving the safety of Lu Yaozhu's usually empty courtyard. She now appreciates Lu Yaozhu's strange preference of not keeping any maids in his study. If this was her pavilion, the news of their afternoon dalliance would have spread throughout the mansion that she would be put on the hot seat by madam Lu during the family dinner.
Madam Lu wasn't one to drag anything out so she was sure that the case won't be moved till tomorrow like it would in other households. She touched her hair and glanced from Baozhai to Ring Rong and asked ”do you have a ribbon or any hairpins on you?”
Baozhai shook her head while Rong Rong put her hand into her sleeve and pulled out a slim white ribbon. ”You can you mine your highness” she held it out to Su Liya.
”Thanks” she picked up the ribbon and packed her head into a ponytail. After getting good confirmations from her maid, she returned to her Pavillion.
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Hours later at the family dinner
The entire family were seated on the square-shaped table placed on the open-walled pavilion in the middle of the garden. The table was already set when they all arrived, they all got seated. Lu Yaozhu and Su Liya arrived last, Lu Yaozhu had a late visitor from the training camp which delayed them. Everyone was already seated when they arrived, the two-seat opposite Lu Yingjie and Zhu Fengyin was left for them.
Su Liya looked away as soon as her gaze fell on Lu Yingjie, her cheeks heated up as she remembered that he had walked in on her in a compromising position. She could not look at him and just focused her eyes on the dishes on the table in front of her. They were barely seated when madam Lu announced,
”Finally we have good news, Physician Gu came over this afternoon to examine Fengyin. After examining her, he reported that she was three months pregnant!” Madam Lu grinned widely.
A smile broke out of her face and Su Liya looked up at Zhu Fengyin. ”Congratulations Jei Jei!” She watched Zhu Fengyin's face brighten up, her eyes were almost opened into slants. Zhu Fengyin's pregnancy was big news for the family, with everything they had all been through these few weeks. They welcomed any good news, everyone congratulated Zhu Fengyin.
Madam Lu had stepped fully into the position of caring mother-in-law. She made sure that Zhu Fengyin's plate was filled with nothing but nutritious dishes. She was so focused on making Zhu Fengyin eat her weight in food that she barely noticed the awkwardness between Lu Yaozhu, Su Liya and Lu Yingjie.
Su Liya didn't have much of an appetite as she was too embarrassed to look at Lu Yingjie. Their close distance meant that they would share a few dishes. She only ate from the dishes closer to her, to avoid looking up at him. Her actions weren't lost on Lu Yaozhu who put more dishes on her plate while glaring at Lu Yingjie over her head. Lu Yingjie himself felt rather awkward, he mouths apologise at Lu Yaozhu.
Who continued to give him a death stare. Su Liya rushed out without Yaozhu following closer as soon as madam Lu Left.