23 Family Dinner - 7.3 (1/2)

Arriving at Xiong Jia Courtyard with his mother; Wei Rou Xiang and the princess of Spirit Valor Country; Ning Yan Mei in tow, Fan Li Jie was already in a extremely bad mood.

He barely said anything during the whole walk and his mother had to answer and entertain the pouting princess which in turn made her head start to ache.

Leading them to the dining hall, the servants opened the door for them and the gazes of all three people inside instantly snapped on to them.

”Li Jie, where's Xia'er?” Fan Hui Zhong immediately asked upon seeing them enter without his daughter; Fan Zhu Xia.

”I'm sorry Uncle but Xia'er was sound asleep when I went to pick her up. She look tired so I didn't want to disturb her.” Fan Li Jie answered in reply, his expression softening a little and his voice loses some of it's cold indifference but instead seemed a tad bit gentle which both his mother; Wei Rou Xiang and the princess; Ning Yan Mei noticed.

While Wei Rou Xiang's brows frowned in confusion as to who this Xia'er was, Ning Yan Mei frowned for a totally different reason.

Just based from how Fan Li Jie's whole demeanor changed at the mere mention of this particular girl's name made Ning Yan Mei feel that something was amiss. Throughout their whole interaction together on their way here, Ning Yan Mei never got another reaction from Fan Li Jie aside from his initial surprise at her identity.

In fact, it seemed that Fan Li Jie was actually trying to put distance between him and her!

To Ning Yan Mei, this wasextremely unacceptable!

She already found Fan Li Jie quite appealing and pleasing to her eyes. This was the very first time she even found a man who picked her interest and for him to continously ignore her yet visibly brighten up at the mere thought of another infuriated her to no end!

Just as Ning Yan Mei was silently screaming out grievances in he mind, Fan Li Jie took the opportunity to sit by his brother; Fan Xian Liang which left only a little space on his other side which would force a person to choose another place to sit.

Meanwhile, Wei Rou Xiang eyes landed on her husband; Fan Hui Liang and upon looking at him, she noticed the man who was sitting right beside him, finally realizing the identity of the person who had just asked her son a question.

”Brother-in-law?!” Wei Rou Xiang exclaimed in surprise, excitement filling her as she gazed at the man who was once married to her best friend.

Returning her gaze, Fan Hui Zhonh swallowed back his disappointment that his daughter wasn't here and instead gently smiled at his little sister-in-law.

”Ahh... Little Rou, you've grown even lovelier than the last time I've seen you.”

”Heavens! Brother-in-law it is you! How have you been? When did you get back?” Wei Rou Xiang asked, bombarding Fan Hui Zhong with questions as she rushed over to him and giving him an affectionate hug.

Chuckling, Fan Hui Zhong gently pinched Wei Rou Xiang's cheeks while pushing her away and answering, ”I've been doing well and no need for all this excitement, we just got back today.”