The two ca face to face, both taken aback.
Then, they just looked at each other, halted their actions, and showed no reaction.
"Aunt Xia, what brings you here?" Not noticing the unusual tension between Han Jingnian and Xia Wan’an, Han Zhijin, who had heard the noise, stretched his neck toward the door and called out.
Coming back to her senses, Xia Wan’an avoided Han Jingnian’s gaze and said, "Your grandmother and sister-in-law sent to call both of you for dinner."
Feeling disappointed, Han Zhijin responded with, "Aunt Xia and Uncle, you two go ahead to eat. I won’t go now, I will eat after I finish the project."
Completely oblivious to what had just happened in the study, Xia Wan’an frowned, disagreeing with Han Zhijin’s decision: "You can work on the project after dinner!"
I want to eat too, but my uncle won’t let ... Han Zhijin glanced timidly at Han Jingnian, who stood there expressionless, looking at him coldly, and imdiately abandoned his initial thought, saying weakly: "The project is urgent, I should finish it first."
Xia Wan’an didn’t think much of it and responded: "No matter how urgent it is, you have to eat. Who works on an empty stomach? Even when the boss keeps employees for overti, they’re provided food. I refuse to believe that there’s anyone so inhumane in this society that they won’t let others eat till the job is done!"
Han Zhijin subconsciously glanced at Han Jingnian, feeling awkward and flustered: "..."
Aunt Xia, in this society, there really are people as inhumane as you described, deliberately depriving others of food, and that person is right in front of you!
"Alright, Han Zhijin, stop pretending here, I know you better than anyone else. You can pretend for a hundred years, but you’re not the diligent type. Hurry up, don’t keep your grandmother and sister-in-law waiting!" Xia Wan’an heard her sister-in-law calling her from the nearby dining room. Before Han Zhijin could respond, she started to hurry him again.
Han Zhijin didn’t dare to move, he could only timidly look at Han Jingnian for instructions, "Uncle, I..."
Seeing Han Zhijin calling Han Jingnian, Xia Wan’an curiously glanced at Han Jingnian.
As her gaze just swept over his face, before she could say anything or react, Han Jingnian spoke, "That’s exactly what I just told him, to eat first then work on the project, but he didn’t listen."
Xia Wan’an was taken aback, surprised that Han Jingnian initiated a conversation with her, and even spoke so many words.
Also taken aback was Han Zhijin, who got choked up on his words: "..." Who could tell him, what kind of divine ga is his uncle playing?
That’s not what he just said! He was too frightened by his uncle’s coercion and might to dare to eat dinner! How co when he’s in front of Aunt Xia, it suddenly becos that he told him to eat but he didn’t listen? Is he reversing the truth?
Thinking this, Han Zhijin got annoyed and tried to speak: "Uncle, you..."
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