I felt there was sothing odd about the Cheng family, but I could not pinpoint what it was.
Seeing that they treated each other with respect and acted seemingly normal, I did not think too much of their minor tiffs. This seed like what a normal family would experience.
However, I still had an uneasy feeling that bugged like a grain of sand in my shoe. It was a constantly annoying feeling that I could not get rid of.
Soon, old madam Cheng ca down. Perhaps I was being too sensitive about it, but I felt an imdiate and subtle change in the rooms mood when she ca down. All the won in the room beca more humble. However, considering old madam Chengs wealth and position in the family, it seed normal that the Chengs would respect her. The only exception was Professor Cheng. In a relaxed manner, he looked up and greeted the old madam.
The old madam replied with a nod and sat down at the head of the dining table. She took a glance at us too. Though her gaze seed calm, there seed to be a hint of pridefulness.
Soon, everyone was at the dining table having breakfast.
Wu Yu sat beside , but he did not take one look at the whole ti. Although I was sowhat disappointed, I also thought it was quite funny. The most obvious expression on his face when I turned his head was shock and awe. Though, to be honest, my heart was racing when I did that. I guess acting like a bad girl was too drastic of a change from my usual sweet image.
The Chengs did not talk much while eating. Even when they conversed, they spoke very softly. Seeing how everyone was being so well-mannered at the dining table, I too politely ate my food. When I finished my food, I felt Wu Yus gaze on , but he turned his gaze to sowhere else when I cleaned my mouth with a napkin. Instead, he showed the back of his head.
When everyone had finished, Professor Cheng went to his reading room. I could recall Wu Yu telling that Professor Cheng would spend most of his ti in his reading room. Considering what a young and beautiful wife he had, he seed rather boring.
Tan Lanlans attitude toward Feng Yan took a drastic change after breakfast, as she proactively helped Feng Yan in the kitchen. I offered to help but was quickly rejected. Feng Yan said I was a guest, so Wu Yu and I had no choice but to go to the living room and watch TV.
The old madam sat beside a window with tea and ditated with her mala beads. Then Cheng Baozhu went to the old madam and said, Mother, I still have so work to do at the company. Zhiwei will co afterward.
Wu Yu had told that Cheng Baozhu worked at a big state-owned company.
The old madam opened her eyes slowly then said, Ill pay a visit to your boss one of these days. How could he ask you to work during the New Year? Either he has poor managent skills, or youre doing poorly at work.
Cheng Baozhu did not refute her or comnt. Behind those glasses, her eyes did not show any emotion either. Instead, she said nonchalantly, Ill be leaving then. Then she left.
I was shocked by how the old madam had reprimanded Cheng Baozhu in front of us. Although her words were reasonable, it did not seem that she had any consideration for Cheng Baozhus reputation.
I turned to Wu Yu, and our gazes t. As an outsider, he naturally said nothing. Then it struck the odd aspect of the Cheng family.
The mood in the house was suffocating and stifling.
It was the way they interacted with each other. Even though the mood seed calm and everyone seed to be used to it, there seed to be an oppressive figure. At the sa ti, sothing else seed to be brewing behind the scenes.
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