Chapter 32: A heart-warming family Meal.

Chapter 32

Upon arriving at the barbecue restaurant, the server led the three to a private room and they sat down.

Seeing Qi Mo and Qi Shaobai sitting steadily without any intention of ordering, Sheng Mumu took the initiative to take on the task of ordering dishes.

After looking through the menu for a while, she closed it and said to the server:

"We'll have one Warm Family Set Meal."

It was just the right amount for three people, and much more cost-effective than ordering individually.

Sheng Mumu felt proud of herself for being wealthy yet not wasteful. However, she didn't expect that as soon as she finished speaking, Qi father and son looked over at the same time.

It was just a glance, and they both retracted their gazes again, resuming their silent, aloof appearances.

Sheng Mumu: "???"

What do they mean?

Do they think she ordered the set meal because it's too cheap, and fails to reflect the wealthy family's style?

Before she could think too much about it, the server had already brought over the ingredients and charcoal.

She first eyed a plate of pork belly that looked very fresh, and neatly arranged the slices on the grill.

Qi Shaobai was still thinking back to the rumors he had heard in the residential district.

After a while, he finally couldn't hold back.

Leaning back with his hands in his pockets, he suddenly spoke:

"I already know about you two."

With these words, Sheng Mumu's hand that was holding the barbecue tongs and flipping the meat paused. She looked up blankly.

Alarm bells immediately went off in her heart.

Know what?

Qi Shaobai had a grave expression, making her heart tighten involuntarily and her hand tremble slightly.

Could it be that he found out about her and Qi Mo's fake marriage?!

Qi Shaobai's gaze lazily fell on the burning coals. Rread latest chapters at novelhall.com

"I heard people in the district saying that you two...are getting a divorce because of an affair."

The air seemed to freeze for a second.

In the midst of the silence, Sheng Mumu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as she felt relieved that Qi Shaobai had not discovered their contractual marriage and she would not have to terminate the contract early, the ink-colored eyes beside her suddenly froze over, and a hint of coldness surfaced.

The three of them stopped talking.

Only the sizzling sound of grilling meat could be heard from time to time, unusually jarring.

...

Finally, Qi Mo was the first to break the deathly silence.

He glanced coldly at Qi Shaobai, then his gaze lingered on Sheng Mumu as he slowly said:

The seventeen-year-old's emotions came and went quickly. Just a moment ago he was still frowning worriedly, but now he was instantly tickled by Sheng Mumu's words and burst out laughing.

"Cremated, what the heck!"

The atmosphere seemed to ease up a bit. Qi Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.

His keen observational skills allowed him to detect Sheng Mumu's absent-mindedness when she spoke.

He didn't break the atmosphere and silently rolled up his shirt sleeves, naturally reaching out to take the barbecue tongs from Sheng Mumu's hands.

"I'll grill, you must be hungry so eat first."

Sheng Mumu was startled and didn't react in time before Qi Mo had taken the tongs from her hands.

The man's grilling was not very skilled; it was evident he didn't usually go into the kitchen.

But he moved neither hastily nor slowly, and his every action exuded a calm and composed aura, which actually concealed his clumsiness and made him appear collected.

In no time, her plate was already piled with several slices of meat.

On the other side of the table, in front of the teenager Qi Shaobai who was going through a growth spurt, there was a lonely single slice of meat.

Qi Shaobai: ......

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All the way until the three of them finished eating barbecue and returned home, Sheng Mumu kept thinking about Qi Granny's matter.

The marriage contract stated that it would automatically be cancelled 100 years after Qi Granny's passing.

According to the timeline in the book, there should still be less than a year before Qi Granny was diagnosed with the tumor.

If they could detect the illness early and treat it in time,

was there a possibility that Granny could live a few more years?

She could have just pretended not to know anything, and waited until the day the prenuptial agreement took effect to take a large sum of money and leave the Qi family.

But the human heart is made of flesh, after all. Knowing how things would unfold, she could not just sit by and watch regret occur right before her eyes.

Sheng Mumu bit her lip.

She thought to herself, never mind, contract or no contract, and regardless of whether this would change the plotline of the book.

When Granny comes to Jing City, she must accompany her to carefully examine her health.

Even if she couldn't prevent the illness, she would at least let this father and son see Granny one last time, so they have no regrets.

When Qi Mo came out of the shower, Sheng Mumu had already sorted out her emotions.

Seeing him come out, Sheng Mumu got up and headed towards the bathroom, planning to take a bath too.

In passing, she casually tied up her long hair with a hair tie into a messy bun.

Revealing the smooth, slender lines of her neck and shoulders.

With her hair down she looked glamorous and dazzling, but tied up she had a touch of childlike innocence she couldn't hide.

As they passed each other, Qi Mo's gaze fell on the fuzzy wisps of hair around her ear. He suddenly stopped in his tracks and called out to stop her.

"Wait, I have something to tell you."