Nalan Yehen ate gracefully, his deep gaze fixed on Nalan Yichen.
"Why do you ask?" Nalan Yichen countered.
His voice carried a childlike innocence, less cold than usual.
"Brother stared at the dishes like a hungry wolf while eating, but you stared at us."
Upon hearing this, Chu Junyu frowned in displeasure. "Mommy, you're the hungry wolf."
"You really are like a hungry wolf today," said Nalan Yichen.
Chu Lingzhi and Nalan Yehen exchanged a glance at this. The man's perfect lips curled slightly, as if smiling.
Chu Lingzhi smiled too. Nalan Yichen's words made her feel that he did have her, his biological mother, in his heart.
"I'm not a hungry wolf; it's just that tonight's dishes are delicious."
Another servant had taken Lin Ling's place, and every dish she made was crafted with great care.
"Yichen, answer your mother's question." Nalan Yehen had also finished eating, setting down his chopsticks and pulling out a tissue to elegantly wipe his mouth.
"I have nothing to say," Nalan Yichen said indifferently.
"Dad, Mom, the little old man is happy today."
Chu Junyu's composed demeanor made it seem like he knew Nalan Yichen well.
"Why is he so happy?"
Chu Lingzhi recalled that when Lin Ling died, they were all present, and they hadn't even blinked at the bloody scene.
Their courage exceeded her imagination.
They wouldn't be in a great mood and have an increased appetite just because Lin Ling died, would they?
That didn't fit their style. Lin Ling wasn't enough to affect their emotions or appetite.
"Because we can sit together as a family of four and eat."
It wasn't Nalan Yichen who answered Chu Lingzhi, but Chu Junyu.
Chu Junyu smiled elegantly at Nalan Yichen. "When you were upstairs, the little old man said it's the first time in five years he's lived with his parents. I think he's happy because he can eat with Mom and Dad, so his gaze kept shifting between you two."
His thoughts exposed, Nalan Yichen shot a cold glance at Chu Junyu. "You're meddling and being too talkative."
"..." Chu Junyu paused. Was he being talkative?
He looked at Chu Lingzhi with a hurt expression. "Mommy, am I being talkative?"
Chu Lingzhi chuckled. "Not talkative, just a bit more talkative than Little Treasure."
What difference did that make from being talkative?
Nalan Yehen watched them silently. Two identical faces, yet their expressions and eyes were different.
Their personalities differed too, but they were equally elegant, gentlemanly, and noble.
Deep down, they both craved to grow up in the warmth of parental love.
Nalan Yehen gazed deeply at Nalan Yichen. He had been a child once, and like him, had longed for his parents to be with him...
"From now on, we'll eat every meal together," Nalan Yehen said.
He stood up, leaving them behind, and strode gracefully out of the dining room.
"From now on, we'll eat every meal together. Does that 'from now on' include a lifetime?" Chu Junyu blinked, looking at Nalan Yichen with curiosity.
Nalan Yichen rolled his eyes. "You should ask Nalan that question."
Chu Lingzhi's heart fluttered slightly. She was even more curious than Chu Junyu. Did "from now on" mean a lifetime?
...
This was a grand and lavish banquet.
The entire first-floor lobby of the renowned Longteng Hotel had been booked.
The venue was designed to be exceptionally luxurious and extravagant.
Everywhere were adorned with vibrant flowers and colorful balloons.
It was a celebratory victory banquet, and those invited were all high-ranking, influential, and prestigious nobles who held both wealth and power.