Ye Ning had been sitting there quietly all along, neither eating nor moving. She looked just like an exceptionally well-behaved and sensible daughter-in-law.
When a father-in-law comes to talk to her husband, a daughter-in-law can’t continue eating; she has to wait until their conversation is over before she can eat again.
However, if one looked closely, they’d find that her expression, including her tense posture, wasn’t because she was holding herself back from eating, but rather, she had no desire to eat at all.
Indeed, hearing that the apartment wasn’t her home, and this place was, had been upsetting enough for her.
Now, with the sudden arrival of this person, how could she have any appetite to continue eating?
Ou Mucen, unaware of the reasoning behind this, walked over and, seeing her motionless state, thought she was waiting for him. So, he sat down opposite her, picked up his chopsticks again, "Eat, it’s getting cold!"
Before she had a chance to speak, someone suddenly stood up from the sofa with such commotion that it startled her!
"Look at you, what do you look like? You don’t eat the good food at home and insist on coming here to make something different, does that make any sense?"
Ou Mucen couldn’t be bothered to respond, he cut a piece of steak and meticulously smeared it with black pepper sauce, "Eat this, it’s well made."
After watching for quite some time, she finally picked up a fork and prepared to eat.
It was at this moment that the person who had just been yelling in their direction angrily placed his teacup on the coffee table with a thud and stormed off, leaning heavily on his cane.
Startled, Ye Ning, sitting at the dining table, couldn’t bear it any longer. Tears burst in her eyes and, bowing her head, her fork dropped from her hand onto the table with a loud "clang"!
"What’s the matter? What happened?" Ou Mucen, completely unaware of the truth, was also startled by the scene.
Seeing her suddenly drop her fork and start crying, his expression changed. He dropped his bowl and chopsticks and came over, "What’s wrong? Did you get frightened? Don’t be afraid, he wasn’t angry at you, he was angry at me. He is just that kind of person."
He guessed the reason behind her sudden scare, but he didn’t realize the true reason behind it.
Ye Ning hugged him tightly, trembling and afraid as if, the moment she let go, he would immediately no longer be hers, as if he would leave her all alone.
She didn’t like to cry and wasn’t a weak person, but now her mind was blank. She felt very insecure and lacked confidence,
She didn’t understand why the old master, who had been like family to her, would suddenly treat her this way. But she already had a bad premonition that she was nearly unable to bear.
"Don’t be afraid, he won’t do anything to you, I’m here," said the person she was hugging, gently patting her back to comfort her.
Upon hearing this, her tears fell even more fiercely, "Husband, can we go home? Can we not stay here anymore, please?"
Her eyes were tearful as she looked up at him, her small face filled with pleading.
Ou Mucen hesitated...
The old master wasn’t new to her, so why did she become so frightened this time after he just threw a temper here? Was it because she had never seen him lose his temper before?