Every face was shrouded in a thick gloom, dissatisfaction etched upon their features at each other's arrangements and proposals.
Ji Chicheng sat in the central seat, the place once occupied by the old patriarch, and as everyone else engaged in silent power struggles, he remained quiet too.
'Ding'
Suddenly, his phone on the table chimed with a WeChat message; he glanced at it and saw it was from Ji Anning.
He reached out, lazily picking up his phone, "I am with Fenfen at Wanhai Plaza. Come find us here directly tonight."
Just after reading the message, Ji Anning sent several more pictures in quick succession showing Fenfen playing at the amusement park, the little girl racing around in toy cars with two others of similar age.
A little girl sat in the car while another girl pushed from outside. Fenfen's face bore a joyful smile, and he couldn't help but smile too.
The gloom on his handsome face disappeared in an instant like smoke blown away.
