Dinner was laid out, and it had gotten somewhat cold. No one picked up their chopsticks.
Gu's mother and father insisted on waiting for their son-in-law to arrive before eating. Gu Nuan had spent quite a while trying to persuade them, but to no avail.
Everyone here could feel it, even people like Gu's parents, who normally would stay out of matters, could distinctly sense a tense atmosphere spreading throughout the room.
Uncle Qi originally followed Zhang Sanfeng's order to investigate a nearby gathering, but before he could find anything, it was no longer necessary.
The latest information, which came from Zhao Mengjin, indicated that Xiao Shumei and her sisters had gone to meet an old friend of Xiao Shumei.
This coincidental encounter with an old friend aroused deep suspicion in Xiao Yebai and Zhang Sanfeng, as they were well aware this was a common trick used by those people.
