Chapter 115

TangShi glanced from her to YuZhi, then to Aunt and grandad to try and gauge the mood around them all. Sensing the tension as grandfather slid his chair out and got up to leave. The dinner was disintegrating, and the once calm mood was dying a horrible death.

“Xiaosu, take my food to my room. I’m tired and no longer in the mood for company.” Grandfather picked up his walking aid and moved deliberately out of the way before turning and walking towards the door.

“YuZhi, bring TangShi to see me after work one evening, not too late, and we can have a chat. I have old pictures somewhere in this house I need to find.” He nodded their way, avoided Rhea entirely as if she wasn’t here at all, and walked out without a backward glance. He was not shy about snubbing the girl as he had been doing for a decade.

Rhea didn’t react because she was used to this from him, but it was the first time TangShi witnessed it, and her heart ached for the girl. Seeing it for herself that Rhea