Dinner progressed as before with conversation dying away to business, polite small talk, and obvious boredom from Grandfather. Dessert was eaten in near silence and YuZhi couldn't take anymore hateful stares from the brat facing him, towards TangShi anymore. If he had to endure one more sly scowl he would end up dumping his wine over her head.

"We have plans, so we four really should be tying this up and saying our goodbyes. It's getting late." YuZhi announced loudly, sitting up and throwing his napkin on the table so he could lean and see his grandfather from his angle. He had always been a confident member of his family...