Dining at the Same Table

Lakeside Pavilion!

Five people were sitting around a stone table, having dinner.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat strange, especially when Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong were sitting opposite each other.

Hu Liena held her bowl without making a sound, while Zhu Zhuqing slumped her head and ate her meal quietly.

Although Qian Renxue was unwilling, she was still dragged to the Lake Heart Island under Lu Yuan's strong insistence.

After all, when Lu Yuan gets serious, even Qian Renxue has no choice but to obey.

Moreover, Lu Yuan genuinely wanted to ease the tension between the mother and daughter. Perhaps this wasn't something that could be explained in a single sentence, but after living together for so long and seeing each other all the time, their relationship was bound to improve.

"Teacher, please have some food!" Lu Yuan smiled slightly, picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks, and placed it in Bibi Dong's bowl.

"Hmm!" Bibi Dong nodded gently, her face calm, but there was a hint of complexity in her eyes.

With her intelligence, how could she not see Lu Yuan's intentions? He wanted to improve the mother-daughter relationship between her and Qian Renxue. However, she had a knot in her heart. Every time she saw Qian Renxue, she would think of that beast in human form, and her disgust would arise spontaneously.

She knew perfectly well that Qian Renxue was innocent, and she also cared for Qian Renxue in her heart. After all, Qian Renxue was her own flesh and blood, and she couldn't possibly be completely indifferent. But she just couldn't get over this mental hurdle.

That was her lifelong nightmare, one she could never forget.

"Xue'er, have some food too!" Lu Yuan also picked up a piece of food and put it in Qian Renxue's bowl. Qian Renxue had been in a daze since she sat down at the table, and her heart was filled with complicated feelings.

She longed for maternal love, yet harbored resentment towards Bibi Dong. Her reason for infiltrating the Heaven Dou Heaven Dou Empire with the intention of overthrowing it was partly for the sake of the Spirit Hall's grand cause, but also partly to prove herself to Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue is a stubborn person. She wants to gain the approval of her mother Bibi Dong, but she is unwilling to lower herself to please her, and she doesn't even want to meet Bibi Dong.

If it weren't for Lu Yuan, she might never have sat at the same table with Bibi Dong in her life.

"Xue'er!" Lu Yuan patted Qian Renxue's shoulder, his gaze gentle and a warm smile on his face.

Looking at Lu Yuan smiling gently beside her, and remembering his good intentions, Qian Renxue sighed and picked up her chopsticks to eat.

Regardless of what Bibi Dong thought, as Xiao Yuan's woman, and with Xiao Yuan showing her such care, she couldn't let him lose face.

Moreover, she did indeed harbor a slight desire to reconcile with Bibi Dong.

Putting everything else aside, she has already made her move. Her willingness to come to the Lake Heart Island proves that she has already bowed her head. The rest is up to Bibi Dong.

Watching Qian Renxue's actions, Lu Yuan couldn't help but nod in approval. In any case, Xue'er's personality had indeed changed a lot since she came back this time. She had become much more obedient, less arrogant and willful, and more gentle and considerate.

Although that deep-seated stubbornness was still there, Lu Yuan didn't care. If even that stubbornness was gone, then Qian Renxue would no longer be Qian Renxue.

Lu Yuan glanced at Bibi Dong and then at Qian Renxue, then suddenly smiled, his face beaming with joy.

"Junior brother, what are you laughing at?" Hu Liena asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's nothing, I'm just happy to be able to sit at the same table with Xue'er and Teacher for a meal. This is the first time since I joined the Spirit Hall!" Lu Yuan said softly.

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong simultaneously raised their heads, met each other's eyes, and then looked away instantly, a complex emotion flashing across their eyes.

After dinner!

The food on the stone table had been removed, and several cups of tea were placed on the table. The freshly brewed tea was steaming hot, with a light mist rising from it.

Taking a small sip of tea, Lu Yuan said gently, "Teacher, there are some things I'd like to discuss with you privately."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong raised her beautiful eyes slightly, glanced at Lu Yuan briefly, and then said softly, "Alright, let's talk at my place later."

With that, Bibi Dong stood up. "You guys chat, I'll go first. Xiao Yuan, come over later."

"Okay, teacher, take care!" Lu Yuan said.

Bibi Dong left, the atmosphere in the Lakeside Pavilion immediately changed, and the oppressive feeling vanished instantly.

Hu Liena let out a deep breath and gently patted her chest with her delicate hand. The strange atmosphere just now had really made her feel uncomfortable.

She usually talks a lot when she's with her junior brother, but in that atmosphere just now, she didn't dare to say a word.

Zhu Zhuqing was the same. Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue's auras were too strong. Apart from Lu Yuan, who remained calm, she and Hu Liena were trembling with fear. Now that Bibi Dong was gone, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Yuan, is there something you want to say to her when you go to see her later?" Qian Renxue raised her head slightly and looked at Lu Yuan. Could it be that Xiao Yuan went to see Bibi Dong because of her?

"Well, there are some important things to discuss!" Gently rubbing Qian Renxue's head, Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Xue'er, you can stay on the Lake Heart Island tonight and sleep with Zhu Qing for now. Tomorrow I'll have someone tidy up your room, and you can live here from now on."

"Xiao Yuan, it's me."

"No refusing, it's settled." Without giving Qian Renxue a chance to refuse, Lu Yuan made the decision directly.

"Zhu Qing, you should take Xue'er to your room to sleep later," Lu Yuan said to Zhu Zhuqing.

"Okay!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded, then asked, "And you? Where are you sleeping tonight?"

"Of course I'm going back to my room to sleep," Lu Yuan said with a slight smile.

"Go back to your own room to sleep?" Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Hu Liena's eyes flashed. Wasn't Lu Yuan's room her room too?

You should know that their rooms are together.

Thinking of this, Hu Liena's eyes curved into crescents.

"Okay, that's enough for now. I'm going to see the teacher now. We can talk about it tomorrow."

As Lu Yuan spoke, he turned and walked outside.

Suddenly, Lu Yuan stopped and said, "By the way, I've been gone for a year. I don't know how much progress you've made in your strength. I'll test your strength tomorrow to see how much you've improved."

"Don't even think about running away. Zhu Qing, Senior Sister, and Xue'er, none of you will escape. If I find that you haven't made any progress by tomorrow, hehe, you'll be in for a world of hurt."

"I'm going to punish you all quite properly, you know." Lu Yuan smiled slightly, his tone carrying a hint of something unsettling.