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Qu Family.
Mother Qu brought dish after dish to the table.
"Come on, time to eat."
"Mom, why are there so many dishes today?"
"This is to celebrate Xiao Bin's promotion. Of course I had to prepare more."
"Xiao Bin isn't leaving tonight, right?"
"Dad, I'm not leaving."
"Then let's have a couple of drinks, just us men."
Qu Yunxuan, Father Qu, and Mother Qu quickly sat down. Some picked up chopsticks, while others poured drinks. Dong Xuebin set the baby on the sofa, hurried to the bathroom to wash his hands, then came back and immediately scooped Xiao Qianqian back into his arms. Beaming, he sat down at the table, holding the child securely with one arm while picking up his chopsticks with the other. After taking a few bites, he said, "Mom, your cooking is incredible. Heh, these dishes smell so good."
Mother Qu beamed. "Look at my son-in-law, what a sweet talker."
Dong Xuebin immediately raised his glass. "Dad, Mom, let me toast you both. I've made you worry these past few days. It was all my fault. It definitely won't happen again."
Mother Qu readily said, "Good. Mom's happy today, so I'll have a drink with you."
"Come on." Father Qu raised his glass as well.
Clink, clink. Dong Xuebin clinked glasses with Father Qu and Mother Qu, then drained his in one gulp.
Next, Dong Xuebin poured himself another drink and solemnly raised it toward Qu Yunxuan, who was eating. "Yun Xuan, I should toast you too. You've had it hard these past few days."
Qu Yunxuan laughed. "Putting on quite an act, aren't you?"
"Come on, let's have a drink. You can just have juice."
"Fine, fine. Cheers."
After making the rounds, the atmosphere was quite pleasant.
Mother Qu picked several