Back home, bottles of liquor lined the dining table, and their drinking contest could finally resume.
Dinner lasted a full hour. Only after everyone was half drunk did they finally stop.
Since everyone was a little drunk, Yun Ni tidied up some vacant rooms upstairs for them to rest in.
Mo Xie, Yun Ni, and Jiang Shaoxu worked together to carry them onto the beds upstairs before coming back down to clear the dishes.
Seeing Yun Ni carry the dishes into the kitchen, Mo Xie hurried after her and said,
"Auntie Ni, let me wash the dishes."
"It's fine. Auntie Ni doesn't need your help. Go chat with Xing Yi and the others in the living room."
"But..."
Mo Xie wanted to say more, but Jiang Shaoxu firmly pushed him out of the kitchen and said with mild exasperation,
"All right, just stay out here. I'll help Mom with the dishes."
She felt this was exactly the moment to show Mo Xie her qualities as a good wife and mother and earn a little more of his affection.
Seeing how well her daughter handled the situation, Yun Ni nodded approvingly, looking very pleased.
Watching the mother and daughter's slender figures in the kitchen, Mo Xie sighed helplessly and could only turn toward the living room.
In the living room, Zu Xingyi, Jiang Shaojun, and Ai Jiangtu had been drinking along with the three elders, but unlike them, they were not completely drunk. They sat on the sofa, half awake and half drunk, recovering.
Mo Xie drew a little closer and immediately heard Zu Xingyi's drunken murmuring. There was even a hint of pleading in his voice.
"Hongying, could you please stop being angry? It's really not that I don't love you. There's just been so much going on lately..."
Hearing