Once the spirit cuisine was ready, his mother, Lin Yulian, busied herself calling the family over to eat.
His grandfather, Liu Baishan, his Third Aunt, Shi Wenxia, and his younger sisters, Liu Changxue and Liu Changling, also arrived at his home with his daughter, Liu Jiao.
At the sight of her father, Liu Jiao let out a laugh like silver bells and skipped over, plunging into Liu Changxu's arms. "Father, where did you go? I missed you so much!"
Liu Changxu scooped his daughter up and said, "I went out to take care of something! I missed my little treasure too!"
As he spoke, he kissed his daughter's tender cheek, making the little girl giggle without end.
By then, the enormous apricot-yellow jade table in the dining room was already laden with fine wine and delicious dishes. Aside from the Ginseng Essence Pork Rib Soup in the jade basin at its center, there were twelve first-tier spirit cuisine dishes. After all, most of the family members present were Qi Refinement cultivators and could not yet partake of second-tier spirit cuisine.
Once everyone had arrived, they took their seats in order of seniority. Liu Changxu also sat down with Liu Jiao in his arms.
For the first time, Lian'er sat beside Liu Changxu as his concubine, but she felt her status was too lowly and did not dare lift her head to meet anyone's eyes.
Seeing this, Liu Changxu squeezed Lian'er's delicate little hand to reassure her, only making her cheeks flush even redder.
Li Zhenxin could not help feeling a little jealous at Liu Changxu's gesture. Although she had repeatedly urged him to take Lian'er as his concubine, now that he actually had, she felt uncomfortable. Women could be contradictory like that.
What she did not know was that Liu