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The Divine General’s estate was very quiet Within and without the rooht sound of footsteps and the brushi+ng of fabric upon fabric frohs were absent, this was probably what could be called a household’s “style”

The stone that was laid upon the path were as such and even the trees within the courtyard were the same

Thick and straight, spaced at a fair distance, yet between the branches, there wasn’t a lot of green foliage; silent, sombre and cold

Chen Chang Sheng sat by the side of the table, seeing the porcelain tableware before hie, he didn’t knohat he should say – fro the estate till now, there had yet to be any ful discourse

Xu shi+ Ji and his wife sat on the uests, Granny Hua stood by one side quietly and reservedly, ready to attend; the one serving the dishes was actually that haughty and delicate to the extre’er

Within the room, were these five people, yet outside of the rooed stewardesses with cold expressions were glaring at the surroundings; maids would hold table trays and continuously head in and out, as their dresses crossed the high doorsill, it was all rather effortless

The table trays thosecontained lime juice, contained cold and hot wet towels and contained ivory chopsticks alongside sany; in comparison, trays that held food dishes were far fewer in number

Tonight’s dinner at the Divine General’s estate was relatively simple, there was smoked pork belly and pea shoots blanched in superior broth, the dishes were delicious, yet very standard, without the rare and precious sea fish conitaries in the Capital, neither was there any soup simmered from the marrow of yao beasts, even the amount of dishes were very few

Calling it a family dinner; it truly was a standard family dinner

Chen Chang Shengthis kind of posture, and could only use silence in reply, his head was lowered as he ate, yet he noticed that the dinner at Xu Mansion, apart froular poultry was also absent, and even the co from the tens of condiment sauces present

He was slightly curious, but didn’t inquire

Once the dishes had all been served, Madaan to converse with him, as with this family dinner, the conversation revolved around monotonous topics, yet didn’t touch upon obstinacy from the past

And thus, a meal drably reached its end, the Divine General’s estate remained as quiet as it had been previously

Mada the wine pot and filling Chen Chang Sheng’s cup to the brim

This was Chen Chang Sheng’s second cup of wine for the night

He gave a word of gratitude

Xu shi+ Ji raised his cup, looked at Chen Chang Sheng, then emptied it

Chen Chang Sheng also emptied his cup

Madam Xu poured wine

Xu shi+ Ji once again drank it

Chen Chang Sheng followed suit

Madaain poured the wine

Xu shi+ Ji held his wine cup, looked at Chen Chang Sheng and said, expressionlessly: “Ito end, I had never felt any benevolence towards you”

Chen Chang Sheng re

Xu shi+ Ji indifferently said: “But everyone would have to admit, I did not bear you anyto re able to sit opposite me”