The old man nodded, and then heard the clan elder ask: "Does the family master have confidence in his ability?"
The old man's face remained unchanged: "Not yet, and the ability of the head of the family is uncertain, and it may not always appear in the eldest son and grandson."
The clan elder nodded: "Yes."
The Chu family has been passed down from generation to generation, but most of them appear in the eldest son and grandson. There were also several generations in between that appear in others.
When the Second Old Master heard this, he suddenly had some hope.
At noon, it was a meal within the clan, said to be for Little Millet Cake and Chi Yiheng, both of whom were about to return to the Chu family.
Even though she had heard Chu Zhaoyang say it before, now that he was eating at the same table as Chi Yiheng and he suddenly became a member of the Chu family, Gu Nian still couldn't adapt.
She didn't know how he arranged it, but it just happened that Chi Yiheng sat opposite Gu Nian.
Gu Nian had to pretend that Chi Yiheng was not there.
Unexpectedly, Chi Yiheng stared at Gu Nian without any scruples.
He was even afraid that the elders at the table wouldn't notice anything.
He said he didn't do it on purpose, even if he didn't believe it.
Gu Nian's hands hidden under the table were clenched tightly, trembling with anger.
This man was getting more and more despicable!
Pretending to like her, he did things to make her uncomfortable.
The Second Old Master's family may not know much about Chi Yiheng's entanglement with her. Even if the Second Old Master knew something, Third Uncle and Fourth Uncle's family will definitely not know, let alone the elders in the clan.
How will people see her when he was like this?
They will definitely think that she had something to do with Chi Yiheng.
Chu Zhaoyang's eyebrows did not move, he just gently held Gu Nian's hand under the table, and gently rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb. After she relaxed a little, he penetrated into her palm and gently squeezing her soft palms, she relaxed little by little.
Then, he said softly: "Do you want to eat crabs?"
Not affected by Chi Yiheng at all.
"This crab was shipped from Dan City, which is close to the northernmost end of our territorial waters. The water is very cold, so the crabs grow slowly. But because of this, they are very plump and the crab roe is particularly full." Chu Zhaoyang said.
Gu Nian's body has always been well maintained, and her period will not be painful, but it will be more or less uncomfortable and her back will be sore.
Although crabs were cold, Chu Zhaoyang thinks it's okay to eat one occasionally.
He brought a crab over. It was still steaming and very hot.
Chu Zhaoyang seemed not to feel it at all, and gently pinched the crab lid with his slender fingers.
The crab's cap was orange-red, but his fingers were as slender as jade, segment by segment, as if the jade had been carefully carved, and they were so beautiful.
Watching him peel crabs was a pleasure.
Obviously his hands were stained with crab roe after others peeled them off, but his hands were still clean.
It seemed that no matter what this man did, he looked good.
This crab was just as Chu Zhaoyang said, it was particularly plump. The crab lid was covered with orange-red crab roe. The crab lid wad stuffed slowly, and there was oily crab roe, like salted egg yolk.
Chu Zhaoyang took out the crab stomach, scraped off all the crab roe from the crab lid with a small spoon, spread it loosely on the crab lid, and then handed it to Gu Nian.
Gu Nian used a small spoon to scoop out the crab roe that Chu Zhaoyang had prepared for her, while Chu Zhaoyang prepared the crab body for her.
He took out the crab gills and heart, then removed the crab meat piece by piece and put it on Gu Nian's plate.
Since Chu Zhaoyang started to remove the crabs for her, Gu Nian's eyes fell on Chu Zhaoyang's hands.
From time to time, she raised her eyes and looked at Chu Zhaoyang's profile.
His eyes were focused and his eyelashes were slightly drooped, which was particularly beautiful.
Chu Zhaoyang would turn to look at her from time to time, then smile and say softly: "Eat."
Gu Nian said "hmm" but didn't look away.
Even if Chi Yiheng tried to embarrass Gu Nian, he couldn't bear the show of affection from the two people opposite him, so he could only look away expressionlessly.
Little Millet Cake saw that Gu Nian could eat crab roe easily, without even peeling the shell, and he was very envious.
He turned his head and looked at Chu Zhaoyang eagerly: "Dad, Little Millet Cake also want to eat."
Chu Zhaoyang glanced at him and nodded. Under the little guy's expectant gaze, he took a crab over, opened the lid, broke the crab into two halves, and put only half of it on the plate in front of the little guy.
"Eat." Chu Zhaoyang said.
Then he continued to remove the crab claws for Gu Nian.
Little Millet Cake: "…"
He was shocked by his father's ruthlessness.
He even refused to open crabs for his son to eat!
"Dad, just...give it to me like this?" Little Millet Cake still couldn't believe it.
Didn't he say that he was a good grandchildren, only child in the family?
Didn't he say that they finally meet again after not seeing each other for three years?
Didn't he say that that he was the baby of the family?
Was this how he treat his baby?
"You are a boy, do it yourself." Chu Zhaoyang said, very coldly and ruthlessly.
Then, he put a piece of intact crab claw meat into Gu Nian's plate, and said, "Crabs are cold in nature, so you can only eat one, not more."
Little Millet Cake: "…"
Why didn't dad give him any instructions?
Little Millet Cake took a bite of crab meat with grief and anger. Was he his biological child?
Chu Zhaoyang seemed to be addicted and kept serving food to Gu Nian.
The fish meat was carefully removed from its spines before being given to Gu Nian. He also did the shelling if necessary, keeping Gu Nian's hands off the whole process.
The elders in the clan were twitching at the sight. Was this the same unsmiling boy who came here in previous years?
The Second Old Master snorted coldly and wanted to say a few words, but the old lady saw it.