Stepmother's Ultimate Pleasure in the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 32: A Heart-Warming Family Meal

Upon arriving at the barbecue restaurant, the server led the three to a private room and they sat down.

Seeing Qi Mo and Qi Shaobai sitting steadily without any intention of ordering, Sheng Mumu took the initiative to take on the task of ordering dishes.

After looking through the menu for a while, she closed it and said to the server:

"We'll have one Warm Family Set Meal."

It was just the right amount for three people, and much more cost-effective than ordering individually.

Sheng Mumu felt proud of herself for being wealthy yet not wasteful. However, she didn't expect that as soon as she finished speaking, Qi father and son looked over at the same time.

It was just a glance, and they both retracted their gazes again, resuming their silent, aloof appearances.

Sheng Mumu: "???"

What do they mean?

Do they think she ordered the set meal because it's too cheap, and fails to reflect the wealthy family's style?

Before she could think too much about it, the server had already brought over the ingredients and charcoal.

She first eyed a plate of pork belly that looked very fresh, and neatly arranged the slices on the grill.

Qi Shaobai was still thinking back to the rumors he had heard in the residential district.

After a while, he finally couldn't hold back.

Leaning back with his hands in his pockets, he suddenly spoke:

"I already know about you two."

With these words, Sheng Mumu's hand that was holding the barbecue tongs and flipping the meat paused. She looked up blankly.

Alarm bells immediately went off in her heart.

Know what?

Qi Shaobai had a grave expression, making her heart tighten involuntarily and her hand tremble slightly.

Could it be that he found out about her and Qi Mo's fake marriage?!

Qi Shaobai's gaze lazily fell on the burning coals.

"I heard people in the district saying that you two...are getting a divorce because of an affair."

The air seemed to freeze for a second.

In the midst of the silence, Sheng Mumu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as she felt relieved that Qi Shaobai had not discovered their contractual marriage and she would not have to terminate the contract early, the ink-colored eyes beside her suddenly froze over, and a hint of coldness surfaced.

The three of them stopped talking.

Only the sizzling sound of grilling meat could be heard from time to time, unusually jarring.

...

Finally, Qi Mo was the first to break the deathly silence.

He glanced coldly at Qi Shaobai, then his gaze lingered on Sheng Mumu as he slowly said:

"That's good. I came back early from Shen City because I wanted to clear this up with you—"

His tone was calm and unruffled, but the two listening to him were not composed at all.

When Qi Mo started to talk about the "affair", for some reason, Sheng Mumu suddenly became nervous. Her hand under the table involuntarily clenched.

All kinds of TV drama scenes suddenly popped into her mind, and she couldn't help but speculate.