Qi Feng looked up, “Brother, she will really come back, right?”
“Yes, very soon!” Big brother nodded.
This morning, Si Tu Jin looked particularly radiant. He urged both sons out of bed to freshen up.
“Dad, what are you doing?” Si Tu Ying Feng asked, still drowsy after discussing Qiu Yi and Ru Feng late into the night.
Si Tu Jin was full of spirit. “Today is a good day; we need to get up early.”
Qi Feng frowned, watching the household servants prepare. Ying Feng noticed too. “What good day?”
Si Tu Jin glanced at them. “Just stay put; you’ll know soon enough.”
Qi Feng sat silently at the dining table, indifferent. Ying Feng suddenly realized, “Is today the day Sui Feng and Ning Yuan are returning home?”
Qi Feng’s expression darkened instantly.
Si Tu Jin nodded, “Double happiness today.”
Ying Feng studied his father’s expression and asked, “Dad, I don’t think you’re particularly welcoming to Ning Yuan. What are you up to?”
Si Tu Jin responded, “Since Ning Yuan and Sui Feng are settled, then so be it.”
Qi Feng put down his bowl and stood to leave. Though Sui Feng was their daughter and sister, he viewed her as the woman who stole Wind’er’s love.
“Qi Feng, stay home,” Si Tu Jin urged.
However, Qi Feng continued to put on his shoes at the entrance. Out of respect, he refrained from confronting the couple, but being asked to stay and welcome them was impossible.
“Qi Feng!” Si Tu Jin called again, but Qi Feng ignored him.
Sighing dramatically, Si Tu Jin dialed a number and let it ring once before hanging up. Then, a phone rang in the room.
With a “slap,” the cup Ying Feng was holding fell, spilling milk everywhere. Qi Feng froze, one shoe still on.
Both were stunned until Ying Feng, trembling, pulled a phone from his pocket. Only Ru Feng knew that number, and due to her heart condition, this phone was almost never turned off. It was a text message.
Ying Feng took a deep breath and opened the message: “Brothers, I’m coming home today. Wait for me for dinner.”
“Brother?” Qi Feng, weak from shock, sat at the entrance.
Ying Feng raised his head. “Wind’er says she’s coming home for dinner.”
