Later, Xiu Xi might have been influenced and wanted to buy something as well, but was coaxed out of the idea by Ruan Jiaojiao. Only then did the family return contentedly to the garden.
On the day they went to the Jiang Family for the banquet, Old Master Shu, considering that he had to visit the Xin Family the next day and might not be able to handle the fatigue, as well as with some intention of letting Shu Lang take charge of family affairs, asked Shu Lang and Shu Wen to attend in his place.
In such a large family, these kinds of formal banquets were indispensable social rituals.
In the past, Shu Wen didn't mind such events too much. But this time, it was the Jiang Family's main house hosting, which meant Jiang Bin, as the intermediary, would take on the role of smoothing things over—and he would certainly be present.
Shu Wen really didn't want to run into him, didn't want to go, but after being scolded by Old Master Shu, she had no choice but to go in the end.
