When the ladies reached the appointed restaurant, the hostess brought them to the private room. Upon entering, they saw Mr. Xu seated at the table with Mr. Zhang. The two men were deep in conversation.
Mrs. Xu sensed Xu Weilai freeze in her tracks, and she tightened her hold around Xu Weilai's arm.
"You're here," Mr. Xu commented to his wife and daughter. "I met Mr. Zhang coincidentally and invited him to join us. We're all going to be a family soon, anyway."
He paused for a moment and looked at Xu Weilai. "Weilai, why aren't you greeting him?"
Before coming, Xu Weilai had had a premonition that this wasn't going to be a simple family meal. But she had never imagined that her parents would be so bold as to go this far.
Then again, since when had her feelings ever been in the scope of their considerations?
