The meal left everyone at the table feeling especially suffocated. Qiu Shuping's specialty was saying things people didn't want to hear, a way to vent her dissatisfaction and jealousy. Shen Yunfang was in a decent mental state, treating her mother-in-law's words as if they went in one ear and out the other, feigning ignorance while she focused on gnawing at her pig trotter. Li Hongjun's brow hadn't relaxed for the duration of the meal; watching his mother rant and rave, he silently got another bun for his wife, and only when he caught her approving gaze did his face clear up a bit.
Within ten minutes, all four people at the table had put down their chopsticks.
Li Hongjun and his wife wanted to eat quickly and end this torture as soon as possible, whereas Qiu Shuping and Li Xianghe, seeing good food, acted out of habit and rushed to eat. Even as Qiu Shuping never stopped talking, it didn't slow down her eating speed.
