It was lunchtime.
Mother made a small pot of chicken and mushroom stew, along with three simple, country-style side dishes. Although it was not much, it still felt wonderful when everybody ate together.
Chen had not tasted his mother's cooking for a very long time and was enjoying himself at the table.
Luo was not eating. She may appear to look very calm on the outside, but she was actually having a very hard time accepting the truth, that her investigation was not going as well as she expected. Chen noticed this and tried cheering her up by putting some food on her bowl for her, but she rejected him again and again.
Father and mother did not know what was going on and simply thought that they both were having a lovers' quarrel.
