Today is also the Sun family's housewarming party

Feng Jingxin didn't notice the coldness on Rong Ci's face. Hearing what Rong Ci said, she felt relieved.

After Rong Changsheng handed over his gift to Grandma Rong, Rong Ci also presented hers.

The first gift she handed over was an embroidered picture: "This embroidery was prepared for you by Grandpa through Tingchen."

Grandma Rong took it, opened it, and after looking at it for a while, she smiled contentedly. This gift touched her deeply, and she said, "She has a good heart."

Rong Ci then handed over a set of emerald jewelry: "This is from Tingchen."

The emeralds were of excellent quality, and Grandma Rong really liked them. However, since it was from Feng Tingchen, she only took a brief glance before closing the box and setting it aside, saying淡淡, "It's beautiful. Please thank him on my behalf."

As for whether Feng Tingchen would come to celebrate her birthday, she didn't ask a single word. She didn't care to ask or want to know.

Rong Ci knew Grandma Rong didn't like Feng Tingchen, and if it were before, she would have tried to speak well of him. But now, she didn't say anything. Instead, she took out the gift she had prepared for Grandma Rong and handed it to her.

As Rong Ci had expected, out of all the gifts, the one Grandma Rong loved the most was the set of Four Treasures of the Study that Rong Ci had given her.

Grandma Rong held it in her hands, seemingly reluctant to put it down. She immediately went into the study to write a calligraphy piece.

After presenting the gifts, the family sat down together to have breakfast. It was a lively meal, and Grandma Rong smiled all the way through, clearly very happy.

However, every now and then, there was a trace of melancholy in her eyes.

Rong Ci and Rong Changsheng all knew that today was supposed to be a day for family reunion. But, unfortunately, there was one person missing.

Thinking of this, Rong Ci turned her face away, her eyes slightly reddened.

But to maintain the atmosphere, they all tacitly avoided mentioning Rong Yingsheng.

Around 9 AM, a group of guests, who were closer to the Rong family, began arriving.

In the evening, they would head to the hotel they had pre-booked for the meal, where the official birthday banquet would begin.

As Rong Ci helped greet the guests, Rong Changsheng's son, Rong Yunhe, noticed that Feng Jingxin was sitting alone, looking distracted. He kindly patted her beautiful face and asked, "What are you doing, Jingxin? You seem a little absent-minded."

Rong Ci heard this and knew she was thinking about Lin Wu.

Feng Jingxin had obeyed Feng Tingchen's words and stayed at the Rong family home without running off.

But it was obvious that her mind wasn't at the Rong family house.

Today, she had sent Lin Wu several messages, but Lin Wu seemed very busy and hadn't replied much.

In the afternoon, their group went to the hotel.

Around 6 PM, the guests began arriving.

Rong Changsheng took the gifts and led the guests to their seats, but noticed that one of the guests seemed a little awkward and said, "Sorry, Mr. Rong, I have a wedding banquet to attend today. I'll just have a drink and then I'll have to leave."

Both Rong Changsheng and Rong Ci understood, so they didn't try to hold him back.

They initially thought this was just a one-off.

However, half an hour later, they saw many business partners dropping off their gifts and leaving. Quite a few hadn't come in person, but had sent their secretaries with the gifts instead.

They had reserved many tables, and with this current situation, it seemed like most of the tables would remain empty tonight.

On such a joyous occasion, with all the effort put into the celebration, the situation had turned out this way…

If Grandma Rong found out, her mood would probably sour.

It was understandable that guests had other commitments, and Rong Changsheng could accept them leaving early without staying for the banquet. But of course, it would be hard to look happy about it.

Seeing so many people rushing to attend another wedding banquet, Rong Changsheng couldn't help but ask a business partner he was closer to, Mr. Lan: "Many of our friends have said they can't stay for dinner tonight, and oddly enough, they all said they are going to another wedding banquet. May I ask which one you'll be attending?"

Considering the guests who had left early or sent gifts, he wondered if they were attending the same wedding banquet as Mr. Lan. It was just too much of a coincidence.

"Sun family," Mr. Lan replied, then added, "It's the maternal grandmother of President Feng's girlfriend. They're not from L City, but they're settling in the capital now. They bought a house recently, and today is their housewarming party."

Hearing this, both Rong Ci and Rong Changsheng's expressions changed drastically.

They had thought that with the villa issue resolved, there wouldn't be any more trouble for now.

But now they realized the Sun family had planned this move for them!

They didn't believe the Sun family had arranged the housewarming on this day purely by coincidence. After all, the matriarch of the Sun family had known Lin Wu's grandmother for many years, and they had celebrated many birthdays together.

Could the Sun family have forgotten that today was Grandma Rong's birthday?

No, they definitely remembered.

And it was precisely because they remembered that they deliberately scheduled their housewarming for today!

Mr. Lan wasn't aware of the grudges between the Rong, Sun, and Lin families.

On this joyous day, with the carefully prepared birthday banquet nearly empty, Mr. Lan could understand Rong Changsheng's mood.

He lowered his voice and said, "This is unavoidable. After all, the Sun family has President Feng backing them. They even sent us the invitation. We're not very close to the Sun family, but who would dare to offend President Feng? Old Rong, I had no choice…"

If he didn't attend the Sun family's housewarming, or if he went but left right after sitting for a while without eating, the Sun family would surely think he was looking down on them.

He had heard that President Feng might soon marry Miss Lin.

If they offended the Sun family, it would be equivalent to offending Miss Lin and President Feng.

And no one could afford to offend Feng Tingchen.