Chapter 462

Entering the room, Qin Bi and Qin Lang sat in the main seats.

The children sat around, shouting and cheering, and the table was covered with all kinds of ingredients.

There were several types of spiritual food alone. Even the ingredients without spiritual energy were excellent items. Winter vegetables were hard to preserve, mostly consisting of radishes and cabbage; other fresh vegetables were scarce.

Just by glancing at it, Qin Han's expression changed.

They had tricked her children into staying at the Fourth Branch's main courtyard to eat at the table with the adults, while Qin Bi was here eating delicious food with Qin Lang and the others.

Spiritual food was beneficial for cultivation. There were meat and vegetable dishes, all sorts of roasted ovens and baked goods that Qin Han usually couldn't bear to buy for her children, as well as various pastries, sweets, spicy dishes, and delicacies spread across the entire table.

Qin Han was furious; her own family was treating them unfairly.

"I heard that the nephews were all with Qin Bi Jiejie, so I wanted to send Jiang Ren and her brother over to eat with you all." Qin Han tried her best to suppress her anger to avoid being called unreasonable, and continued: "Mother and the others didn't call them over. You all are eating so well; there are many pastries and such that I haven't even seen before. Your table is eating well, but Jiang Ren and her brother are eating quite ordinarily."

Several duck legs had already been eaten, along with duck heads. A few were left for Rong Yang. The child hadn't woken up yet and was sleeping soundly on the bed, so everyone was speaking in low voices.

In her words, Qin Han was complaining that her children had been slighted.

Complaining about whom? She didn't know; she was complaining about everyone.

Qin Bi was eating sour pickled dried fruit as a small snack. She hadn't eaten it before and didn't expect the texture to be quite good. Regarding Qin Han's veiled words, Qin Bi smiled slightly.

Eating the pickled dried fruit unhurriedly, Qin Bi could not empathize with Qin Han's dissatisfaction. Who couldn't speak with hidden meanings? Qin Bi said: "Rong Yang is sleeping. If there are too many people, it will be noisy, so it's not good to call all the children over."

Qin Bi didn't know Qin Han's children; if they were very noisy, calling them over would cause trouble.

Therefore, let alone not knowing Qin Han had brought the children, even if she had known, she wouldn't have called them. There was no plan for extra children to begin with; Qin Bi had never thought of calling Qin Han's children over.

Qin Han didn't need to be picky; their relationship was just average. Calling them over to eat together would be hard to manage.

Qin Han lowered her head: "Jiang Ren and her brother are not noisy."

Qin Bi just acted as if she hadn't heard Qin Han's words. Even if they weren't noisy, she wouldn't call Jiang Ren and her brother. This wasn't a matter of being noisy or not; Qin Bi found it annoying and didn't have the patience to deal with these trivial matters.

Qin Bi asked: "Didn't you play with Fubao?"

Given the relationship between Qin Han and Qin He, their children should be close, inseparable, and sisterly. When they grew up, they could be a pair of good sisters, as long as Fubao didn't mind that Jiang Ren's family were merchants.

Seeming not to care whether Qin Han answered or not, Qin Bi said: "I heard Qin He hasn't left and Fubao has also come to the Marquis Manor. Jiang Ren and Fubao play well together, right? Once Jiang Ren is full, she can go to the Second Branch to find Fubao to play."

This was Jiang Ren's daily routine; she shouldn't have come here.

The Marquis Manor had fallen on hard times over the years; the courtyards were empty, and the various branches were not wealthy. Fortunately, the area was large. The concubine-born daughters no longer lived with their mothers and were assigned their own courtyards, but living together didn't necessarily mean their relationship was good.

Jiang Ren said: "I want to play with Rong Yang Didi."

"Fubao is blessed." Qin Bi chuckled slightly, specifically mentioning that Fubao was blessed. There was no need for Jiang Ren to play with Rong Yang; their mothers had a bad relationship, and the children couldn't play together either. Qin Bi advised very casually: "Go find Fubao to play; Rong Yang hasn't woken up yet."

When he woke up, there would still be Qin Lang and several other cousins; Rong Yang wasn't familiar with Jiang Ren.

Since the cousin relationship wasn't close from the beginning, it would be fine to stay that way in the future; there was no need to change anything. Besides, Qin Bi had discussed marriage with Jiang Mo, and Qin Han minded it very much—as if no one had noticed.

Since she minded, ordinary interactions were best.

The time when Qin Han and Qin Bi's relationship should have been best was already gone. During the times Qin Bi and He Yan quarreled, or when Qin He provoked Qin Bi, if Qin Han had treated Qin Bi as a sister at any of those times, they wouldn't have drifted so far apart.

Once the relationship became distant, it was hard to ease.

Of course, Qin Han might not have any intention of easing it.

Previously, Qin Han had already married Jiang Mo and had Jiang Ren, yet every time Qin Han saw Qin Bi, she still had a defensive look, as if she were afraid Qin Bi had something going on with Jiang Mo. This was like a thorn in Qin Han's heart; how could she let it go?

Qin Bi pushed Jiang Ren toward Fubao; it couldn't be called dislike, but there was definitely no intention of affection. Jiang Shi saw this and knew that the relationship between Qin Bi and Qin Han was just like that.

She had originally wanted to pull the two together, but seeing this, Jiang Shi gave up the idea.

Jiang Shi asked the children with a huff: "Are you not full yet?"

"Not full." Qin Su gnawed on the spicy spiritual poultry duck meat.

Jiang Shi looked; there was still more than half of the food on the table, so they would definitely continue eating.

Qin Han asked Jiang Ren: "Are you full?"

This was a rather scheming sentence. As long as Jiang Shi, Qin Bi, or Qin Lang took the bait and called Jiang Ren and her brother to sit down, Qin Han's goal would be achieved; whether Jiang Ren was full or not was not important.

Even if they were full, they could still eat more; it was all good stuff.

Jiang Ren stammered; she was very full, but she still wanted to eat.

The table was filled with delicious food, and Jiang Ren swallowed her saliva secretly.

Jiang Shi didn't take the bait. This was Qin Bi's courtyard, and Qin Bi was no longer an unmarried concubine-born daughter of the Marquis Manor; she had married into a high-ranking family. Jiang Shi had to give Qin Bi face, even if this was in the Fourth Branch of the Marquis Manor.

Qin Lang also looked at Qin Bi. Qin Bi stood up and went to the bedside to see if the child had woken up.

Rong Yang moved a little. Qin Bi smiled and picked the child up: "Rong Yang."

Rong Yang snuggled into Qin Bi's arms and stopped sleeping. He was lazy from just waking up, so Qin Bi held him. The maid poured warm water, and Qin Bi wrung out a towel to gently wipe the child's face; the child's skin was delicate.

"So handsome." Qin Bi didn't know how to praise him enough.

Rong Yang laughed. Qin Bi carried him to the table and sat down. Spicy duck legs, wings, and heads were all kept for the child. Qin Bi first took a spicy duck leg for the child to eat.

Qin Han felt uncomfortable looking at this plate of spicy spiritual poultry duck meat, feeling slighted. Since no one called Jiang Ren and her brother to take a seat, Qin Han didn't want to ask for trouble and left with the children.

Jiang Ren and her brother looked back every few steps, wanting very much to play, eat, and drink with everyone; this table was too lively. However, no one called them to stay, so they could only pout and leave.

Jiang Shi sighed, and Qin Bi didn't even lift her eyes.

Regarding Jiang Ren and her brother, Qin Bi had no feelings at all. Unlike Qin Tang and Qin Xun's children, who were always on Qin Bi's mind, even if Jiang Ren and her brother looked pitiful, so what? Qin Bi was indifferent.

"Why did you bring Qin Han over?" Qin Lang asked Jiang Shi.

"She and Qin Bi are in the same courtyard." Jiang Shi said helplessly: "Besides, she wanted to come to her own courtyard after eating; could I have stopped her? You too, why did you and your cousin buy so much good food?"

Not calling Qin Han's children to this table made it seem like the maternal family was showing favoritism.

Actually, the Qin Tang brothers really didn't have that thought; they were just afraid Qin Han would overthink it.