The dinner party wasn't even over when Wu Xiaowen, her face a mask of cold fury, whisked Tang Yaxuan away. She didn't bother to inform Tang Qingyun, instead telling Tang Haocheng to come with them. But Tang Haocheng only walked them to the door and asked the driver to take the mother-daughter pair back to their hotel. He refused to get in the car as Wu Xiaowen demanded. She reached for him but missed, so furious she felt her chest constrict and her vision darken.
Tang Qingyun insisted on staying at the Tang Mansion to entertain their guests. From time to time, elders and peers would offer him a few words of "tactful" advice regarding Mo Xiaoman and Tang Yaxuan. He listened humbly and accepted their counsel. After he and his older brother, Tang Qingshan, saw off the last guest, Grandpa Tang summoned him to the study. Father and son talked until one in the morning.
