The endless darkness encroached on the entire sky, leaving only a little starlight, and the aristocratic merchants who lived close to their homes had already left by car before dusk.

In the evening, the family dinner at Wink Manor is about to begin.

Xu Shuo buttoned the collar, followed behind the butler in front, and pushed the dining cart into the restaurant.

The restaurant for the dinner and the restaurant for the lunch are not in the same place, and the luncheon restaurant occupies a large area and is only open when there are many guests; The dining room used for the family dinner is not very large, and it is the usual place for the Wenk family to eat, but because there is only one long table in it, the whole restaurant is extraordinarily spacious.

Before Xu Shuo came, he specially did some homework with the cat, and after he pushed the dining cart into the door, he turned in the direction of the right-hand side, bypassed Herschel, who was sitting in the chief, and came to the other side of the table, ready to serve. At the same time, he quietly observed everyone at the table.

There were ten people at the long table, exactly five pairs of men and women. Among these people, Xu Shuo only knew Herschel, Bron, and Lilian, and the other seven were all middle-aged except for a pair of young men and women.

And Lilian sat next to Bron, neither the first seat nor the tail seat, but it happened to be Xu Shuo's seat in charge of serving the food - five butlers, each food truck was responsible for serving food to two people, and he was in charge of Lilian and another girl.

Lilian's lips were closed, her hands were clenched into fists on her thighs, and although her face was expressionless, Xu Shuo could feel that she was a little nervous.

The first dish was a fluffy butter bread, and when Xu Shuo was serving, the hand holding the plate deliberately leaned back, and gently hit Lilian's shoulder twice with his arm, who turned his head sideways and found that it was Xu Shuo, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly in surprise.

"Thank you." Liliam whispered, she felt much better with Xu Shuo here.

Xu Shuo smiled back, and then pushed the food cart to the other girl to serve the food.

The girl looked nervous for some reason, but unlike Lilian, she spread her palms symmetrically on her knees, stared at the table, and always had a deliberate smile on her face, like a rookie employee who was attending a dinner for the first time.

After setting up the dishes and pouring the aperitifs into the glasses, the butlers push the food cart back to the kitchen, which is next door to the dining room, so that freshly prepared dishes can be served as soon as possible.

After Xu Shuo returned to the kitchen, he ignored the strange eyes of the other housekeepers, and stood by the door with his ears pricked up.

Herschel's voice was the first to sound.

"Alright, let's start the prayer."

Then the crowd sang in unison.

"Thank you to the God of creation, whose glory shines on the earth, saves the world from fire and water, and gives us delicious food......"

A lengthy pre-dinner prayer reminded Xu Shuo of the source of the power of faith that Angela had said, and it seemed that the Wenk family were also believers in God.

Xu Shuo's face appeared in Angina's mind, and he thought that it was better to believe in God than to seek himself.

After the prayer, Herschel continued:

"Alright, before dinner, let us raise a glass to my great brother Adam and our Wink family, I hope that Adam will have a spirit in heaven, bless our Wink family with eternal prosperity, and help us catch those hateful thieves as soon as possible and avenge him."

After a while, they were quiet, probably drinking separately.

"Alright, let's dine." Herschel said.

After that, there was a solemn silence.

Different from the silence on the side of the door, everyone on the kitchen side was doing their work compactly, the second dish had been loaded and put on the dining car, the housekeepers were on standby, and Xu Shuo also returned to his dining car.

Once the maid opened the door, the food truck swam into the dinner again like a fish at the bottom of the deep sea – the wheels of the food truck were covered in a layer of suede, so that even a quiet dinner like this would not make unpleasant noise.

Xu Shuo saw that there was only half of dry bread left on the plate in front of everyone, and it seemed that he had only eaten half of the butter, and he didn't know what was so particular about it. But since the plate was empty, he couldn't take it, so he went straight to the second course, the ham salad, which is a cold dish made up of various vegetables tossed with salad and topped with two slices of ham.

Personally, Xu Shuo still hates this kind of cold dish made of salad.

After the meal, the housekeepers pushed the food cart back to the kitchen again.

Xu Shuo continued to stand close to the door.

At this time, a neutral female voice said: "Second brother, I haven't seen you for half a year, I didn't expect to meet again for this reason." ”

"Otherwise, how can we say that the world is unpredictable?" Herschel's voice rang out, "Aisha, how is your business doing in the royal capital?" ”

"You know, the competition in the royal capital is very fierce, we are just barely making a living, where is it like the second brother, you follow the eldest brother to be a land snake, you can earn at least a few thousand gold coins a year, right?" A neutral female voice said.

"Don't be kidding, how can a small place like Chewa City compare with Wang Du?" Herschel said: "I have heard that you are very prosperous in the royal capital, just look at little Petty, if you don't use the special skin care lotion provided by the palace every day, how can you become such a great beauty who captivates the country and the city?" ”

"Thank you, uncle, for the compliment, but my family can't afford to use the special skin care lotion provided by the palace, and I can't say that the country is overwhelmed, if I want to say it, cousin Lilian is more beautiful." It was a light voice, and it seemed that the girl was speaking.

"No, no, I don't look good...... Lilian said in a panic, "not at all as good as Petty." ”

"How could it be, only a beauty like Cousin Lilion can find a handsome husband like Mr. Brown, and if I don't work hard, I can only marry an ugly bastard, right?" The girl said.

Xu Shuo listened behind the door and gasped.

(Are the children of aristocratic families so precocious?) Anyway, is she mocking Lilian's fiancé in disguise? Why does it sound so awkward? ）

"Hey, Petty, how do you talk?" A deep male voice said.

"What's the matter, Dad, I didn't say anything bad." The girl said.

"Okay, okay, it's okay, I don't think little Petty is malicious." Herschel said with a smile.

When Xu Shuo heard this, he roughly understood, the woman Aisha is Herschel's sister, and according to her generation, she is Lilian's aunt, and it seems that the girl Petty and the woman Aisha and another man are from the royal capital, that is, the aunt's family.

So who are the rest of the people? Why haven't you said a word until now, and you don't participate in the chat.

"Hey, it's serving." Someone patted Xu Shuo on the shoulder.

Xu Shuo turned his head, a frowning housekeeper.

"Got it."