Shen Xingling set down her cake, lifted her dress, and hurried toward Shen Qingwen and Xia Lan. "Mom, Dad! You're here too?"
"We are. What are you doing here? Did you come with Mu Tingshen, or are you all by yourself?" Xia Lan pondered for a moment, concluding that her son-in-law must have brought her. Her daughter, aside from her studies, only cared about having fun; back home, she and Shen Qingwen always had to drag Shen Xingling out with them.
Seeing his daughter standing alone, Shen Qingwen felt a twinge of annoyance at Mu Tingshen. "Where is Tingshen? How could he feel comfortable leaving you here by yourself to grab food?" Although the security at the gala was tight, one could never be too careful about people tampering with the food. Shen Qingwen had seen plenty of such things over his decades in the industry.
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