The old master pretended not to notice, leaning on his cane as he paced toward the study, leaving the room heavy with undercurrents.
The dining room chandelier cast the family's shadows onto the long table, forcing a group of vastly different personalities to share the same space.
Several members of the second branch held blue and white porcelain bowls, their eye-corner wrinkles unable to conceal the triumph of their success, the clink of chopsticks against porcelain sounding brisk.
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