Chapter 524: Chapter 524: Purposely Ostracizing Rong Yan
Shen Siyuan glanced at the seating arrangement and decisively walked towards the chair next to Li Shengxiao, pulled it out, and seemingly nonchalantly began, “Well, I’ll just sit here.”

The look Cui Jiangjing gave her was just short of glaring dissatisfactory.

By taking the initiative to walk over, she effectively squeezed Rong Yan out.

Lin Zhiya was no fool and saw who would be sitting next to the spot she chose; she frowned imperceptibly and directly addressed the about-to-sit Shen Siyuan, “Siyuan, I haven’t seen you for so long, and I really wanted to catch up with you; why don’t you sit next to me?”

Shen Siyuan’s body tensed, and her hand holding the chair almost didn’t know where to put itself, but Lin Zhiya had already spoken, and no fault could be found with her reasoning. Reluctant as she was, she had no choice but to let go and move to the spot two chairs away, pulling out the chair next to Lin Zhiya, “I was worried about disturbing Mrs. Lin, but since Mrs. Lin doesn’t mind, I’ll certainly sit next to you.”

Her words were sweet and obedient, as if the small embarrassment had never occurred.

Lin Zhiya knew the score and looked gently at the silent Rong Yan, “Yan, come sit down; you sit next to Shengxiao.”

“Okay.” Rong Yan walked over in front of Shen Siyuan to the chair she had initially wanted, pulled it out, and sat down.

Li Shengxiao saw her sit down and also pulled out the chair beside her, first placing the handsome little boy on Rong Yan’s right side, then taking a seat on her left.

Sitting on either side of Rong Yan, a big and a small, it felt like a silent protection!

Seeing this, Cui Jiangjing sighed silently, feeling embarrassed on behalf of Shen Siyuan. However, this time he didn’t go to help smooth matters over but instead took a seat two places away from Shen Siyuan, pulling out his chair and sitting down.

With this arrangement, Rong Yan had Little Baby on her left and the esteemed gentleman on her right. To the left of Li Shengxiao was Rong Yan, to his right was Lin Zhiya, and beside Lin Zhiya was Shen Siyuan.

Cui Jiangjing didn’t sit next to Shen Siyuan but instead kept a distance. As a result, there was now an empty spot next to Shen Siyuan.

His seating choice left Shen Siyuan visibly uneasy, her expression momentarily clouded with embarrassment and discomfort. She was inwardly angry that Cui Jiangjing hadn’t given her face, intentionally sitting so far away. But she also knew why Cui Jiangjing had snubbed her, and with so many people around, it wasn’t appropriate to confront him. Otherwise, it would only make her lose face even more.

To hide her embarrassment, she sat down and brightly turned to Lin Zhiya, “Mrs. Lin, did you personally cook these dishes?”

“Sort of.”

“I haven’t had the pleasure of your cooking in a long time, I remember only once from when I was little. Cui Jiangjing was there too, as well as my brother, Fu Yi, and a group of us who followed Shengxiao to mooch a meal. I remember being little, always spinning around behind Shengxiao and the others. I used to play house with Cui Jiangjing and others, making a fuss about being the bride. Then everyone grew up, and I went abroad to study, but now it seems like it was just yesterday…”

She chattered on about her childhood, deliberately touching on topics that Rong Yan couldn’t join, as if she were subtly excluding the only one who didn’t share these memories!