The Swapped Heir Came Home Hungry novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: The Seat by the Kitchen Door
At seven the whole family filled the dining hall.
The butler had laid the long table himself, and he had counted the chairs three times.
At the head sat Grandfather in his carved chair, with a new red blanket on his knees.
At his left stood the plain chair that had been empty for six years.
Beyond it were two places, side by side. One was for Anzhi. The other was for Linchuan.
Nobody had been told to leave it so. It had simply not been touched.
Yuan sat across the table next to Qiu Fenglan, who wore a new cardigan and held a cup of tea in both hands.
He had paid for her room in a good clinic himself, out of his first month's salary, and had told no one.
The family doctor sat beside her, with his briefcase at his feet and his napkin already in his collar.
Madam Su sat between Ma and Dad.
She was in a dark blue jacket and not in grey. She had cut her hair.
Dad had asked her opinion of the pickled radish, and she had given it at length.
His friend sat at the far end, next to the empty seat of the butler, who had refused to sit down until every dish was out.
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