The misunderstanding was quickly resolved. Yan Qi drew a teacher qualification certificate and tossed it to Gongsun Ce, who used it to fabricate a story about this being a "rare academic visit," conveniently passing by for some family reunion. After making a personal call to Principal Onowell, the Spencer couple believed someone's lie and started busying themselves with entertaining guests.
"It's been a long time since we had so many guests at our place," commented Reya Spencer. "The last time was your sister's birthday party with her classmates."
"Did they have fun?"
"Not really, halfway through they got into an argument with your mom. The whole table took turns discussing the new culture and environmentalism, only to be scolded into silence."
The woman in the hat laughed mischievously: "I can picture it, she must have been furious."
From the kitchen, Alpholda exclaimed furiously: "If you have time to chat, come help me prepare the snacks! There's eight more people here!"
