However.
Until it was dark.
Ruth Upperton never came out of her room.
Lucy Candler knocked on the door and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." An indifferent elderly voice came from inside.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Lucy Candler asked, concerned, "Should I get a private doctor to check on you?"
"Don't bother me."
Ruth Upperton's voice carried displeasure, the image of her frowning and complaining came to mind, and she ordered harshly, "Once the meal is ready, have the servants bring it to me."
"Oh..."
Lucy Candler stood outside the door for a long time, unable to take a step inside. She wanted to go in and check on her, but she was afraid of disturbing her mother-in-law.
In the end.
The prolonged battle between the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law ended with the daughter-in-law's defeat.
Lucy Candler timidly walked away, not daring to make a sound for fear of disturbing her mother-in-law.
When dinner was almost ready.
Julian Johnsons arrived home.
