After finishing the hotpot, Luo Xiu gave Zhang Yong a few instructions to take good care of Zhang Yi, and he also sent He Dang Gui to find the herbs for concocting the Scorch-Heal Balm. Afterward, he and Lin Xiyue returned to the hotel.
「At the same time.」
In the Ye Family estate in the provincial capital, Ye Ningxue knelt in the ancestral hall, as still as a statue. An old woman, well past her seventies and leaning on a Phoenix-Headed Cane, looked at Ye Ningxue with deep disappointment, lecturing and criticizing her incessantly.
"Sigh, Elder Ye, you might as well let Xiao Xue get up. This really isn't such a big deal. There's no need to scold her like this."
Across from them, an elderly man watched the old woman with a look of helplessness. He certainly knew that the grandmother and granddaughter were putting on an act of suffering for his benefit.
