Visiting in the evening had its perks. Unlike during the day, you didn't have to scramble for an excuse to say goodbye. After observing all the proper courtesies, Xu Changqing simply cited the late hour and took her leave.
Little did she know that what she considered merely fulfilling basic etiquette was enough to make Old Mrs. Shen start wondering if she could show just a tiny bit of favoritism.
'Besides, I'm not just a mother-in-law; I'm a great-grandmother-in-law. No one can blame me, can they? And surely I'm allowed to be a little doddery in my old age.'
Tonight, no outsider could read the old woman's mind—not even her two daughters-in-law from the Shen Family, Niu Yue'e and Xu Chunxi. But there was one person who knew exactly what she was thinking.
There was no hiding it from him.
That person was Mr. Shen.
