"Alright, this isn't something a child like you should be meddling in. Just stay put and keep quiet." The old lady didn't even rest after getting home. Seeing it was only early afternoon, she prepared to head out to work; if she went now, she could still earn half a day's work points.
"Aye, you got it! I can definitely do that," Yuan Si replied, not the least bit angry. She knew that as long as she'd gotten her mother to understand that woman couldn't marry into the family, she didn't need to worry about the rest.
True to form, the old lady was ruthlessly efficient. That very evening, when Li Mubo got home, she pulled him into a room for a private talk.
