As the New Year approached, the gift shop beca busier, but the Charitable Foundation slowed down. Shen Chi was so busy that he barely had ti to touch the ground, leaving early and returning late every day, while Lin Xiaoguai had arranged to go shopping for New Year’s goods with Zheng Cuicui and Han Shouzhen.
Shen Yinian had also returned. Naturally, this laborious ti was not to be missed.
Aside from that, Xu Ji had been summoned back by his mother. Only Han Xinyu got out of it due to her pregnancy. However, it probably couldn’t be said that way because if she hadn’t been pregnant, she would have been more active than anyone when faced with such a situation.
They had originally planned to go to the supermarket, but upon seeing the crowd inside, they backed out and instead took a detour to the departnt store, where new clothes and jewelry were essential during the New Year.
Despite the crowd, the departnt store was still a lot better than the supermarket.
"Little Niangao, didn’t you say your watch strap was broken? Let’s buy you a new watch this ti," Lin Xiaoguai suggested.
"No need," Shen Yinian shook his head. "Just changing the strap is fine. That watch works quite well." The watch had been a coming-of-age gift from his mother.
"Then as you wish," Lin Xiaoguai said upon hearing this, not pressing further.
"Let’s go look at clothes," Han Shouzhen suggested as she sized up Shen Yinian. "Little Niangao seems to have grown taller; last year’s clothes probably won’t fit anymore."
Lin Xiaoguai took a look herself, and indeed, last year she could reach up to her son’s chin, but now she just reached his neck.
"Let’s go over there. I rember the n’s clothing is all in that direction," Zheng Cuicui directed, pointing out a way.
After buying clothes in the n’s section, Lin Xiaoguai was about to ask where to go next when soone suddenly popped out.
"Chairman Lin, are you also here to buy New Year’s goods?"
Hearing this voice, Lin Xiaoguai felt like facepalming. After several months, how could Xu ii still appear wherever they went?
Zheng Cuicui and Han Shouzhen both frowned. It seed not just Lin Xiaoguai, even their relatives were getting familiar with Xu ii. She was utterly pervasive. If not for Shen Chi’s insistence on keeping his distance from her, who knows what people outside would be saying? Even so, there would still be those who gossiped.
"Xu ii," Lin Xiaoguai said coldly, "Could you please stop disturbing my family and ?"
She was genuinely upset. Even if Xu ii didn’t covet her husband, dealing with such a persistent nuisance would not bring joy to anyone.
"What..."
"You don’t need to explain," Lin Xiaoguai interrupted her, "Your frequent ’coincidental etings’ with us, what they’re for, it’s clear to everyone outside. You might have no sha, but could you please show so respect for others?"
"I..." Xu ii spoke, her face reddening, and her hands and feet at a loss.
Lin Xiaoguai didn’t want to hear her explanations and simply stated, "Let’s go."
Apart from Shen Yinian, who had just returned and was unclear about the situation, the other three understood the scene unfolding before them, hence they remained silent and followed Lin Xiaoguai out.
"Mom, what’s the situation with that woman just now?" Shen Yinian inquired once they were so distance away.
"She’s a romantic debt your dad incurred!" Lin Xiaoguai replied irritably.
She had been genuinely distressed lately; wherever she went, she would encounter Xu ii, carrying the sa ostensibly cordial yet inherently hostile face, which was absolutely disgusting.
Throughout the return trip, Lin Xiaoguai remained moody. It took Shen Yinian quite so ti to coax a smile from her.
Seeing her begin to watch TV, Shen Yinian went to find Mrs. Zhang in the courtyard. "Mrs. Zhang, what’s the deal with Xu ii?"
"Did you encounter her today?" Mrs. Zhang said, her face showing distaste, "She’s an unprincipled woman who knows full well that the gentleman is married yet keeps coming around every few days. I even run into her when I’m out buying groceries, and she tries to engage in conversation to find out the gentleman’s preferences."
"Isn’t she Dong Fei’s niece? She even used Liu Shouyi’s na once to sneak into our compound, chasing right up to our doorstep."
Pausing, she frowned and continued, "That ti, she emphatically claid to be the lady’s friend, and I let her in. But the lady was taking a nap, and the gentleman was exercising in the yard. There she was, a so-called virtuous unmarried woman, blatantly ogling the gentleman, her face becoming flushed, a clear sign of burgeoning infatuation, which utterly disgusted ."
Shen Yinian frowned. "Didn’t dad take any asures to deal with it?"
"She has thick skin and is shaless with audacity. How is the gentleman supposed to deal with that?" Mrs. Zhang sighed, "I was so stunned by her behavior at that ti, I didn’t react imdiately, and she went on her own to fetch a towel to ingratiate herself. The gentleman was furious when he discovered it was her, he even called the police right away. Eventually, Xu ii was detained by the police for half a day before she was released. Even after that, she continued the sa way. Fortunately, the guards have been notified, and dare not let her in anymore."
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