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"Regardless, let's have me deal with Chaoyi's affairs."
Li Yan emptied a pot of wine, his face flushed red. Suddenly, he thought of Judy and Madam Shi, feeling as though he had slipped into some abyss from which he could never return.
Upon hearing this, Madam Shi responded noncommittally, "As you wish, by the way, I would quite like to meet that Heavenly Mother's envoy you encountered at sea."
"Ah, that woman has an odd background, and her words are not pleasant to hear; it's better not to meet her."
"Oh? Has she spoken of me? What exactly did she say about me?"
"Nonsense and gibberish, do you really want to hear it?"
"I must hear it."
"..."
"She said you are cruel-hearted," Li Yan tossed the towel into the basin, "and moreover, a jealous wife."
After listening, Madam Shi bowed her head, her complexion changing unpredictably, and only after a while did she let out a hum.
