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Lady Li paid extra attention to the morning's events, pacing intermittently to the doorway. Once she saw Zhang Datie and his wife enter Wang Ru's courtyard, she began to crouch by the wall of her own home, eavesdropping.
Zhulan was basking in the sun, with a sidelong glance at Lady Li, who was sticking her bottom out while eavesdropping, looking even rounder from behind. It was quite an eyesore.
Xue Han saw her mother alternating between a look of disgust and a restrained laugh. She found that the sister-in-law she used to hate was becoming cuter by the day, wasn't she?
