Li Bao Lian saw her eyes filled with hostility and mockery, as if forcing out confessions of her past deeds, waiting to revel in schadenfreude. Surrounded by a roomful of people, she turned around and ran out, sobbing.
Grandma Li anxiously called out to her, "Bao Lian! Sister Lian! Where are you going?"
This was the Sun family's home, not theirs; Li Bao Lian shared a room with Sun Tingyu and couldn't just retreat to her room as if it were her own, so she ran out, slamming the door behind her.
Zhang Shiqian was loitering near the alley around Sun Lizheng's house, hoping to talk to Li Bao Lian when she came out and try proposing to see what she'd say. If it didn't work out, he'd resort to the method Zhao Junchao had suggested.
