After circling a wide arc, Lin Yongcheng finally found the back entrance to Li Mansion. Following his previous lesson, he no longer carried his initial arrogance. With a jocular smile, he clasped his hands together and said to an old woman cracking melon seeds by the door, "Sister, I'd like to see Maternal Aunt Lin; could you please announce my arrival?"
The fat old woman didn't even lift her eyelids; melon seed shells were scattered all over, and with a "pfft," one of the shells sprayed onto the back of Lin Yongcheng's hand.
Lin Yongcheng almost vomited with disgust, but remembering he was the supplicant, he dared not make a fuss. Instead, he smiled and flicked the melon seed shell off, rubbing the back of his hand against his clothing.
The fat old woman still did not look at him and didn't say a word. She just wiped the corner of her mouth with her right hand and then stretched out her hand toward him, her two fingers pinching and twisting.
