As Lin Yuan recalled Lady Ma's shocked expression, tinged with strands of fear upon seeing her, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth upward. However, she couldn't afford to smile now, for the scene before her was indeed a bit exaggerated. It had only taken the time it took to eat a steamed bun after hearing of her arrival for both the elderly couple, Lin Jianling and his wife, and the third brother's family to gather in the main room.
The patriarch sat beside the table smoking his dry tobacco pipe, uttering not a single word. The fact that he was frowning and incessantly knocking his pipe against the table told everyone that the old man was displeased, and specifically, extremely, did not wish to see her, the Little Disaster Star.
But Lady Yang couldn't hold back, and as soon as she laid eyes on Lin Yuan, she started berating her angrily.
