Ye Ling saw the expression on his fourth uncle's face and immediately knew something had happened.
"Little Ling, just stay at our place tonight, your courtyard is overgrown with weeds all year round, and it can't be cleaned up in one day. Next time you come, I'll ask someone in the village to help you clean it up," his fourth uncle said, clearly a bit nervous.
Ye Ling nodded and said nothing more. Later that evening, he would go to the courtyard himself to see what was going on.
Seeing that Ye Ling didn't say anything more, his fourth uncle finally breathed a sigh of relief and started chatting with Ye Ling again.
"Come evening, your brother Feng will be back. You two haven't seen each other for a long time. You should have a good catch-up then," his fourth uncle said with a mild smile. Ye Ling nodded. Ye Feng, his fourth uncle's son, was a few years older than him and had always looked out for Ye Ling.
