Chapter 35: Feint to the East, Strike in the West

This chapter has been heavily revised. If you've read it before, please read it again.

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After lunch, Lin Baohe went to the Luo family, while Chuxia and Zhao Yulan visited Zhao's house in Xiaolin Village. Old Lady Zhao was sitting in the courtyard, twisting a hemp rope. Seeing Chuxia and Yulan come in, her eyes squinted with delight, "What brings you here today?"

"Mom and I missed Grandma," Chuxia said as she offered the snacks in her hand, "Grandma, this is a token of our respect for you and Grandpa."

"Yulan, you all are barely getting by, why bother with these formalities?" Old Lady Zhao not only refused the snacks, but her expression also darkened, "Don't you know what your father and I despise the most?"

"Mom, you know what kind of person your daughter is. If I didn't have anything, would I bother with formalities?" Zhao Yulan responded cheerfully as she detailed to Old Lady Zhao how Chuxia had obtained the food coupon.