This old lady Gao must have experienced a lot in prison, right?

"Mother, why are you still provoking him?"

Gao Ming sat on a small stool, smoking a cigarette, his face and forehead covered in wrinkles.

Grandma Gao sat in the chair, clutching her handkerchief tightly in her hand:

"Provoke him? If it weren't for him, would your wife and I be in jail? Your wife is still in jail! What, are you so cowardly that you're not even going to get these things back from him?"

Want it back?

Gao Ming wasn't stupid; the younger brother his father had taken in was not someone to be trifled with.

Gao Ming didn't know how his mother came out, but he knew very well that his younger brother was someone you couldn't mess with. Moreover, it wasn't just his younger brother; his sister-in-law was also quite formidable.

After what happened before, Gao Ming had a clear understanding: it was best to stay within his own small territory and not provoke the couple; doing so would be tantamount to courting death.

But now, I really don't know how to persuade my mother.

Several days have passed, and Mother shows no sign of giving up.

Gao Ming felt that he had no other choice; his mother had clearly gone to great lengths to comfort him.

"Go and see if they've arrived!" Old Mrs. Gao suddenly said.

"mother..."

"What mother? I just tell you to go, so what? Now even you don't listen to me?"

With such a huge accusation placed on him, Gao Ming had no choice but to stand up:

"I'll go."

However, the last half of the cigarette burned down in just two puffs, accompanied by Gao Ming's constant coughing.

Old Mrs. Gao remained silent, her eyes darting around as if she were plotting something.

Gao Ming took one last look before sighing and walking out the door.

........

Next door, Commander Gao and his wife Yingying also came out from the side:

"Xiao Dan, you've gone to so much trouble."

"It's alright, Auntie. I'm on vacation these days anyway. I'll give Linzi some simple guidance so he can integrate better when he goes to the army."

"Alright, alright, your uncle and I don't understand military matters, we'll listen to you, we'll listen to you. I'll have Linzi come to Yejia Village first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay, sure!"

Gao Dan nodded.

Just then, Gao Ming shouted from next door:

"Second brother, second brother!"

"Auntie, we'll be going now, you go ahead with your work."

Lin Zi's mother frowned slightly, then spoke softly, "Are you alright? Should I call someone over?"

Pfft, Ye Wanying couldn't help but laugh, and said:

"Auntie, don't bother, it's alright."

It's not like we're fighting, why bring so many people along?

After much persuasion, they finally calmed Linzi's mother down, and the couple headed towards the Gao family's house, which was not far away.

Upon seeing Gao Ming, Gao Dan's expression turned cold, and Yingying also put down her lips and gave a curt greeting.

Gao Ming was indeed quite embarrassed, but he also understood that after the previous commotion, and with his mother still scheming inside, it was only natural that people wouldn't give him a friendly look.

"Ahem, second brother, sister-in-law, Mother... is sick, so we applied for medical parole. You two, go in and see her."

Get ill?

Is Old Lady Gao really that prone to illness?

At least, in Yingying's memory, she had never seen Grandma Gao sick, not even a minor cold.

Gao Dan narrowed his eyes slightly again, then took Yingying's hand beside him:

"Let's go in and take a look," he said in a voice only the two of them could hear.

How could Yingying not understand the deeper meaning of those words?

"good!"

Since they've been so generous in inviting us, how can we not go in and see for ourselves?