It was nearing midnight.
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"My dad has been discharged from the hospital, but he temporarily can't make it due to some matters. He didn't want my aunt to worry, so I came ahead to let her know,"
Hearing this, Lin Baojuan's expression brightened immediately, "That's fantastic, truly fantastic. I've been so worried these past few days. I wanted to visit but couldn't leave, and it wasn't appropriate to go to Dalin Village to ask around, I was nearly driven crazy with worry."
"This child, he's becoming more handsome by the day..." A neighbor's wife commented while sizing up Chuxia, clicking her tongue, "So handsome, how did he manage to grow up so good-looking... truly too handsome..."
Chuxia silently grimaced; in the past when she came, the neighbor's wife barely glanced her way, her eyes fixed high on her forehead as if she was beneath her notice. People really...