My mouth twitched as I glanced at my mother.
Her eyes were secretive — she had never regarded Yu Longting as my boyfriend.
She was just waiting for me to give birth to the Little Dumpling in my womb, pay off the Su Family's debt to Yu Longting, and then be free.
"Yuanyuan is still young and all right, but it's too hard for Yuanyuan's mom to work at the supermarket, coming and going early and late," Chen Shufen said as she held onto my mom, expressing her concern.
I nodded in agreement and said to my mom,"Mom, I've started earning money now, so you don't have to go out and work so hard anymore."
My mom immediately shook her head in refusal,"It's good to have something to do; if I were to stop working, I'd go moldy at home."
"I do agree with that. It's better to have Yuanyuan's mom do some work at the supermarket, just to pass the time," Chen Decheng joked.
After this meal, Chen Decheng took the initiative to give me a raise of five hundred yuan.
He also cleared out a room on the third floor that had been used as a storeroom and let me move in.
I was extremely grateful and worked my hardest for the boss after taking a two-day break.
That afternoon, during the busiest time for the restaurant,
my phone received messages twice from Wu Zhenglin about the WeChat transfer not being collected and being refunded the same way.
I sent him a message to ask what was going on, but I didn't receive any reply.
Just as I was puzzled about what was happening, I saw Granny Wu walking into the restaurant with a grim face. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Xiao Li, not recognizing Granny Wu, greeted her with a smile,"Dear customer, our place is full at the moment, but could you please wait a bit on the chairs at the entrance? We will have a seat available for you in no more than ten minutes."
"Granny Wu, why have you come here yourself?" I stepped forward to greet her and then said to Xiao Li,"Xiao Li, this is my friend; I'll attend to her personally."
"Alright, just let me know if you need help," Xiao Li agreed readily and went off to tend to other matters.
To my surprise, in the next second, Granny Wu firmly grasped my wrist, and she stared intently at the cheongsam beneath my coat,"You... you actually put on the cheongsam? Have you considered the consequences?"
"Granny Wu, it's not convenient to talk here. Could we step aside for a moment?" I suggested, not wanting to discuss Yu Longting in a crowded place.
Granny Wu opened her other hand, revealing a pinch of charred-looking red and black rice,"Step aside for a talk? Master Qingyang has already come knocking at our door. Where is the Snake Lord? You must have him take you and hide immediately."
"Yu Longting has returned to his cave dwelling, but who is this Master Qingyang?" At the sight of the char-black rice in Granny Wu's palm, I began to worry.
It must have been from the divination Granny Wu performed for me, and the result was certainly not good.
"What? The Snake Lord is not here?"
Granny Wu pulled me outside, her rough hand tugging painfully at my wrist.
When we reached the roadside, she forcefully pushed me into a van without explanation.
If not for the fact that Granny Wu was an old acquaintance, I might have suspected I was being kidnapped.
The driver was Granny Wu's grandson Wu Zhenglin, who was listlessly reading from an English grammar book.
Seeing us get in, he smiled,"Granny, what's the rush? You insisted I drive over to pick up Su Wan."
"To the Snake Tomb Stele Forest," Granny Wu commanded sternly.
Wu Zhenglin was taken aback,"Isn't the Steles Forest beyond the Six Realms? It's the Snake Bone Resting Place! Why are we going there?"
"Less talk, more action. The more you know, the faster you die," Granny Wu silenced Wu Zhenglin with just one sentence.
Wu Zhenglin made a zipping motion over his mouth,"Are you still even my granny, threatening your own grandson with death so casually..."
I was still completely confused. Since Granny Wu wouldn't tell her grandson Wu Zhenglin the purpose of going to the Steles Forest, I needed to know exactly what had happened,"Granny Wu, are we going to this Stele Forest to hide from Qingyang's pursuit?"