The meal concluded.
As the meal progressed, the old man became increasingly emotional, while the old lady gradually lost her appetite, her spirits flagging.
Rather than simply losing interest, she felt like a superfluous presence. Once finished, she hastily declared, "I just remembered the clothes at home haven't been hung out to dry..."
"What about the nanny at home? I recall you hired one for you two last time, didn't you?" Lin Xiao interrupted the old lady's prepared exit with a puzzled question.
"..."
At Lin Xiao's words, the old lady's face showed a flicker of embarrassment. "That's right... I'll call her to let her know..."
Everyone present could see clearly that the old lady was restless and wanted to leave, and Lin Xiao was deliberately pointing it out.
The old man sighed and then leaned beside his wife, patting her shoulder. "Are you feeling unwell? If so, perhaps we should head back and rest for a bit... Lin Xiao, my wife is getting on in years, and all sorts of ailments have started to appear. The doctor told her to rest well and adjust her mindset."
Now, both he and his wife bore age spots; their time had indeed come.
The old man's body had rejuvenated considerably with Lin Xiao's help, but his wife's health was not as robust.
"Is that so?"
Lin Xiao immediately responded with concern, "Would you like me to take a look? Perhaps there's something I can do to help Grandma? Or, perhaps, you could let him come. I'm sure Grandma trusts his abilities, right?"
Lin Xiao was the divine doctor of Dragon Country, and Ming Yi was the inheritor of the Ning family. How could they not be trusted?
Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at his wife. "Let Lin Xiao take a look at you?"
"This..."
The old lady felt a bit awkward.
The relationship between her and Lin Xiao... and the relationship between her and Luo Bu Yu's family was already established.
Even if she genuinely wished for Lin Xiao's help, for him to examine her, the words that came to her lips hesitated, unable to be spoken.
After all, her own children had been sent away by Lin Xiao's hand.
Even though she was acutely aware that her children had made mistakes, she still didn't wish for the situation to be as it was today.
Therefore, she had never been able to let go of this matter.
But...
When it truly came to her own physical condition, she faltered.
Should she perhaps try to ease the relationship between herself and Lin Xiao?
Even if not for her current health, she needed to consider her future physical well-being and her relationship with Lin Xiao.
She still wished to live long enough to see her children released from their confinement.
Seeing the old lady's continued hesitation, Li Xin couldn't help but say with a hint of impatience, "What's there to hesitate about? Others would jump at the chance to have Lin Xiao examine them, and you're still pondering?"
Luo Bu Yu quickly pulled his wife's arm, urging her not to put too much pressure on the old lady at this moment.
"I..."
The old lady, unusually, did not retort to Li Xin. After much deliberation, she finally spoke, "Lin Xiao... I'll trouble you."
"It's no trouble," Lin Xiao replied, showing considerable leniency towards the old lady. She had, by now, received her due punishment.
For her, perhaps the most agonizing thing was not anything else, but watching her spoiled children, one by one, be incarcerated. At her age, loneliness was the most formidable torment.