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Lin Na insisted that Mr. and Mrs. Pang accept the quilt she had bought, but after much back and forth, the two elders still felt they couldn't accept it. In the end, it was only after Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian stepped in that they were persuaded to accept it.

Linna did not express gratitude for this; in fact, she felt ashamed.

She had intended to deliver it secretly, but Lu Yuan and the other man still saw it. This wasn't her usual persona; how could she not feel ashamed?

After leaving Pang Ye's house, Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian treated Lin Na to lunch.

They ate roadside fast food, which Lin Na initially disliked, but Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian both liked it, so she had no choice but to eat it too.

After eating, she didn't feel there was anything wrong with it, except that the environment wasn't great.

"I have to go back to work at the clothing store in half an hour. Do you have anything to say?" Lin Na glanced at the time and asked Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan smiled and asked, "Why did you insist on sending blankets to Master Pang and the others?"

Linna said, "With that old quilt they have, if it gets any colder, those two old bones could freeze to death."

She has no sense of propriety when it comes to words, and respecting the elderly and caring for the young is not her style.

However, it was clear that she had at least a little bit of pity for the elderly couple.

"How much is the quilt?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Only a little over a hundred."

Lin Na looked disdainful. In the past, a hundred yuan would have been nothing to her, but now, she didn't even have five hundred yuan on her, which was borrowed from Lu Yuan.

"What's wrong? Feeling sorry for Master Pang and the others?" Lu Yuan asked with a half-smile.

Lin Na felt awkward and even suspected that Lu Yuan was mocking her, so she said impatiently, "What's there to pity? That old woman gave me a bite to eat, so what's wrong with me repaying her kindness? Do you expect me to owe an old woman a favor for the rest of my life? I'm not that kind of person. I repay kindness with kindness and avenge wrongs, I never drag things out, it's that simple."

"By the way, Lu Yuan, I still remember the slap you gave me before. I'll definitely get my revenge someday."

Lu Yuan awkwardly touched his nose. "Let's not hold onto this grudge, it's not good."

"Tch, I'll remember this for the rest of my life. You better watch out."

"Fine..."

Lu Yuan expressed his helplessness.

Ye Yixian thought this was a good change. It showed that Lin Na was probably less resistant to ordinary people and might even gradually integrate into their lives.

Lin Na, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable being stared at by the two young men, so she simply asked Lu Yuan, "Do you have any cigarettes?"

"I didn't bring it."

Lu Yuan chuckled.

Linna rolled her eyes at him. "Are you even a man? You don't usually carry cigarettes?"

"Who says men have to carry cigarettes with them?"

"..."

Linna had no reply, found it boring, and left.

After she had walked away, Ye Yixian asked, "Lu Yuan, do you think she has really changed?"

"It's possible she's just putting on a show," Lu Yuan said calmly, watching Lin Na walk away. "She's not stupid; she must know what kind of outcome her father wants to see. So she's probably just pretending to be reformed in front of me so I can pass on this information to Lin Jinfu."

"What if she really changes?"

"Let's observe further. Lin Jinfu's matter can't be fooled."

Lu Yuan rubbed his temples, looking quite helpless.

With this matter settled, Lu Yuan was going home to visit the garment factory.

Ye Yixian said her brother Ye Yizhu would be back tomorrow, so she's tidying up his room at home today, and she also made plans to go shopping with Wang Qingyu.

Wang Qingyu wanted to go shopping, but Ye Yixian himself didn't have a hobby of shopping.

……

After returning home, Lu Yuan discussed with his father about trying to take on some of the orders from Yuanxian Wardrobe. If the costs could be controlled, they could save on shipping fees.

The father was in a bit of a dilemma. It wasn't that he didn't want to do business with his son, but rather that Yuanxian Wardrobe only took a few hundred items at a time, which was too small an order. For the Lu family's garment factory at present, it would be difficult to reduce costs.

The wholesale market in the provincial capital sells to all parts of the world, with daily shipments in the millions. With such a large volume, costs can naturally be kept extremely low.

Therefore, it is still more cost-effective for Yuanxian Wardrobe to purchase goods from the provincial capital wholesale market at present.

Since this approach was not feasible, Lu Yuan had another idea, but before he could say it, his phone rang.

It was Linna who called.

Looking at the time, Linna should have already finished get off work and gone home by now, right? What does she want by calling all of a sudden?

With a puzzled expression, he answered the phone. Before he could even speak, Lin Na's anxious voice came from the other end: "Lu Yuan, come quick... the old woman is bleeding!"

"What!?"

……

As night fell, Ye Yixian and Wang Qingyu arrived at the hospital, carrying shopping bags of various sizes, clearly having come directly from their shopping trip.

"How is Grandma?"

Ye Yixian quickly asked Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan reassured him, "Don't be afraid, you just fell and hit your head, and you fainted. The doctor treated you, and you're not in any danger."

"How did she fall and hit her head?" Ye Yixian asked anxiously. "Master Pang usually doesn't let her do heavy work."

"I fell at your house."

Lu Yuan said.

Ye Yixian was taken aback. "At my house? What's Grandma doing at my house?"

Lu Yuan shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

Actually, this is what happened: After Lin Na got off work, she bought some daily necessities for the old lady and delivered them to her. She found that only Grandpa Pang was at home. Grandpa Pang said that Grandma Pang had just gone to Ye Yixian's house.

Lin Na went over to check and found that Grandma Pang had fallen to the ground, hit her head, and was bleeding profusely.

Fortunately, they discovered it in time and notified Lu Yuan to drive over and take the person to the hospital.

Grandma Pang is lying in the ward right now.

When everyone came in, Grandma Pang had already woken up and looked to be in good health; she was not in any danger.

Linna stood by the window, watching indifferently without saying a word.

"Grandma, what are you doing at my house? How did you manage to fall?"

Ye Yixian sat down on the edge of the bed and asked anxiously.

A flicker of fear crossed the old woman's eyes, and she said tremblingly, "There's...there's a thief!"

"What?"

Did everyone not hear clearly, or were they unsure if the old woman said the word they heard?

The old woman repeated, "I saw a thief trying to break into your house, so I chased him away, and then he pushed me down and ran away."

"thief?"

Everyone was taken aback.

It's the end of the year, and it's normal for some people who haven't made any money to have bad intentions and do petty theft. This is quite common in an era when surveillance cameras aren't widely available.

Every year-end, neighborhoods and village committees post notices everywhere and use loudspeakers to warn of thieves, which shows how rampant thieves are these days.

But here's the problem: thieves don't usually steal blindly; they'll scout out the location first, lock onto their target, and look for an opportunity.

Since they've already scouted the place, don't they know that Ye Yixian's family is dirt poor? They might be better off now, but in the past, even a thief would have to leave two hundred yuan behind with tears in his eyes after just one visit.

In other words, Ye Yixian's house wasn't worth stealing; there was nothing of value there, so why would a thief bother to visit it?

Could it be an inexperienced thief? Just randomly picking an empty house to try their luck?

This possibility is not without.

Then everyone couldn't help but worry: if Ye Yixian's house was targeted by a thief, and the thief failed to steal it, would he come back again?

If he comes back and finds he can't steal anything valuable, will he become angry and hurt Ye Yixian?

Just as everyone was worried about Ye Yixian, the old woman said again, "I saw it, that thief... was a girl."