Director Guo ran into a brick wall.
He could be said to have fled in disgrace. He had never imagined Qin Huairu's mother-in-law would be so outrageously unreasonable.
And barging straight into the house had indeed been somewhat abrupt.
Thinking it over, it was still Lin Zhen's words that had made him lose his head.
'Everyone in the Jia family is out. The pretty widow is sitting at home all alone!'
He had thought the vicious mother-in-law had taken the children out to visit people, leaving only Qin Huairu at home. He had not expected reality to be the complete opposite.
Director Guo left the Siheyuan, shaking his head in fury as he slunk back home.
In the central courtyard.
Yi Zhonghai sighed. "Old sister-in-law, Director Guo is Huairu's immediate superior. Whether it was inappropriate for him to enter your house like that or not, you really should not have treated him that way. He came to visit, after all. You don't slap a smiling face."
Jia Zhangshi's fit of temper had passed, and she realized she had gone a little too far.
She had treated Guo Dapizi like someone from the courtyard and started cursing him right away. That really was improper.
"Ah... well... who told him to come straight in? He could at least have coughed at the door, couldn't he?"
Silly Zhu said dismissively, "What are you worried about? Afraid he'll make things difficult for Qin Huairu? If he does, we'll deal with him directly!"
Yi Zhonghai shot Silly Zhu a glance and said coldly, "Look at you showing off! Why don't you just fly up to heaven?"
Jia Zhangshi began to worry. "First Elder, Director Guo won't really make things difficult for Huairu, will he? He won't dock her pay, will he?"
Yi Zhonghai said, "He