Philomina held the fruit basket out to Madam Tang Li, who smiled and said, "Take it upstairs and share it with them."
Just then, Kallen noticed Old Delong appear by the third-floor railing, staring down at the girl who had come to visit.
Philomina carried the fruit basket up to the second floor.
Richard smiled. "Welcome to my home. Hehe."
As though he were not his father's biological son, Richard was a little prince of breaking the ice when it came to social interactions.
But Philomina completely ignored the young master of the house. Without so much as looking at Richard, she walked around his wheelchair and over to Kallen.
Richard shrugged to ease his own embarrassment.
Philomina said to Kallen, "I was going to leave after coming to thank them, because I know this family doesn't welcome or like me. But Madam said you were here, so I wasn't in a hurry to leave."
"You know, sometimes being straightforward isn't the same as being offensive."
"Grandmother has said I have that problem too, but her own problem is worse than mine."
"Do you want to correct it?"
"I'm not wrong. Why should I change?"
"Do you want to die?"
"No."
"What I mean is, if you keep up this style of social interaction, your future teammates, including me, your captain, might work together to create a reasonable opportunity to send you to your death."
Philomina pressed her lips together and smiled. "Is this you being straightforward too?"
"This is advice. If you don't want to die, change. If you can't change, then rein it in."
"I'll rein it in."
"Why has she come all the way to our house?"
Old Delong appeared in the kitchen.
As she chopped vegetables, Madam Tang Li said, "The elders' business is the