At the second watch, she wished for rosy clouds.
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Lian Manman saw Lady Zhou behaving like this and knew that Lady Zhou had fully understood the stakes. In fact, despite Lady Zhou's hysterics and madness, reminiscent of an unsophisticated old woman, she was inherently as astute as few others, capable of seeing things clearly without needing Lian Manman's explicit explanation. Between Lady Zhou and Lady Gu, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, their so-called harmony from the past to the present, and into the indefinite future, was nothing more than a façade easily torn apart.
But Lian Manman could not underestimate Lady Gu, she didn't want Lady Zhou to be swayed by Lady Gu into doing anything detrimental to her family after leaving with her.
Even if Lady Zhou was no longer capable of causing them any substantial harm, this kind of nuisance should be avoided if possible.
