Chapter 826: Chapter 618: The Mad Old Lady

It was a little after six in the evening, the sky was still bright, though veiled with a thin gauze of night, making it somewhat dim.

In a high-end residential compound not far from the Beijing Municipal Government, a woman still wearing a woolen overcoat was walking along the carefully trimmed green belt inside the compound. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

The residents inside the complex would all unconsciously cast a glance at this roughly fifty-year-old older woman as they passed by.

First, this "keep-warm" style of dress really did not match a summer evening in such high temperatures.

Second, some sharp-eyed people could almost at a single glance see that the woolen coat on the woman was a limited-edition LV model from last winter.

Third, the woman’s woolen coat only reached above her knees, mid-thigh; though her upper body was wrapped up tightly, it was hard to hide that on her lower half she was wearing what looked like some hospital’s patient garb.

Passersby would throw strange looks at the woman, and also mutter weirdly among themselves in private.

Most of them guessed that the woman might be mentally ill, or, to put it more harshly, that there was something wrong with her brain.

Not a single person actually went up to inquire; probably because recent social news was flooded with stories about "elderly people staging accidents for compensation," and besides, this old lady was only dressed oddly and walking along the green belt—there didn’t seem to be anything about her that obviously required help.

They gossiped with one another, thinking that the security guards at the compound gate were actually quite strict about who went in and out, so the woman should in fact be a resident here.

The woman just kept walking like that along the green belt in the compound for a long time, until the sky was completely dark.

The lights along the green belt came on; the further the woman walked, the more anxious she became, a flustered expression appearing on her face.

At last, a kind-hearted young girl plucked up the courage to walk over and carefully ask,

"Granny, where do you live? Aren’t you hot, wearing so much?"

"Not hot, not hot! My daughter bought this for me."

The woman hurriedly replied to the young girl who had come up to ask, speaking in a soft, sing-song Shanghai dialect.

The young girl was a Beijing local; luckily, the woman spoke her Shanghai dialect slowly, so with some guessing she could mostly understand what She was saying.

"Oh, oh! Your daughter bought it for you? She’s so filial!"

"Yes! My daughter... my daughter is the most filial, ah!"

The woman had a very kind face; as She said this, Her eyes were shining.

"Then, then where does your daughter live? You’re heading home now, right?"

"Yes! Home, where is home... let me think..."

The woman said in that sweet, drawling tone.

The young girl was very patient; after talking with the woman for a few sentences, She roughly guessed that the old woman’s mind wasn’t working too well, and that She might be suffering from something like dementia.

"Let me think, think... I can’t remember where home is... but, but my, my son-in-law’s surname is Yin... that I do know!"

The woman was like a child: the first half of the sentence was pitiful, the second half She patted Her own chest and spoke very earnestly.

Surname Yin?

The young girl’s heart gave a jolt. This residential area was quite large; She had no idea how many families with the surname Yin there might be. But as it happened, She did in fact know one Yin family.

Only... that was a very important person’s family...

"Granny, your son-in-law’s surname is Yin? Do you remember his name?"

"His name is Yin Bowen!"

The woman almost blurted it out! Then, in a harsh, sharp tone, She added,

"He’s not good to my daughter!"

"..."

The young girl’s heart gave another start. Since the woman had actually spoken the name Yin Bowen, then there was no mistake.

It really was that big shot’s house. It was just that the young girl’s villa and the Yin Family’s villa could be described as next door to each other, yet She had never seen such a woman at the Yin Family home.

On top of that, this mentally unwell woman had grabbed onto Her and started complaining, as if making an accusation, about the Yin Family commissar’s son not treating Her daughter well...

The young girl could only give an awkward little laugh and hurriedly say,

"Granny, then let me walk you home."

"Ah? Oh! Good, good! Thank you! I’ll have my daughter give you a piece of jewelry in return! All very expensive stuff, leh!"

The young girl still only smiled.

Judging from what the old lady was wearing, She could tell that the woman’s daughter really was very filial.

The young girl didn’t know much about the things that had blown up about the Yin Family in the first half of the year. When She escorted the woman to the villa where Yin Shiqing lived and rang the doorbell, saying She had brought back Yin Bowen’s mother-in-law...

The servant inside was completely baffled, and turned to look at Yin Bowen, who was lounging bored in the living room with one leg crossed over the other, and asked,

"Young master, there’s a young girl at the door who says She’s brought your mother-in-law back..."

"My mother-in-law? Heh, what kind of con artist is that—if you’re going to claim kinship, at least go ask around first. Where would I get a mother-in-law from? Just fob Her off and send Her away!"