The gatekeeper wore a miserable expression. If only he could get the General to come out; surely, one word would be enough to determine if this wife and child were the real thing.
Helpless, he had no choice but to go and report to the Old Madame once more.
By now, the crowd of onlookers outside was growing, their fingers pointing and whispering. The scandalous secrets of high-ranking noble households were just too fascinating to resist. Who could have imagined that the dignified God of War would turn out to be a "Chen Shimei" who abandoned his wife and child?
Chapter 38