As the two conversed, Su Xiansui, dressed in a white lotus leaf off-shoulder top and a water-blue openwork mermaid skirt, elegantly approached.
She had been scolded by Lin Zhiya last time and was still somewhat scared upon seeing her, softly calling out, "Mrs. Lin."
Then she raised her head, hesitating to say to Lin Teng, "Aunt, grandma asked me to tell you she's greeting guests upfront and can't come to the back. If..."
She quickly glanced over at Lin Zhiya's direction, bit her lip, gathered courage, and repeated the message from Old Madam Lin, "If Mrs. Lin is waiting outside alone, she can come over; if there are others, then forget it."
She feared Lin Zhiya would be upset, and hastened to wave her hands and explain, "It's not me, it's grandma who said this."
