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Chapter 452 - 457 Lan Ying Operation Initiated_1

Chapter 452: 457 Lan Ying Operation Initiated_1

The elderly woman sitting in front of the mirror grew happier and happier as layers of lotions and creams were applied to her face.

Seeing the faint joy on her face, Lin Xiangwan also relaxed a little.

The old lady looked at the white stuff being applied to her face and asked nervously, "What are you putting on me?"

"Foundation!"

"Oh dear, don’t use that on me. It’s white and makes me look like I’m plastered. I used it once about ten years ago—scared me half to death!" The old lady resisted and tried to push Lin Xiangwan’s hand away.

"Grandma, what I’m applying on you is different from what you used decades ago. The one now doesn’t make you look all pale but makes your complexion appear more realistic and your skin smoother!" explained Lin Xiangwan hurriedly.

"I don’t believe it. I know I was ridiculed when I used it years ago!"

Lin Xiangwan understood how grandma, then already an old woman, might have drawn mockery by using a light foundation.

"Grandma, let me apply it first. If it doesn’t look good, let me wash it off. Is that okay?" Lin Xiangwan tried to appease her with her patient attitude.

"Alright then!" Grandma finally gave in a little.

But she kept her eyes wide open.

Lin Xiangwan skillfully applied a very small amount of foundation to grandma in the first round, and grandma accepted it.

Then came the second round. After the initial application, although grandma frowned a little, she didn’t resist!

After that, she applied eyeshadow, outlined her eyes with eyeliner, and drew a pair of beautiful eyebrows.

Once the lipstick was applied, a spirited old lady was born.

The old matriarch of the Qin Family stood before the mirror, unable to tear her eyes away.

"Grandma, do you like it?" asked Lin Xiangwan, standing to the side, her eyes brimming with mirth.

Phew, she was really satisfied with her work. "Grandma, you look ten years younger after I did your makeup. If I say you’re sixty, people would believe me!"

"How is that possible? I’m already eighty-one this year!" Grandma dismissively said. "Seventy-three, eighty-four, I’m also approaching that age!"

"No way, grandma. You’ll definitely live till a hundred. Look at how spirited you are!" Lin Xiangwan coaxed her. "Grandma, let’s show grandpa, alright?"

Old Lady Qin blushed. "If he sees me, he’ll definitely laugh at me!"

"Grandma, you tell me, if grandpa praises you for being beautiful, then I’ve succeeded this time! You can’t deny me this opportunity to succeed, right?"

"I...I’m too shy!" Mrs. Qin said, her face redder than before.

"No matter, no matter... you can’t deprive me of my rights!" Lin Xiangwan insisted on helping her up.

So Old Lady Qin was led to the side hall.

At that moment, the old patriarch was practicing his calligraphy with the brush that Lin Xiangwan had just gifted him.

"Ahem..." Lin Xiangwan gave a light cough.

Old patriarch Qin looked up.

At first, he was calming but then he was shocked, and finally, he looked incredulous. "You...you...you’re Xiaoping!"

Old Lady Qin’s blush intensified. "I can’t believe you still remembered my nickname!" she said, a little excited.

Old patriarch Qin blinked twice, even taking off his glasses and putting them back on. "What’s going on? How do you seem to have become so much younger all of a sudden?"

"Is it not because this girl did this make-up on me? I said no, but she insisted!"

Lin Xiangwan stepped in, "Make-up is a woman’s right, a basic right. Grandma, as someone who advocates rights, I’m sure you would not reject this most basic right, would you?"

"I’m a bit frivolous as an old woman!" old grandma said half-jokingly, her embarrassment showing.

"That’s not true!" Lin Xiangwan turned to the patriarch. "Grandpa, you must tell us, isn’t grandma prettier with make-up?"

Having been asked that by his granddaughter-in-law, how could the old patriarch disagree? He said repeatedly, "Yes, the make-up is great. I really like it!"

Old Lady Qin was a bit more confident now, her unease gone.

Lin Xiangwan was also thrilled. "Grandma, you see, I was useful, wasn’t I?"

"Yes, here’s a red envelope for you!"

The old lady pulled a stack of red banknotes out of her pocket and thrust them into Lin Xiangwan’s hand.

"No, grandma. Keep this money for giving to Tongtong and Ranran in the future!" Lin Xiangwan softly declined.

"They have their own, this is yours. If I ask you to take it, you’d better take it!" the old lady insisted seriously.

"Thank you, grandma!" Lin Xiangwan pocketed the stack of banknotes.

All of this caught the attention of Xu Feng’e and it made her angry.

She had been part of the Qin family for many years and she’d never received a red envelope.

Even when she offered tea to the old couple the morning after their wedding, she received nothing.

Was Lin Xiangwan, a simple woman who makes a living by selling clay pot rice, that impressive?

She was about to explode in anger.

Standing on the second floor, she didn’t descend. She stood there in anger.

Just then, Lin Xiangwan thought of taking a picture of the old lady. She hurriedly ran upstairs to fetch her phone.

She then bumped into Xu Feng’e and ignored her.

Xu Feng’e glared at her angrily.

Lin Xiangwan returned to her room, put away the makeup, grabbed her phone, and was about to leave.

Just then, an idea occurred to her and she stopped in her tracks.

She opened the closet, looking at the clothes she wore years ago, which were also bought by grandma.

Grandma had bought her clothes before and she had been wearing them throughout her pregnancy. Grandma had then said she looked pretty in those clothes.

If she wore them now, would that jog grandma’s memory?

Lin Xiangwan grabbed a dress and put it on.

It was light pink, made of pure cotton, and made her look young and innocent.

Standing in front of the mirror, Lin Xiangwan felt like she was back in her college days. She talked to herself, "Although it’s hard to trigger grandma’s memory, it’s worth trying!"

Then she picked up the jade bracelet that grandma had given her and held it in her hand. "I’ll bring this out another time to see what grandma says!"

She carefully tucked the jade bracelet away and stashed it back in the closet.

She pulled the door open and stepped out.

What she didn’t see was, just as the door opened, a figure swiftly hid in the shadows.

..............................

Qin Muchuan had just completed a business deal when the head of the military district called him. "Lan Ying, we’ve got a handle on Autumn Mouse’s area of operation. Do you know who he’s dealing with right now?"

"Who is that?" Qin Muchuan asked.

"Someone you wouldn’t expect!"

"Who?"

"..."

The military chief mentioned a name and Qin Muchuan’s eyes widened in surprise. "How can it be her?"

How could this happen?