Phoebe Thorne prepared a lavish lunch. There was braised pork with fried tofu puffs, fish in brown sauce, steamed river snails mixed with lard, vegetable skin rolls, Xishi tofu... nearly a dozen dishes in total, all looking, smelling, and tasting wonderful.
Her uncle, Brian Chapman, had also returned. He wasn't even as tall as Phoebe Thorne. He wore glasses and had a gentle, scholarly air about him. He was quite polite, but Tang Xiaonan disliked this uncle, as well as Phoebe Thorne's parents-in-law.
Phoebe Thorne's parents-in-law were both in poor health. Her father-in-law was on medication year-round and couldn't do any physical labor. Her mother-in-law was thin and petite, not even 150 centimeters tall. Her face was gaunt, with drooping eyelids that gave her an unkind appearance.
