Zhao Lixia scolded her son, then turned around and spoke kindly to the young schoolmate.

"Panpan, how can I blame you? Since you're friends with Zelin, what's wrong with visiting us? Our brat is just like that, has a foul mouth, please don't take it to heart!"

"Yes, thank you, Auntie!"

Huang Panpan's lips curled into a barely perceptible smug smile.

Entering the senior's home and making a good first impression on the future in-laws, I've successfully done it.

Hmm, the next step now.

Aside from sharing common topics, I need to show how diligent and capable I am.

Because mothers-in-law love daughters-in-law who can do housework!

Huang Panpan observed and quickly found a breakthrough point—the pile of pots and dishes in the kitchen.

Since dinner was eaten late today, Zhao Lixia had just put down her rice bowl when "Love in Qing River" started airing, so she hadn't even had time to wash the dishes and turned on the TV to follow the show.

With this thought in mind, Huang Panpan stood up, walked towards the kitchen and said, "Auntie, haven't you done the dishes yet? How about I help you wash them?"

"No need, no need, Panpan, you're a guest, how could we trouble you?"

"It's okay, Auntie, I often do house chores at home anyway!"

Huang Panpan insisted.

But she had just walked into the kitchen for a moment.

"Crash!"

That was the sound of a plate shattering.

"Ah, sorry, Auntie, my hand slipped."

"It's alright, it's just a plate, may peace follow the break!"

Not even a minute later.

"Crash, crash, crash!"

"Sorry, Auntie, it's my first time visiting, I'm too nervous. I really do chores regularly!"

"Sweat, Panpan, let me do it instead!"

In just those few minutes, Huang Panpan already broke three plates.

If this continues, the kitchenware at home will all need to be replaced by tomorrow.

After a while, the two walked out of the kitchen.

"Sorry, Auntie, it's all my fault. I'll pay for those plates."

Huang Panpan kept bowing and apologizing, feeling a bit unsettled.

I wanted to show my capabilities to my future mother-in-law, but it seems I didn't do well.

"Pay for what? It's nothing, just some bowls and plates, don't worry about it."

From the dish-washing incident earlier, Zhao Lixia could tell that, actually, Huang Panpan hadn't done much housework at home, even someone who never touched house chores.

Although she lied, Granny Su didn't get angry.

This little girl should be from a well-off family, but she was willing to help out with washing dishes her first time visiting, which is quite rare.

Even if she broke a few bowls and plates, it didn't diminish Granny Su's good impression of her at all.

As it got close to ten o'clock, a pleasant harp ringtone came from the pocket of Huang Panpan's work dress.

Then she took out a delicate and compact white Samsung flip phone.

Seeing this phone, Su Jianjun was further convinced of his guess.

Samsung flip phones were very expensive, and this one was a dual-screen device he'd never seen before, at least worth over five thousand just for the design.

This Samsung a288 was bought for Huang Panpan by Huang Hongbo the day after she returned home late.

They couldn't control her running around, but at least they could have a way to contact her, to know where she was at any time.

The dual-screen design, the main screen is green with a resolution of 64*128, can display 4 lines of text and one line of icons, while the sub-screen is blue with a resolution of 46×64, showing battery status, signal strength, time, date, and caller ID.

The phone book doesn't have the near-unlimited capacity like future models; it only supports 200 contacts, but since phones were expensive then, many couldn't afford them, and reaching a hundred contacts was the limit for users.

The biggest highlight in terms of features was the built-in eleven games, including Blackjack, Snake, Chicken Catching, Othello, Blocks, and Puzzle.

Additionally, it had a wireless modem and supported WAP 1.1.

As for camera MMS, radio, MP3, and polyphonic ringtones, none were supported.

Despite being functionally limited, at this time it was a high-end product and priced astonishingly high!

Later, even adding a polyphonic ringtone to a phone could increase its price by one or two thousand, but that feature hadn't yet emerged, as the world's first polyphonic ringtone phone was to be released two years later, the Nokia 3510.

Seeing the incoming caller, Huang Panpan nonchalantly pressed the answer button, and her mother Li Juan's voice came through the microphone.

"Panpan, it's getting late. It's unsafe to be out too late. Can you try to come home earlier?"

Li Juan spoke in a negotiating tone.

At home, Huang Panpan was like a little precious gem.

She and Huang Hongbo felt indebted to their daughter and usually pampered her with everything.

"Okay, Mom, got it. I'll be home soon, please don't worry."

Hearing this from Huang Panpan, Li Juan was stunned.

Every time she called, her daughter would either be impatient or wouldn't pick up.

Now she's actually speaking so nicely.

Is the person on the phone really my daughter?

After being dazed for three seconds, she reacted: "Ah, alright, Panpan, should Dad go pick you up?"

"No need to bother, I'm near home. That's all, see you at home later!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Juan looked at her husband beside her, and the two exchanged bewildered looks, both finding it unbelievable.

"Could it be that Panpan really likes this phone, which is why she's treating us so well?"

Huang Hongbo speculated.

"Probably not. When she got the phone, she didn't have much reaction. She's been acting the same these past few days as usual!"

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