The late-night lamp

From the outside, it seemed like Mrs. Ben was Mr. Tao's wife. In reality, Mrs. Ben moving in with his family was the subject of much gossip and speculation. "If there wasn't some kind of romantic relationship, why would in-laws live together?"; "Even if there's nothing going on, fire near straw will eventually ignite"; "One side has a widow, the other has a widow; they'll rely on each other in their old age to lessen the loneliness"; "Old age brings bad habits"... hundreds of disparaging remarks, billions of slanderous comments, spewed from the mouths of the gossips in this town.

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