'Mom even urged Dad to take a second wife, just to have a son to inherit the family business. But Dad detested the idea of a child from a concubine being of lower birth and flatly refused. There was nothing Mom could do. If Dad had a son, my second uncle's family wouldn't have the guts to covet things that don't belong to them.'
"Then you..." The Second Great-Uncle bit back the rest of his sentence.
'Every time her father faked an illness to trick her into coming back with the children, Qiao Yanqiu would fly into a rage on the spot and leave immediately. But this time, after finding out he was faking, why wasn't she in a hurry to go?'
'Something was fishy. Definitely fishy.'
"Second Uncle, it's getting dark." Mrs. Xie was kicking them out.
The Second Great-Uncle was furious at being so disrespected in front of the younger generation, but he didn't dare get angry at her. He left with his wife and three sons.
