He spoke in a roundabout way, a sentence here and a sentence there, but he still managed to make his point perfectly clear.
The old woman was a reasonable sort. She'd been quite fond of her late brother's wife; the two sisters-in-law had been close back in the day. That was why, after her brother and his wife passed away, she kept a close eye on their son, worried he would struggle. His wife, from the Yang Family, was a good woman too—straightforward and open-hearted.
'But that's no excuse for not finding Qingmu a wife, is it?'
