As Eldest Li listened to his mother and wife's account, he glanced at his nephew and niece-in-law sitting calmly to the side. He grew angrier with every word. 'What kind of mess is this? That damn good-for-nothing brother of mine can't even keep his own wife and kids in line. What use is he!'
"Uncle, please don't be angry. I'm not even angry anymore," Li Xiu said with a smile, gently trying to placate his uncle, whose face was growing darker by the second. 'I've lived two lives already. If I still let myself get worked up over them, I'm afraid Uncle Ge would climb out of his grave just to call me a fool!'
"So what are you thinking?" Eldest Li looked at the beaming Li Xiu, unable to figure him out. 'Is my hot-tempered nephew really just going to let this go? That's not like him at all!'
"Thinking about what?" Li Xiu asked, a little baffled. 'What is there for me to think about? What am I supposed to be thinking?'
