"How do I hear it like you’re urging me to charge into battle?" Bai Xiao is not a fool, her sister here is inciting her to be the vanguard.
Yu Feixue smiled and said, "That’s exactly what I mean. We have all grown up together in this family. We can’t avoid each other even if we want to. That great-uncle’s wife is quite a character, every word cuts like a knife, and she wouldn’t hesitate to bring up all the family education issues of our grandmother to criticize.
But you are different. You grew up outside, you can confront everyone boldly, defending our grandparents’ honor."
"An Zhiyuan! See, the fox’s tail is showing now."
Yu Feixue’s car stopped, she pulled out the key, opened the car door, and turned her head to smile at her.
"Anyway, you are my brother-in-law, we would have no interaction in this lifetime, maintaining such a good image in front of you, what’s the use?"
"You really do it well, completely disregarding your own personal image." Bai Xiao got out of the car, handed a pair of crutches to An Zhiyuan, who took it with practiced ease.
The two played their parts well, having always kept up with their training at home, fearing any slip-up.
Bai Xiao and An Zhiyuan entered the front door.
Indeed, the interior of the house was quite majestic, the marble floor was shiny and reflective, the decorations were rustic and elegantly refined, all furniture were made of redwood, displaying a typical Chinese style. There was also a red carpet in the living room, soft and bouncy when stepped on.
A bunch of people in the living room were chatting and laughing, but clearly, it was not Yu Shaoyan and his grandparents who were enthusiastic in conversation. Yu Shaoyan and his wife were also silently putting on a smiling face, the complacent voices came from a tall but white-haired old man, speaking eloquently, as if he couldn’t show his true status without discussing high matters.
Because of their entrance! This clearly interrupted that segment of conversation, the old man looked somewhat displeased at Bai Xiao and An Zhiyuan.
Seeing this, Yu Feixue quickly mustered her courage and went forward, "Great uncle-grandfather, great uncle-grandmother, good day." She felt worried at the sight of these two, showing obvious respect and restraint.
The old man smiled faintly, looking at Bai Xiao and An Zhiyuan in front of him with a scrutinizing and measuring expression.
The attitude was unspeakably distant and aloof.
Old Master Yu quickly stood up to greet them, "Xiaoxiao, you are back, come quick, this is your great uncle-grandfather and great uncle-grandmother, your grandfather’s own elder brother, elder brother, elder sister-in-law, this is Shao Ya’s daughter Bai Xiao and her husband An Zhiyuan."
Bai Xiao steadied herself, not daring to delay, hastened to respectfully call out "Great uncle-grandfather, great uncle-grandmother.", and An Zhiyuan also respectfully greeted them.
The great uncle-grandfather looked at them, nodded his head, "Then sit! Your mother certainly shamed our family back then. If she was still here, I would have had a good talk with her. A person disowning their own parents is nothing short of unfilial and heinous, deserving of divine punishment, just as I said! Such people come to no good end..."
Bai Xiao originally wanted to just endure and let it pass, after all, he is an elder in the family. As long as they don’t provoke them, she wouldn’t deliberately cause trouble.
But it seems that some really do abuse their elder status.
"Great uncle-grandfather, what you said is not right. Didn’t the ancients say that when people die, it’s like lamps going out, all is settled? At your age, still speaking ill of the deceased, don’t you know the principle that harsh words hurt more than the biting cold in June? Can speaking ill of a deceased give you a sense of accomplishment?"
No matter what Yu Shaoya has done, for her daughter Yu Shaoya, there’s only love, no harm!
As a child, one must defend their honor. Listening to the old man’s vociferous speech, if she didn’t defend her mother’s dignity, she wouldn’t be worthy of being a daughter.