Second update, please give pink hearts.

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The whole family just looked at Lian Shouxin.

Lian Shouxin glanced at this person, then at that one, and finally gritted his teeth.

"I have nothing else to say, so be it." Lian Shouxin sighed. Lian Shouyi’s actions today were too excessive. If he was displeased with them, he could confront them directly, but he spoke recklessly and smeared Lady Zhang’s maternal family. Moreover, Lian Shouyi also slandered Lady Zhang.

Lian Shouxin was well aware of how Lady Zhang’s maternal family treated their family. Lady Zhang, over the years, was considerate of both the young and old in the Lian Family, how much wrong she had suffered, and how much she valued her reputation for filial piety—all of which Lian Shouxin knew.

If they didn’t make their stance clear, it would not only hurt Lady Zhang’s feelings but also those of her maternal family. How could Lady Zhang’s maternal family continue to associate with them in the future? Moreover, in this situation, Lian Shouyi was capable of turning truth into falsehoods. If their stance weren’t firm, it might give Lian Shouyi a chance to take even greater liberties, and who knows what he might say or do in the future.

As Lian Shouxin said this, the family reached a consensus.

"We should inform my grandfather about our decision," Lian Manman thought it over and said, "We’ve done all we can. Just now, for the sake of our family’s dignity, my maternal grandfather suppressed this matter. We don’t need to make a big deal out of it, but we can’t keep it to ourselves either. Just informing my grandfather will suffice." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Then..." Lian Shouxin was about to speak when he heard footsteps outside.

"...the Old Master has brought Second Master from the old house," Xiao Xi reported as he entered.

The Old Master brought Lian Shouyi with him? The family exchanged glances.

"I guess they’ve thought it over and came to make amends," Lian Manman speculated.

"Should we see them?"

"Let’s see them." Lian Manman thought for a moment and said, "Since they’re here, we don’t need to go to the old house; we can clarify things directly."

"Dad, no matter what my grandpa says, don’t relent anymore. This happening repeatedly will have no end," Lian Manman advised Lian Shouxin.

"Mm." Lian Shouxin nodded in agreement.

The family came out from the backyard and entered the front hall. Inside, Old Master Lian sat on the edge of the kang, and Lian Shouyi stood next to it. When they heard them come in, Lian Shouyi lifted his face, and Lian Manman was startled.

Lian Shouyi’s face was swollen like a pig’s head, colorful as if a dye shop had exploded.

A flicker of doubt crossed Lian Manman’s mind. What happened to Lian Shouyi?

After greeting each other, they sat down again, and Old Master Lian was the first to speak.

"...a fool of a person, his mouth knows no gate. A few ounces of horse urine, and he’s not himself," Old Master Lian scolded Lian Shouyi, "I’ve clarified this matter in front of everybody. But after I went back, I thought it over and felt that it was unfair to the in-laws and Old Fourth’s wife."

"I brought him to apologize to Old Fourth’s wife. Old Fourth’s wife, please be magnanimous and don’t stoop to his level. He truly doesn’t have any ill intentions; he just speaks without thinking."

Old Master Lian pushed Lian Shouyi to make him apologize to Lady Zhang.

"Cough, cough," Lian Manman coughed twice, "Grandpa, you said my Second Uncle has no ill intentions, so what’s there to apologize for? No need to apologize."

Old Master Lian glanced at Lian Manman, then looked at Lian Shouxin, Lady Zhang, and the others beside them, Wu Lang, Lian Zhizhi, and Xiao Qi.

Clearly, the family agreed with Lian Manman’s words.

And though Lian Manman said there was no need for Lian Shouyi to apologize, in reality, she wasn’t satisfied with the assertion that Lian Shouyi had no ill intentions and thus wasn’t inclined to accept his apology.

Old Master Lian was a bit embarrassed. Saying Lian Shouyi had no ill intentions was a habitual act of defending his son, but also an attempt to ease the tension. In the past, Lian Shouxin’s family never made an issue out of such matters.

But today, they did. What could he do?

"This matter is indeed your Second Uncle’s fault. I have nothing to justify his actions. But he truly drank too much this time; everyone who was there saw it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to speak such nonsense... He knows he’s wrong now, and he certainly won’t do it again. But..."