Xue Mei stood up, "Great, just great. She lost my daughter and fled by herself, and it wasn't just one family that did this—several families cleanly ran away. And now they want to come hide in the capital? No way."
Angry, Xue Mei went to settle accounts with her husband.
Madame Jiang watched helplessly as her daughter-in-law stormed out. She was illiterate, but from the few words exchanged, she had figured out what happened, and slammed her thigh hard, saying, "Such a sin."
She had told her son to write a letter home. Her eldest son and his family, how wonderful, had actually abandoned Jiang Miu and fled on their own. How foolish they were—if they had really fought, Miumiu would surely have returned to the capital. The family was not unified in their actions, and the heart of her youngest son grew completely cold.
