After listening to Lian Shouxin's words, Erlang was visibly unsettled. Erlang is somewhat wooden, not good with words, and not particularly clever, but this doesn't mean he doesn't understand social nuances. He can clearly distinguish who treats him well and who doesn't.
Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang have nothing to say about their kindness to him. After Lian Shouxin's family gained the ability to help, they found him work and looked after him in various ways, which he was fully aware of. Honestly, when he first came to seek help from Lian Shouxin, he was braving his nerves to do so because, apart from that uncle-nephew relationship, he had never done anything to aid Lian Shouxin's family.
That's not all; there were the matters that happened before and after Lian Shouxin split from the old residence. He saw how his own parents treated his Fourth Uncle.
He had no confidence in asking Lian Shouxin for help.
