The shrewd son suddenly uttered a statement, nearly causing Song Ci to choke on the tea she had just sipped.
"Why on earth are you criticizing your wife out of the blue?"
Song Zhiyuan replied, "I was referring to the fact that the Gu family wants Brother Dan to be raised here with you."
Song Ci remained silent, pondering how to respond. Should she play the role of an evil mother-in-law and disparage her daughter-in-law in front of her son?
Upon contemplation, there indeed seemed to be many things to criticize about Lady Song, but as the saying goes, the critics are many, but words fail; some things are better left unsaid.
Song Ci decided to speak a convenient lie: "I've heard that after childbirth, women sometimes become anxious and emotionally unstable. Lin Qing mentioned it's called postpartum depression. I don't understand it, but it sounds like some sort of women's illness."
