All Scatterbrains

Whenever a man was happy, he wanted to drink. And whenever he drank too much, he got sleepy.

And when he was sleepy, the most annoying thing was having someone chattering endlessly by his ear—especially when that someone was a person he could not afford to offend, so he could not brush her off carelessly.

For example, his wife.

Wen Qingsheng was extremely happy today, because everything Li Ye had done had satisfied him beyond measure.

So he had drunk too much and gotten sleepy.

But just as he climbed into bed hoping to have a good dream, Teacher Ke became wide awake.

"How was that? What did I tell you before? Li Ye is such a broad-minded child. Once we came over, we barely had to say a word. You were afraid we'd make the child unhappy, but look at him now. Where was he unhappy?"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm. He was very happy, and I was very happy too."

"Ah..."

Teacher Ke let out a soft sigh and could not help saying, "But honestly, I was surprised too. I had a whole bellyful of things I hadn't even had time to say, and Li Ye agreed right away, as if he had planned it long ago. That was real gold and silver—hundreds of millions of dollars!"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm. Our daughter is priceless. Hundreds of millions of dollars are nothing."

"Hundreds of millions of dollars are nothing?" Teacher Ke said with an amused laugh. "Don't you know what happened to Old Xu's child? The moment Old Xu stepped back to a less demanding post, his son-in-law filed for divorce. If he had hundreds of millions of dollars, do you think he would have endured it until now?"

"..."

"I saw long ago that Old Xu's son-in-law was no good.