Auntie, You Need to Do This...

"You said you're Xiaogang's nephew?" Outside the restaurant, Liu Erlong strolled through the night with Tang Liu.

"That's right. Though I only acknowledged Grandmaster as my uncle. But since I've already done so, and you're Uncle's lover, you don't mind if I call you Auntie, do you?" Tang Liu nodded with a smile.

"How could I object? Xiaogang has no children in his life. I'm delighted that he has a nephew like you now. I acknowledge you as my nephew too. If anyone wrongs you in the future, just tell Auntie. Auntie will stand up for you." Liu Erlong spoke heartily.

"Great, then I'll be relying on you a lot from now on, Auntie." Tang Liu smiled, then said the words Liu Erlong had longed to hear. "Auntie, the barrier between you and Uncle is your blood relation. That's precisely what Uncle finds difficult to accept."

"I know that too. But I'm a woman, and I don't care. Why should he, a grown man, care? As long as two people truly love each other, who cares about the opinions of the world?" As she spoke, Liu Erlong could not help sounding resentful.

"Ah, Auntie, that's where you've misunderstood Uncle's feelings." Tang Liu shook his head and spoke like a little adult. "You said it yourself—he's a man. Since you don't care, do you think he truly does? What Uncle really cares about is how the world will look at you. If he's with you, he doesn't care what others think of him or how they insult him. But he absolutely cannot bear for those people to treat you the same way. That's why he refuses to be with you. Put yourself in his shoes. If you were Uncle, wouldn't you do the same?"

Liu Erlong froze at those words. Then