Huahua: [If people think so, let them. Liu Zhiyuan's birth mother died early, and his stepmother raised him. He also has a younger brother and sister. Every time he saw his stepmother nursing a baby, he... hehe, some things can only be understood, not put into words. I'm afraid of getting censored. You know what I mean!]
Jiang Shuyue nodded repeatedly.
It was just like painting: leaving blank space made it sophisticated.
"Zhiyuan, I passed along your message, but the second young lady is still hesitating. What if she refuses to elope?"
"Dan Niang, although Lord Chen is only a fourth-rank official, his elder brother is the current second-rank Grand Commandant. I passed the licentiate examination, but I have no connections and no one to shield me along the way, so I've never placed highly in the higher examinations. Chen Cao Cao is currently the Chen Family's only daughter, and she's been doted on since childhood. Only by getting her under our thumb can we live a good life."
Wang Dan cursed indignantly as well. "Those officials all protect one another! My dear Liu is so talented, yet they suppress you like this just because you have no connections. I... I'm so angry on your behalf!"
Wang Dan began to cry in grievance, and Liu Zhiyuan immediately gathered her into his arms.
The two clung to each other, carrying on so nauseatingly that both Zhou Luming and Zhou Sesong felt sick.
A woman well past her prime and a boy of seventeen or eighteen, embracing each other... the sight was terribly incongruous!
Jiang Shuyue suddenly saw the light. [I get it!]
Zhou Sesong shuddered twice. "Mother, what do you get?"
"Liu Zhiyuan must have a mother complex. Otherwise, with so many people around Chen Cao Cao, why would he specifically