After reading Dragonite's information, Ye Qing was overwhelmed with envy!
This Dragonite was probably his grandfather's Pokémon. It had the strength of a Gym Leader, and while he couldn't say much else for certain, it could probably knock out a Milotic with a single punch.
Ye Mom glanced at the Pokémon outside and guessed, "Looks like almost everyone's here. Let's hurry inside too."
"Mm."
Ye Dad looked rather unhappy. At every family gathering in the past, he had never been particularly welcome and had mostly just listened to everyone else brag.
Just as Ye Qing's family was about to enter, a middle-aged woman pushed open the villa's front door and walked out.
"Oh, if it isn't our second sister! You're certainly not early!"
His grandfather had three children. His mother was the second, with an older brother, Zhao Tianlai, and a younger sister, Zhao Tian'ai.
This woman was his maternal uncle's wife, his Maternal Uncle's Wife, Zhang Min.
Although his Maternal Uncle's Wife wasn't bad-hearted, she was a gossip, had little emotional intelligence, was vain, and led an improper private life. Apparently, before marrying his uncle, she had often hung around nightclubs.
While they were dating, one of his mother's friends had once spotted Zhang Min embracing another man and later told his mother.
Unfortunately, when his mother warned his uncle to be careful, his Maternal Uncle's Wife happened to overhear. From then on, she particularly disliked his mother and would pick arguments with her over anything or nothing.
Later, with the old man's help, his uncle's family made some money and often looked down on his family, terrified that they might benefit from their success in the slightest. That was why his father hadn't wanted to borrow money from them even when things had been so difficult.
Ye Mom