Qin Mei rolled her eyes. They were supposed to shower together, but he'd gone out to argue with Granny. Was she supposed to wait for him in the bathroom for as long as his argument took?
"What is your granny thinking? Coming to me for money… where does she get the nerve to think I'd just hand it over?" Respecting one's elders was a traditional virtue, and Qin Mei was willing to do so, provided the elder in question was worthy of her respect and she could do it willingly. But filial piety born from moral blackmail? Was that even filial piety at all?
Even Jie Jingchen, her own grandson, wasn't blindly obedient. Was it realistic to expect her, the granddaughter-in-law, to be?
"She said she wanted to borrow it," Jie Jingchen said, walking toward Qin Mei. He wanted to pick up where they'd left off.
