Mrs. Xie ignored him and told Jie Jingchen and Jie Jinghun to leave. With just the two of them left in the kitchen, three fans blasted them with air, but it did nothing to cool the resentment in Mr. Xie's heart.
"Alright, the children have left. Now, you can tell me. How have I been unfair?" Mrs. Xie asked, looking at Mr. Xie placidly.
"What about Jing Er?" Mr. Xie wanted to advocate for him. It was the heart of a parent—the more his wife overlooked a child, the more he wanted to protect him.
"The machinery factory assigned him a house." With that one sentence, Mrs. Xie made Mr. Xie's resentment knot even tighter.
"State Security also assigned Jing San a house," Mr. Xie reminded her.
Mrs. Xie stared at him with cold eyes until he grew flustered. "Jie Jianguo, are you for real? Must you trample all over Jing San just for Jing Er's sake?"
