"That's bullshit! My Shitou already has a girlfriend, and she's from the city. You can keep your precious niece for yourselves. Don't try to set us up with just any reject."
"Your Shitou has a girlfriend? And she's a city person? For real? Would a city girl even be interested in your Shitou?"
Shitou's mother's eyes widened. "Of course it's real! My son wrote me a letter specifically to tell me."
Shitou hadn't written home in a long time. The last letter he'd sent was to tell his mother he'd found a girlfriend in Beijing City, so she had no idea that they had already broken up.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. He entered the courtyard, they saw the familiar surroundings.
Mrs. He sighed. "There's no place like home. That saying is so true. Tell me, do you think I was just born to suffer?"
Mr. He smiled. "You're just feeling nostalgic and homesick. I've been wanting to come back for a while now, too."
