'Forget my uncle; even Grandpa couldn't do a thing about it.' Xu Changqing pressed her lips together. After glancing at her departing Eldest Aunt, she thought for a moment before heading into the kitchen and sidling up to her grandma.
Old Mrs. Xu glanced up. "What do you want?"
"Nothing."
"Then go cool off outside."
"Don't feel like moving."
"You have a little brother now and you're not happy?"
"I am happy. Two at once, how could I not be? It's more than I could have hoped for. Now I, Xu Changqing, have a little brother and sister. It's just... something's bothering me."
"Who upset you?"
"You did."
"Bringing up old scores, are we?"
"I wouldn't dare."
'Is there anything you wouldn't dare do? I think you'd dare do anything! Just look at you, thinking you're so tough—beating people up, kicking them out, you'll do it all.' "How was I supposed to know your mother was so scheming?"
"And you went along with her."
"You think I'm crazy?"
