Bai Xiulan's heart tightened. She knew pressing the issue would only backfire. Watching Changqing get off the *kang* bed and leave right after speaking, she furrowed her brow.
'Sensitive.'
'Cold.'
'My Changqing has changed. After that whole fiasco with her sister, she's really changed. Had this been the first half of the year, my Changqing never would have said it.'
—What does that have to do with me?
Xu Changqing exited the West Room at an unhurried pace. But after only two steps, she broke into a sprint, bolting into the east room as if fleeing for her life and quickly locking the door.
Only then did she shake her head with a wry smile. 'Good thing Mom kicked me just now. Otherwise, it would've been tough to escape the lecture she'd timed so perfectly.'
'Maybe from spending so much time with her mother-in-law, Mom's been subtly influenced. Now she's just like Grandma, fond of drilling her own ideas into her daughter's head.'
