The dinner dishes were cleared and replaced with tea. While everyone was chatting, a discordant voice shot straight at Li Xiu. "Li Xiu, at one banquet after another, do you have to treat your parents so badly that they can't even be part of the main event!"
Li Xiu, who was playing with his daughter's hand, paused slightly. Without raising his head, he said, "Youngest Uncle, my parents sit at the main table every single time. Where is this talk of them being treated badly coming from?"
His third maternal uncle seethed, "Aren't you just feigning ignorance, you brat? Is this how a son should act? Isn't this a classic case of marrying a wife and forgetting your mother?"
Li Xiu's eyes grew cold, his voice devoid of any warmth. "Youngest Uncle, you'd better get your facts straight before you come here crying injustice. I married my wife myself; it has nothing to do with my parents. Don't go making casual comments about her. Who I married has nothing to do with anyone else."
