"Brother, can you talk us through this again?" Wei Guo said softly. "Ever since coming back to the city, the few of us have just been drifting aimlessly, living one day at a time. Now we finally have something to strive for, but we don't know what we want or what we should do." They had met a true benefactor, someone who gave them hope for the future, yet they had never really thought carefully about how to live their lives.
Sighing, Li Xiu said, "If you need to separate from your families, then do it. You still need to be filial sons. The two things aren't mutually exclusive. It's not about being heartless or unfilial; it's just that you can never be sure what people are thinking. There's nothing wrong with looking out for your own interests. Tell me your thoughts. We'll figure it out together. We can't be unfilial, but we can't let ourselves be miserable either, right?"
