Li Jingren gave his dear wifey a sidelong glance, his gaze plainly reflecting the inner disapproval he had been carrying for years.
Being a physicist and professor of S University, of course, Li Jingren couldn't be dragooned into swallowing hook line and sinker by some superstitions.
However, Tang Jiu was Tang Jiu! He failed miserably in prevailing on his stubborn wife to relinquish her fallacious notions and the recent incident, despite presenting a handful of scientific explanations. As an upshot, they had to catch the first flight in the morning to Beijing.