Bai Yao muttered under her breath, "I was picking up the cudgel for you, mom! You're his mother. You're the one who raised him, yet he chose to side with other people!"
"Don't get angry, grandma. Mom just thinks that you deserve better. As for Second Uncle, I'm sure that he doesn't want to treat you and Zhizhi differently…" Lu Chuwan chimed in. However, this did nothing to smother Madam Lu's rage. Instead, she loathed Fu Zhi even more.
Taking a deep breath, Madam Lu then said, "Forget it. You're dismissed. I don't want to see you right now."
Lu Jingqing knew his mother valued her reputation above everything, so he chose not to argue with her and end this farce.
Filial piety was a traditional virtue, and more often than not, children would be branded as impetuous whenever they talked back to their parents.
