She couldn't answer the silly dog's question because she couldn't provide compensation. But she couldn't say no either, or he would start crying again later.
If it were an ordinary child crying, she might have been able to soothe him.
But him...
He was not an ordinary child!
So, she posed a more tempting question.
Sure enough, her silly dog was taken aback, then asked, "Oh, right, Wife, didn't you go back to the family mansion? Why did you suddenly come here?"
Then, looking utterly clueless, he said, "Oh, this is Wife's first time coming to my house!"
His face lit up with excitement as he said, "Wife, do you want me to take you around, show you some places?"
"It's already dark, what is there to see?" Liu Shimei naturally refused.
She came to find him because she wanted to see him, it was a momentary impulse.
