The sudden twist left Zhou Ning stunned. Zhou Xiaoyu stood up excitedly, but Cui Guanglin simply got up and left. Mr. and Mrs. Cui gazed blankly at their departing son, continually bowing to their uncle, aunt, and grandfather.
"I don't know what got into the kid today, probably the pressure from teaching a senior high school graduation class is too much. We'll give him a good talking-to when we get home and then visit to apologize."
After Mr. and Mrs. Cui left, Grandpa stood up, and the uncle began to complain to his wife:
"What were you thinking, bringing that up? A pleasant meeting turned so awkward."
Unhappy, the aunt stood up abruptly, pointed at the uncle's nose, and shouted:
