"It was I who asked her to bring you here."
Elderly Mrs. Xiao looked at you steadily, still appearing proud and authoritative, but given how unpleasant this felt, you preferred calling her Elderly Mrs. Xiao.
Your mother had severed ties with her natal family for nearly twenty years, but you still had some understanding of your grandmother's family.
The Xiao family was a well-established old-brand family in Yenjing; they were a traditional matriarchal society. In their family, all the children took their mother's surname, and women controlled everything, whereas most men married into the family.
In such a family where women dominated and men declined, it was natural for a domineering woman to develop an arrogant and egotistical temperament, and Elderly Mrs. Xiao was one of them.
You kept silent, not bothering to talk to her.
"What's the matter, just standing there, not willing to say a word to an old lady like me?" Elderly Mrs. Xiao suddenly said.
