"This is simply not true!" Old Master Lian and Lian Shouren hurriedly denied.
"The monk may run, but the temple won't run with him. Scholar, Old Master Lian, we've shown you enough respect. You tell us, how should this matter be resolved?" a government officer said.
Lian Manman was very annoyed; she didn't really believe that Old Master Lian had sent word for Lian Shouyi to flee. She thought that it must have been Lian Shouyi, realizing the wine was compromised, who ran away out of fear of bearing the consequences.
How could brothers born of the same mother be so different? Lian Shouxin, who had already separated from the family and gone out on his own, dropped everything about building his house and hurried back when he heard the family was in trouble. Similarly, upon receiving the message, Lian Shouli rushed back to answer Old Master Lian's call. But the person in question, Lian Shouyi, had slipped away like a slippery eel?