"Sit down. How about a cup of tea? Oh right, there's cantaloupe in the fridge. It was brought over by Manman's second aunt this afternoon, claiming it's a genuine foreign import." Xu Yu'e was delighted to entertain her son-in-law, especially since she noticed that Manman hadn't come along.
Why didn't Manman come with him? she wondered, thinking that perhaps the son-in-law and Manman had a disagreement over this matter, which is why the son-in-law, known for his sociability, came to see her, but Manman did not.
This was an excellent opportunity. How could Manman compare to her wealthy son-in-law?
Humming a tune, she was about to go to the kitchen to slice the cantaloupe when she suddenly heard several honks from a car downstairs.
"Your car?" Xu Yu'e asked.
"Yes," Jiang Yan kept his imminent frustration in check, "Mother-in-law, let's go downstairs. My friend has invited us to have tea together."
