"How could Aguang possibly know about this?" Zong Ji was genuinely surprised this time.
"Now you're not saying I'm slandering you?"
"This isn't really a big deal, is it? What's there to slander about? You might find the concept of pen pals strange nowadays, but in the era when Dad grew up, almost everyone had a pen pal as a child. As we grew up, with the development of the internet, online friends became a thing. Pen pals were not a novelty for us, it was online friends like Lan Mei and I that were new. Before you accuse me of slander, you should learn a bit more about the times, my son."
"Perhaps," Zong Guang said, setting aside his joking demeanor and speaking seriously to Zong Ji, "it might have been of no consequence to Dad, but to Mom, it was the reason for your divorce."
"Did your mother tell you that? You're all grown up; you can't just believe everything your mom tells you, right?"
"It wasn't Mom who told me," Zong Guang replied, "I found out myself."
