Li Family living room.
Nan Xin sat beside Duan Shuyuan, chatting, while Li Guangming held an iPad, continuing to read the news. Li San was left to sit alone and smoke sulkily.
After a while, Li Guangming put down the iPad and said in a low voice, "San, come with me to the study."
Duan Shuyuan glanced over distractedly, then smiled and tugged on Nan Xin, "Xinxin, you come upstairs with me too."
In the study, Li San sat with his legs sprawled out, leaning back defiantly in his chair, "Dad, my mom she..."
"Menopause." Li Guangming took out a cigar from a drawer, "She's just worried about your lifelong happiness and inevitably nags a bit. Don't hold it against her."
Li San was about to say he wouldn't, but Li Guangming added, "If you really can't stand it, go back to the border for a while."
The man was silent, primarily because he didn't know how to respond.
