After walking for a while longer, they ran into more acquaintances.
Zhang Fuyong and Zhao Lizhen were overjoyed. Seeing people they knew was an opportunity to boast about their adorable little grandsons and their outstanding son-in-law. The babies were very well-behaved, sweet, and sensible, not at all like typical eighteen-month-old children. They made Zhao Lizhen's peers green with envy.
There had been rumors about Zhang Yuxi having a child out of wedlock. Though there was no conclusive proof, it was all but confirmed. This was something everyone kept to themselves, and they seldom spoke ill of her. But word always gets around. Both husband and wife had heard bits and pieces—comments about their daughter being loose, or how her prestigious foreign education had gone to waste.
