Jiang Mei said nothing. She stared at the ground, lost in thought.
"Sis, I know you're angry," Pan Lanfang said, taking her hand. "I'm angry too. But he really is trying to change, and the kids have accepted him. As their elders, we can't make things difficult for them."
Jiang Mei looked up in the direction of the main room.
Silu was standing in the doorway, looking their way with worry in her eyes.
Jiang Mei shook her head and sighed. "Fine. As long as you know what you're doing. But I'll say it again: don't be so quick to forgive him. With a man like that, who knows what he's really after?"
Pan Lanfang didn't reply and led her back toward the house.
Inside the main room, Jiang Guoqiang was still sitting by the door, smoking.
Jiang Mei sat down beside him. She glanced at him but said nothing.
Jiang Guoqiang said nothing either.
The two of them just sat there, one smoking and the other staring into space.
