This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Fu-xi peng and his son-in-law, Yu-xue. Yu-Xue tells his uncle that he has heard about the "ting ting" incident, and that he owes him an explanation. He says that he will first disclose that the daughter is an adopted daughter and then tell the general public that since the girl is now of age, her uncle will no longer need to care for her. He also says that the child is still "too kind" like her mother. He adds that the occupation mode of his uncle is "despicable" of him to "bribe and use women" for his ends. He tells Yu-Yun that he and the other young ones are the only ones left at the family, and they are the ones who have to visit the family often. He asks why he didn't tell him about the ting-ting, and he says that it is clearly "Fu-xi-peng" who bears the greatest responsibility, since he dared to try and "try something funny" on his wife. He wonders why he had to call them personally, and wonders if he knew he would be driving when he called them. He feels that he should have gotten someone else to inform them of his decision, but he wonders if it would have been better if he had just called them personally. He thinks that he
This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Fu-xi peng and his son-in-law, Yu-xue. Yu-Xue tells his uncle that he has heard about the "ting ting" incident, and that he owes him an explanation. He says that he will first disclose that the daughter is an adopted daughter and then tell the general public that since the girl is now of age, her uncle will no longer need to care for her. He also says that the child is still "too kind" like her mother. He adds that the occupation mode of his uncle is "despicable" of him to "bribe and use women" for his ends. He tells Yu-Yun that he and the other young ones are the only ones left at the family, and they are the ones who have to visit the family often. He asks why he didn't tell him about the ting-ting, and he says that it is clearly "Fu-xi-peng" who bears the greatest responsibility, since he dared to try and "try something funny" on his wife. He wonders why he had to call them personally, and wonders if he knew he would be driving when he called them. He feels that he should have gotten someone else to inform them of his decision, but he wonders if it would have been better if he had just called them personally. He thinks that he