This was a perfect example of what it means to not see eye to eye. Xu Changqing simply shut her mouth, resorting to nods and shakes of her head. No matter what she said, it wouldn't be heard, so why bother?
She wasn't brainless. Even if she didn't get it the first time, how could she fail to understand after the second or third? Ever since the afternoon, her grandmother had been acting up, every sentence a veiled complaint that she didn't know who she should be loyal to.
'What I don't understand is how that old woman has the audacity to not reflect on who *she* is closer to. This whole "good stepmother" act has completely muddled her brain.'
After that incident, no matter how much Xu Changqing tried to console herself that night by telling herself she already knew what kind of person Old Mrs. Xu was, her good mood was ultimately ruined.
