Mr. Shi fought the urge to roll his eyes, but ultimately failed, giving Old Mrs. Shen a pointed look. Afraid his "big sister" would zone out again while he was talking, he had to scoot closer to her.
"At first, I did write to Da Ming. The letter mentioned that Wang Shaoyao was already married—even her own family didn't know who she'd run off with—and that she'd had a son.
I didn't think much of it at the time. The main purpose of the letter was to talk about my search for you, so I only briefly mentioned that Wang Shaoyao had gotten together with Xu Dageng and had a son.
Her life was certainly not as comfortable as it would have been in the city, but she had a husband and a son. That was a hundred times better than staying unmarried and putting up with her cruel mother-in-law all by herself.
