Fu Sheng stood quiet under the flickering hallway light.
His mother was still furious. The longer he waited to answer, the more she believed he was hiding a terrible secret from her.
Su Long stood silently beside him, watching the heavy tension rise between them.
Madam Fu took a step closer, her voice shaking with anger. "Well? You keep telling me to lock Fu Teng inside. You tell everyone not to let him leave, but you won't tell me why. And now you come home in the middle of the night after fighting gangs, bringing back a woman who ran away from this family years ago!"
Her eyes filled with tears. "What is going on with my children?"
Fu Sheng looked down, taking a heavy breath. "Mother…"
"No!" She shook her head fiercely. "Don't call me that and then give me another excuse! I am his mother. If something is wrong with Fu Teng, I have a right to know."
