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If Lady Zhang, or Xiao Qi, or Lian Zhizhi and Wu Lang cried, she, Lian Manman, would also be softened. But she was much luckier than Lian Shouxin because her loved ones were not unreasonable people. None of them would use tears to force her into something.
Thinking this way, Lian Manman felt sympathy for Lian Shouxin. After all, no one can choose their own parents.
"Dad, if you go back now, Grandma will get the upper hand again. Then everything you said and did just now would have been in vain. What do we do next time Grandma makes a scene?" Lian Manman whispered to Lian Shouxin, "Isn't there a saying, 'Better a short pain than a long one'? It makes sense. Grandma should think about it for herself."
"In the future, we will do as we should, and filial piety comes first, above all else." Lian Manman continued, "Dad, let's look to the long term."