"You weren't in town these past few days, were you dealing with this matter?" Zhang Xiaoying asked.
Hong Shihui nodded, "That old woman even made a scene in front of my daughter. If I hadn't resolved it, God knows what nonsense she would've spewed to her later."
"Is it resolved?"
"Yes."
"Did it cost Silver?"
"How could it? I wouldn't give the Zhu Family a single wen. I don't owe them anything. I just went to get back all the silver I've spent on them over the years. They disgust me, and then they take my silver to provide for another woman?"
"If it's resolved, then why do you look so haggard?"
Hong Shihui sighed, "To be honest, I had feelings for Zhu Kaigui; otherwise, I wouldn't have married him back then. But whenever I think about how all these years of affection have gone to the dogs, it makes me as uncomfortable as if I'd swallowed flies.