Bab 43: 43 Past Events

Having arranged the transition of the Tiandihui, Zhu Wencong swiftly returned to Lawrent's manor to continue his role as his adoptive son.

It must be said that Americans are fond of adopting children, especially those from the East; it's uncertain what goes on in their minds.

Perhaps they see the filial piety of the East, where children would never betray their family and are utterly loyal to their parents.

In America, once children come of age, they are scarcely related to their parents, and parents raise their children not as a safeguard for old age but out of legal obligation.

Abandonment is a serious crime in America, and corporal punishment of children is illegal, so adopted children are often preferred over biological ones.

Without the concept of raising children for support in old age, whether a child is biologically related is of no great importance, removing financial motives makes relationships more intimate.