Zhou Erlang stood outside the courtyard door in a daze.
Lu Yueze looked out the window and blew out the candle. A woman's murmuring could be heard in the room.
Zhou Erlang's face turned pale, and he turned around to rush home.
"What's wrong, Erlang? Jiro, why do you look so pale? You even drank?" The old lady's voice came from next door.
"Erlang, don't scare your mother."
The old lady seemed very anxious.
Zhou Erlang looked at his mother with red eyes."Mother, didn't you say that women would be ambitious if they had money? As long as Ah Jin gives the shop to Eldest Brother, she can marry into our family. But she's already with someone else."
"Mother, I really don't want any mistress. I just want to marry her."
The old lady choked and her face darkened.
She turned to look at the room next door unhappily.
" You're still thinking about her. Look at her, she's a widow. What good ending would she have if she chose a gigolo? "