It seemed that Liu Tinglan had not expected such a strong reaction from Mo Yan, and she stood there stunned, stammering an explanation, "He has discussed it with the elders, and the elders were initially willing to follow his wishes, but that cousin is not an easy one to deal with, insisting on marrying him to the point of threatening her own life. The elders couldn't just watch her die, so without telling Brother Shen, they wrote to me in a letter to ask that, after I marry into their family, I take charge and let that cousin marry in as a second wife."
"What? A second wife, too?" Mo Yan stared at her friend in disbelief, asking urgently, "Did you agree? Did you?!"
Liu Tinglan was somewhat scared and shook her hands repeatedly, "No, no, Brother Shen doesn't want that, and how could I agree! But the elders are my superiors, and once I marry and become a daughter-in-law, if they bring this up again, wouldn't I be unfilial if I refused?"