Liu Yungen started to speak, but when he glanced up and caught his sister's warning look, he drooped his head and said dejectedly, "I ran into him, broke the eggs, and twisted my ankle."
He figured he was already in for it, so he braced himself for a scolding and told the truth.
'He had originally thought he could pin the blame on Qingmu and get him to pay for the eggs, but his sister had guessed the situation in an instant. Plus, she seemed to know this Qingmu. What was the point of trying to frame him now? Might as well just take the tongue-lashing from Mom and Dad!'
Liu Yunlan was terrified her parents would demand Qingmu pay for the eggs—they were definitely the type to do something like that. She quickly explained that her brother had been careless and run into Qingmu. She added that Qingmu had been kind enough to bring him home and that they should be thanking him. Then, she mentioned that Qingmu was Uncle Yang Defa's nephew, so he was someone they knew.
