Seeing that Li Xiu didn't move, Li Hua and the others grabbed the ledgers and started flipping through them. Ge Er Ya opened her mouth as if to say something, but after a glance at the two sisters-in-law sitting on either side of her, she swallowed her words. Instead, she just glared fiercely at Li Xiu.
Ignoring his mother's glare, Li Xiu took out his cigarettes, offering them to the funeral guests, Uncle Li, and Third Brother Li, before lighting one for himself. 'No matter how much I act like I don't care, this is still the woman who gave birth to me, who gave me life. Right or wrong, she's the one I have to call Mother. It would be a lie to say I feel nothing at all, but I already experienced too much sorrow and heartbreak in my past life. In this one, I left early on. Still, a sense of lingering resentment remains.'
