Ah, I digressed a bit there. Let's get back to the main topic.
What Ning Zhiyuan did caught Ms. Liao off guard, but it happened all the same.
She suddenly realized that some of what the older women say is true, having a good daughter-in-law is better than having a good son.
A good daughter-in-law is truly a blessing.
She used to scoff at this idea, thinking no matter how good a daughter-in-law could be, she's still an outsider; how could she ever compare to her own son? He's literally a piece of her, naturally aligned with her.
But now, she was beginning to understand the deeper meaning of those words.
Ms. Liao felt a bit wronged; her dutiful son seemed to have changed.
She thought to herself that she needed to find him a wife soon, as he couldn't stay single forever. When would her cherished grandchild ever come if things kept going like this?
Ms. Liao and Ning Zhiyuan, true to being mother and son, found themselves thinking along the same lines.
