She knew that merely this one sentence might not convince Hua Erniang to take her seriously, so she candidly shared every detail about her past two years of getting along with Old Lady Meng.
"My mother-in-law, frankly, is the most protective person in the world." she finally concluded, "At home, she might pick fights with me over nothing, yet she can't stand to see me wronged by others. Whenever someone causes trouble, she's always the first to jump out, sometimes even quicker than Yuhuai—how should I put it? Life is full of bumps, and if she quarrels with me, I just argue back. After all, she holds no grudges, and just for that, I feel she's much better than many people."
