Gu Tong, who only ever irritated her, actually thought of honoring her and went through great lengths to come back to show filial piety? The sun must be rising from the west.
Li's mother thought over and over, always feeling something was amiss.
She stared at Gu Tong for a while and suddenly remembered something, "Did you have a fight with Li Yan?"
Li's mother was once a daughter-in-law too, and she had her own set of experiences as a wife.
If a wife had a fight with her husband and long-term reconciliation efforts were ineffective, many would choose to show respect to the husband's mother, using the mother-in-law's influence to gain forgiveness.
No matter how bad the relationship between Li's mother and Li Yan was, they were still mother and son. Gu Tong might have been out of options and resorted to this tactic on her.
Li's mother snorted at this, as these were tricks she had already outplayed.
