There's a lot of truth to the saying, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." Most parents sympathize with their more vulnerable children and subconsciously want to favor them a little.
But that depended on the parents. Xu Changqing didn't think Mr. and Mrs. Shen were the type to become so muddled that they'd lose their sense of fairness just because one son was better off.
'A person's character is already set. In her 'dream,' Brother Shen had been all alone with so many assets, yet she'd never seen his parents think about having him subsidize the family more.'
'Besides, this son now had her, his daughter-in-law, and the second son and his wife had also gotten into university. Given Mr. and Mrs. Shen's personalities?'
'At most, it would be like when they sponsored the second son with five dollars a month—money that still had to be paid back. They wouldn't harbor any 'rob the rich to help the poor' ideas and take from their other son.'
However…
