"Alright, alright." Mr. Shen waved his hand, cutting him off. "I know what you mean, just like you surely understood what I was trying to say. There's no need to speak up for him.
'You can see the adult in the child.' That old saying from our ancestors isn't just empty words. He acts one way in front of you and your sister, and another way in front of me."
Mr. Cheng looked thoughtfully at his brother-in-law, then at his sister. 'Is he saying that Youliang had a bad attitude toward him back when he was just a day laborer at our house?'
Old Mrs. Shen gave a noncommittal smile and shook her head slightly at her younger brother, silently telling him not to interrupt. Her husband needed to get this off his chest.
"To be honest, back when I first saw you two boys, I even wondered if your sister had gotten you mixed up. After all, you were about the same age. It wouldn't have been impossible to mistake one for the other."
