"You should have gently convinced her that it was not the best plan." His mother retorted as she picked up her tea again and gulped the entire contents and dropping it back neatly on the tray.
Over her head, he caught his father's eye and the older man shook his head subtly, Lei Zhao felt a bit chastised.
"Have you seen Yan Mei?" He argued, "there is no convincing her otherwise."
"I still think you're burdening my daughter-in-law with too much, you should not have taken advantage of her kind-heartedness. You know she can't help it" his mother continued with a touch of asperity, one hand clasped in her husband and the other gesturing vaguely in the air
"Mother" he started but his father cut in
"Listen to your mother, son. Having a house-guest especially one with so much history between the both of you cannot be easy for her" his words were not as light as they sounded
