Cheng Chili straightened his back: "Nothing!"
Liang Zhi raised his voice: "If you've got something to say, spit it out! What's with the hemming and hawing?"
Cheng Chili slumped his shoulders: "I just wanted to say, Fifth Brother has been pestered by Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei to get married lately, and it's really bothering him. Maybe Aunt could..."
"Stop right there!" Liang Zhi said, "What kind of rotten idea is this? Has a nephew ever married his aunt?"
"But Aunt is now a daughter of the Ning Family, isn't she? Anyway, outsiders wouldn't know..."
"That's still not okay!" Liang Zhi said, "No matter which family the young lady belongs to, the family hierarchy is plain as day!
"Besides, even if we disregard this issue, Fifth Brother never liked Aunt. Would she be happy marrying him?"
"It's not like that! Fifth Brother, he—"
Cheng Chili was so anxious he almost blurted it out, but when he saw the six pairs of eyes staring at him, he fell silent again.
