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Xuan Daiyun gave him a sharp pull, and they sat side by side on two round stools cushioned with brocade-wrapped cattail pads.
"Huai Feng, I was just going to tell you—why not move back," Xuan Daiyun said, her voice dropping a little. Her large, watery eyes, inherited from their mother, so eerily similar to Xuan Huai Feng’s,fixed on her younger brother as she clasped his hand. "Pay no mind to your brother-in-law. He’s just got a cruel tongue. After all, I’m still his wife. When I married him, our family spared much expense on the dowry. Now that Father’s gone, a brother-in-law may accommodate in his wife’s younger brother. Alas,those guildhalls are old and shabby, where penniless scholars lived in. I’ve heard some even have lice in the bedding.Good heavens, how can you live there long-term?"
"The Tongren Guildhall is very clean, with no lice at all."
"It's more than just lice." Xuan Daiyun shot her younger brother an irritated glare, her anger tinged with reluctant tenderness. "Huaifeng, when you're living under another's roof, you have to swallow your pride. You're twenty now,do not act like a kid anymore. Nowadays, we have no one but your brother-in-law to lean on. Just because he said a few harsh words that you moved out quietly. You've gotten that stubborn streak out of your system for months. Isn't it time to come home?"
"Sis......"