After the birthday banquet concluded, the group walked out of Old Madame's Qingfeng Courtyard.
Fu Yao pouted slightly and complained with a hint of grievance:
"Aunt, if you had prepared birthday gifts for us today, would we have made such fools of ourselves? Even if you didn't want to prepare anything for us, you should have given us a heads-up so we could have prepared earlier."
"It was truly humiliating at the banquet today."
Fu Xuan chimed in from the side, grumbling:
"Exactly. When we lose face, you lose face along with us. We are your own flesh and blood—you should understand the principle that we rise and fall together."
"To put it bluntly, when you grow old, you'll have to rely on us to support you and see you to your final resting place."
Chapter 35