Third Uncle wanted to urge Nan Yu to reconsider, but as he opened his mouth, he realized he couldn't find the words. After all, everything Nan Dashu had done was laid bare; even if Third Uncle wanted to put in a good word for him, he couldn't.
Nan Jiang looked at his father’s hesitant expression and said impatiently, "Dad, given everything Second Uncle has done, don't even think about trying to talk Brother Yu out of this. If it were anyone else, we brothers would have turned the place upside down long ago. Now that Second Uncle has pushed an honest man like Brother Yu to this point, it’s a bit unconscionable for you to try to talk him into maintaining ties just because it's your brother."
Nan Jiang was a year younger than Nan Yu, but he had always been a student, and a top-performing one at that—the most likely child in the old Nan family to attend university. He carried himself with the gentle, cultured air of an intellectual, yet his words were always sharp enough to hit the mark. He left his father speechless, making it impossible for him to try and sway Nan Yu further.
Chapter 42