Li Lianhua watched that mother and son walk away, then turned back to Yun Qingyue and said, "What you said today was a bit... well... over the top. It wasn't nearly as miserable as you described."
Yun Qingyue pointed at herself with an expression of utter disbelief. "Which part of what I said was over the top? If it wasn't that miserable, just how miserable is it supposed to be? I merely added a tiny touch of my own personal emotional coloring to it. If I had really wanted to exaggerate, the two of them would have walked out in tears today. Do you have any idea?"
Li Lianhua nodded repeatedly under her questioning, not daring to utter a single word of rebuttal. "I didn't mean that what you said was over the top. It's just that saying it right to my face made me a little embarrassed. Besides, Master He recognized me."
Chapter 40