The next second, she heard Grandma say in a cold tone, "I know you are jealous of Guibao and think I am too partial to her."
Eerni's heart jumped suddenly, her teeth biting down hard on her lower lip.
Zhao Mei was also startled, thinking that the discussion from the previous night must have been overheard by her mother-in-law. She immediately defended her daughter, saying, "Mother, Erni is still young and doesn't understand, you—"
"Let me finish." Ma Xiulian interrupted her in a stern voice, "Not only Erni. You all think I'm partial to Guibao."
As she said this, her sharp old eyes swept over everybody's face at the table, making the three brethren subconsciously shrink their necks.
Chen Jiandang weakly defended himself, "Mother, I don't think so."
He thought that for once he had shown some intelligence, and no matter what, his mother would at least give him an approving look.
However, his mother looked straight at him and said, "That's right! I do favor Guibao!"