The Taste Test
That mangy little thing was cute, but it had fleas and was just another mouth to feed. Tai Cheng and Yue Niang had to pry their daughter away from it, causing a week-long tantrum, but Xue Ning eventually accepted the truth - the puppy was not meant to be hers.
Now, they had to do something similar about the situation with Sun Jingwei. Sure, Jingwei wasn't some mangy puppy with fleas, but he certainly was ridden with scandal and possibly STDs! They had to dissuade her about his suitability as her husband!
"Well, I shall be the judge of whether he's good enough to join our family," Yue Niang declared imperiously, and Jingwei gulped in nervousness.
"If I find that you can't cook a good bowl of noodles, pack up and leave this town tonight!" Yue Niang declared with grim finality, looking every inch a regal queen about to sentence someone to execution. Or in this case, exile.
"Mom!" Xue Ning complained. "You're being unfair!"