"We're going to be family sooner or later, Uncle, please make the call for me. They'll definitely listen to what you say. Ah Li is a good girl, her family isn't well-off. Her dad has kidney stones and diabetes, can't do heavy labor, practically the same as being bedridden, so she started acting at a young age."
On the other end of the line, Fu Si spoke until his mouth was dry, and licked his lips: "If they hadn't been so harsh on Ah Li, I wouldn't be coming to you, Uncle. Both my grandfather and mom like Ah Li very much. If they knew you helped, they'd surely thank you."
Song Baiyan listened to his nephew's incessant talking, stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, and asked: "Did Tang Li tell you her dad is bedridden all year round?"
"No... Well, no." Fu Si said: "I guessed it myself; it's no secret at our school that Ah Li's family circumstances aren't good. She wasn't as lively before as she is now, and it seems like her mom has passed away a long time ago."
