Secretary Li saw that things were going badly and ran off.
It's hard to mediate family affairs as a judge, let alone someone employed only to do as they are told, a negligible worker.
If he didn't leave quickly, was he supposed to stay and take the blame?
In just two short minutes, the third-floor study had been completely trashed by Second Aunt Lai, making it impossible to step anywhere. No matter whether it was documents or books, paintings, even her son's honor certificates did not survive the ordeal, thrown all over the floor.
Those certificates were very important as they were Li Wanshan's morale booster.
No matter how noisy or chaotic the daily strife, he had always managed to pacify it.
But now, Second Aunt Lai was sitting on the sofa crying her eyes out, even threatening to go to Nanjiang Villa to settle scores with Madam Lai, voicing her discontent at remaining a widow and intending to move on her younger brother-in-law.
