What an unusual relationship. They’re nothing like me and my father. It’s like there’s no distance between them at all.
Wu Jian would never talk back to his father like that. He was certain to get whipped if he ever dared to try, but now that he thought about it, Wu Meiying seemed to talk back to hiss father quite often. She even called him “Uncle Yōushì” instead of “Lord Yōushì” as was proper.
Is this a thing only girls are allowed to do? Maybe girls are given the right to be playful and mischievous while boys are expected to be stoic and distant?
There were always certain expectations placed on the boys and girls who belonged to a clan. This societal expectation stemmed from the deeply ingrained beliefs about masculinity and femininity. Girls were granted a certain level of freedom to
