"Liu Sanjin, no matter how much trouble she causes at home, no matter how she urges Lu Changzhu to talk to Lu Zhenping on her behalf, when she really faces people, she can't even open her mouth. Before Lu Zhenping had made clear their mother-son relationship, she could still rely on the status of being a mother to order around certain things; now she feels utterly hollow inside.
Especially now that the money sent from Shangjing is getting less and less, she is terrified it would be cut off completely at any moment. Now, with Lu Zhenping frowning in front of her, her heart pounds like a drum. She doesn't even want to think about sons and daughters-in-law anymore, she's just scared that Lu Zhenping will bring up the issue of giving her money each month.
