Dong Wenxiu had a gentle nature and, although she was angry at the time, she didn't know how to retort. Despite not being a child of the Xun Family, she indeed grew up there, though this father had never treated her as his own.
As for her brother Xun Gui, who had initially claimed to be weakened by her birth, she dared not get close to him, instinctively stepping back two paces.
Xun Gui had a problematic mind to begin with, and his mother, Mao, had spoiled him to an unrecognizable state, making him essentially a nitwit. He was used to having his own way at home, and now at nineteen, he was fat from overindulgence and utterly incapable of doing any work. He was willing to come along with his parents because he had heard from his mother that it was to get the silver needed to find him a wife, so he was very obedient to her, ready to cry on command, and naturally did not object to calling others when told to.
