Cao Yu's The Thunderstorm - Triceratops Home

Gui (a bit angry, but continues happily) You don't need to hide it like that, you're
my daughter. (suddenly smiles greedily) It's not unusual that a servant's
daughter can accept a few things from them, use some of their money. It's
alright, I understand.
Sifeng Alright, then say it. How much money do you want?
Gui Not much, thirty dollars will be fine.
Sifeng Oh? (with malice) Then you should go get it from the great young Master. I'm
leaving.
Gui (enraged) Kid, you think I'm confused, and I don't know what you're doing
with the shameless young Master?
Sifeng (provoking him) You're a father? Does a father talk like this to his daughter?
Gui (with an evil look) I am your father, I need to take care of you. I'm asking you,
two nights ago-
Sifeng Two nights ago?
Gui I wasn't at home, and you finally came back at midnight, what were you doing
before that?
Sifeng (trying to cover it up) I was getting something for Madam.
Gui Then why did you come home that late?
Sifeng (belittling) A father like you isn't qualified to ask me.
Gui So civilized! And yet you haven't said where you went.
Sifeng What haven't I said!
Gui What? Say it!
Sifeng Madam heard that the Master had just returned, and wanted me to check the
Master's clothes again.
Gui Oh. (softly, menacingly) But just who brought you back home at midnight,
then? Riding in the car, drunk off his ass, talking nonsense to you—who was
it? (smiling faintly, proudly)
Sifeng (shocked) That, that's-
Gui (laughing) Oh, you don't have to say it, that's just the La family's rich son-inlaw!
–Hah, suddenly, a boyfriend with a car comes to our ramshackle house,
looking for this servant girl daughter! (suddenly serious) I'll ask you, who is
he? Say it.
Sifeng He, he's-
[Lii Dahai enters—Sifeng's older brother, La Gui's stepson—his build is big
and strong, his coarse, black eyebrows almost hide his sharp eyes. His cheeks
are slightly concave. His cheekbones are exceptionally prominent, and
together with his sharp chin show his stubborn personality. He has large, thin
lips, which are a strong contrast to his younger sister's red, thick lips, which
bring with them the warmth of southern lands. He has a bit of a stammer when
he talks, but when he's angered, his diction is sharp. Right now he's returned
from the mine 600 li away, where there is a strike happening, and he is one of
the instigators. The nervous energy of the past few months have left him with
a look of tiredness now. His beard is scruffy, and he looks old enough to be
Gui's younger brother, and only on close inspection, by looking at his eyes
and voice, would you find he was of an age with his younger sister: the same
heat, both erupting like a volcano, both of them people who are full of white-