你为何要帮着李德才做假账吗
“why you've been helping Li Decai cook the books?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但你可以告诉我
“But can you tell me”
你 为何要 帮着李德才 做假账 吗
“why you've been helping Li Decai cook the books?”
姑姑
“Aunt,”
“I know what you did, so you better give me an honest explanation right now.”
Elders in traditional family dynamics hold moral and legal authority to interrogate younger relatives on misconduct.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why / for what reason
A slightly formal, written or dramatic way to ask 'why', equivalent to 为什么.
to cook the books / to falsify accounts
A standard collocation describing commercial or legal accounting fraud.
Turns the sentence into an explicit question, underscoring the demand for verification or explanation.