Just then, his phone rang. Ye Feng took out his phone; it was Liu Qingyi calling.

He answered the phone.

"Ye Feng, where are you? Why aren't you back yet?" Liu Qingyi's voice was impatient.

"I have something to do, I'll be right back," Ye Feng replied briefly.

"Hurry up! I have something to tell you." Liu Qingyi hung up the phone after saying that.

Ye Feng reluctantly put away his phone and said to Sun Shangxiang, "I have to go back now. Wait for my message tomorrow."

"What news?" Sun Shangxiang looked at him in confusion.

"You think you can just let this go like that? No way, it's not that easy!" A cold glint flashed in Ye Feng's eyes.

Sun Shangxiang worried, "Don't be foolish, Old Liu isn't so easy to deal with."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Ye Feng said firmly.

He turned and left, leaving Sun Shangxiang standing alone.

Sun Shangxiang watched Ye Feng's retreating figure. She felt both relieved and worried; relieved that Ye Feng cared about her, but worried that his way of confronting Lao Liu was too risky.

She didn't want him to take risks for her.

Sun Shangxiang pushed open the door to her home, but it did not make her feel relaxed at all.

"Where have you been all this time, coming back so late?" Sun's mother asked sharply, her tone accusatory.

Sun Shangxiang took off her coat. "I'm going to see Ye Feng off."

"Send him away? You still send him away?" Mrs. Sun slapped her thigh suddenly, her voice rising abruptly, "Your brother just got out of the police station, and you still have the mind to care about that bastard!"

Sun Shangxiang felt agitated and said, "Mom, I'm tired and don't want to talk about this."

She glanced at the empty sofa. "Where's Xiao Shi?"

Mrs. Sun's face grew even paler. "He's asleep! He's exhausted after a whole night of worry!"

"So, this is all my fault again?" Sun Shangxiang was angered by her mother's attitude, and her tone became barbed.

"Otherwise, who's to blame?" Mrs. Sun retorted without backing down. "If it weren't for you, would this have happened? If you could handle family relationships well, would your brother have gone and caused trouble?!"

Sun Shangxiang laughed in anger, "Didn't you tell me before you came? I explained everything clearly on the phone, but you didn't believe me, and you didn't stop Xiao Shi from causing trouble. Now that something's happened, you're putting all the blame on me?!"

Mr. Sun sat silently to the side, but finally couldn't help but whisper, "Let's talk this out."

Grandma Sun glared at him fiercely, "This is none of your business!"

Sun Shangxiang felt powerless; arguing with her mother would only make the situation worse.

"Alright, Mom, I'm tired." Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Sun Shangxiang sat back down on the sofa. "Just say what you want to say."

Sun's mother's anger subsided a bit, and her tone softened, "Xiangxiang, it's not that I don't care about you. You've just been discharged from the hospital and need to rest. But marriage is a big deal, and I can't let you do whatever you want."

Sun Shangxiang raised an eyebrow. "You want me to be wary of Ye Feng?"

“It’s not that I’m trying to protect myself from him,” Sun’s mother hurriedly explained. “Xiao Liu told me that as long as you’re content to live with him, the money and the house will still be your joint property in the future.”

She sighed and earnestly advised, "Xiao Liu said that if you want to spend money, he won't ask any questions and you can spend it as you please."

"Is it really that simple?" Sun Shangxiang asked rhetorically.

Mrs. Sun continued, "Old Liu also said that you should write your own resignation letter and then stop going to work."

Sun Shangxiang suddenly stood up and said angrily, "Why should I quit my job? I have a job and an income now, and he still beats and scolds me! Now that my savings are gone, if I lose my job in the future, he will be even less kind to me!"

Sun Shangxiang felt desperate; her mother completely failed to understand her situation.

Sun's mother remained stubborn, saying, "As long as you stop associating with that Ye man, Xiao Liu will definitely treat you well!"

She firmly believes that as long as her daughter breaks off contact with Ye Feng, she can get back on "the right track".

In her view, Ye Feng was the root of all the problems.

Sun Shangxiang stared at her mother and asked, word by word, "Mom, do you believe me or Old Liu?"

Without even thinking, Sun's mother blurted out, "Of course I believe you, silly child."

Sun Shangxiang repeated in a heavy tone, "There's really nothing between Ye Feng and me. My falling out with Lao Liu has nothing to do with Ye Feng. Ye Feng already has a girlfriend, and I won't try to break up someone else's relationship."

Mrs. Sun's face turned cold, and her tone became firm: "So you mean you absolutely have to divorce Xiao Liu?"

Enraged, Sun Shangxiang confronted her mother, demanding, "Mom! Do you only feel at ease when you're pushing me into a pit of fire?!"

Sun's mother's tone was almost pleading: "Xiangxiang, please listen to your mother just this once. Just bear with it a little longer, and after Xiaoshi graduates, you can do whatever you want."

Sun Shangxiang was stunned, her gaze fixed on her mother.

She felt like she understood something, but she couldn't believe it.

Sun's mother's eyes flickered, avoiding her daughter's gaze.

Suppressing her inner trembling, Sun Shangxiang asked in a low voice, "So, all that you said tonight was for Xiao Shi?"

Sun's mother finally admitted, "Xiao Liu promised that as long as you don't divorce him, he will help arrange Xiao Shi's job and future after graduation. Xiangxiang, can't you think about your younger brother?"

Sun Shangxiang laughed angrily: "Consider? I always overthought things!"

Then, Sun Shangxiang got up and went to her room, picking up a small suitcase that she had already packed.

"What are you doing?" Sun's mother asked in surprise.

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