Chapter 486: Severing Ties

Just now, Shen Qian and Xie Zheng were at each other's throats, their expressions fierce.

Gu Xiaoyue was so frightened that she didn't dare to pick up her chopsticks.

Despite her fright, she still managed to glean a very important piece of information.

Sister Shen Qian meant that she would have no relationship with Xie Zheng in the future.

Naturally, she would no longer have any improper thoughts about him.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoyue's heart suddenly trembled.

His eyes brightened a bit.

In that case, she will have one less rival in love.

But this joyful thought only lasted for a moment before her eyes dimmed again.

So what if we have one less rival in love?

She still has no chance.

It's not that I'm worried about other rivals appearing.

Rather, she knew very well that Xie Zheng's heart would always belong only to her deceased sister.

Even though her sister had been dead for 10 years, Xie Zheng still couldn't see anyone else.

He won't give anyone else a chance.

Moreover, he had clearly warned her not to have any improper thoughts about him, otherwise he would not associate with them in the future because of her sister.

He hoped she would treat him like a brother.

He always treated her like a little sister.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoyue gave a bitter smile.

How can you argue with a deceased person?

Even Chen Qian doesn't have that ability, let alone her.

Especially now that Xie Zheng's career is booming, as Dr. Xiao Bai just said, he's going to be a big singer in the future.

They didn't have a chance when he was down on his luck, let alone in the future.

From then on, they could only watch him from afar, becoming that shining superstar.

If she doesn't have any other ideas, he might still treat her like a younger sister. But if she continues to insist, they might not even be able to remain friends in the future.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoyue sighed deeply in her heart.

If that's the case, what is she still clinging to?

Xie Zheng had warned her more than once not to have any improper thoughts about him.

She has dignity too.

To be honest, she didn't need to ruin everyone's relationship for the sake of a so-called fruitless romance.

She and her mother plan to settle in Nancheng in the future. Her mother is in poor health and needs Bai Zhi's treatment.

Moreover, even a seasoned traditional Chinese medicine practitioner like Bai Zhi needed Xie Zheng's help to persuade her to come.

If she is ungrateful and continues to cling to those feelings in her heart, angering Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng will stop associating with them to avoid suspicion.

If her mother's condition worsens in the future, she will have no relatives or friends to rely on.

Her father had another family outside in order to have a son, and now only she and her mother are left to depend on each other.

My mother is in poor health, and she is her mother's support.

She absolutely cannot disregard her mother's chronic illness for the sake of so-called love and romance.

That is unfilial.

My mother suffered enough when she lost my older sister.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoyue closed her eyes in pain.

After a long while, she slowly opened her eyes, as if she had made some kind of decision.

Pick up your chopsticks and start eating.

Although her eating habits weren't as exaggerated as Shen Qian's.

But it's not much better.

Compared to before, he's completely different now.

This meal was paid for by Brother Zheng.

She wanted to finish her meal very seriously, then shut herself off from love and focus on her studies.

After graduation, she should find a good job, ideally becoming a dancer so her mother can have a better life.

What Sister Shenqian said earlier is right; one cannot have one's mind filled with nothing but love and romance.

Otherwise, she would really be just like Lu Ya, who is obsessed with love.

Lu Ya broke ties with her family for a scumbag, and was hurt by him so badly that she can't go back to the military compound and now works as a waitress in a nightclub.

This is simply degrading oneself.

Although she is not as great as Sister Shen Qian.

She was just an ordinary person, with no particular sense of national or familial responsibility.

But I absolutely must not let myself become a brainless woman like Lu Ya.

Especially since she also has her mother to take care of.

Her mother is also a very important person to her.

Now all of her mother's hopes and expectations are pinned on her alone.

Only by becoming strong and outstanding can he soothe the pain his mother has suffered over the years.

That's what gives her the motivation to live.

She knew very well that her mother did not have any more children, partly due to health reasons, and partly to protect her, her youngest daughter.

She had overheard her parents arguing a few years ago.

Because of the one-child policy, they couldn't have any more children. Her father's idea was to have a distant relative who couldn't have children adopt her, and then have her mother try to conceive.

At the time, my mother strongly disagreed.

She said she had already lost one daughter and would never let her second daughter leave her too.

My father's family, including my grandparents, had a very strong preference for sons over daughters. They always had complaints about my mother because she didn't give birth to a son.

The death of her older sister nearly killed her mother, especially since she was already thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old at the time and was not suitable for having children.

So the unfaithful man had a mistress, and she bore him a son.

As her illegitimate child grew up, her mother needed to make room for him.

They got divorced just like that.

Gu Xiaoyue became more and more upset as she thought about it.

Her mother's life was so hard.

She must become strong and make her mother proud.

That way, that family will look at them and their child with new respect in the future.

Let her unfaithful father see that although she is a girl, she is no less than any man.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoyue turned her grief into appetite and kept stuffing food into her mouth.

She needs to eat more so that she can bring her mother over in the afternoon to have Bai Zhi see a doctor.

Then, she will spend the rest of her time practicing dance.

Xie Zheng hadn't recovered from Shen Qian's outrageous behavior when he saw Gu Xiaoyue also starting to devour her food like a whirlwind.

Several black lines appeared on his forehead.

"What's wrong with you again? Are you hungry too? You've never seen so much delicious food before, have you?"

Xie Zheng comforted himself, saying that the girl was just craving something. "That's true, you're lucky if the food in the school cafeteria can even fill your stomach."

He looked at Gu Xiaoyue with a disgusted expression and complained, "But you don't have to be like this, do you? Are you trying to imitate Chen Qian? What exactly do you guys mean by this?"

"Am I really that stingy? Do you think I'm only going to treat you to this one meal in my life, and you're going to eat your fill even if you have to burst?"

He rolled his eyes in exasperation at the thought of this possibility.

He patiently explained, "I'm different now than before. My life has improved. I'm earning my own money now. Once my album is released next year, the money I'll make is beyond what ordinary people like you can imagine. I'll treat you to the best of everything every day then, okay?"

He only asked that these women not embarrass themselves in public.

Gu Xiaoyue puffed out her cheeks as she swallowed the food in her mouth and said to Xie Zheng, "Brother Zheng, I'll be very busy with my studies in the future, so even if you treat me, I might not have time to eat. You ordered so much delicious food today, it makes my mouth water, I want to eat more."

"Eat, eat, eat! Aren't you all afraid of becoming fat women?"

Xie Zheng looked at the woman beside him, who was slowly peeling shrimp.

She said irritably, "Why don't you learn from them?"

Bai Zhi rolled her eyes at him and scoffed, "Why would I imitate them? I don't even like you."

Xie Zheng, "..."

Bai Zhi, being an observer, had a clear view of both Shen Qian and Gu Xiaoyue's facial expressions.

Gu Xiaoyue was completely influenced by Shen Qian and touched by what she just said.

So, is he planning to use a meal to sever his feelings?

If that were truly the case, that would be for the best.