At this moment, he seemed to remember something and looked at his stepdaughter Fang Manping beside him.

"Manping, didn't you say a while ago that your art troupe wanted to go to the Northwest Military Region to perform a Spring Festival art performance?"

"Yes." Fang Manping immediately perked up and had some guesses in her heart.

"How about this, I'll give your art troupe approval tomorrow, and when you go, try to call that kid Zexi back to me, and tell him that I have something for his mother."

Fang Wanrong's heart skipped a beat. "Husband, what are you doing?"

Sheng Xinhao didn't intend to hide it from his gentle and kind-hearted wife. "I have discussed it with Lao Li and plan to have Zexi meet Lao Li's daughter during the Chinese New Year."

If I tell Sheng Zexi directly to come back to see me, I'm afraid he won't come back.

So Sheng Xinhao had to use other methods.

Fang Wanrong felt a little panicked. Could the old Li family that Sheng Xinhao mentioned be Commander Li's family?

That little lady is Li Shuyao?

No, Sheng Zexi must not be allowed to marry Li Shuyao.

Not to mention that Li Shuyao herself works in the art troupe and is currently the mainstay of the troupe. She has a good appearance and personality. Li Shuyao's father is Commander Li, and her brother Li Tingxuan has become the troupe leader at a young age and has a bright future. Over the years, she has finally made Sheng Zexi end up being almost abandoned by everyone. How could she let him have a father-in-law like Commander Li and a brother-in-law like Li Tingxuan?

Fang Wanrong couldn't help but feel resentful towards Sheng Xinhao.

She always said that A Yu was filial, but I didn't see this man leave anything good for A Yu. She had mentioned before that she wanted A Yu to join the army so that he could have connections in the army, but he refused.

He kept saying that Sheng Zexi was a bastard and scolded him for being unfilial.

But I still considered him and found him a Yue family with such a powerful background.

It was because of his pretended self-control that Fang Wanrong didn't let herself be offended and utter a word.

Fang Manping never expected that her stepfather's preferred daughter-in-law was Li Shuyao, and she couldn't help but feel delighted.

Li Shuyao has always liked Sheng Zexi and has always asked her to find out about Sheng Zexi and tell her about him. But in fact, Fang Manping didn't want to do this. But who made her hope for Li Tingxuan? That tall, majestic and dazzling young man had already lived in her heart.

If she can help Li Shuyao and Sheng Zexi be together, will Li Shuyao help her and Li Tingxuan?

Fang Wanrong glanced at her daughter. She knew about what happened between her daughter and Li Shuyao and Li Tingxuan.

If her daughter could marry Li Tingxuan, she would be willing to do so, but she would never agree to Li Shuyao marrying Sheng Zexi.

But even though it was not easy, she couldn't show it in front of her husband.

So, she pretended not to know and said to Sheng Xinhao gently, "So you have set your sights on the young lady from Commander Li's family, then why did you let me look for her?"

Sheng Xinhao didn't know what Fang Wanrong was thinking, and said, "That boy is not obedient. I'm afraid he doesn't know what's good for him and doesn't like or want to do it. If you find a few more, he will be able to choose more."

"Just keep looking over there."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

Fang Wanrong had not paid much attention to finding a partner for Sheng Zexi before, but now she had to pay attention to it.

She had to choose carefully. She would rather let Sheng Zexi marry the person she carefully selected than let him have such a big support from the Li family.

On Fang Manping's side, after she entered the direction, Fang Wanrong followed her in.

After the door closed, Fang Manping could no longer hold back.

"Mom, you said, uncle wants Sheng Zexi and Li Shuyao to be together, so why don't we let them be together?" Fang Manping pulled Fang Wanrong's hand and shook it.

"No!" Fang Wanrong slapped her daughter's hand away and glared at her. "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You're just thinking that if you help Li Shuyao marry Sheng Zexi, Li Shuyao will help you and Li Tingxuan be together?"

"Mom also hopes that you can be with the eldest son of the Li family, but Li Shuyao must not marry Sheng Zexi. You should know that if Sheng Zexi marries Li Shuyao, with the support of the Li family, your uncle will only value him more. Then what will be left for your brother in this family?"

Fang Manping was silent, and when she lowered her eyes, she understood again.

The mother did love her daughter, but compared with her son, her daughter was nothing.

"Pingping, now that your brother is better, you will have someone to rely on and you will be better. I hope you can understand your mother's good intentions."

Fang Wanrong thought, it would be great if Sheng Zexi would never come back in his life, or die on the battlefield.

Then everything in the Sheng family would belong to her son.

"My dear, do you like the eldest son of the Li family so much?"

"Yes, Mom, I like Li Junxuan and I really want to marry him."

Fang Manping is 23 years old this year. She was only 11 years old when she followed her mother into the Sheng family. When she was 16 years old, Li Tingxuan accidentally saved her.

From that time on, Fang Manping fell in love with Li Tingxuan and was deeply in love with him.

Her looks were not inherited from her mother but from her biological father. Her appearance can be described as a pretty girl at best.

But Fang Manping just liked Li Tingxuan's handsomeness, and she has always been obsessed with the moment when he rescued her.

Fang Wanrong sighed and opened her mouth to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.

Fang Wanrong has always loved her daughter Fang Manping. Although she is not as good as her son, she wants to give her the best if possible.

"Mom, Li Shuyao will also go to the Northwest Military Region this time."

"I won't do anything more. If they can be together this time, you are not allowed to stop them. If not, I will not help Li Shuyao anymore."

"Mom, please love me again, okay? I will be filial to you."

Fang Manping snuggled into Fang Wanrong's arms, full of attachment.

Fang Wanrong finally softened her heart and nodded in agreement.

Sheng Zexi didn't know that his father was already thinking about his marriage, and he didn't know that Li Shuyao, who was thinking about him very much, was about to go to the northwest to find him.

He followed the matchmaker and went to Gu's house to set a date for the engagement and wedding banquet.

The engagement day is 3 days later, and the wedding banquet is on the 15th day, which is half a month later.

We also agreed with the Gu family that his grandparents would come during these two important times.

On the Gu family's side, when they learned that Sheng Zexi's grandparents would come, both Old Man Gu and Yao Chunhua were very happy. After all, that represented the man's attention to their family and Ningning.

After knowing that Sheng Zexi's family had a biological father and a stepmother and that they had a bad relationship with them, they did not require Sheng Zexi's relatives to come.

Sheng Zexi came and left with the matchmaker. The villagers were very curious, and Yao Chunhua and others did not hide it.

Soon, everyone in Huaihua Village knew that Gu Jianing was going to get engaged and married to a military officer from the northwest named Sheng Zexi.

Wen Zhuqing, who was in pain from being beaten these past two days, almost spilled the fish soup in his hand when he heard the news.