After dinner.

Gu Yunzhen followed Shangguan Wu to her room.

Qin Yiheng and Mi Yanghua were left staring at each other in the restaurant.

Mi Yanghua spoke up: "The young couple is more excited than ever after being apart, they must have a lot to say to each other."

Qin Yiheng hummed in agreement.

Thinking about his leave request, Mi Yanghua casually asked, "Have you taken care of your business?"

Qin Yiheng hummed in agreement again.

The conversation just couldn't continue.

Mi Yanghua asked curiously, "When you see other people in pairs, don't you have any thoughts about it?"

Qin Yiheng's expression froze slightly.

He couldn't help but think of one person.

"Would you like me to introduce you to someone? But let me tell you, I don't play matchmaker for just anyone..."

Before Mi Yanghua could finish speaking, Qin Yiheng interrupted her calmly, "Thank you for your kindness, I appreciate it. It's getting late, so I'll head back now. Thank you for your hospitality."

Qin Yiheng got up to take his leave.

Mi Yanghua's first attempt at matchmaking ended in failure; he should have asked Wu Yatou first.

The next morning, the sky was clear and the air was crisp.

Yan Yirou walked into the Chinese medicine pharmacy and saw a very pretty girl next to Aunt Wu. The two were chatting and laughing. Her first reaction was: Wow, so this is Aunt Wu's daughter!

really!

When Wu Xiumei saw Yan Yirou walk in, she smiled and introduced her, "Rou Rou, my daughter is back from her business trip. Let me introduce you. This is my daughter, Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao, this is Rou Rou, one of the two girls who helped her mother."

Wu Xiaoxiao was a little helpless. What kind of mother introduces her child like this? What about the surname?

However, Wu Xiaoxiao showed a completely sincere smile to the person who helped her mother: "Thank you. I take my mother's surname, Wu. Wu Xiaoxiao, it's nice to meet you."

Yan Yirou smiled in response: "Ms. Wu, it's a pleasure to meet you. I am Yan Yirou."

Yan Yirou?

The eldest daughter of the Yan family!

Wu Xiaoxiao's eyes narrowed slightly. She turned around and picked up the gift box she had prepared from the table. It was a high-end skincare product she had bought at a department store, costing more than seven thousand yuan. Although it might not be worth much to a rich heiress, it was a thank-you gift she could offer.

"Miss Yan, thank you for saving my mother. This is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you won't find it offensive."

Yan Yirou's eyes flashed with surprise, and she said politely, "Miss Wu, you don't need to be so polite. Aunt Wu is a patient of our Chinese medicine pharmacy. It is our duty to treat and save lives."

"Does that include finding a place for my mother to stay?" Wu Xiaoxiao asked back, extending both hands to her: "Ms. Yan, what I'm saying may not be pleasant to hear, but I don't like owing people favors. Please accept this, okay?"

Yan Yirou noticed the awkward expression on Aunt Wu's face and, not wanting to put her in a difficult position, accepted Wu Xiaoxiao's gift.

"Thank you for the gift," she said.

"I should be thanking you."

Wu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, put her arm around her mother's shoulder and said, "Mom, let's go back."

Wu Xiumei also had something she wanted to say to her daughter alone, so she looked at Yan Yirou apologetically and said, "Yirou, I've already taken my medicine this morning, so I'll be going now. See you this afternoon."

Yan Yirou maintained her smile throughout: "See you this afternoon, Aunt Wu, take care."

Wu Xiaoxiao was slightly taken aback when she saw her smile.

At this moment, Wu Xiumei took her daughter's hand and left the Chinese medicine pharmacy, walking silently towards their residence.

Wu Xiaoxiao keenly sensed that she had angered her mother.

Back at their residence, Wu Xiumei looked at her daughter sternly: "Xiaoxiao, you shouldn't have said those things just now. If it weren't for Rourou, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to wait for you to come back."

Wu Xiaoxiao was shocked!

"Did he hit you again?" she asked, lifting up Wu Xiumei's sleeve to check.

When she discovered new bruises on her mother's body, she trembled with anger: "He said he wouldn't hit you as long as I paid him on time. He broke his promise. Why didn't you tell me? Why did you help him hide it from me?"

Why is Wu Xiaoxiao working so hard to earn money?

Isn't she just trying to keep that bastard in check so he won't bully her mother, and then save up money to hire the best lawyer for the divorce case?

But her mother kept enduring the other person's punches.

This made her efforts seem like a joke.

After her initial excitement, Wu Xiaoxiao was left with only a helpless, bitter smile.

Seeing her daughter's expression shift from excitement to anger, and finally to disappointment, Wu Xiumei was deeply alarmed.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao. It's because Mommy is too weak. I didn't even know how to fight back, and I made you suffer so much all by yourself..." Wu Xiumei shed tears of regret.

In an instant, Wu Xiaoxiao felt as if an invisible hand was gripping her heart, making it feel both suffocating and painful.

She hugged Wu Xiumei and comforted her, "Mom, I'm not tired. Don't cry, don't cry."

Wu Xiumei stopped crying and patted her daughter's back: "I won't cry anymore. I promise you, I will definitely divorce him this time. I found a job and can support us both."

Wu Xiaoxiao's eyes widened in disbelief: "You really want a divorce?"

“It’s true, no matter how he threatens me this time, I’m going to divorce him!” Wu Xiumei’s tone was unusually firm. She could endure the grievances herself, but she didn’t want her daughter to suffer the slightest grievance.

Her daughter has a long life ahead of her!

She couldn't let that scumbag ruin her daughter's reputation and future!

Wu Xiumei continued, "After Rou Rou found out about what happened to me, she would try to persuade me every day, saying that Rou Rou is a good girl and that Xiao Xiao shouldn't be prejudiced against her, okay?"

Indeed, no one knows a daughter better than her mother.

Wu Xiaoxiao gave a helpless twitch of her lips, without arguing, "Okay."

She tried to persuade her many times.

She thought it was impossible in this lifetime.

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