After marrying her, he and Lingqiao would take good care of his mother, make her happy, and then coax her into handing over the written agreement so they could burn it.

Upon hearing this, Qingyou turned around, looked at him with a gloomy expression and cold eyes, and asked, "Are you sure?"

Huo Jiwen felt guilty and uncomfortable under his mother's sharp gaze, but that was just right.

His mother used these tactics to control him, not wanting him to marry Lingqiao.

Reassured, he forced himself to say, "I'm sure."

Qingyou gritted her teeth and said, "Then sign it."

Huo Jiwen forced himself to sit up on one side, took the pen from the butler, and signed his name on the paper.

After he finished signing, the butler respectfully handed the paper to Qingyou.

Qingyou stared blankly at the paper, looking as if she had been struck down again, but in reality she was waiting for the ink on the paper to dry.

Seeing his mother like this, Huo Jiwen couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

But this is his future happiness, and he doesn't want to compromise with anyone, including his own mother.

After a while, once the ink had dried, Qingyou reached out, folded the paper, and stuffed it into her sleeve.

Seeing that his mother had come to her senses, Huo Jiwen tentatively asked, "Mother, can you go to the Shi family to propose marriage in a couple of days?"

Qingyou snorted, "It's you who wants to marry her, not me. You can do whatever you want with the proposal and the wedding. I won't interfere."

Then, with eyes full of disappointment, she said to Huo Jiwen, "You gave up your family business and your own mother for Shi Lingqiao today. Don't you ever regret it later."

"You'd better watch yourself."

Then she helped Granny Qi leave the bedroom, as if she didn't want to see her son again, indicating that her heart had turned cold.