Even though... his gaze fell on his younger sister again.

But perhaps it was just because he had never seen a girl like his sister before. Si Xin felt that Nangong Yao probably liked her more.

After all, she had once seen tenderness in this man's eyes.

She has grown up and no longer needs her mother to protect her so completely. She also wants to pursue her own happiness.

If Si Jiali and Si Chun both leave, then in the Nangong family, it will just be her and him, which might not be such a bad thing.

“You…” Si Xin was actually a very stubborn girl. Si Jiali saw that she was persistent in her feelings for Nangong Yao, but the man was unmoved and seemed as cold and hard as a rock. Si Jiali felt even more pain.

Only a true mother would feel the pain of her daughter crashing into an impenetrable wall, rather than urging Sixin to overcome all difficulties and obstacles to marry Nangong Yao into a wealthy family. Her eyes were also red; even in her anger, she couldn't abandon her daughter, even if she wasn't as obedient as her other daughter. She said in a hoarse voice, "If you dare to disobey, don't call me Mom."

"I'm sorry!" Under Si Jiali's pressure, Si Xin turned around and ran upstairs, never to reappear.

Shen Wangshu was dumbfounded.

This woman is really willing to abandon her own mother for a man.

"Sixin!" Sijiali screamed.

The only answer she received was sediment.

This time, Scarlett's tears finally broke down.

Her hands trembled as she looked at the spot where Sixin had disappeared, her once beautiful and charming face now a picture of utter disarray.

She felt as if the sky had fallen, and the things she had done to hurt her daughter were not taken seriously by Si Xin. It was as if she didn't care that Nangong Yao had almost taken her innocence; she would never resent him. This attitude made Si Jiali feel that everything she had done for Si Xin had become a joke. But even though she was heartbroken by her daughter's choice of man, she still couldn't ignore her.

Shen Wangshu noticed Si Jiali's inner turmoil. Seeing the dazzling beauty's face and the luxurious little dress on her body seem to have faded, he lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then took Si Jiali's hand.

"You stay with her," she said gently.

Without Si Chun's suicide, and with Si Xin still genuinely in love with Nangong Yao, the fundamental conflict would have disappeared.

Nangong Yao never really took Si Jiali seriously. He bullied Si Xin and her sister before because he felt he had been deceived by Si Xin.

Scarlett can continue being a stepmother, and of course, she can also continue to live happily with Nangong Cheng.

That's enough.

"No, you're still too young," Scarlett said, even more heartbroken as she looked at how sensible her daughter was.

Shen Wangshu laughed.

“But I have Ah Xuan.” She and Dongfang Xuan held hands, both beautiful young men and women, and at this moment their expressions seemed to have become the same.

"She has me now, so you can rest assured." Dongfang Xuan was genuinely pleased and became even more gentle and kind towards Si Jiali.

Um... I was really happy to suddenly realize that my annoying mother-in-law didn't need to leave with me.

Dongfang Xuan cherished the time he could spend alone with his lover, so he spoke even more earnestly to Si Jiali, "Don't worry, I will protect her, take care of her, and defend her with my life."

He paused for a moment before continuing with a smile, "Wherever she goes, I'll go with her. I won't let her be afraid of being alone. You can come and check on her anytime." He held Shen Wangshu's hand, feeling Nangong Yao's gloomy and cold gaze fall on him. He paused again before continuing, "I can assure you, we will be together for life."

He withdrew his hand from Shen Wangshu's, slightly turned a platinum ring on his slender finger, then took it off and slipped it onto Shen Wangshu's finger.

"She will be my wife," came the boy's clear and calm voice.

Looking at the young man, even though he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, at this moment, she felt that he was so mature and reliable that she could truly trust him.

She instinctively looked at her daughter.

A joyful smile bloomed on the beautiful girl's face, and her eyes no longer saw anyone else.

In this world, love at first sight can actually happen.

Scarlett looked at her youngest daughter with tears in her eyes. She used to be so quiet, so quiet that she was almost invisible. But now she was breathtakingly beautiful, and her happiness was so obvious that anyone who saw her smile knew how happy she was.

She covered her mouth, her eyes filled with deep remorse, and slowly backed away from Dongfang Xuan. She choked back a few sobs and whispered, "Xiao Chun, Mom is sorry." She couldn't ask her hurt daughter to stay, but compared to her younger daughter who had found happiness and was still a source of worry, her eldest daughter was someone she couldn't let go of.

“You haven’t wronged me.” Scarlett always chooses the one who needs the most concern.

So in her past life, she chose Si Chun, who committed suicide. This time, she chose Si Xin, whose future is even more bleak.

She loved both daughters, and she never doubted that.

Therefore, she had no complaints about Scarlett's choice.

In her past life, her mother had already chosen her.

"Jiajia." Nangong Cheng looked at Sijiali's tearful face, but his expression was one of delight. However, when he tried to come over to comfort his wife, she coldly pushed him away, as if even if he chose to stay, his daughter still had no intention of forgiving him.

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