Gu Nanzhi forced a smile. "Old Cao, I need to ask Yifei's opinion on this matter."

She felt uncertain, or perhaps she already knew the answer, so she didn't hold out much hope.

But I'm too embarrassed to directly reject my friend.

"Alright, you should have a good talk with Yifei first. If possible, I still hope that our Cao family and Ning family can become even closer through marriage."

"Uh-huh."

After watching the Cao family leave, Gu Nanzhi sat quietly in her study for a long time.

She was thinking about how to tell Ning Yifei about this.

Just then, she heard a noise outside the door. She opened the door and went out, and sure enough, she saw Ning Yifei leading Duoduo back from outside. Duoduo looked very happy and had a candied hawthorn in her hand.

Ning Yifei now devotes all his attention to his son, aside from work, and the relationship between the father and son has visibly improved a lot.

"Grandma, this is a candied hawthorn that Mom bought for me."

Duoduo held up a candied hawthorn skewer, wanting to give one to Gu Nanzhi.

Gu Nanzhi suddenly felt that the candied hawthorn in her mouth wasn't so sweet anymore. "Duoduo, do you mean you saw your mother?"

"Yes, Mom said she'll come back to celebrate my birthday and she even bought me new clothes."

Ning Yifei explained, "His wife said she had some time off recently, and since Duoduo's birthday is next month, she came back early to celebrate with him."

"Duoduo, go wash your hands first. Dinner is about to start. Grandma will wrap up the candied hawthorn for you, okay?"

"good."

Gu Nanzhi sent Duoduo away and whispered to her son, "Do you still like Tang Anning?"

"No, she came to see the child, not to see me."

"Did you go out to play together?" Gu Nanzhi asked curiously.

"Yes, I don't want my child to think that I have a bad relationship with his mother."

Gu Nanzhi choked, suddenly realizing that all hope was lost.

As long as her eldest son and Tang Anning remain in contact, Cao Xiyue will have no chance.

Moreover, she felt she didn't want to let the Cao family down.

It seems she still needs to find a way to refuse, lest they lose their friendship in the future.

Ning Yifei was unaware that the Cao family had come to his house today. He went upstairs to change into his pajamas before coming downstairs to eat.

Duoduo had already washed her hands and came out, happily telling her grandma about what had happened that day.

After hearing this, Gu Nanzhi had even less hope for Ning Yifei and Cao Xiyue.

...

At that moment, Ning Zhiyuan also mentioned Cao Xiyue to Sang Feiyu.

"Our family all thought that my eldest brother would marry Sister Xiyue."

"I never expected that my older brother would suddenly meet my sister-in-law, and then get married and have a child in a flash."

Sang Feiyu knew Cao Xiyue; the Ning family, the Cao family, and the Sang family were all old friends.

"I even went to Xiyue's wedding."

She didn't seem very happy that day.

“I was still puzzled. I told my mom, and she said that Xiyue married far away, so it’s normal for her to be sad because she thought it would be difficult to come home in the future.”

She also said that she would be sad if I got married in the future.

When Cao Xiyue got married, Ning Zhiyuan had already joined the army and did not attend.

Otherwise, the two might have known each other long ago.

"Zhiyuan, didn't your family try to set them up back then?" Sang Feiyu asked curiously.

"I'm not quite sure about that."

"All I know is that when my older brother and sister-in-law were getting married, my parents didn't approve."