With that thought in mind, Yu Mingxiang finally felt relieved and took her son home.

When the mother and her two children arrived home, Hao Xiaoyun had already been picked up by Ji Zichen.

Yu Mingxiang: ...

Upon hearing that Ji Zichen had been there, she subconsciously glanced at her daughter, "Xuancao, you..."

She stammered, "Did you see Ji Zichen?"

Xuancao nodded, "Mm."

Yu Mingxiang hesitated, then said, "Then you..."

Xuancao looked up, "What happened to us?"

Feigning nonchalance, she said, "We've already broken off the engagement. Mom, are you so concerned about my relationship with him because you want me to get married sooner?"

Yu Mingxiang was taken aback upon hearing this, "I didn't!"

She quickly replied, "I didn't want you to get married early. I finally found you and I couldn't wait to keep you here for a few more years. How could I possibly want you to get married early?"

As she spoke, Yu Mingxiang stepped forward and hugged her daughter, saying affectionately, "I was just worried that you and Ji Zichen would spend so much time together and develop feelings for each other, and that you'd be easily swayed by him."

Upon hearing this, Xuancao said, "..."

She pursed her lips and remained silent.

Do she and Ji Zichen have feelings for each other?

She didn't know either.

All she knew was that she used to see Ji Zichen as her salvation, and she wholeheartedly wanted to escape the Zhao family by marrying him, but now…

She has a new home.

She has a family who love and care for her.

Marrying Ji Zichen could no longer bring her anything else.

But.

When Ji Zichen held her hand today, begging him not to abandon her, her heart...

I couldn't help but flinch.

abandon?

Ji Zichen actually treated her annulment of the engagement as abandonment.

But the truth is, that's not the case.

She let it go...

Let him go.

Give up using him.

How can you call it abandonment?

Xuancao shook her head, smiled at Yu Mingxiang, and said, "Mom, don't worry, I have you all now, that's enough for me. I don't want to get married."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang nodded repeatedly.

"It's good that you don't want to get married! It's good that you don't want to get married!"

She said with an air of earnest instruction, "True love is when people are evenly matched, and true happiness comes from a marriage where they are equals."

"You should follow your mother and your brother and sister-in-law and learn something. Once you have a skill and the ability to make a living, you will be able to control your own destiny and not have to depend on anyone to live!"

At this point, Yu Mingxiang added, "Especially men! When a woman depends on a man to live, she loses her own life!"

"This is why some people say that marriage is a walled city, a prison."

Upon hearing this, Xuancao said, "..."

He had a look of complete understanding on his face.

Gu Guanhai, who heard Yu Mingxiang's words from afar, exclaimed: "!!!"

It feels like half the sky has collapsed.

He couldn't help but shout at Yu Mingxiang, "Yu Mingxiang, what nonsense are you spouting in front of the children? What besieged city? What prison?"

"Aren't you afraid that teaching Xuancao like this will corrupt her and make her want to never get married?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang said: ...

She glanced at him and snorted coldly, "Fine, I won't marry her! She's my daughter, and I'll support her for the rest of her life if she never marries!"

Upon hearing this, Xuancao said, "..."

A bright smile spread across her small, palm-sized face.

Gu Guanhai exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"

He was so angry his face turned blue.

He always felt that this woman was targeting him.

She was telling him that she could support her daughter and herself, so whether she needed a man or not was irrelevant!

Gu, the insignificant sea: ...

There are quite a few internal injuries.

But.

Yu Mingxiang couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

The frostbite ointment she had prepared for her daughter had healed. After calling her daughter over, she went to test the medicine.

Gu Guanhai: ...

He watched the mother and daughter leave, his face filled with conflict.

Daylilies are the biggest obstacle on his path to winning his wife's heart; that's a done deal.

He still doesn't know if Mei Fang will come with Lao Yuan.