Gu Guanhai: "!!!"

a bolt from the blue!

They couldn't be stopped even if they tried!

“I lost my husband before I was thirty. If I had any intention of remarrying, I wouldn’t have waited until today.”

Since things had come to this point, Yu Mingxiang decided to be frank and say, "Right now, all I want is to live a peaceful life in the countryside with my child. I've seen all the care you've given us, both openly and secretly, regardless of whether you meant it or not..."

"Gu Guanhai, I have to be honest with you, I have no intention of remarrying, and you should stop focusing your attention on me."

Gu Guanhai heard this: ...

He remained silent for a moment, looking hurt.

Then.

He lowered his head, looked down, and murmured, "Just because I don't have plans now doesn't mean I won't have them in the future..."

Yu Mingxiang: "!!!"

Hearing his muttering, she glared at him and said irritably, "Gu Guanhai, I'm serious. We can be friends, but..."

Gu Guanhai: "!!!"

We're just throwing out a jade to attract a brick; now's the time we've been waiting for!

His eyes lit up, and without giving her a chance to finish, he hurriedly interrupted, "Okay! Let's be friends then!"

Yu Mingxiang, who was interrupted: "???"

She looked at him with a question mark on her face.

Seeing him grinning from ear to ear, she...

I have this inexplicable feeling that I've been tricked?

Meeting her gaze, Gu Guanhai blinked innocently. "Look, I didn't say anything, and you suddenly came to me saying you have no intention of remarrying, which made me quite embarrassed. So, you said we can be friends, and I think that's fine. Is there a problem?"

Yu Mingxiang: "..."

I frowned and thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that there really wasn't a problem.

She took the opportunity of returning the property deed to bring things up with the other party, and from beginning to end, the other party didn't seem to say anything...

However, Yu Mingxiang had lived two lives and wasn't a fool.

She keenly caught the veiled meaning in Gu Guanhai's words, leaned down, got close to him, squinted at him, and said, "You really didn't say anything? You didn't have those kinds of feelings for me?"

Gu Guanhai: "!!!"

Seeing her small face suddenly approaching, I resisted the urge to press my face against hers and continued to feign innocence.

Yu Mingxiang: "Hehe."

He sneered, stood up, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "If you don't have it, then what did you mean by saying earlier that you don't have it now, but you will in the future?"

Gu Guanhai heard this: ...

He wiped his face, looked up at her, and said with feigned sincerity, "You said it yourself, we're friends. You've already said so much, if I don't say anything, wouldn't that be too disrespectful?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang said: ...

Is this how you show your support?

Seeing her hesitate, Gu Guanhai took a deep breath and said, "Yu Mingxiang, I just said it casually, but you're holding onto it. Do you have to tell me that I have feelings for you before you'll let it go?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang snapped out of her daze and immediately denied it, "I didn't!"

"What a coincidence, you don't have it, and neither do I."

Gu Guanhai smiled, "We're perfect to be friends."

Yu Mingxiang: ...

They came here intending to lay their cards on the table, but now...

She did make the offer, but the scale of it...

That's outrageous!

Could it be that she really misunderstood?

Does Gu Guanhai really not have those feelings for her?

It's a bit embarrassing to be presumptuous or delusional.

Yu Mingxiang was bewildered and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Gu Guanhai watched her departing figure: ...

He wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

That scared him to death!

My future daughter-in-law is too smart, it's so hard to win her over!

It's harder than fighting a war!

It forced him, a reckless man who only cared about charging into battle, to almost develop a brain!

However, at least he managed to become a "friend"...

He loves even a brick as a "friend"!

Today's battle was a complete victory!

Because of the confrontation, Yu Mingxiang was distracted for half the afternoon. For dinner, she simply warmed up the leftovers from lunch and cooked some porridge, and that was it.

During her postpartum confinement, her daughter-in-law was well-fed and cared for with spiritual spring water. Now, her body has basically recovered, and even her figure has returned to its pre-pregnancy state. Yu Mingxiang didn't insist on her having a double postpartum confinement period. After her daughter-in-law finished her confinement, she didn't need to cook postpartum meals anymore, so...

Gu Guanhai's meals as a patient became a major problem.