None of the other three men in the Xie family tried to persuade them to stay.

Ding Huizhu felt as if she were walking on a knife's edge with every step, her heart aching more and more with each step, yet she stubbornly refused to turn back.

She has to make her stance clear today, otherwise Xie Ziyuan may completely lose her place in this family in the future.

Xie Li: "Wait!"

She couldn't help but speak, looking at the rest of the Xie family with a puzzled expression, "Aren't you going to try to persuade them to stay?"

She paused, then added calmly, "I can apologize."

Although she didn't think she had done anything wrong, she felt that apologizing wasn't a big deal for the sake of the rest of the Xie family.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Grandpa Xie shook his head, and Xie Sidu couldn't help but raise his hand to pat her little head, "Silly child, you don't need to meddle in adult matters."

His tone was full of doting, and he didn't even try to hide his voice: "This is not your fault. You don't need to apologize or bow down to anyone."

Xie Li doesn't need to apologize? Xie Li doesn't even need to apologize!

Ding Huizhu's reluctance disappeared, leaving only a bellyful of anger. Xie Li knew that with the Xu family backing him up, there was no need for other guests, yet he still allowed Xu Zhen to use the power of Zhenye Group to force those guests to leave Xie Ziyuan's birthday banquet and attend her family recognition banquet. And yet, Xie Li was not at fault.

Her tender heart turned cold and hard in an instant, and Ding Huizhu looked at Xie Sidu with extreme disappointment.

The couple hadn't seen each other for so long, and they should have been reunited after such a long separation, but instead, they were forced to turn against each other.

"What are you still looking at? They won't try to keep you!" Old Mrs. Ding's voice was full of sarcasm. "Xie Li doesn't acknowledge you as his mother, and the Xie family doesn't acknowledge Ziyuan as their daughter. No one in their family cares about you and your daughter!"

Ding Huizhu's heart tightened. She took a deep breath, straightened her back, and walked away without looking back.

In the living room, no one spoke. Xie Sidu didn't even give Ding Huizhu a second glance, just quietly watching the group leave.

Butler Wu did chase after them and politely saw them off, but was met with a furious outburst from Old Madam Ding.

"Who do you think you are! Get lost!"

Soon after, the car started up, and the roar gradually faded away.

Xie Sidu: "Lili, Zian, it's too late. You should go upstairs and rest. You have school tomorrow."

Xie Zian obediently got up and went upstairs. Xie Li paused, his face full of conflict.

Xie Sidu couldn't help but chuckle. "Alright, it's nothing now. Go to sleep. It's good for your skin if you go to bed early and get up early, little girl."

His smile revealed a resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes and Xie Li's. He looked gentle and kind, and Xie Li felt that he was more like a father than Shen Tiezhu, who always acted inhumanely.

"If you feel uncomfortable, I don't mind." Xie Li finally said it out loud. The father she remembered was also gentle and tolerant, so from the first glance, the person in front of her overlapped with the father in her memory.

She didn't want Xie Sidu to be in any difficult position because of her.

“I’m not in a difficult position at all.” Xie Sidu said calmly. “Huizhu and I have always had conflicts, and we can’t just keep ignoring them.”

It's good that things have come to this. If Ding Huizhu is willing to look back and examine herself, they might be able to stay together for a long time.

If Ding Huizhu continues to insist on her own way, then this marriage may really not be worth continuing.

The boy's love was intense and passionate; he was willing to give Ding Huizhu so many years, attempting to change her little by little.

But perhaps they are all wrong; blindly tolerating others is not the way to a lasting marriage.