The three looked at Wu Shishi. Wu Jianmin and his mother exchanged a glance, then turned back to chat with Xia Lan.

"It has hands and feet; it can't just fall over by itself!"

"Lanlan is only a few years older than you. Look, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan are already in elementary school!"

"And you! All these years, you haven't even managed to crack a single sunflower seed!"

Wu's mother rolled her eyes at Wu Shishi. She thought that with her daughter's face and figure, she used to worry that she would hold her grandson ahead of time.

As it turned out, after graduating and getting a job, even Xia Lan's child was seven years old and in elementary school, but she couldn't find a single person around her.

She said she had a knot in her heart, and well, after finally untying that knot, she was put on blind dates, but she still broke up with every single one she met.

Now, even well-known matchmakers dare not introduce her to anyone. She has asked all her friends, but when they inquire about Wu Shishi, they are all too scared to answer.

This shows how famous Wu Shishi is among older single women.

"Oh dear, I'm your daughter! Shouldn't I marry a good man? What kind of scoundrels are those men?!"

"They want me to marry into their family and serve their parents."

"You all know what I'm like at home. If I'm going to be filial, it's to my own parents. What does his parents have to do with me?"

"It's as if I'd be selling myself if I got married."

"Besides, all those men keep talking about is how much dowry I'm bringing back. Is this a wedding? Anyone who didn't know better would think they came to our house to buy goods!"

When Wu Shishi heard her mother's complaints, she couldn't help but retort that she would tell her mother about those awful men when she got home.

She should have known.

"Are you suggesting I marry just any man to save face for you all?"

Wu Shishi sat down next to Xia Lan, fuming.

"Lanlan, look at her, please help me talk to her, she can't be like this..."

"She's already in her late twenties, I'm worried about what she'll do on her own in the future!"

"Her dad and I are still young and can help her now, but when her dad gets old, we won't be able to help her anymore!"

Wu's mother pulled Xia Lan aside and earnestly advised her that she also wanted her daughter to find her Mr. Right.

But she was also worried that her daughter would be looked down upon because of her age.

She was anxious and heartbroken, but her daughter blamed her for arranging so many blind dates.

Wu's mother had nowhere to turn for help.

"Auntie, don't worry, fate is something you can't rush, you can't rush it!"

“Look, marriage is her own business. It used to be arranged by her parents, but how many unhappy couples have been created by parental arrangements? If she gets married and the man doesn’t stand by her side, she will always be an unwelcome outsider. How can she be happy? How can she be content?”

"No matter how good the material conditions are, if a person is unwilling, she will not cherish them."

“I know you’re doing this for her own good, because you feel sorry for her being disliked by outsiders and are afraid she’ll be hurt.”

"But to be honest, when it comes to life after marriage, you can't just look at material things. You also have to consider whether you're willing. Only when you're willing will you listen to your husband's coaxing and forgive him if you argue or feel wronged."

"Otherwise... if you're already angry and your man is still giving you a hard time, just imagine how frustrating that would be!"

Xia Lan glanced at Wu Shishi, who nodded in agreement.

Xia Lan understood her best.

She told her parents that all they cared about was when she would get married and when she would have children.

Wu Shishi feels frustrated every day, yet no one understands her or stands by her side.

Now that Xia Lan has come, she is finally understood.

Hearing Xia Lan say this, Wu's mother sighed heavily, knowing that Xia Lan was telling the truth.

"Girl, what do we do now?"

Are we just going to let her stay single like this?

Wu Jianmin glanced at Wu Shishi, then turned to look at Xia Lan.

"Uncle Wu, I don't think you need to worry so much. Putting aside Shishi's qualifications, if she really wants to get married, who wouldn't be good enough for her?"

"Now that she has resolved her inner conflict, I believe she will find the man she wants to marry!"

Wu Shishi nodded emphatically, her big eyes looking at Wu Jianmin.

"The child is grown up, so don't rush her..."

Wu Jianmin glanced at his mother cautiously and whispered his advice.

"It's all your fault for spoiling her! I could forgive her when she was 23 and you said she was still young, but now she's 26 and you still think she's young?"

Unable to scold Wu Shishi, Wu's mother pointed at Wu Jianmin and berated him fiercely.

"..."

Wu Jianmin silently shut his mouth.

He said he shouldn't have spoken up!

If you don't speak, nothing will happen; but if you do speak, you'll get caught and scolded.

Xia Lan felt sympathy for Wu Jianmin being scolded, but if he wasn't being scolded, then Wu Shishi would be.

So he'll be the one getting criticized.

"Lanlan understands me best! All you guys do is scold me."

Wu Shishi said to her mother.

"Come on! If it weren't for Xiaolan, you would have been doomed today."

Wu Jianmin, who was standing to the side, snorted. He had just been scolded by his wife, and he would remember this debt!

Wu Shishi pursed her lips and remained silent.

If it weren't for Xia Lan, her mother would have already roared like a shrew.

"Let's go, Lanlan, let's go back to our room and talk quietly, let's ignore them!"

Wu Shishi pulled Xia Lan up and went back to their room. When they passed by Wu's mother, Wu Shishi was so careful that she didn't even dare to touch her.

After finally returning to her room, Wu Shishi breathed a huge sigh of relief and collapsed onto the bed.

"Thank goodness you were here, otherwise I wouldn't dare go home."

Wu Shishi sighed.

Are you that afraid of getting married?

Xia Lan sat down next to Wu Shishi and asked with a smile.

"It's not that I'm afraid of getting married, but I'm afraid of the kind of situation you told me about before."

Wu Shishi turned to look at Xia Lan.

"I?"

Xia Lan pointed to herself. What did she say?

"You said it yourself! How terrible it would be to marry the wrong person!"

"Besides you, Dandan and the others also told me a lot, so I've always been determined to find someone who suits my taste."

"Just like you and Qin Yu."

Wu Shishi looked at Xia Lan and smiled.

Unable to find such a supportive and loving relationship, she would rather remain single.

The price of being single was that her mother became increasingly terrifying.

"Don't you think my mom has changed?"

"She used to be so gentle, but now she yells at me all the time!"

Wu Shishi said with a wronged expression that her mother used to be gentle, but now she is a little afraid to face her mother.

They were afraid of doing something wrong and getting scolded again.

"That's because she heard others badmouthing you, and it hurt her."

Xia Lan said to Wu Shishi.

“If you don’t get married, no one will talk to you about it, and you don’t like communicating with your elders, but your mother is different…”

"She has to respond to all those things about you not getting married every day, especially after your blind dates fail, she has to put in a good word for you everywhere..."