Ye Xingguo had already proposed it and would not regret it. He said, "Old leader, sister-in-law, to be honest, I don't know if I can still find Xiao Ning, so I don't want to tie Shao Zhong down with this engagement. You should tell him not to have any psychological burden. If he meets a girl he likes again, he can forget Xiao Ning."

Yang Jinping knew that it would be unfair for their family to cancel the engagement between Ye Shuning and her youngest son now, and her youngest son would definitely not agree. However, she also didn't want her youngest son to have any illusions. She had to let her youngest son get over it as soon as possible, so she let him be the bad guy.

She sniffed and choked up, saying, "Xingguo, our two families are not destined to be together. I was happily waiting for Xiaoning to become our daughter-in-law, but I didn't expect Xiaoning and Jingyu to have such a thing. My heart is broken.

I also know that it would be unfair for our family to cancel the engagement now, but I don't want Shaozhong to be stuck in the past and harbor unrealistic fantasies. I will be the bad guy, and Xiaoning and Shaozhong's engagement is over."

When Li Jianye heard his wife say this, he glared and said, "How can you do things this way? I don't agree."

Ye Xingguo quickly advised: "Old leader, sister-in-law is right, let's do this? You guys persuade Shaozhong well, I will go back to the guesthouse, I will go back tomorrow."

With that, Ye Xingguo left the Li family.

Ye Xingguo originally wanted to see the sick Li Shaozhong, but now there was no need, and he didn't know what to say.

Although Ye Xingguo did not want to delay Li Shaozhong and did not want to make things difficult for the Li family, he took the initiative to propose to cancel the engagement. However, when the Li family really agreed to cancel the engagement so quickly, he felt wronged for his daughter. It seemed that he had to love his daughter himself, and no one else could do it.

However, this is also a test for Li Shaozhong. If Li Shaozhong can really wait for his daughter and really wants to marry her, he will not stop the two from being together.

Only then could he truly feel at ease handing his daughter over to him.

Watching Ye Xingguo leave, Li Jianye glared at his wife and said angrily, "How can our family do things this way? It's only been a short time since Xiaoning's accident, and we can't be sure she's gone. Even if you want to cancel the engagement, can't you wait a little longer? You're making Xingguo feel so uncomfortable."

Yang Jinping cried and said, "Wasn't this Xingguo who brought it up? I'm also thinking about our son. Xiaoning will definitely not come back. Are we going to let our son wait forever? The eldest son has become like that and it won't be long before he finds a partner and starts a family. I can't control the second son either. What will I do if the third son does the same?"

Li Jianye knew what his wife was thinking and said angrily, "Didn't you just say those words to make Xingguo take the initiative to cancel the engagement? Don't I know you well enough? Besides, you can't agree to Xingguo's proposal so quickly. Aren't you stabbing Xingguo in the heart?"

And Shaozhong won't agree. Don't tell Shaozhong about this for now, he's still sick, wait until he recovers."

Li Shaozhong was still ill. After returning to his parents, he had been recuperating upstairs and had no idea that his father-in-law Ye Xingguo had come today.

Now he vaguely heard his parents arguing downstairs, so he got up from the bed and walked to the stairs. Seeing his parents downstairs, he asked weakly, "Mom and Dad, what's wrong with you? Why are you still arguing? What happened?"

Yang Jinping quickly wiped her tears and said, "It's nothing. Your dad just had a few words with me. Go back to your room and rest. Mom will bring you the medicine later."

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the question, Li Shaozhong didn't care. He slowly walked back to the room and lay back on the bed.

He hated his body for not being able to stand up at this critical moment. He had to get better quickly, Xiao Ning and Jing Yu were still waiting for him to find them.

Ye Shuning didn't know that her engagement with Li Shaozhong had been cancelled. She was still working hard to get into college, to survive, and to get the news back home as soon as possible.

During these two times, Ye Shuning also asked Qin Zongye about the Ling family's affairs. Qin Zongye said that there was a lot of internal fighting in the Qin family, and the legitimate and illegitimate children had been fighting for the family property.

Although old man Ling Zhenshan is still alive and prefers the eldest branch, because the Dafang branch has few descendants and the other branches, although illegitimate, have many descendants, they all want to eliminate the eldest branch so that the other illegitimate branches can divide the family property equally and the eldest branch will no longer take up most of the property.

After learning about the Ling family, Ye Shuning decided she couldn't openly approach Ling Xuan, as this might get her into trouble. She wasn't afraid, but there was Li Jingyu, still a child and the most vulnerable. Perhaps she could find an opportunity to meet with Ling Xuan privately.

If she couldn't rely on the Ling family's help, she would create her own opportunities. Once she built a chemical plant that produced what the mainland needed, she could use the opportunity to contact the mainland.

Perhaps she could take advantage of the opportunity to return to the mainland through cooperation with the mainland, and then find a way to contact her father. Knowing her father well, he would definitely guess that she would settle in Nangang. He would definitely work hard to transfer to the south.

Because Ye Shuning and Qin Zongye inquired about the Ling family, Qin Zongye learned that the girl was acquainted with someone from the main branch of the Ling family. Qin Zongye suggested that if she wanted to find Ling Xuan, he could help her meet Ling Xuan privately and not let anyone from other branches of the Ling family know, so as not to cause her trouble.

Ye Shuning was very grateful when she heard this, and then waited for Qin Zongye's news.

Time flies, and the Spring Festival is here in the blink of an eye. Many people in Nangang come from the mainland, and people have not forgotten this traditional festival, and the streets are much busier.

For Ye Shuning, she had no interest in the Spring Festival and was in no mood to celebrate it. It was just that she missed her father even more during this period, as she was destined not to be able to spend the Spring Festival with him this year.

However, she still cooked a lot of delicious dishes on New Year's Eve to celebrate the Spring Festival with Li Jingyu. She also bought Li Jingyu new clothes and a lot of candy and snacks. No matter what, she wanted to make sure the child had a happy Spring Festival.

Fortunately, Li Jingyu was with her in this foreign land, so she didn't feel so lonely.

She also made some pastries to give to Qin Zongye, and she also wanted to thank screenwriter Liu who taught her.

She even bought a gift box specifically for the cakes so that they would look classy when given out. Ye Shuning made all her cakes in the institute's cafeteria, which had all the necessary kitchenware, making it much more convenient.

Ye Xingguo spent New Year's Eve with his comrades. They all knew about Ye Shuning's accident and felt sorry for Ye Xingguo, so they took the initiative to ask him to spend the New Year with them, fearing that he would be too sad.

Ye Xingguo had received a transfer order and would be transferred to the south after the Spring Festival. It was very close to Nangang, which was exactly where Ye Xingguo wanted to go the most.