Zhang Sao was quite socially adept; she quickly infiltrated the enemy's ranks and learned everything about the Fang family. Meanwhile, Zhao Man, who was pretending to be passing by with Commander Zhao nearby, felt her heart sink completely.

Not only were all the things they had inquired about true, but Aunt Zhang also asked about other things, but none of the answers were what they wanted to hear.

Once they were on the way back, the couple asked, "What do you think? Do you still want to be with him?"

Zhao Man shook her head firmly, "No!"

She couldn't accept Fang Wei's deception, nor could she tolerate the Fang family's character. She couldn't imagine how painful her future would be if she married into such a family.

Commander Zhao and his wife were satisfied with her reaction. If she hadn't turned around, they would have suspected that their daughter had been switched at birth.

“That kind of person isn’t worth your sadness. It’s better to find out now than later. I know my Xiaoman is a good person. If he hadn’t been nagging you about work every day, you definitely wouldn’t have come home and told us. So your parents don’t blame you. As long as you break up with him, that’s fine.”

Zhao Man was very touched by her parents' reaction. "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry."

Seeing that her daughter truly knew she was wrong, Aunt Zhang explained the role Gu An'an had played in the matter, saying, "Once things are resolved, you should go and thank them. If they didn't genuinely care about you, they wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess."

Zhao Man hadn't expected that Gu An'an was involved. She admired Gu An'an, and the thought of her idolized older sister witnessing her being completely fooled made her face flush red.

"I know."

After the weekend, Zhao Man returned to school and broke up with Fang Wei. Of course, he didn't want to let go and kept pestering her. However, Zhao Man, being from a family compound, was a feisty girl. She immediately shut him up, and the farce finally ended.

After intervening, Gu An'an stopped caring. It was several days later when Zhao Man arrived with the gifts, and the young girl was still a little embarrassed.

"Da Bao, Er Bao, look what your big sister brought you!"

She brought pastries from a well-established local brand. She had heard that her two children liked them, so she spent all her pocket money to buy several boxes.

"Thank you, Aunt Zhao."

"Aunt Zhao, where is your friend?"

Xiao Erbao was a curious person. When he saw Zhao Man, he remembered what happened that day and immediately asked her about it.

"Huh? Which friend?"

Zhao Man asked the question reflexively, then remembered that the two children should have been there that day, and her face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

"Erbao, that's not Auntie's friend."

"Impossible! You two went to a restaurant together that day, how could you not be friends?"

Xiao Erbao had a "you're lying to a child" look on his face. Fortunately, Gu An'an came to the rescue in time, otherwise Zhao Man might have been so embarrassed that she would have turned around and gone home.

Fortunately, Xiao Dabao came to her rescue in time, saying, "Erbao, people who can eat together are not necessarily friends."

Xiao Erbao still believed her sister's words. "Mom, really?"

Gu An'an thought for a moment and nodded. Although Xiao Erban didn't know why, fortunately, he didn't keep harping on the topic.

After sending the two children off to play, Zhao Mancai continued, "Sister An'an, thank you for what happened this time."

"Don't you think I'm being nosy?"

Zhao Man immediately shook her head, "You only told my mom because you care about me, otherwise why would you care about me?"

"And when he used to flatter me, I really thought he was a good person, but now I see that he's just a shiny-on-the-outside donkey dung ball with a filthy interior."

“Sister An’an, you don’t know, I’ve already broken up with him, but he’s still harassing me. If my parents hadn’t taken me to inquire privately, I wouldn’t have known that his family described me as a silly fool.”

Zhao Man didn't think she was particularly smart. At least she had smart people like Gu An'an around her, so she felt like an ordinary person.

But even the most ordinary person doesn't want to be treated like a fool, that's for sure.

"So what did you do?"

"What else can I do? He doesn't want to part amicably, so I can only tell you all the things he's done. Sister An'an, you don't know how ugly he looked back then."

Seeing the way she looked after getting her revenge, Gu An'an couldn't help but find it amusing.

"Sister An'an, please don't laugh at me. Although I vented my anger, I'm now so insecure that I'm afraid I'll have to pretend if I encounter something like this again."

Wow~ This young girl is still too young, and she's already developed psychological trauma from all this.

"You don't need to be afraid. Just remember one thing: whether someone is good to you or not, don't listen to what they say, but look at what they do."

"Also, a man's love is most likely to be where his money is. A man who doesn't spend money on you but tries to swindle money from you is definitely not a good match."

Zhao Man had never heard of such a view before. After all, the requirements for women are still very high these days, especially for some older women who emphasize the three obediences and four virtues and regard their husbands as their heaven.

It was only when Gu An'an said these things that I felt a sense of novelty.

"Sister An'an, do you have all of Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao's money?"

Gu An'an nodded proudly, "Of course, but men also need to socialize outside, so we should leave some for him too."

Gu An'an said she would leave a little, and Zhao Man believed it was really just a little, and her eyes immediately looked at Gu An'an with even more admiration.

"Sister An'an, you are really amazing. I will definitely learn from you in the future."

Looking into the other person's sparkling eyes, Gu An'an felt that Zhao Man's future husband was probably going to suffer. However, she did not regret it at all. It's already tiring enough for a girl to live, so why can't she live a more exciting life?

"Sister An'an, are you still looking at high school textbooks?"

Zhao Man wasn't really interested in going to school. After all, school wasn't a very peaceful place, and very few people could actually sit down and study. In fact, many of her classmates said that studying was useless and that it was better to start working as soon as possible.

Looking at the textbooks on Gu An'an's desk and the notes she had made in them, Zhao Man knew that she wasn't just flipping through them casually.

"Yeah, I take a look whenever I have free time. You never know when I might need it."

If you calculate the time, it's actually less than a year since the resumption of the college entrance examination, so Gu An'an will definitely take the college entrance examination route.

Although she could do well without taking the college entrance exam, there are better paths to take, so why not?

"Will it be useful?"

Gu An'an nodded, "For example, if Commander Zhao finds out about a job for you in a while, but you have to take an exam to get in, then what you learned in school will come in handy. Unless you just want to rely on your family to buy you a job, then you don't need to consider these things."