Tong Mo turned around and saw his stepfather—the Prince Jing of the current dynasty, Zhou Bowen.
Zhou Bowen now regretted that he shouldn't have come to check on the matchmaking process out of concern for his stepson.
Thinking of Tong Tiemei's concern for her brother-in-law and son whom she had raised, Zhou Bowen sighed again.
"Father, Mother, you two can't abandon me." Tong Mo didn't call them uncle or aunt anymore.
"How do we manage it?" Jin Huilan countered.
“Yes, how do we manage it?” Zhou Bowen felt that this was even more difficult than persuading his elder brother, the emperor, to agree to his marriage to Tong Tiemei.
"Pretend you didn't hear what I said." Tong Mo grabbed the two of them's hands. "Give me some silver."
"You want the money to please the widow?"
"You really have your eye on that widow?"
"Don't call her a widow, she has a name. Her surname is Ye, and her name is Ye Yunniang. She's a good person."
"What's so good about her? She hasn't even married you yet, and you're already spending a lot of money to support her whole family." Jin Huilan had a very bad impression of Ye Yunniang.
"No, she didn't agree." Tong Mo's voice trailed off towards the end.
"I don't like you!" Zhou Bowen and Jin Huilan exclaimed in unison.
"What's wrong with you? She doesn't like you."
"That Ye Yunniang has such poor taste."
“We don’t want her. Let’s find someone else. Aunt Lan will introduce you to someone better.”
“Yes, I’ll introduce you to even better ones.” Zhou Bowen thought of the eligible girls he knew.
"No matter how well you two introduce her, if it's not Ye Yunniang, I don't want her. I've said it before, I'm going to spend my whole life with Ye Yunniang." Tong Mo's attitude was firm.
"Is Ye Yunniang really that good? Is it worth spending your whole life trying to win her over?" Zhou Bowen asked, puzzled.
"Uncle Wen, what's so great about my mother that you insist on marrying her?" Tong Mo's words left Zhou Bowen speechless. He looked at Jin Huilan and winked, "You tell me."
Before Jin Huilan could speak, Tong Mo interrupted her, "Aunt Lan, my father insisted on divorcing his wife and marrying you. My uncle asked him, 'What's so great about you? Why do you have to marry a woman so much older than him?'"
My dad said, 'Because she is Kim Hye-ran, someone I will cherish in my heart for the rest of my life.'"
Tong Mo thought of Ye Yunniang when he mentioned this.
"To be honest, when I first met Ye Yunniang, I was a little annoyed by this woman."
I think she has no opinions of her own. She only listens to her mother-in-law. She has an affair with Jiang Mingzhe and is pregnant with his child.
Jiang Mingzhe ran away, but she stubbornly insisted on giving birth to the child. She even adopted the son of the murderer Jin Huifang simply because she had once breastfed him.
"I genuinely think Ye Yunniang is a fool," Tong said, recounting his first impression of Ye Yunniang.
"Wait a minute." Jin Huilan interrupted Tong Mo, "You just said, the murderer Jin Huifang?"
"Hmm, do you know Aunt Lan?" Tong Mo thought that the two names were somewhat similar.
“I have a cousin named Jin Huifang. I heard from my family that she married well; she married into the Jiang family, the richest family in Jiangcheng,” said Jin Huifang’s mother.
"That was three years ago. After the Jiang family's property was confiscated, her husband eloped with her second sister-in-law. Her family didn't care, and her husband's family didn't want her either. She was harmed by her former maid. In the end, she killed the maid and committed suicide." Tong Mo told Jin Huifang about her situation.
"How could this be?" Jin Huilan couldn't believe it. The little girl who used to sweetly call her "sister" was dead.
“My uncle handled this case, and it caused quite a stir at the time. He helped her change her son's surname; he is now Ye Yunniang's second son, Li An.” Tong Mo also told her about Jin Huifang's son.
How is Ang Lee doing now?
"Let's put Jin Huifang and Li An's matter aside for now. Xiao Mo, continue talking about Ye Yunniang," Zhou Bowen interrupted the two.
Jin Huilan realized that now was not the time to discuss this. She sat up straight and let Tong Mo continue.
Tong Mo thought for a moment about where he was going.
"At first, I really didn't like Ye Yunniang. But as my uncle and aunt got to know each other better... Oh, I forgot to mention, the aunt my uncle fell for was Ye Yunniang's mother-in-law."
I visited the Li family's house more often and had contact with Ye Yunniang. I don't know when it started, but I began to have Ye Yunniang on my mind.
"After I realized I had feelings for Ye Yunniang, I couldn't accept it. I tried to avoid it for a while. But it was no use; I was already hooked on Ye Yunniang." Tong Mo said, his face showing a look of surrender.
What does Ye Yunniang mean to you?
"She explicitly rejected me. She doesn't like me. She has someone else in her heart." Tong Mo said, sounding very disappointed. He had finally fallen for her, but she didn't like him at all.
"Just give up," Jin Huilan advised.
"I can't give her up. I will marry no one but her in this lifetime." Tong Mo said with absolute certainty.
"Who will you marry?" Tong Tiemei's voice made the three people speaking subconsciously tense up.
"You brat, who are you determined to marry?" Tong Mo's biological father, Bao Shao, also walked over from another direction.
Tong Mo and the other two: ...It's over.
After hearing Tong Mo's story, Tong Tiemei and Bao Shao's faces turned completely black.
"Tong Mo, I'd rather you remain a bachelor for life than allow you to marry Ye Yunniang," Bao Shao stated his position. Ye Yunniang, having been involved with another man and having a child less than a year after her husband's death, how could such a woman be allowed into the Bao family?
Tong Tiemei was also dissatisfied with Ye Yunniang, but she disliked Bao Shao's words even more.
"My son can marry whomever he wants; it's none of your business."
“He’s my son, so I have to take care of him.”
"His surname is Tong, which has nothing to do with your surname Bao. Stop talking nonsense."
"Tong Tiemei, watch your manners. That's really rude. Learn from Lan."
"Learn my ass! I'll say whatever I want!" Tong Tiemei slammed her hand on the stone table.
Crack—The stone table shattered under Tong Tiemei's hand.
Jin Huilan silently pulled Tong Mo in front of her, glaring at Bao Shao at the same time. How many times had she told him? Don't compare yourself to Tong Tiemei; isn't that just asking for trouble?
Zhou Bowen stepped forward, took Tong Tiemei's hand, and examined it carefully. "Sister Mei, does your hand hurt?"
Bao Shao only felt a toothache; how could this woman of iron feel pain?
"I'm fine," Tong Tiemei said nonchalantly, turning to look at Tong Mo. "I don't agree with that Ye Yunniang either. You'd better give up now and not force me to take action."
"Mother~" Tong Mo said, dissatisfied with his mother's words, "I,"
Jin Huilan tugged at Tong Mo's sleeve, reminding him not to argue with her mother.
Tong Tiemei continued, "Xiao Min, the baby is due. Both families should get things settled as soon as possible, don't drag it out." She looked at Bao Shao, "Are you going or should I go?"
"I'll go."
"I'll go too." Jin Huilan wanted to understand her cousin's situation.
After receiving Tong Mo's pleading look, Zhou Bowen suggested, "Why don't we go too?"
“Okay, let’s go together,” Tong Tiemei decided.
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