Madam Gu chuckled and said, "That was when you were little. You and those boys, including Chen Yuan, came to play with Yu Heng's second sister. When it was time to eat, they asked you to stay and have a meal."
Madam Gu was explaining this to Lin Chuxia.
Of course, Su Manwen stayed in the end.
After all, they had already said that she went to the kitchen to help, and they had already gone this far. It wouldn't be good if she were to ask them to leave again.
But Madam Gu still felt uneasy.
This was supposed to be a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival, and they were just looking forward to having a happy family meal, but now there's an outsider here.
Moreover, these outsiders have ulterior motives towards their son. What if they anger their daughter-in-law and drive her away from the daughter-in-law they have been waiting for?
Sigh, this is really worrying.
Seeing her worried expression, Old Master Gu couldn't help but say, "Alright! Stop thinking about it. Since things are like this, we shouldn't say anything too harsh."
They couldn't possibly let their young daughter work in their house all morning and then not even give her a meal; she wasn't their housekeeper.
Grandma Gu understood this reasoning, but she was still somewhat unhappy.
"This girl Manwen has been coming here every day lately, but have you ever seen her actually stay for a meal? Today was the only day she stayed the longest." It's obvious that she has ulterior motives.
She's been through it all herself, so how could she not understand what these little girls are thinking?
"When she was little, Manwen often used the excuse of wanting to play with Erya to get close to Xiaosan'er, but over the years, Xiaosan'er has always been cold and indifferent to her. If he really liked her, he would have done so long ago. Why would he have waited until now?"
His third son was not very sociable when he was young, and his only friends were a few boys like Jiang Chenyuan.
At first, they were quite pleased to see that a delicate young girl liked their son.
But they later discovered that their son had no such intentions at all, so they gave up on the idea.
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings.
Everyone has their own destiny; when it's meant to be, it will come.
It would save them from interfering and playing matchmaker. If the relationship works out in the end, that would be fine, but if it doesn't, it would only create more unhappy couples.
After that, they stopped paying attention to her. They weren't even as enthusiastic about the girl as they were about Jiang Chenyuan and the other boys.
Later on, Manwen stopped going to their house. It was simply because Er Ya was much older than her, and they couldn't play together.
“A couple of years ago, I heard she went abroad and thought she had given up on the other man. But today, it’s clear that she still has a strong attachment to him.”
Thinking about it, Madam Gu sighed, somewhat worried: "I just hope nothing goes wrong."
"Alright! What are you worrying about? She's not your wife. Let the mistress worry about it herself. If he can't even handle this, he can only blame himself if his wife leaves."
"You talk a good game! Don't you know what kind of person your son is? If he could really handle things well, why would we, an old couple, have had to swallow our pride and put on this show for him?"
The thought that she was already so old and had to cry and beg for sympathy in front of a delicate young girl made Old Madam Gu feel annoyed.
Of course, there was also a hint of guilt in his voice, directed at Lin Chuxia.
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