Talking with Song Qing did not alleviate Fang Ru's fear and worry. Whether Song Qing liked her or not was not important; what mattered was that Chen Yuqi still liked her.
He didn't want to stay and wanted to leave.
Reason told Fang Ru that Chen Yuqi had no reason to stay here.
His parents and hometown are not here. He only came here for a few years due to unforeseen circumstances and it is impossible for him to stay here forever.
Moreover, his family is finally reunited, and he can't possibly give up this opportunity.
But she still couldn't accept it. Why could he leave? Why couldn't he stay?
"Where's your brother?"
Yang Hua invited Chen Yushu over for dinner that evening. Although she knew what her son was thinking, she didn't interfere too much and treated Xiaoshu the same as before.
The chances of the two being together are slim; it's just unknown how long it will take for the son to recover from his heartbreak.
"have no idea."
Chen Yushu was not unfamiliar with Fang Ru. When they first came to the machinery factory, Fang Ru liked her brother and often came to see him.
In her heart, Sister Song Qing was her sister-in-law. Chen Yushu initially disliked Fang Ru, but fortunately her brother didn't like her, and Fang Ru soon stopped coming over.
Fang Ru seemed to have something urgent to attend to, and lingered at their door for a while before leaving.
"What does she want with her brother?" Chen Yushu asked Zhou Kai, who had brought her back, as he watched her retreating figure.
Zhou Kai honestly shook his head; he didn't know.
Perhaps it was a girl's innate sensitivity, but Chen Yushu only made eye contact with Fang Ru for a moment before she knew that there was something else going on between her and her brother.
Her eyes held sadness, anger, and bewilderment; it would be impossible for two people who later had no interaction to have such complex expressions.
But doesn't Fang Ru have a fiancé?
Fang Ru's fiancé is connected to the factory director of the machinery factory, and Chen Yushu lives in the machinery factory, so it's impossible for him to be mistaken.
Moreover, she had been engaged for several years, and almost everyone in the factory knew about it.
Chen Yushu was vaguely worried. What kind of relationship could there be between her and her brother?
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Fang Tianhai was not kept in the dark about Fang Ru's appearance in Chen Yuqi's dormitory. Ever since the incident in the cafeteria, he had been secretly keeping an eye on his daughter, fearing that she might do something.
"Fang Ru, how long are you going to keep this up?"
Fang Tianhai's temples throbbed with anger. Fang Ru herself had agreed to the engagement and even the marriage.
“We’ve already discussed the wedding date with the Tang family, and your bridal chamber is all set up. We’re just waiting for the wedding banquet. Now you’ve caused this mess. Where do we put our faces?”
"I……"
Fang Ru wanted to talk to Chen Yuqi and make things clear. She knew she had done wrong before, that she shouldn't have drugged him, and that she shouldn't have been so willful. She could apologize to him.
Song Qing had long since stopped liking him and hoped that Chen Yuqi would stop obsessing over the past. She was willing to help him move on slowly.
Fang Ru was willing to go with him wherever he wanted, as long as he didn't leave, or as long as he accepted her.
But now her father's words made her realize that she had almost driven the whole thing into a dead end. She had done a lot of things that hurt Chen Yuqi and her parents.
"Xiaoru, listen to your mother and prepare well for the wedding. The news has already been released. What else can we do if we don't get married?"
The mother also tried her best to dissuade her daughter. Although she knew more than her husband, she also understood that things were the same as they had been years ago.
Chen Yuqi does not like her daughter.
Fang Tianhai softened his tone, assuming his daughter was just confused for a moment, and sat down next to her to patiently guide her.
“You two weren’t compatible a few years ago, and you’re still not compatible now. If you go to him now, what will others think of you and Xiaoyuan?”
Listen to your father, don't go looking for him anymore.
In today's social climate, if you date someone but don't get married, you'll be criticized for a long time. Plus, society is already harsh on women, and daughters are already bound by marriage obligations.
Her involvement with Chen Yuqi at this time will only damage her reputation if it gets out.
"Xiao Yuan is a good boy. You two have been engaged for so long, it's time to get married."
Everything was a mess, and Fang Ru couldn't figure it out, but she knew she didn't want to marry Tang Yuan.
"I don't want to marry him."
Fang Tianhai felt a lump in his throat and clutched his chest, gasping for breath for a long time before he could catch his breath.
"No, I said no, and that's final! You stay home and don't go out looking for him again! Don't go out and embarrass me!"
"Alright, alright, don't be angry, Xiaoru, be a good girl."
Fang Tianhai was furious, but Fang Ru did not give in. She had made a mistake before and could not continue down that path.
"I want to break off my engagement with Tang Yuan. I don't like him, and there's nothing else between us."
"Xiaoru!" Fang's mother scolded her daughter sternly, but Fang Ru did not back down.
"Dad, I want to break off my engagement with Tang Yuan. I can't marry him."
"Slap!" Fang Tianhai raised his hand and slapped his daughter across the face. This was the first time he had ever hit her.
"Nonsense!"
Fang Tianhai only had one daughter, and he had always indulged her every whim since she was little. He never imagined that she would be so willful and selfish.
"Fang Ru, it's been almost four years. You've been engaged to the Tang family for four years. Now you want me to break off the engagement?"
Everyone in the textile factory knows that Fang Tianhai's daughter is engaged to the Tang family. Outsiders have long regarded Tang Yuan as his son-in-law and considered them as one family.
Not long ago, she was seen arguing with another man in front of so many people in the cafeteria, and now there are rumors of her breaking off the engagement. What are people going to think?
Where does that leave Fang Tianhai's face?
Fang's mother knew that her husband would not break off the engagement, and she also knew that once her daughter became stubborn, no one could stop her.
I only thought about separating them first, and then slowly persuading them.
"Xiaoru was just confused for a moment. I'll talk to her properly later."
"Starting tomorrow, lock her up at home. Don't let her go out, and definitely don't let her see that guy surnamed Chen, until she gets married!"
Fang Ru didn't expect her father to be so determined to marry Tang Yuan; she thought he would be on her side.
"No, I've been with Chen Yuqi for a long time. We've never broken up all these years. Tang Yuan knows that we can't get married."
"Xiaoru, don't talk nonsense!"
Fang's mother quickly interrupted her daughter. Unexpectedly, in order to get her father to agree to her annulment of the engagement, Fang Ru revealed her ongoing relationship with Chen Yuqi over the past few years and emphasized that Tang Yuan also knew about it.
“…Say it again.”
"I told you, we've been together for a long time."
"Slap!" Fang Tianhai slapped with all his might, and his hand was still trembling afterward.
"Shameless!"
Fang Tianhai's head was buzzing. He thought about how he had given Tang Yuan a dressing down in the office not long ago, only to find out that they already knew and had worked together to keep him in the dark.
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