A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Lu Congyue scoffed: "Ge Jiangtao is quick to admit his mistakes, but have you seen his sister-in-law admit hers?"

Zhuang Qingxiang couldn't understand this kind of person's way of thinking and had nothing to say.

In the evening, as the two were discussing what to take the children to eat, Shanghua arrived.

Zhuang Qingxiang initially thought she was looking for Lu Congyue, but she didn't expect her to be looking for her.

"Congyue, you take care of the child. I'll go for a walk with Xiaozhuang. Is that alright?" she asked.

The bride, who is getting married tomorrow, doesn't show any joy at all.

Zhuang Qingxiang and Lu Congyue exchanged glances, responded, and then left the guesthouse with Shang Hua.

The two strolled slowly along the roadside. Zhuang Qingxiang secretly glanced at Shang Hua and saw that she looked preoccupied.

Zhuang Qingxiang silently withdrew her gaze.

Her feelings for Shang Hua were complicated.

She knew from their first meeting that Shang Hua looked down on her, always acting superior and trying to steal her man.

Furthermore, Shanghua even lost Chenglin...

But she couldn't say she hated Shang Hua.

If their roles were reversed, she couldn't guarantee she could do better than Shang Hua.

Given his background, Shang Hua was the daughter of a high-ranking official. Why would she even look at him?

As Zhuang Qingxiang was lost in thought, she heard Shang Hua speak up: "You've also remarried, how do you feel about it?"

"Huh?" Zhuang Qingxiang came back to her senses.

Shang Hua pursed her lips: "I just wanted to ask, how have you felt since you remarried? Have you ever regretted it? Are you living a comfortable life?"

After asking the question, she suddenly chuckled to herself: "I shouldn't have asked. It's obvious you're living a very comfortable life. With your background... to have met Cong Yue, a wife who loves her so much, and it's your first marriage, you should be secretly laughing all the time."

Zhuang Qingxiang: "..." Listen to that condescending tone again.

However, she could roughly understand what Shang Hua wanted to ask.

The failure of her first marriage had a profound impact on her, and now, facing the prospect of remarriage, she is filled with unease.

Thinking back to myself back then... it seems I was the same way, only a little better than Shanghua.

"I didn't intend to remarry at first," Zhuang Qingxiang said honestly. "I felt that I was already content with having a son and a daughter, and there was no need for me to remarry. So when Cong Yue wanted to marry me, I refused many times."

Zhuang Qingxiang recalled her time with Lu Congyue with a somewhat dazed expression.

It was such a short time ago, but now it feels like a lifetime.

"Refuse? You don't want to remarry?" Shang Hua was surprised. "Someone like you... how will you support yourself if you don't remarry?"

"I..." Zhuang Qingxiang wanted to say that she was good at embroidery and cooking, but then she thought it wouldn't make much sense to talk about those things, so she changed the subject, "Sister Shang, you're getting married to Comrade Peng Wanzhou tomorrow, are you scared today?"

Shang Hua immediately straightened his back: "Afraid? I, Shang Hua, don't know how to write the word 'afraid'!"

"Then what are you worried about?"

Shang Hua became agitated again: "Peng Wanzhou and I... have only known each other for a few days, we don't have any feelings for each other."

Zhuang Qingxiang also felt that they were moving too fast.

They only met for the first time a few days ago, and after just a few days of blind dating, they're already getting their marriage certificate.

It's less than a week at most, right?

"Then don't marry him. Who can force you to marry him? Sister Shang, you've been through one marriage before, so you must be careful this time. Cong Yue and I chose to be together after careful consideration. It was because Cong Yue never gave up on me that I made up my mind to be with him." Zhuang Qingxiang sincerely advised.

Shang Hua looked annoyed: "You don't know... sigh, he and I... are definitely going to get married."

Zhuang Qingxiang coughed lightly: "So what if things have already escalated... there's no rule saying we have to get married, is there?"

When her secret was exposed, Shang Hua blushed deeply. She realized that Shang Jiang had sold her out, and she thought bitterly that she would twist Shang Jiang's ear off when she got home.

But seeing Zhuang Qingxiang's nonchalant attitude, she retorted, "It's come to this... what else can we do but get married? If you had followed Yue... you know... back then, would you still not have married him?"

"Sure," Zhuang Qingxiang said, her cheeks slightly flushed, but she remained firm. "It was an accident between us... it was just... just a moment of pleasure, I never thought about getting married."

Shang Hua stared in shock, his jaw nearly hitting his toes.

What kind of indecent words are these?

"What are you talking about? You and Cong Yue have already done that... and you still haven't thought about getting married?"

Isn't this playing with other people's feelings and engaging in promiscuous relationships?

"I've been married before, I'm not a virgin anymore, and I have children. Being with him... I won't lose out. If I get married, I'll be tied down by him, and if he treats me and the children badly, it will be difficult for me to get a divorce. If I don't get married, I can leave anytime," Zhuang Qingxiang said softly.

Shang Hua stammered in shock, "You...you're thinking wrong! Does Cong Yue know that's what you're thinking?"

"I know," Zhuang Qingxiang said with a slight smile. "He agreed. He said I can do whatever I want, and he'll listen to me. Anyway, men don't lose out in this kind of thing..."

It has to be said that Zhuang Qingxiang's idea was too shocking; she had never told anyone except Lu Congyue.

Today, however, I couldn't help but tell Shanghua.

She didn't know what had happened between Shang Hua and Peng Wanzhou that led them to sleep together after knowing each other for only a few days, and now it had escalated to the point of marriage.

However, she did not want Shanghua to experience a second failed marriage due to an accident after her first failed marriage caused by poor judgment of character.

It's always good to learn more and take longer to understand.

Shang Hua was so shocked by Zhuang Qingxiang's outrageous idea that he was speechless.

I originally had a lot of questions I wanted to ask Zhuang Qingxiang, but now I don't want to ask anything at all.

She couldn't do what Zhuang Qingxiang did, and besides, her parents wouldn't agree.

If it weren't discovered, it wouldn't actually be a bad idea, like Zhuang Qingxiang said...

Shang Hua was shocked once again; deep down, she actually agreed with Zhuang Qingxiang's idea.

Both she and Peng Wanzhou had been married before, so there was no question of who was at a disadvantage or who was at a disadvantage. It was simply a matter of love between a man and a woman. Whoever wanted to be together could be together, and whether or not they would get married was another matter.

Shang Hua's cheeks burned at the thought of it.

Actually, it seems she has already done that.

That time when their mother caught them wasn't the first time.

The first time was because Ge Jiangtao wanted to harm her. He got the drug from somewhere and wanted to sleep with her, thinking that this would allow them to remarry smoothly and that she would not sue him again.

When she realized something was wrong and tried to escape, she ran into Peng Wanzhou, and then caused trouble in his single dormitory several times.

After the incident was over, she ran away as soon as she recovered.

The next day, Peng Wanzhou came to her door. Afraid that he would say something inappropriate and be overheard, she took him to her room. She originally intended to explain to him that this matter was just a coincidence, that she did not need him to take responsibility, and that he should keep his mouth shut.

Who knew that being in the same room with him would make me involuntarily think of the day I applied medicine to him, the dream I had that night, and the absurdity of the two of us the day before.

He obviously remembered it too, and then inexplicably the two of them, both with bright red faces, got together again.