Old Mrs. Song is reborn; get out of here, you scumbag husband and illegitimate child!

The dinner party ended, and the night breeze carried a unique dampness.

Huang Ronghua rode over on his motorcycle.

"Godmother, get in the car. I'll take you back to your hotel."

Song Xianglan sat down,

"Godmother, don't stay in a hotel anymore, it's such a waste of money, tens of yuan a day. Why don't you stay at my house? It's not as big as the one in Qingyang, but it's very clean. You could save that money and do something with it."

Song Xianglan stared at the streetlights along the roadside.

"Chen Zui and Boss Shi are both staying at the hotel, so I'm staying with them. It's convenient for us to discuss things and handle procedures. It saves me the trouble of running back and forth."

Song Xianglan patted Huang Ronghua on the back, "How's your shop? I saw Yu Kun knocked down the adjacent storefront; do you need to renovate yours?"

Huang Ronghua smiled and said, "I'm on a stable side. I have many long-term clients, and the daily revenue is not bad. Yu Kun is taking too big a step, and the risks are too great."

I just want to run the shop steadily and make money. Our goods are cheaper and more diverse than those in department stores, and we even have many parallel imports that you can't find in the market. I don't have to worry about not having customers.

Song Xianglan sighed.

"That's how you live your life. Yu Kun is just a scheming kid. You two should help each other out more often."

We arrived at the hotel lobby entrance.

Just then, Chen Zui, Shi Changrong, and Shi Xinyi walked in from outside.

"Godmother." Chen Zui quickly took a few steps to greet her.

Huang Ronghua said goodbye and rode his bike back.

Several people entered together and headed towards the elevator.

Shi Xinyi held several local newspapers in her hand, her eyes and brows revealing excitement.

"Godmother, my dad and I spent half the day in Haishi today." Shi Xinyi waved her newspaper. "The speed of development here is absolutely not to be underestimated. Construction is happening everywhere, and the crowds on the commercial streets are denser than in some major foreign cities."

Song Xianglan pressed the elevator floor button.

"This is the number one city in the Far East. With the winds of reform and opening up blowing in, and the policy opening up, there are plenty of opportunities. As long as you are quick-witted, bold, and willing to work hard to study, and don't get into bad habits like gambling or being overly ambitious, you can definitely make a lot of money here."

The elevator doors opened.

Song Xianglan walked out and turned to look at Shi Changrong and his daughter.

"But it can also be blinding. This place is too prosperous and full of temptations. In the past, everyone was poor, and the poor are most prone to making mistakes when they suddenly become rich. They may have made money, but they may not be able to keep it."

Shi Changrong nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of agreement.

"Boss Song is right. We business people understand this best: it's easy to conquer an empire, but difficult to maintain it. Maintaining it depends on composure and character. If you lose your bottom line, even the biggest business will be ruined."

The group said goodnight to each other in the hallway.

They each opened the door and went inside.

After washing up, Song Xianglan changed into her pajamas and lay down on the bed.

The sound of a ship's horn blared occasionally outside.

She turned over, and Song Tingting's face popped into her mind.

My daughter is studying alone over there, and I also have to worry about business matters.

A woman's life is about earning money and making a living.

In her opinion, Tingting should first find a reliable partner, see the other person's character and sense of responsibility, and then slowly figure out how to proceed in the future.

If you wait until you're older to find a partner, all the good men will have already been taken.

The rest are a bunch of people with ulterior motives.

Even if you want to stay single forever, you should experience dating before making that decision.

Song Xianglan secretly hoped that Song Tingting would find a man who could love and pamper her.

She closed her eyes and started planning once the land deal was finalized.

I need to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Tingting about this.

On the other end.

Liu Yukun and Sheng Ruzhi returned to their residence.

Upon entering, Sheng Ruzhi skillfully took the clothes handed to her by Liu Yukun and hung them on the hanger.

The room was small, the wooden floor was polished to a shine, and the items on the coffee table were arranged neatly.

"Shall I make you a cup of tea?"

"I'm not drinking anymore." Liu Yukun waved his hand and flopped onto the sofa.

He stared at the chandelier on the ceiling.

Song Xianglan's words at the dinner party were still swirling in his mind.

The phrase "you immature coward" felt like a slap in the face.

Every time he closed his eyes, all he could see were images of his stepfather getting drunk and going on a rampage, calling him a burden, and his mother sitting on the ground wailing and saying that she had suffered all these grievances because of Liu Yukun.

His mother said that it was because of them that she was unhappy, and asked him why he didn't die with his father who died young.

The stepfather said that seeing him reminded him of his wife being under another man and made him feel disgusted.

His stepsisters called him a burden.

His half-brother told him to go back to the Liu family.

A lot of trivial entanglements make life a mess.

Liu Yukun looked at Sheng Ruzhi, who was preparing to tidy up the table.

"Zhizhi, do you want to get married?"

Sheng Ruzhi's hand, holding the water glass, froze in mid-air.

The water in the glass sloshed around.

When the two first started working together, Liu Yukun made it clear that they would only talk about money and not the future.

Of course she wants to get married.

She wants to wear a red dress, wants to take him back to her hometown legitimately, and wants to have a child who looks like him.

But she could only swallow those words.

"No...I don't want to." Sheng Ruzhi forced a smile, wiping the water stains with a rag. "Why are you suddenly asking this?"

Liu Yukun kept staring into her eyes.

Hearing this, I relaxed.

"It's good that you don't want to think about it." Liu Yukun patted the armrest of the sofa, his tone becoming lighter. "What's the point of marriage? Marriage just means all the messy affairs of two families come together. You can argue about buying rice or vegetables. It's so annoying."

"How wonderful it is to be like us. No messy situations, just the joy of being in love."

He stood up and walked to Sheng Ruzhi.

"If you ever want to get married, just say so. I won't stop you. We can part amicably. I'll give you some money, enough for you to find a reliable man to marry and have a grand wedding. I won't stop you from getting married."

Sheng Ruzhi's breath hitched for a moment.

He gripped the rag in his hand tighter and tighter.

"I don't want to get married. How many of the men I go on blind dates with are actually good? I'm going to the restroom."

She walked past Liu Yukun and quickly entered the restroom.

Close the door.

Turn on the tap, and the water flows out gushingly.

It masked the quietness inside the room.

Sheng Ruzhi leaned against the sink, her eyes stinging with tears.

Humans are indeed greedy.

When she first arrived in Shanghai after finishing her night shift, she was cornered in an alley by two hooligans.

The two men tore at her clothes, covered her mouth, and cornered her.

She thought the sky had fallen.

Liu Yukun happened to be passing by and grabbed half a brick, rushing over.

They managed to smash those two.

Liu Yukun was hit on the forehead with a stick, and blood flowed down his face, covering his eyebrows.

He leaned against the corner of the wall, stubbornly refusing to leave, still clutching the blood-stained brick in his hand.

They waited until the patrolling police officers arrived.

Because of that relentless drive, she decided to be with this person.

She was attracted to Liu Yukun's thoughtfulness and admired his courage to stand up for what was right.

She always felt that as long as she put her heart into it, even a stone that had been covered for two years would eventually warm up.

The results of it?

This man has a wall in his heart that no one can get past.

The girls in her workplace, who were about the same age as her, would gather together all day to discuss making furniture, buying color TVs and refrigerators, arguing with their in-laws about housing issues, and researching which photo studio would take the best wedding photos.

Whenever someone asks her, she can only blush and use her parents as an excuse.

She said her family felt she was too young and would wait a few years before arranging a marriage.

Last year during the Spring Festival, her family pressured her to go on blind dates.

She deliberately brought up the matter in front of Liu Yukun in order to test him.

Liu Yukun was leaning against the headboard looking at the account book at the time. Without even looking up, he said, "If you go back and find something you like, we'll split up. I won't hold you back. Tell me how much dowry you're short, and I'll make it up to you."

Those words were colder than the wind in the alley that night.

He was so generous, and we had agreed beforehand that we wouldn't get married.

This made it impossible for Sheng Ruzhi to even start an argument.

She wiped the cool water off her face.

Footsteps sounded outside, and the door was pushed open. Liu Yukun walked in with a towel, preparing to wash up.

I saw Sheng Ruzhi standing blankly by the pool, her eyes red.

Liu Yukun leaned closer and reached out to touch her forehead.

"What are you staring at? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No." Sheng Ruzhi took a step back, avoiding his hand.

She turned to look at Liu Yukun in the mirror, trying to keep her tone calm. "I'm thinking about something. My mom is coming to Haishi in a couple of days."

Liu Yukun's hand holding the toothbrush stopped, and his face instantly darkened.

"What are you doing here?"

"She's never been to Haishi before, and she wanted to come see me since she just retired." Sheng Ruzhi stared at him. "She said... she'd like to meet me if I had a boyfriend."

Liu Yukun threw the toothbrush into the cup, making a crisp sound.

"What do you want to see me for?"

His tone became irritated, and his brows furrowed. "We're just dating, not really committed yet. We should avoid meeting the elders if possible, to avoid future complications. You should tell her you don't have a boyfriend, or if that doesn't work, just say you want to break up. I won't see her or cause any trouble."

Sheng Ruzhi glanced at the irritated face in the mirror.

He didn't refute a single word.