Lady Wu felt it was all a matter of fate.
"I’ll go give my third aunt an answer then."
Tian Guihua nodded. Surely Sanjin wouldn't be angry that she had turned down this marriage proposal, right? She didn't demand that her son marry a wealthy heiress, but she certainly couldn't accept someone who was greedy and snobbish. Thinking of her three current daughters-in-law, not one of them had ever cared about the Fu family’s money.
When Lady Wu arrived home, her third aunt, Mother Cheng, hurried out to greet her. "Suzhi, how did it go? Did your mother-in-law nod?"
"Let’s go inside to talk."
Seeing this, Mother Cheng’s heart sank by half. She glanced at her daughter, whose hopes had been pinned on this.
Lady Wu sat by the kang. She couldn't stay long because she had left her children with her mother-in-law; she had to get back. Those two little rascals were exhausting, and her mother-in-law was getting on in years—she couldn't handle them for long.
"Third Aunt, we are family, so I won't beat around the bush. This isn't going to work."
"Why not? Suzhi, this is your own cousin. If she marries into the family, the two of you will be of one mind, and she’ll never forget your kindness. You can’t just stop trying!" Mother Cheng was a silver-tongued woman who knew how to persuade people.
Cheng Fengxiang bit her lip and kept her head down, saying nothing.
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