"You and him were never meant to be, Lili. If you keep holding on, you're only going to hurt yourself. Just let it go. Hu Ping says there's a nice young man. Come over today and get a look at him, see if you take to each other. If there are no issues, you can start seeing him. His family is well-off, with high-ranking cadre parents, and he has a good job of his own. He's more than a match for you, so wipe that long face off. If you miss this boat, you won't find another port."
The person saying this was none other than Zhu Mulan, whose reputation had been dragged through the mud. Ever since her framing of Gu Chaoyi for pregnancy was exposed, let alone becoming a factory director's wife, any family with even the slightest standing wouldn't give her the time of day. Zhu Mulan had money and a job; a good marriage was just the icing on the cake for her, and she didn't care either way if she didn't have one. What worried her most now was being a burden to her daughter and ruining her chances of finding a good partner.
Fortunately, her daughter had saved Hu Ping's son last time, so the other party hadn't kicked them while they were down, even privately introducing a nice young man to her daughter. Otherwise, she really would have become a sinner. How could a mother not understand her daughter's heart? But there was nothing she could do—she had her eyes on Jiang Yan, but Jiang Yan had no eyes for her.
Chapter 123