When Meizi returned home, she didn't tell her mother what was on her mind.
It wasn't that she didn't trust her mother. Rather, she believed it was wrong for a girl to secretly harbor feelings for a man. The whole scandal with Liu'er and Qingmu had only happened a year ago, and the memory of that farce was etched into her mind, something she would never forget.
'She had originally wanted to discuss it with her mother, but then she had another thought. Hadn't Mom refused Grandma Huang's proposal? That meant Mom didn't approve of the match, so what was the point of bringing it up with her now?'
'Was she supposed to shamelessly tell her mother that she absolutely had to marry Changming?'
'That wouldn't be right. Besides, it wasn't as if she absolutely *had* to marry Changming, was it?'
And so, she continued to struggle in her confusion, trying desperately to forget Li Changming, yet finding it impossible.
When Gou Dan's mother saw her return for lunch, she asked where she'd been.
