Ms. Xu was quite surprised when Anning mentioned ending the engagement.
However, she didn't strongly oppose it.
"Have you thought it through? If you cancel the engagement now, there will be gossip, which won't be good for your reputation."
Anning spoke earnestly: "Mom, I've thought it all over. I can't keep wasting time with him like this. Actually, when I got engaged to Rong Junhao, it was essentially a business alliance between our two families. My feelings for him...aren't very deep. I just thought, after growing up together from a young age, and considering the good relationship between our families, Uncle Rong and Aunt Li treated me well. Marrying someone familiar is better than marrying a stranger..."
Before Anning finished speaking, Ms. Xu started crying again.
"Why didn't you ever tell me before?"
