Later, Li Xuemei asked Gu Xiaoqing privately, as she couldn't understand why Gu Xiaoqing changed her mind so suddenly.
Since she wanted them to be ruthless towards Gu Xiaoying, what was her true intention?
But Gu Xiaoqing was insistent on getting Gu Ruhai and Li Xuemei to make a firm decision.
Gu Xiaoqing explained her reasoning to Li Xuemei, worried that Shang Wenming would make a reckless move and actually register to get married with Gu Xiaoying. That would be like sticking to a bad decision that was hard to undo.
If they got married, a divorce would damage Gu Xiaoying's reputation. After all, it was the 1990s, not the later 21st century, and divorces were still detrimental to a woman's societal image.
Right or wrong, society would always blame the woman, thus the public opinion was unfair to women.
