Qiao Rui did not marry Pei Liyan for the reasons Elder Qiao had mentioned.
Elder Qiao continued, "Qiao Rui, you really are like your mother, using any means necessary to achieve your goals, never resting until you succeed, ultimately exhausting everyone involved!"
Qiao Rui pursed her lips, feeling a sting that spread throughout her heart.
She took a deep breath, and then another.
She exhaled.
Suppressing the suffocation in her chest, she said softly, "My mother was brave, striving willfully for love, bearing and raising children for the man she loved—I applaud her for that; and my father, who protected my mother for love, was a real man, and I am equally proud of him."
Elder Qiao shook slightly, his pupils constricted repeatedly, and finally, in anger, he slammed the coffee table, causing everything on it to fall off.
Qiao Rui did not look away but continued to gaze into Elder Qiao's eyes, saying, "Please give me a photo of my brother, finding him is most important!"