"Mom, you just need to take care of yourself now, you can go to beauty treatments, go shopping, play cards, do whatever makes you happy, just don't interfere with my personal feelings. I've made myself very clear, even at the engagement ceremony, I won't change my mind. I don't want things to get uglier, so let's just end this here."
"End it? Son, have you thought about Yalan, a girl whose dignity you're throwing aside? You..."
Shen Hanxiu immediately interjected, calmly saying, "Before I turned fifteen, you never cared for me. You wanted wealth, and now you have it. You wanted glory and honor, and I've given that to you, too. If you still think of me as your son, then please stop these meaningless actions."
Deng Tonglian was stunned, not expecting him to still harbor resentment against her, "Son... Mom had her difficulties back then..."
"You know that people have their own hardships, so don't force others to follow the script you've laid out for them."