"Eldest, I have to leave!"
Mrs. Li had been torn for quite some time, but finally made a choice.
She is a woman, a married woman.
And as a woman, she must adhere to a woman’s boundaries.
At home, she follows her father; when married, she follows her husband; if her husband dies, she follows her son.
She can do some things for her son, but she can’t abandon her husband for him.
If she were truly given a divorce letter by her own husband, she would no longer be a woman of the Yuan Family.
Even if her eldest son acknowledges her, where would she be buried after she dies?
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Hearing that his mother was going to leave with his father, Yuan Shougui panicked.
Leaving him here alone, what would that be?
Mrs. Li looked at her eldest son’s frantic appearance, and she felt very reluctant. After all, he was her own son, whom she had raised from childhood!
"Eldest, why don’t you just forget about that woman!"
Compared to her own husband, what is a daughter-in-law worth?
Mrs. Li was always very clear on this point.
Yuan Shougui was anxious about the decisiveness of the Yuan Family; he was still an immature child. However, he was unwilling to just leave like that.
From the moment he first saw Sheng Xueyi, Yuan Shougui had set his heart on that fairy-like girl.
"Eldest, there are plenty of pretty girls in the world."
"Besides, there’s not even a hint of a connection between you and Miss Sheng!"
"But if your father and the others all leave and it’s just us mother and son staying here, what would that be?"
"In case Miss Sheng’s stepmother thinks we’re overreaching, she could easily make our lives difficult."
"Eldest, I thought wrong before, I oversimplified things!"
"With our family background, we aren’t a match for theirs."
Mrs. Li’s mindset changed in an instant.
Previously, she dared to encourage Yuan Shougui to entangle with Sheng Xueyi, thinking that they had the support of Yuan Wangdi and Yuan Laidi, after all these were Yuan Shougui’s uncles by blood.
But now, with the current situation, the family does not approve of this marriage.
Which means there will be no support from Yuan Wangdi and Yuan Laidi.
Mrs. Li’s thoughts naturally changed.
And as her thoughts changed, she spoke in whatever way might make Yuan Shougui change his mind.
Whether her statements were reasonable or true did not matter.
Yuan Shougui didn’t expect his mother’s attitude to change so quickly, and he was stunned for a moment.
Mrs. Li didn’t care about these things and continued to say, "Eldest, I’m not deliberately going against you. It’s just that I’ve suddenly come to realize something!"
"Think about it, even if Miss Sheng’s stepmother doesn’t like her, if she really agreed to this marriage, would she still have a good reputation?"
"I heard that people from wealthy families value face and reputation even more!"
"If we send that letter over, her stepmother is 90% likely to cause us trouble for the sake of her own reputation."
"Tell me, isn’t that logical?"
Mrs. Li, who originally just wanted to persuade her son to let go of Sheng Xueyi, was purely speaking off the cuff.
But after she finished saying these words and reflected on her own words, her face instantly turned pale.
She suddenly realized that the situation she described could very likely become true.