Yan Zhujun indeed showed her kindness, and she was willing to repay it, but she didn't want to walk the old path of her previous life again. She could take the imperial examinations, or start a business again, or even provide financial support to Yan Zhujun when he needed it. She could accept all these, but she didn't want to fall into the quagmire of marriage again.
Su Mu smiled and nodded: "Yes, your kindness to me is as vast as the sky, I can never repay it in my lifetime. Lord, please rest assured, in the future I will certainly be as filial as a daughter to you."
To sum it up in one sentence, repaying kindness is possible, remarriage is impossible.
Yan Zhujun didn't expect that Su Mu, who had always been easy to talk to in front of him, would be so adamant today, refusing to agree to remarriage no matter what. It seemed his well-laid plans were going to fall through.
Even though he was so angry he wanted to hit someone, there was nothing he could do. Who told Yan Jiyue to sign the divorce papers?
Having no choice, Yan Zhujun had to take a step back to move forward. His tone became gentle and even carried a hint of pleading: "If you don't want to remarry, I won't force you. But can you not announce this matter to others? You know, if those collateral branches know that you and Jiyue have divorced, we orphaned father and son won't be able to keep the Yan family's property."
"Not announce it?" Su Mu smiled, leaning back lazily in her chair: "If it's not announced, what's the difference between signing these divorce papers and not signing them?"
Outsiders would still think she was the Yan family's married-in husband, still to be pointed at behind her back.
More importantly, she was now preparing for the imperial examinations. If she didn't announce her divorce before the exam, and only announced it after passing the scholar exam, it would give people something to talk about.
In the eyes of the people of Juancheng, Su Mu would be a white-eyed wolf who kicked away her humble husband after becoming successful, forever bearing a bad name.
If her reputation became bad, she might not even be able to take the imperial examinations in the future, equivalent to a high school senior permanently losing the qualification for the college entrance examination. This was almost no different from ruining her own future.
So this request was absolutely unacceptable to Su Mu.
"Su Mu, ah, you've always been a good child. Why have you suddenly changed your attitude, not even willing to agree to this small request of mine? You, you really make one's heart cold." Yan Zhujun's hand gripping the cane slammed on the ground twice. At this moment, he could no longer pretend to smile kindly, his eyes full of intense unwillingness and resentment.
Su Mu remained silent, with a 'as long as I have no morals, you can't morally bind me' look.
Yan Zhujun was so angry that he was puffing and glaring, nearly fainting.
Thinking that appearing in person to handle Su Mu was a sure thing, he didn't expect her to be so adamant and uncooperative. Even when he pulled out his trump card of 'kindness', it couldn't move her an inch. He could only grit his teeth and leave to think of another way.
Although Xie Yi didn't understand much of the Central Plains language, he could guess seven or eight tenths of the commotion outside the room. It should be that the old man and Su Mu had a conflict, Su Mu was unwilling, so the old man turned hostile.
He didn't expect that Su Mu also had troubles. He wondered what exactly that old man did to make Su Mu unhappy.
Even though he didn't understand the argument between the two, Xie Yi still instinctively put Su Mu on the good side.
How could such a gentle person be bad?
Xie Yi swayed the bag of honey seeds candy, the plump orange-yellow transparent candies making slight collision sounds.
He swallowed, his throat that used to dislike sweet candies the most now seemed to grow dense fuzz, making him uncomfortably itchy.
He picked up a candy and ate it. The fruit fragrance mixed with sweetness spread, and the sour itch in his throat finally stopped completely.
Suddenly there was movement at the door, and Su Mu pushed it open and entered.
Xie Yi was startled, and the hard candy rolling on his tongue was suddenly swallowed whole, choking him into constant coughing.
"Are you alright?" Su Mu gently patted his back, her tone full of unstoppable gentle laughter: "It's just eating candy, how can you choke on it?"
Xie Yi was choked to tears, and it took a while to recover.
He pointed outside, then pointed at Su Mu: "He, Su Mu, not good to you."
Su Mu smiled: "You mean that man is not good to me?"
Xie Yi nodded.
"Thank you." Su Mu smiled softly. Even though he couldn't understand anything, he was still willing to speak up for her.
Xie Yi saw Su Mu smile at him and felt relieved.
To gain the master's trust, the first element is to take sides, and to take sides blindly. Only in this way will the master fully trust you, and this way he would be one step closer to returning to the great desert.
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