Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After finishing dinner and seeing that Song Canâs mood seemed alright, Gu Shaoting decided it was time to leave.
He mainly wanted to check on Song Can, and seeing her chatting and laughing put his mind at ease.
âMom, you two keep talking, I have things to attend to. Iâll head back now,â Gu Shaoting said. But as soon as he finished speaking, Song Can stood up and couldnât help but scold him, âYouâve barely been back for two minutes. If you really donât want to come back, then donât step foot in this house again. Just stay with your precious wife and daughter.â
âAuntie, donât be angry. Letâs talk things out calmly. Donât let anger affect your health,â Charlene quickly interjected, trying to mediate.
âSigh, so troublesome,â Song Can grumbled as she sat on the sofa.
Nowadays, whenever the mother and son met, it was like a collision between Mars and Earth, creating a heated atmosphere.
âMom, take care of yourself. Iâll come back to see you when I have time,â Gu Shaoting said worriedly. He knew that if he stayed any longer, Song Can would start venting her anger again. Now, as long as he intended to marry Shu Pan, his mother would disapprove.
Sigh, he wondered how he could eliminate her deep-seated resentment.
After Gu Shaoting left, Song Can still felt somewhat resentful.
âCharlene, you donât understand. Shaoting is an adult now and has his own ideas. As long as he thinks itâs right, I donât need to be this angry. Just let him be,â Song Can explained, pretending to be calm. She hoped that the more they argued, the more likely Gu Shaoting would compromise and break up with that woman.
âCharlene, you donât know. I donât like her, really. Sheâs so petty and immature. I donât know what Shaoting sees in her,â Song Can expressed her deeply ingrained belief, which was difficult to change.
âMaybe youâll slowly learn to accept her and be pleasantly surprised,â Charlene suggested.
âAccept her? Forget it. Itâs not like I havenât accepted her before. Werenât they like that before they got divorced?â What? Divorced? Were they together again after divorce?
Charlene was truly shocked by this news.
How come what she heard before wasnât like this? Itâs impossible. The company is so big, with so many people, how could no one know?
âAuntie, did Gu Shaoting get divorced?â Charlene asked uncertainly.
âYes, but now theyâve reconciled. Since they loved each other in the beginning, why did they divorce? Only to get back together later. Whatâs going on? Iâve always thought it was Shu Pan clinging to Shaoting, and my foolish son was blinded by her,â Song Can said, getting angrier as she spoke.
âOh, you canât say for sure. Many women nowadays are shallow,â Charlene chimed in.
âExactly,â Song Can said, feeling understood.
âThen let Gu Shaoting slowly discover her true colors.â
âItâs difficult. Heâs already in too deep, unable to see the beauty around him,â Song Can sighed, feeling the weight of keeping family matters private, but she couldnât hold it in anymore; she was so frustrated.
Charlene held Song Canâs hand and gently patted it, offering comfort.
Seeing her upset, Charlene recounted many cultural insights and anecdotes from her previous travels, as Song Can had also been traveling to many countries recently. They found common ground and chatted animatedly, and Song Can finally let go of her frustration with Gu Shaotingâs situation.
But Charleneâs heart was far from calm. She hadnât expected to learn such explosive news today. It was truly unexpected.
But at least Gu Shaoting was already divorced, he wasnât a married man. In that case, she wouldnât be seen as a home-wrecker.
And if that woman was shallow, then it would be easier to handle. Money could solve such problems, which didnât seem like a big issue.