"Youxi, can't you just live for yourself once, just once?"
Liu Hengyuan's words made Li Youxi's nose tingle, and tears brimmed in her eyes.
Indeed, she was tired! Truly exhausted! Ever since the engagement between the Li and Quan families had been broken off, since that cursed family-recognition meeting, she had to tread carefully every day around Li Zhiqiang and Zhao Qian, afraid they would blame her the moment they were in a bad mood.
Zhao Qian used to comfort her with pity, but after several failed attempts to find her a suitable match, even bluntly stating that marrying into the Li family would come with a generous dowry from the Quan family, no prestigious family was willing. In the end, even Zhao Qian, her own mother, lost her patience. Each time she faced Liuying, it was either with a shake of the head or a sigh.
