In fact, when she heard Mo Yangzhou ask this question, she had already answered in her heart.

She wasn’t angry; she was just heartbroken.

She felt sorry for this man’s forbearance.

He never asked for anything from her. Jiang Wu thought they could be together in the future, but from Mo Yangzhou’s point of view, she just came here to have fun because she was unhappy.

Jiang Wu held his hand.

“Yang Zhou,” she said, “I’m thinking about our future.”

Mo Yangzhou gritted his trembling teeth. This was the first time she mentioned the future and the first time they discussed it.

Jiang Wu felt a little embarrassed by those shining eyes.

She turned her eyes away slightly: “Chu Ling is a very evil person. If he comes to know about your existence now, you and Mingzhu would probably be in trouble. After I divorce him, we can be together openly and honestly, and then I won’t be afraid of him anymore.”

The important thing was that by then he won’t have time to take care of her.

The only thing Jiang Wu couldn’t bear to part with was her own children.

But the children would be fine without her. They didn’t lack a powerful father, nor did they lack people who loved them.

She was dispensable and could be replaced at any time.

If she said that she insisted on staying in the Prime Minister’s Mansion for them, it would be more like a self-indulgent joke.

That was why she had to think more about herself.

Mo Yangzhou’s eyes were filled with thousands of thoughts, and his smile also turned bitter: “But Madam, no one knows what the future will be like. Yangzhou only wants to pray for the present.”

He looked terribly insecure.

This made Jiang Wu feel particularly fond of him.

She was not someone like Chu Ling who liked to trample on and bully others. But it was undeniable that she would be much happier in a relationship where she was in a dominant position.

She was not stingy in saying many nice things to coax him.

Finally, he talked about Mingzhu.

“The Li family has never truly accepted Mingzhu. How did that kid from the Li family deceive Mingzhu? You said Mingzhu is young and ignorant, and you, as a father, shouldn’t you worry too much about her?”

She didn’t know if it was like this for all mothers, but Jiang Wu couldn’t help but babble when she talked about her children.

Mo Yangzhou said yes, with a smile on his face: “Mingzhu is a child with her own ideas.”

That was right; Mingzhu was very opinionated and she wouldn’t easily obey discipline.

Alas, Yang Zhou had a soft personality, and it was not easy for him to be a father.

“It’s hard to get along with a big family like the Li family. Even if Mingzhu marries into the family, she won’t know how much she will suffer. She won’t even have a backer.” The more Jiang Wu talked, the more she felt that this marriage was not good at all. Fortunately, she didn’t agree to it before. “If it were me, I would just find a live-in son-in-law. Mingzhu wouldn’t have to leave us, and we can take care of her if she is bullied.”

This was a really good idea, she said excitedly, but without waiting for Mo Yangzhou’s response, she looked curiously and saw a hint of absent-mindedness in the man’s eyes.

This was the first time for someone who had always listened to him attentively. Jiang Wu asked him, “What are you thinking about?”

Mo Yangzhou came back to his senses: “Nothing…” He probably didn’t want to say it subconsciously, but after meeting Jiang Wu’s eyes, he was silent for a moment and then spoke, “Mingzhu’s mother… said the same thing.”

Jiang Wu was slightly stunned. To be honest, it felt quite strange to hear the man she had decided to spend her life with talk about his ex-wife.

But she was not as annoyed as she thought, even though the man was distracted when he was talking to her like this.

Maybe it was because they were thirty-seven now, not seventeen.

Jiang Wu even felt a little curious.

“What kind of person was Mingzhu’s mother?”

Mo Yangzhou did not answer immediately but observed Jiang Wu’s expression for a moment. Jiang Wu felt that he was probably looking at whether she was unhappy. Well, she was a little uncomfortable, but not unhappy.

After confirming this, Mo Yangzhou answered, “She was… a very kind woman.” Maybe it was because he was considering her feelings, but his tone was very calm, without any nostalgia or anything like that. “She was the one who named her Mingzhu, saying that her precious daughter was the apple of her eye and that she would give her all her love. She didn’t need any other children in the future. When she grows up, she will find a son-in-law.”

Jiang Wu was a little surprised.

To be honest, there were probably very few mothers who would like to marry a son-in-law into their family. It would be somewhat embarrassing to say it out loud.

Even Jiang Wu only slowly changed her mind after so many years of married life.

It sounded like she really loved her daughter.

The last bit of resentment Jiang Wu had towards her also disappeared.

She couldn’t help but feel fond of the mother who loved her daughter so much, and she felt even more sorry for the girl who lost her mother at a young age.

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