Wang Zhiyao breathed a sigh of relief.
He really was angry, but he also knew that things weren't the same as before. She cared less and less about him now.
"Are you angry?"
"Don't misunderstand me. It's not that I look down on you for being poor or think you're incapable. It's that you're the only son in your family, and with your sister being the way she is, you'll definitely have to support and care for your parents until the end of their lives."
"When they get sick or suffer from any ailments, you'll be the only one able to take care of them and take them to the hospital. It'll be too hard on you, and the burden will be too heavy. I'm only worried about you."
Su Qiao looked utterly sincere, as though she were genuinely thinking of him.
"Isn't there still..."
Before Wang Zhiyao could even finish saying "you," Su Qiao interrupted him and continued:
"And my parents only have me as a child, too. I definitely can't live too far away from them. They worked so hard to raise me, and it wasn't easy. I'll also have to support and care for them until the end of their lives in the future."
"That means both you and I will have heavy burdens, which is why my mother hopes I'll marry someone better, or marry into a family with several sons who can share the burden. That way, I won't have to suffer along with you."
Wasn't his mother looking down on her for being an only child, the only daughter in her family, with no brothers to support her parents, and considering her parents a burden?
Heh. Of course, she could also look down on him for being the only son in his family, with