Somewhere beyond his knowledge, Zhou Jiuer had actually grown this close to another man...
Just then, Qi Baixun asked:
"Jiuer, when are you going to break off your engagement to that Yuan Jibai?"
"My father has already gone to the Yuan Family. The engagement should be called off soon."
"That's good."
Having heard this much, Yuan Jibai understood everything. Zhou Jiuer had indeed known about breaking off their engagement, and she had willingly agreed.
Yuan Jibai did not disturb the two people inside the Jewelry Shop. He simply left.
After returning home, Yuan Jibai thought a great deal. The next day, he had someone return the Zhou Family's betrothal token.
And just like that, their engagement was broken off.
Guagua: [The story should have ended here.
But a few years later, Yuan Jibai and Zhou Jiuer met again.]
In the video, several years later, Yuan Jibai encountered Zhou Jiuer again.
By then, Yuan Jibai had moved out of the Censor's Residence and was living independently with his younger sister.
Zhou Jiuer had married Qi Baixun.
At first, Zhou Jiuer had only considered Qi Baixun a fallback option. But after disaster struck the Yuan Family, she broke off her engagement to Yuan Jibai, damaging her reputation.
No family wanted to take in a woman who abandoned her future husband's family when calamity struck.
Becoming the principal wife of an aristocratic family's legitimate son was out of the question.
In the end, she chose Qi Baixun, who had the best family background among the concubine-born sons available to her.
Initially, Duke Qi had opposed the marriage. Although Qi Baixun was a concubine-born son, his mother was the duke's favorite concubine, and the duke was very fond of him too.
But there was no overcoming Qi Baixun's affection for Zhou Jiuer.
Although