"Nonsense, I’m doing this for your own good. It’s no big deal, we’ll see if there’s a suitable person next time!"

"I won’t!"

Xia Yuan stood up, arguing stubbornly, ignoring her mother pulling her arm, and said angrily, "You keep arranging blind dates for me, I don’t like any of those people. Would you be happy if your daughter married someone she didn’t love and lived unhappily?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I’m not talking nonsense."

Bai Wei also stood up to mediate, "Alright, both of you stop talking. Yuanyuan, go back to your room and rest. I just came home today, what’s with all the noise!"

Xia Yuan remained where she was, unmoving.

Bai Wei tugged her arm, but she still didn’t respond. She glanced at her husband, who snorted coldly and turned his head.

"This matter is not up to you!"

"Why?" Xia Yuan retorted, disbelief in her eyes.

She thought that after so long, her father might have changed his mind, but to her surprise, he was still so stubborn. The emotions compressed in her heart broke free in an instant, her eyes reddened, "Since I was young, I’ve done everything you said. You made me attend all kinds of tutoring classes, I went. You didn’t let me play with other kids, I stayed at home obediently... You sent me abroad to study, I obediently finished my studies and came back. Why must you forcibly interfere even when I like someone? I’m your daughter, not a robot doll. Can you not apply your work attitude to me? I’m also tired. It’s hard for me to meet someone I like, can’t I be a bit willful for once?!

The last sentence was almost shouted.

She felt that her life had been quite a failure, despite obtaining a high degree. What good did it do? Other kids had a happy childhood, but she was always accompanied by various guidebooks.

Even now, upon meeting someone she likes, she must still...

She directly touched the rebellious emotions in her heart, causing the accumulated feelings to explode.

Xia Zhengyang hadn’t expected that the daughter who listened to whatever he said before would openly contradict him like this, leaving him stunned.

Xia Yuan lowered her head, biting her lip, saying nothing more, she turned and went back to her room. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

After closing the door, she leaned against it and slid down to the floor, bringing her knees up, hugging them, and burying her head, sobbing quietly...

In the study, Xia Zhengyang sat in front of the desk, his mind filled with what she had just said.

At that moment, the door opened, Bai Wei walked in with a cup of tea, placed it on the desk, glanced at him, and said, "Zhengyang, this time, you’ve really gone too far!"

The tone was neither good nor bad, not a reproach, just wanting to talk things over with him.

"What?"

Bai Wei said, "We have only one daughter, Yuanyuan. I know you wanted her to study finance abroad so she could take over your work in the future, but have you understood Yuanyuan? She doesn’t like any of this. Yuanyuan has loved painting since she was young, absolutely loved it. You enrolled her in so many tutoring classes, but that’s not the life she wanted. When she went abroad, you made a forced decision, not listening to anyone’s advice. Don’t you know the state of her eyes when she left that day?"

"Does liking painting have a future? Can it support herself?" Xia Zhengyang replied sarcastically.