That's right, it's a provocation!
She wanted to tell her that even if she was not good enough for her son, her son insisted on marrying her, and all her opposition as a mother would be futile.
After imagining this, Xue Lan interpreted the polite smile on Xia Yumo's face as mockery.
Her face twisted with anger, she stood up from the sofa, pointed at Xia Yumo, and said amidst Xia Yumo's puzzled gaze:
"Xia Yumo, if you had any self-awareness, you'd leave my son on your own rather than cling to him shamelessly."
Upon hearing Xue Lan use the word "shameless" to belittle her, Xia Yumo's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
She felt that she had been keeping a certain distance from Gu Junhang recently. When did she start clinging shamelessly to him?
She felt that Xue Lan's hostility towards her was very deep, and this hostility was not formed overnight.
Perhaps, over those nine years, she made numerous attempts to separate her and Gu Junhang without success, which led to today's resentment?