Yet no girl could ever reach her heart. She vividly remembered how reckless her mother was, once directly asking him if he had intentions of courting her when he walked her home.
As such a promising son-in-law was highly sought after by her mother, she disregarded the fact that they were still high school students at the time.
She felt so embarrassed that she wanted to bury herself, while a young girl's heart fluttered with endless yearning.
"Auntie, I'm sorry, but I will absolutely not consider such a matter until I have completed my studies," he said.
She remembered her mother's face, turning ashen as if she had been slapped.
Jiang Mei's mother cursed out loud as he walked away: "Amei, come home. What's so great about you? Nothing but a single mother and an orphan."
