Doted By The Regent King
Chapter 445: There’s Nothing I Don’t Deserve

Chapter 445: Chapter 445: There’s Nothing I Don’t Deserve

Madam Zhou had never thought of marrying her daughter off to a high and wealthy family, hoping she’d soar upon a branch. She simply wished to find a decent family of similar status, where her daughter would live a happy and peaceful life—that was enough.

This was one of Madam Zhou’s virtues, and a mark of her intelligence—she knew their social standing and, grounded in reality, she didn’t aim too high and crave status. Because of this, once she decided to seek a matchmaker for her daughter, there were plenty of potential suitors to choose from—the dowry was substantial after all!

This was Madam Zhou’s plan: to find a matchmaker to arrange a marriage for Wufu when she reached the marriageable age. But now, seeing Wufu growing increasingly close to Ah Jiu, without any reservation, and even quite intimately, and the Ninth Master’s behavior seeming somewhat ambiguous, Madam Zhou couldn’t help but worry.

She feared that her only daughter would, like herself during the folly of her youth, naively surrender her heart and body and thus be discarded.

Madam Zhou knew all too well the bitterness in her heart over these years; after all, it was a consequence of her own actions, and she was the one who had to live with it.

It was precisely because she knew the taste of such suffering that she didn’t want her daughter to experience it too, and that’s why she had warned her not to follow in her footsteps.

"Mother, you’re overthinking it. My relationship with the Ninth Master is nothing more than a friendly acquaintance," Wufu said with a smile.

Madam Zhou looked at her skeptically, "Really? You truly have no feelings for him?"

"Of course not. If I did, I would surely let you know and not leave you to worry," Wufu assured her.

Madam Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mother, you look like you’ve been granted amnesty. Do you disapprove of Ah Jiu as a son-in-law?" Wufu teased, raising her eyebrows.

Madam Zhou said with feigned displeasure, "How could I disapprove? Such a man is the dream groom of many, and I like him very much."

"Then you..."

"If your status matched his, if your family background was on par with his, I would fight for him no matter what, but..." A flash of guilt crossed Madam Zhou’s eyes as she said, "I failed to give you a good heritage."

Alright, in the end, she was just saying that her daughter wasn’t good enough for Ah Jiu!

Wufu chuckled, "Mother, there are only those who are unworthy of me, not anyone I am unworthy of. If I set my heart on him, I will definitely win him over, no matter if he is a dragon or a phoenix among men."

Madam Zhou was amused by her daughter’s bandit-like audacity, taking it as a sign that her daughter didn’t want to admit defeat.

However, looking at her daughter’s bright and beautiful face, she still sighed. If only her daughter had a good background, marrying such a gentleman wouldn’t be impossible, but alas...

Madam Zhou smiled, but her eyes revealed a trace of sadness.

Wufu caught the look and asked casually, "Mother, do you still want to find him?"

Madam Zhou’s body trembled slightly as she murmured, "After so long, would he even be findable?"

"What are you thinking, Mother? What if you found him, and he had married someone else and had children? What would you do?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Zhou’s complexion turned pale, and she looked at her daughter for a long moment before hiding her gaze, saying, "I dare not think about it."

The possibility that Wufu mentioned was not unknown to her, but she was unwilling to acknowledge it, it was just... reluctance.

She dared not think about it, not that she didn’t want to, and Wufu sighed softly.

"Mother, let it go," said Wufu. "Even if he were found, you could likely end up as a concubine, and I, a child born out of wedlock. Aren’t we better off now, managing our own household? Why demean ourselves and live uncomfortably?"

Concubine, illegitimate!

Those words hit Madam Zhou’s heart like a heavy blow, spreading a sharp pain throughout.