Step Aside, My CEO Ex-Husband! Chapter 1125 - 1127: Can They Stand the Test?

Can he possibly withstand her simple queries!

She herself isn't someone bound by old ways; Ziyang's age is of no concern to her.

Even less does she fret about his standing; those stringent rules of the Huo Family, she'd long ago wished to discard some!

Ziyang's treatment of Tianxin has been evident to all over the years.

If genuine love blossoms between them, she will not impede their path.

Instead of entrusting Tianxin to a stranger, someone unknown and uncertain.

She finds greater peace in handing her daughter over to Ziyang, precisely because Ziyang is unequivocally good to Tianxin.

His devotion towards Tianxin is in no way lesser than their own as parents.

Should their love be true, she is content to place her daughter's future in Ziyang's hands!

However, all hinges on whether they can navigate the trials ahead...

"No! Brother Ziyang's affection for me is that of a man for a woman; it is love!" Tianxin vehemently shook her head, refuting her mother's suggestion, insisting it was absolutely not what her mother presumed!

Brother Ziyang's feelings for her stem from a man's attraction to a woman, a genuine attraction towards the opposite sex!

It is most certainly not a familial fondness for a sister; she can deeply sense Brother Ziyang's profound love for her!

"Do you comprehend the essence of love? Are you certain you aren't confusing dependency with affection? You may simply be overly reliant on Ziyang, not truly devoted to him!"

"Mom, I know what love is! I truly cherish Brother Ziyang! When I cannot see Brother Ziyang, I miss him terribly; witnessing him with other women ignites my jealousy, fills me with anger, and I abhor the thought of Brother Ziyang being with anyone else! I wish to marry him, to spend eternity by his side! If I cannot be with him, I would rather remain eternally young!" Tianxin tearfully confessed the deepest desires of her heart.

If the cost of maturity is his absence, then she would gladly forgo growing up.

By remaining a child, she could forever remain with Brother Ziyang, never to be parted!

"Tianxin, you are still young; you do not grasp the true meaning of love. You are merely too dependent on Ziyang," Tian Xingyun gently advised her daughter.

She recognized that her words, in this instance, were likely futile.

For she could perceive the sincerity radiating from her daughter; her love for Ziyang was undeniably real.

"Mom, I am no longer young!" Tianxin clutched her mother's arm, shaking her head; she was already seventeen!

She was no longer a child, but a young woman who had come of age.

"Tianxin, you are the eldest daughter of the Huo Family. You have understood your responsibilities since childhood. You and Ziyang cannot be together," Tian Xingyun stated earnestly, letting out a helpless sigh.

"Mom! Why can we not be together? Is it merely because of those absurd rules?" Tianxin sprang to her feet, emotion swelling in her chest, her gaze fixed on her mother as tears of heartbreak streamed down her face.

She loathed those very Huo Family rules that had once ensnared her parents.

And now, they sought to entrap her as well; the injustice of it fueled her hatred!

"Because you are the eldest daughter of the Huo Family, and because Ziyang serves as the Guardian of the Huo Family, you are forbidden from being together! Union between you would shatter profound family statutes; the clan strictly prohibits such a relationship!" Tian Xingyun rose and met her daughter's gaze, delivering these harsh truths.

If they could surmount these obstacles, then, naturally, their union would be permissible.

But... she could not bear to see her daughter suffer!

She would sooner inflict a painful separation than witness them endure untold hardship.

"Simply because I am the eldest daughter of the Huo Family, I am barred from being with Brother Ziyang?" Tianxin looked pleadingly at her mother, desperately hoping for a denial!

It wasn't their identities that erected this barrier.

If the reason were something else entirely, they could strive to overcome it.

But identity—that was an insurmountable obstacle they could not change...

"Yes!"

"I would rather forfeit my status as the eldest daughter of the Huo Family; I despise this identity!" Tianxin declared stubbornly, her eyes reddened from her tears.

"Slap!" A sharp, resounding slap echoed through the room, striking Tianxin's face and leaving five clear imprints upon her fair skin.