Seeing Xia Yinian hesitate, the Old Madam seemed to have already grasped the answer in her heart.

"It’s not your fault, it’s Grandma’s. That time when Wanqing suggested creating an opportunity for you and Ling Qian... I didn’t refuse."

The Old Madam sighed lightly, she really didn’t expect things to turn out this way.

"Grandma, you know everything?" Xia Yinian said softly.

"Yes, Wanqing told me." The Old Madam nodded.

"Then..."

As Xia Yinian spoke, the Old Madam’s voice rang out again.

"Does Nian Nian like Ling Qian, or the Seventh Young Master? And between you and Ling Qian..." She seemed genuinely concerned about this issue.

One is her grandson, the other is her son; Xia Yinian understood the Old Madam’s feelings very well.

But, she was once again stunned by the Old Madam’s words, unsure about whether she should tell some things.

Perhaps that day when Grandma was so agitated, it was because of Yu Wanqing’s words, and Yu Wanqing also exploited her unstable emotions to hypnotize her.

Now that Grandma had just woken up, could she handle the shock?

Xia Yinian helplessly glanced at Qin Yiheng.

Before Qin Yiheng could speak, the Old Madam spoke again: "Go ahead, Grandma is in good health."

"Grandma." Xia Yinian withdrew her gaze, meeting the Old Madam’s eyes.

She sighed lightly before speaking: "Actually, my engagement with Brother Ling Qian is fake."

"He signed a one-year agreement with me just to make you happy, nothing actually happened between us."

"Agreement?" The Old Madam frowned slightly.

Xia Yinian nodded, continuing: "At that time, I was really out of options. A child at the orphanage needed urgent surgery, and also..."

She looked over at Qin Yiheng, who coughed lightly and turned to walk towards the instruments.

In fact, Xia Yinian didn’t mean to send him away, just felt a bit awkward.

Turning back to the Old Madam, her voice rang out once more.

"And once I inadvertently barged into the Seventh Young Master’s hotel room, after which he kept bothering me, but I knew I was definitely not a match for him."

Xia Yinian lowered her head, pressing her lips together.

"So, when Brother Ling Qian approached me, I agreed."

"I initially thought getting engaged to Brother Ling Qian could avoid the Seventh Young Master, and also help Xiao Lian at the orphanage, but I never knew the Seventh Young Master was Brother Ling Qian’s uncle."

This melodrama is hard for even the speaker and the listener to endure.

Not far away, the man coughed lightly again.

Xia Yinian awkwardly curved her lips, unsure how to express her feelings.

No matter how melodramatic it is, these are the facts. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Grandma, everything Nian Nian said is true, and Brother Ling Qian unilaterally announced the dissolution of our marriage contract a few days ago in Ye City."

"I still have that contract. I’ll show it to you when I go back," Xia Yinian added in a low voice.

"But I’m very clear about Ling Qian’s feelings for you." The Old Madam remained relatively calm.

To make her happy, the boy was truly capable of doing such things.

But, as a grandmother, how could she not see through her grandson’s thoughts?

Xia Yinian bit her lip and blinked her eyes, finally nodding.

"I know, but I’ve already run out of options..."

Before she was ready, her body had already been given to someone else, something she struggled to accept for a long time.