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After all, she still vividly remembered the last time at the kindergarten, when the rumors about her being an evil stepmother circulated online, and how the teachers treated her differently because of that.

None of this was good for the kids.

Now that she thought about it, the phone call just now didn't give her the awkward feeling she used to experience; on the contrary, she found this man quite alright.

She felt she really shouldn't overthink things.

If she really ended up in a situation like in the original book, where she couldn't avoid a bad ending and had to divorce this man or something when they couldn't get along, it wouldn't affect her much. After all, they weren't public, and she could extricate herself anytime...