Yuan Shixiang was a very unconventional woman. Looking at Shi Yan Ting's gentlemanly and refined demeanor, she played a major role in raising Shi Yan Ting to be a mischievous and ambitious son. Both mothers got to know each other because of their children, and at a military academy in this era, Xu Xiuxiu expressed genuine happiness to have met a friend.
One more thing that brought Yuan Shixiang and Xu Xiuxiu together was that Yuan Shixiang was also a feminist. In Imperial City, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, she managed to open a fairly large clothing store through her efforts. Her clothes were mid to low-end, and the profits were not high, but Yuan Shixiang ran it herself. She was an excellent conversationalist, cheerful in character, and her sales figures were exceptionally high.
