Duan Yanbing, no matter what choice he made, was respected and accepted by him.
She told Gu Junzhu that she felt Duan Yanbing's choice was a compromise for Duan Yanbing himself.
Gu Junzhu's answer to her was, "A bystander is unaware of the mindset of the players involved."
Gu Junzhu also said that Duan Yanbing was already an adult, not only an adult but also one with a firm will who had gone through countless life-and-death ordeals.
He knew what he wanted.
Duan Yanbing was pursuing the life he desired.
And what he could do was to put the life Duan Yanbing wanted into Duan Yanbing's hands.
As for that fifty-year contract, Gu Junzhu tore it up in front of her.
Without a contract, even if Duan Yanbing breached the contract later, Gu Junzhu would have no evidence to hold Duan Yanbing responsible.
He gladly accepted Duan Yanbing "selling himself," simply to let Duan Yanbing feel at ease staying with the Gu Family.