Chapter 1134: Kidnapped by Public Opinion
Gu Dongxing glanced at the man and continued:
"When I was six, my father remarried, and I was sent to my mother's side, becoming a rural child, growing up in the countryside. For the next decade or so, I grew up in Hai Village until I joined the army, later retiring and starting a business, having never met Ye Qing.
As for the Ye Family, they never suggested finalizing the marriage agreement before marrying Ye Qing off, which shows they never intended to honor the betrothal.
As for why my family never actively fulfilled the marriage contract, it's because, since moving to Hai Village and becoming a rural child, my mom wondered whether the Ye Family, given our differing social standings, would honor a verbal betrothal. But she didn't want to break her word, so she let me stay unmarried until the Ye Family's daughter gets married.
Thus, in the first twenty-five years of my life, I never dated or married."
