Gu Yuanlei felt as if he had finally found a confidant. He tried to pull Lan Yun down to sit on the doorstep for a chat, but Lan Yun led him to a teahouse instead.
As soon as they were seated, Lan Yun immediately ordered a pot of tea and some pastries, putting on an expression of someone ready to listen attentively.
Gu Yuanlei poured out all his recent frustrations. "Honestly, I don't really blame Yingying. It's all my fault for being so useless. I can't even take care of my own wife and child."
Lan Yun said, "In the very beginning, I was also quite against Yingying taking a husband who would marry into our family. Marrying in, marrying out... it's all the same. Besides, with me here to support the household, the proper thing would have been for her, as a young woman, to be given a dowry and marry out."
Gu Yuanlei was silent. 'Isn't it a little late to bring this up now? If you had objections, you should have voiced them sooner!'
