Gu Yuanlei sat alone in the alley, reflecting on the past few years. He couldn't understand why his perfectly good life had ended up like this.
On the road as refugees, he had merely taken a liking to Lan Ying. What was wrong with wanting to marry a wife?
His older brothers all had their own wives and children. They also argued with their parents, yet they still lived their lives just fine.
The Lan Family's demands were a bit much, but it wasn't as if his family lacked the means. Why couldn't they just help him out?
If they wouldn't help, so be it. At least cutting ties with his family didn't do him any harm.
But he never expected that his previously quiet Brother Qi would suddenly achieve such massive success.
Passing the exams to become a Scholar, then a scholar, then the top scorer in the imperial examination, and constantly receiving promotions—these back-to-back pieces of news made his head spin.
