Gu Yuanlei seemed to have finally found someone to confide in. He tried to pull Lan Yun down to sit on the threshold for a chat, but instead, Lan Yun dragged him to a teahouse outside.
As soon as they sat down, Lan Yun ordered a pot of tea and some pastries, adopting an attitude of attentive listening.
Gu Yuanlei poured out all his recent frustrations. "Actually, I really don't blame Yingying. I only blame myself for being incompetent and failing to take good care of my own wife and child."
"At the very beginning, I was also quite against Yingying taking in a live-in son-in-law," Lan Yun said. "Marrying in or marrying out, it's all the same. Besides, with me here to support the family, the proper path for a young woman like her was to be given a dowry and married off."
Gu Yuanlei was speechless. Wasn't it a bit too late to bring this up now? If he had objections, he should have said so earlier.
