When Qian He returned, he was in low spirits. The girl he had pursued for years had rejected him.
Given his status and position, it was rare for a woman to reject him, though not unheard of.
The key was that the girl's family was somewhat stronger than his, while she herself was younger and exceptionally beautiful.
In Qian He's dictionary, there were basically no such words as "impossible."
Yet from the very beginning of his contact with the girl, he had felt that way.
So he had resolutely turned himself into a simpering sycophant and kept at it for years.
This time, the girl's family had been competing for a major government contract.
Qian He's family had the right connections, and he had volunteered to help.
The result was... the girl's family did get the contract, but she believed another family had pulled the strings.
It was an utterly speechless outcome. Qian He could not exactly have the people he had asked for help step forward and say that it had all been his doing.
Instead, the girl believed he had claimed credit for someone else's work. Already fed up with his persistence, she declared that they should never contact each other again.
Qian He drank himself into a stupor for three days, then announced to his drinking buddies that he was going home and would never come out again.
It was not necessarily that he had been deeply heartbroken. The matter itself had simply dealt too great a blow to his pride.
After returning to Future Star, he did not go home. Instead, he chose a small secluded courtyard and continued drinking himself senseless.
That evening, he was drinking beneath the eaves when a gust of wind swept past him, and someone suddenly appeared beside him.
Qian He