"Because I was so competitive?" Wei He guessed.
"No." Jiang Su shifted her gaze and slowly walked forward. "It was because my father gave my eldest sister to a famous expert as a concubine."
She paused, then continued, "My eldest sister was frail and powerless. Whenever her husband's family bullied her, she could only endure it. The Jiang Family's vast holdings all needed that expert as a pillar of support. So she could only endure."
"..." Wei He could roughly imagine it.
"My eldest sister had always doted on me since we were little. We were very close. But every time I saw her being bullied, yet still having to curry favor with that man, my heart ached beyond measure.
"I told myself that if one day I could reach that level, I would make sure my sister would never be bullied again. Because then everyone would know that she had me, her younger sister, behind her!"
Jiang Su became somewhat emotional for a moment.
Wei He could only walk forward with her in silence.
Everyone had their own story—Jiang Su, Guan Die. Yet unless one grew closer to them, there was no way to understand those stories.
Just like himself. In Jiang Su's eyes, he was probably just a poor kid who had gotten lucky and broken through, perhaps with a little kindness, goodwill, and loyalty to his name—but nothing more.
But who could know how hard he had struggled whenever he went out in secret to earn money and hunt exotic beasts for meat?
"Wei He, tell me—if I had agreed when Teacher arranged a marriage between us back then, what would have happened?" After remaining silent for a while, Jiang Su finally asked the question.
Wei He thought about it seriously.
"Nothing would have changed."
"Why?"
"Because