The Old Woman soon took her leave; they couldn't persuade her to stay.
Back in her own residence, looking at the resplendent decor and spotless rooms, she felt an unprecedented loneliness and chill.
She had struggled her entire life. It could be said that she had once contended with the world—and won.
She had won beautifully, gloriously.
Even now, many renowned business schools around the world included several of her proud achievements among the case studies studied by future top talents of the business world.
But... after winning her whole life, was she really destined to end up so desolate and alone?
There were many people in her family. A great many.
But they were all busy. Even when they sat together, that sense of distance was impossible to shake.
Hearts were difficult to draw close, and feelings had already faded. Perhaps... the drama of brothers turning against one another had already begun.
The Lu Family home had been turned into a complete mess. Here was a splatter guard, there a water ladle; here lay a pile of odds and ends, there stood a rolling pin still dusted with flour... The entire room was crammed full, and the floor was covered in shoeprints. White clouds of steam drifted through the room, and walking through it felt like passing through a misty fairyland.
The moment you entered, it was noisy. Everyone was talking. Sometimes they bickered, sometimes they joked around, sometimes they discussed whether the dishes were too salty or too bland, and sometimes they talked about Huaxia, about the people, events, and things from their hometown.
Those scenes reminded her of her childhood memories of living in the northeastern countryside.
The Lu Family had made plenty of money, yet there were no barriers between the brothers, no resentment between father