Yunguan's Tangled Affairs

Li Qing, standing to one side, noticed that something was off with Li Shun's expression and could not help glancing at him.

"Cripple? Who was that supposed to be?" he asked, puzzled.

Li Shun gave a brief reply. "Me. Back in Cold Mountain County, someone broke one of my legs. But after I cultivated the Twelve Longevity Method, the broken bone grew back together, so there was no trace of it now."

Li Qing's expression changed when he heard this. He had never imagined that his own brother had suffered such humiliation in the past.

Li Shun paid no heed to his shock. He focused on finishing the letter, only then learning the full course of events.

It turned out that after Feng Guan returned to his hometown of Yunguan County, he had remembered Li Shun's advice and lived peacefully for a time.

But all of it vanished like smoke the moment he conceived the idea of taking a wife, having children, and carrying on the family line.

At first, everything went smoothly.

He paid a matchmaker handsomely and found a young lady from a respectable family. The woman had delicate features. Though she was no peerless beauty, she was hardworking and possessed the temperament of one fit to keep a household and make a home.

Feng Guan was exceedingly satisfied. He spent a fortune on the betrothal gifts and welcomed her through his doors in an eight-sedan bridal procession.

Who could have expected that the very day after the wedding, a man would burst into his home and curse him before everyone, making sure all the neighbors knew.

After listening closely, Feng Guan felt as though five thunderbolts had struck him at once.

The wife he had spent a fortune to marry had long since pledged herself in secret