Li Mingyu had always thought his older brother was different. Back when he was still spraying people with a water gun, his brother's certificates had already covered the study walls, and Liang Meng took him to admire them every day.
Then she looked at the water gun in his hand and fell into deep thought. After a while, she said, "Yuyu, why don't you replace the water in your water gun with ink? Then everything you spray will be ink."
Li Mingyu: "..."
Many years had passed, but that scene and those words remained vivid in his memory. He had never figured out whether his mother had been mocking him or speaking from the heart, because sometimes she genuinely seemed rather silly.
Back then, Aunt Xie had brought her son over for a visit and talked about runway shows and new collections. Liang Meng knew none of it and could only say, "Wow," "I see," and "I don't really understand." Aunt Xie laughed so happily that she could barely close her mouth.
"Mengmeng, you really know how to make people happy. How can you know nothing about everything? Are you pretending just to amuse me?" Aunt Xie said, revealing the enormous emerald ring on her hand as she reached for her coffee.
Liang Meng's hands were bare, but because she was young, her fingers were slender and delicate. Aunt Xie withdrew her hand and gave a small, dismissive "Tsk."
When she learned that his brother was coming downstairs, Aunt Xie's mouth fell slightly open. "This is your eldest... No, no, look at me. I really don't know what I should call him."
Everyone in their circle knew that Li Zhengyuan had remarried. He had left the Gu Family's young lady and actually gotten together with a lowly office worker. Who