From a young age, Meng Wanqiu learned from her grandfather that she was engaged to the only son of the Sheng family, who lived far away in the city. At the tender age of falling in love, she placed all her girlish affections on the young master of the Sheng family. At the age of thirteen, she passed the entrance exam to a key university in the city and moved to the city with her grandfather, finally meeting the boy she had longed for. The boy, with rosy lips and white teeth, sat on the sofa with a proud expression, his eyes dignified, and spoke with disdain, “What era is it now? Why are you still engaging in such feudal things as engagements?” From that moment on, Meng Wanqiu discovered an eternal law of the world—… From a young age, Meng Wanqiu learned from her grandfather that she was engaged to the only son of the Sheng family, who lived far away in the city. At the tender age of falling in love, she placed all her girlish affections on the young master of the Sheng family.
At the age of thirteen, she passed the entrance exam to a key university in the city and moved to the city with her grandfather, finally meeting the boy she had longed for. A boy with rosy lips and white teeth sat on the sofa with a dignified expression, his face tinged with disdain: “What era is this? Why are we still engaging in feudal things like engagements?”
Meng Wanqiu had thus discovered an eternal law of this world:
The world will never develop as one expects.
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Initially, Sheng Xun was deeply dissatisfied with his grandfather’s arranged engagement, regardless of his wishes, and he also had a bad attitude towards Meng Wanqiu.
But when Meng Wanqiu was about to leave, he grasped her hand and humbly pleaded, “Wanqiu, can you please not leave?”
