Chapter 01 Descent of the Adorable Baby Fox 1 ” (2/2)
“Sister,” a familiar voice pulls her back to reality.
Raising her head, Bai Yan was welcomed by the figure of a handsome and elegant young man walking through the door.
From the memories she inherited through the original host of this body, Bai Yan can tell the boy was called Bai Xiao, her younger brother. Born of the same mother, he’s the only person left in this world whom she cared for.
Years ago after their biological mother Lan Yue passed away, their birth father Bai Zheng Xiang immediately raised one of his concubine’s status into the main wife. As a result, that woman named Yu Rong (step mother) and her two daughters – Bai Ruo and Bai Zhi – instantly rose over Ban Yan and her brother in terms of status within the family. If not for their mother’s maiden family, the Lan household still being around to act as deterrence, the two of them – mere orphans at that point – would’ve been left with nowhere else to go.
However, all things will change following the passage of time. Nowadays there aren’t a single soul left who still remembers the main reasoning behind the Bai family’s success had in large been due to the Lan family’s support.
Back then the chief of the Lan family had refused to let his daughter marry into the Bai family because the man had already taken in several concubines under his name. Sadly, Lan Yue threatened to sever their father and daughter relationship, thus forcing Lord Lan into agreement.
In order to not allow Lan Yue suffer any grievances in this marriage, the Lan family had prepared a wedding dress that stretched over ten Li’s in length, leading to a sensation across the city. Then to top things off, the Lan family also broke their coffer to purchase countless medicinal pills to act as dowry for Lan Yue.
(1 Li = 500 meters in length. It’s a Chinese metric not often used anymore)
But who would’ve guessed things would turn out so horribly not long after. Unable to resist the sweet honeying words of her husband, the foolish woman went as far to submissively give away those precious medicines that her own family gave her. As a result of this endeavor, Bai Zheng Xiang was able to directly break into the “Sky Rank” with the aid and propelled his Bai family into a first-rate noble household.
It can be said the prestigious status of the current Bai family was the result of Lan Yue’s sacrifice.
If Bai Yan herself – the current her – can feel such outrage, it’s not hard to imagine how angry Lord Lan must’ve been over the years to go as far as to distant himself from his daughter.
Simply said, the man had truly been hurt by his own flesh and blood.
“Sister.” Bai Xiao appears to be struggling to speak, “don’t be too sad, it’s the second prince’s loss for breaking off the marriage with you. I’ve long noticed the unusual gazes coming off of Bai Ruo and the second prince. The relationship between them can’t be normal.”