She originally thought she would just muddle through life like this.
But in the end, she realized that she couldn't resign herself to it.
She summoned all her courage and decided to live for herself.
No longer worrying about others' opinions, no longer afraid of blocking someone's path.
She just wanted to stay far away from the Dong Family and live the life she desired.
Leaving the Dong Family meant cutting ties with wealth and losing her place in the upper-class circle.
But she never felt attached to those things anyway.
The house she was living in now was left to her by her mother.
It was also the only thing she managed to keep.
Though Father Dong favored his son, he hadn't lost his conscience so far as to give all his late wife's property to the children of his second wife.
Dong Shanshan admitted that her time married to Gu Baichuan was genuinely happy.
In their little home, Gu Baichuan never treated her with sarcasm or scorn.
