Ning Hong was wearing a dark blue overcoat, her hands tucked into her sleeves, and she walked down the street with her shoulders hunched.
He looked at the retro signs on both sides of the Shanghai streets and sighed slightly in his heart.
It is now the Republic of China era.
There were still quite a few men with braids on the street.
He himself also kept a queue.
Of course, according to the original owner's memories, the history of this world is somewhat different from the history of the world he belonged to.
Today, warlords from the North and South are locked in a tug-of-war.
Non-aggression pact.
Shanghai, as a dividing line, separates the people on both sides, allowing them to exist independently.
Of course, as a cannon fodder brother, these things about the war were naturally irrelevant to them. In fact, it should be said that the original owner and his brother did not even live to see the outbreak of the war.
He died a few years later.
He died from a bullet fired by the leader of the southern warlords.
The Ning family is a long-established brewing family.
They come from a wealthy family.
The wine they brew is sold all over the country.
The Ning family owns businesses in both the north and south.
The original owner was raised to be the heir, so from childhood to adulthood, he always presented himself as the most outstanding person in front of others.
However, the most favored person in the Ning family is his younger brother, Ning Zhen.
Perhaps because they already have an heir, they dote on Ning Zhen.
Even the original owner of this body doted on him quite a bit.
Ning Zhen didn't become that kind of irresponsible playboy, but—Ning Hong lowered his eyes slightly; he had become someone even more despicable than that.
In modern times, talking about artistic youths is definitely a compliment.
Many people believe that artistic youths are representatives of talent and temperament.
However, in Ning Hong's view, this "artistic youth" should definitely be put in quotation marks in this era.
Ning Zhen is just such an artistic young person.
A scumbag who rebelled against his arranged marriage after entering university and wanted to divorce his wife.
In this era, many so-called artistic youths, for what they call true love, abandon their wives and children, stating that these are all arranged marriages from feudal society, not of their own volition. They want freedom, they want true love. They want divorce.
As for what happens to these divorced wives, that's none of their business.
Although the new policy has been implemented and these young ladies are unwilling to accept arranged marriages by their parents, in many people's eyes, divorce is equivalent to abandoning a wife. Even if they return to their parents' home, they will be ridiculed. Moreover, their parents' home may not necessarily take them in.
If they encounter a father who loves his daughter, things are slightly better; but if they encounter a father who cares too much about his reputation, it might even drive these divorced women to their deaths.
“Sigh—” Ning Hong sighed again.
His younger brother also became one of them.
Soon he will come back from school, shouting that he wants to divorce his sister-in-law, Gu Qingxiu.
He was the one who agreed to marry Gu Qingxiu in the first place, but now he keeps saying it was an arranged marriage.
Another troublesome younger brother.
His fists started to clench again.
Of course, his brother is not the male protagonist of this world either.
He's just cannon fodder.
The female protagonist of this world is Ning Zhen's college classmate, a woman who has received higher education and studied abroad, named Bai Chen.
She is a beautiful, intelligent, and talented woman.
She was passionate and decisive, and initially, she dated Ning Zhen for a while.
However, after learning that Ning Zhen already had a wife, she broke up with him.
Although she also opposes arranged marriages, she disapproves even more of those who abandon their wives and children in pursuit of true love.
She looked down on women in feudal society, thinking they were too weak and somewhat useless.
She had a distinctive personality and caught the eye of a southern warlord leader who came to harm her.
The two became a bickering couple, constantly arguing and bickering.
Because Ning Zhen relentlessly pursued Bai Chen, the entire Ning family was wiped out by this warlord.
The Ning family, which had existed for a century, completely disappeared from Shanghai.
All of the Ning family's businesses were also divided up by these warlord leaders.
They say it's for the woman, but they've probably been eyeing the Ning family's assets for a long time. Bai Chen is just an excuse they've given.
The original owner hoped to protect everyone in the Ning family, take revenge on the southern warlord Zhou Xuan, and finally make him taste the bitterness of family destruction.
Finally, I hope you can take good care of Gu Qingxiu.
Tell Ning Zhen to treat Gu Qingxiu well and to raise Ning Zhen properly.
Although the Ning family's downfall was intentional, it was Ning Zhen who provided them with the excuse—
After the Ning family was murdered, their bodies were simply left outside. It was Gu Qingxiu, who had already divorced, who collected their remains and buried them.
In his previous life, because of Ning Zhen's strong insistence, even her hunger strike, the Ning family finally agreed to Ning Zhen's request and allowed him to divorce Gu Qingxiu.
Feeling guilty towards Gu Qingxiu, her family bought her a house and left her some money.
However, after the chaos of war arrived, Gu Qingxiu, all alone, ultimately met a bad end.
Although the original owner of this body had already died by this time, he still harbored resentment in his heart.
The task wasn't difficult.
But it's not simple either—
He hunched over and went home.
Looking at the magnificent Ning residence, he couldn't help but cover his forehead.
This is way too damn conspicuous.
No wonder it became a target of those warlords.
These days, the most important thing for survival is to keep a low profile.
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