Liang Haoming woke up, followed by Liang Yuening. When these brothers awoke, they weren’t in a hurry to get out of bed. Instead, they looked at themselves and then at each other, touching their own bodies and then touching one another, their eyes filled with wonder as if they had never seen each other in such a state before. Young Master Li worried about the promise Third Brother Liang had made. He was an honest child. Simply because Third Brother Liang had said, "Come find me tomorrow," he feared oversleeping so much that he stayed up all night, giving himself two huge dark circles under his eyes, nearly breaking the hearts of everyone at the Li Mansion. Having struggled through until dawn, he rushed out without changing his clothes, neither combing his hair nor washing his face. "Good heavens, Young Master, please wait! At this early hour, you should at least eat breakfast!" "I won’t eat, I’m busy, I’m going to find Third Brother Liang!" Young Master Li left in a bluster, leaving those behind him helpless, thinking to themselves what sort of witchcraft or sorcery Third Brother Liang had cast. It made their young master so obsessed that he neglected both food and sleep, almost like he was bewitched. Could the Young Master have taken a liking to men? My goodness, was he swayed by Third Brother Liang into a ’cut sleeve’? This speculation shocked everyone. Young Master Li was unaware of the servants’ wild conjectures, his mind heavily occupied with another matter. His heart belonged to Sister Qiu; even though Sister Qiu was no longer of this world, he wanted to remain chaste for her. However, the Li family had no daughters and the family business traditionally passed through the female line. He had two elder brothers, but both were married off, leaving only him yet to marry. His mother was considering finding him a wife who would join the family to help run the business and ensure the Li family had a future. But he was very resistant to the idea. Only Sister Qiu could be his wife; whether it was marrying or taking in a wife through matrilocal residence, he was set on Sister Qiu and no one else! Yet, the pressure from the Old Lady left him in great distress. Fortunately, Third Brother Liang was clever, and he intended to seek help from Third Brother Liang to escape the predicament he found himself in... When Young Master Li arrived at the courtyard, he saw Third Brother Liang stretching and yawning as he came out of the house. "Ah, you’re here?" Liang Shujun covered her mouth with a yawn, tears of sleep clinging to her long eyelashes. He had always thought this Young Master Li was a simpleton with a lot of money, easy to deceive, the typical naive and sweet type. But after staying at the Li Mansion for several days and receiving Young Master Li’s hospitality, he decided to help Young Master Li for two reasons: one, because the young man was kind and grateful, and two, because... He approached the Young Master with a smile. As if energized, the Young Master Li asked with a look of excitement, "Third Brother Liang, I’m here! Please tell me quickly, what can I do to convince my mother to drop the idea of finding just any woman to throw at me?" Liang Shujun took on a mysterious air, "A man must be strong to stand on his own in the world! You are the young master of the Li family, and you have a share in its business. If you can prove to your mother that you are capable of holding your own, the dilemma you face now will naturally be resolved." Young Master Li was taken aback, "But... but it has always been the women who run businesses. We men don’t handle these matters, do we?" Shujun was speechless, "Can’t you show a little ambition? Solutions come from people’s thoughts, and roads are made by walking them. When I was seven, my father died, and my mother became paralyzed. My eldest brother, only three years my senior, had already taken responsibility for our family. Although us six brothers grew up in hardship, we didn’t show as much defeatism as you. Otherwise, just like you, my brothers would have probably starved to death at home long ago."
