After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

I staggered over the threshold and walked into the yard.

I found that the house I am lying in now is next to the house where I used to live. No wonder the furnishings are exactly the same as the main house.

I was hungry, and my body was becoming less and less flexible from lying down for too long, so I walked to the steps and slowly sat down.

It is late autumn and the nights are very cool.

Gusts of autumn wind blew, and the trees in the yard rustled. Sitting in the dim yard, it felt cold and creepy.

I felt so miserable that I completely forgot that I was afraid of the dark. I looked at the sky outside the courtyard wall and tears fell for no apparent reason.

After completing my PhD and starting to work, I was already a 30-year-old girl. Although I had never been in a relationship, I had always had a smooth life and had lived a very happy life. I had never thought about what it would be like if I lost all this one day.

Now I understand, but it's too late!

I miss my home, my nagging parents, my doctoral supervisor at the medical school, because he always brings me delicious osmanthus cakes, and the sweet and sour fish in the hospital cafeteria...

The more I thought about it, the sadder I became. I lowered my head and started to cry.

At this time, a pair of footsteps came gently to my side and squatted down.

I turned my head and vaguely recognized the servant who stayed behind today.

He squatted beside me, rubbed his hands sheepishly, and said, "I didn't know that you would have to get up at night. In order to save lamp oil, I turned off all the lanterns in the yard. Did I scare you?"

I shook my head and said, "Sit with me for a while."

The servant was obviously stunned, then he said, "I am just a servant, I cannot be on equal footing with you, sir. If you have anything to say, just talk to me."

I sighed and said, "Aren't you tired of squatting? There are not so many rules here. Sit down."

The servant looked at me, made sure I was not joking, carefully moved to the side, and then sat on a step lower than me, looking up at me with some uneasiness.

I asked, "What's your name?"

The servant hurriedly bowed and replied, "My surname is An, and my given name is Kang."

"How are you?" I turned my head and looked at him and asked.

Ankang said quickly: "That's right."

I suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Ankang is a very auspicious name."

Ankang touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and said, "I was sold to the Imperial Tutor's Mansion when I was eight years old. I had no name or surname. The name Gongsun Tairen gave me means peace and good fortune."

I nodded and said, "It's a good name."

Ankang smiled shyly and lowered his head.

I said, "I didn't expect you to be admitted to the Imperial Tutor's Mansion at such a young age. Where are your parents?"

Ankang was silent for a while, then said, "When my mother was pregnant with me, there was a natural disaster. The fields were barren, and people were so hungry that they dug up tree roots and peeled off tree bark to eat. After everything they could eat was gone, they even started cannibalism. My father was afraid that my mother would be eaten, so he escaped when it was dark. But because of the long journey, my mother gave birth prematurely, and she was weak, so she died of dystocia after giving birth to me. My father took me along and fled. He originally wanted to take me to the capital, but he took the wrong road and ended up going south. After finally surviving three years, my father got a fever again. Before he died, he entrusted me to a family, but that family turned around and sold me."

Ankang said this and smiled helplessly.

After listening to Ankang's story, I felt an inexplicable resonance. I sighed and connected it to my own life experience. I felt that the degree of misery of the two people was equally great!

I sighed and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a miserable person."

Ankang shook his head and said, "My life was really hard before I was sold to the Taifu Mansion. The original families either beat or scolded me. When I was finally sold to the Taifu Mansion, I felt that I was lucky."

I looked at Ankang in confusion and said, "You've been sold several times?"

Ankang nodded and said, "After my father died, I felt lonely and helpless, and I cried all the time. Those families couldn't stand it, so they beat and scolded me. I cried even harder, and finally they couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to pass me on."

Ankang went on to say, "Finally, I was sold to the Taifu Mansion. Although Lord Gongsun was strict and had many rules, he never beat or scolded the servants. He also taught us to read and write and many principles of life. The most important thing is that here we don't have to worry about food and clothing, and we live a stable life. Lord Gongsun said that when I reach the age of marriage, the mansion will help me find a suitable girl. If I don't want to stay in the mansion, the indenture will be returned to me and I will be allowed to leave. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a second master like this in the world."

When I saw Ankang’s hopeful look towards the future, and then thought about Gongsun Wen’s unpredictable icy face, I just couldn’t associate them as the same people.

I sighed and said, "You are much luckier than me. You can get married, have children and start a new family in the future. But it is hard for me to return home."

Ankang looked at me, thought for a moment, and said, "My father is a great general who protects the country. His family background is nobler than that of ordinary people. He must have a bright future. Why do you have to complain about yourself and cause yourself trouble?"

When I heard this, I became even more upset.

It was that damned General's Mansion that made me hide from place to place like a stray dog.

I said angrily, "Don't mention that family. Gui Lanting had someone frame me and almost put me in jail. When they saw that I couldn't go to jail, they sent people to kill me. I finally escaped and took refuge with Gongsun Wen. How do you think my arms were broken? They were broken by Gui Lanting's people!"

Ankang looked at me in amazement, not knowing what to say.

He grew up in the Taifu Mansion. Gongsun Wen has no father or mother and has not yet married. There are none of those despicable, obscene, and unscrupulous house fights in the mansion. How could he understand all that I have experienced?

I gnashed my teeth and continued, "Let alone my cheap father. If he hadn't been so simple-minded and listened to slander, he wouldn't have let this vicious woman take over my house and separate my children from me!"

After hearing my "treasonous" words, Ankang didn't know how to respond.

Zhao Zhenyuan is a well-known "God of War", but in my eyes he has become a scumbag who is worse than dog shit. This is a lot of information and I don't know how to digest it.

I looked at the silly Ankang, sighed, and said, "You don't understand how it's more painful to have a father than to have no father."

Ankang touched his head and said, "My parents died too early, and I have never been loved by them since I was a child. I envy children who have parents. But now I hear what you said, I am a little confused."

I sneezed violently and said, "I'm freezing. I'm going to go in and warm myself up."

Ankang didn't expect that I was sad and complaining one moment, and then acted like a child the next, acting cute and coquettish. In his impression, Gongsun Wen was rigid, serious, and always kept his word. Even the housekeeper who brought him up had a lot of rules and rarely cried and laughed like me.