Lin Fan could tell that Yun Xiaoqi was telling the truth and not joking. Like the other younger members of the clan, Yun Xiaoqi admired Lin Fan quite a lot and called him Brother Lin, so she wouldn’t joke about such things.

This means that Yun Qingyao showed her true face to Lin Fan. According to the customs of the Yun Clan, does this indicate that Yun Qingyao has feelings for Lin Fan?

Lin Fan was taken aback, this...

For a moment, he didn’t know how to react.

"Brother Lin, this is really great news. Soon we’ll be family, that’s worth a toast!" Yun Xiaoqi said cheerfully, clinking glasses with Lin Fan and drinking her wine in one go.

Family? Lin Fan didn’t think so. Not to mention whether he and Yun Qingyao had feelings for each other, even if they did there would still be obstacles. Yun Xiaoqi had told him before that the sons-in-law of the Yun Clan are all considered live-in sons-in-law, and the Yun Clan requires that any offspring must bear the Yun surname to continue the family line.

But Lin Fan wouldn’t become a live-in son-in-law. He had pretended to be one for the Yun City Wei Family, but to actually become one was out of the question. A live-in son-in-law, to put it bluntly, is just a tool for another family’s bloodline continuation.

Speaking of feelings, if you ask what Lin Fan feels about Yun Qingyao now, it would be putting him in a tough spot. In terms of looks, Yun Qingyao is so stunning, it’s hard not to get swayed by her. Lin Fan is a normal man; to say he’s not moved would be a lie.

This is a very real issue in the world; there’s no sugar-coating it. Men, they all have a penchant for beautiful women. When walking down the street and spotting a beauty, it’s hard not to steal a few more glances. A man can fall in love with a woman in a second, while strolling down a street he can fall for 60 women in a minute, and that’s no exaggeration.

Currently, the gender ratio is worrying. Who knows how many men can’t find wives? In the villages, bachelors are aplenty, let alone a beautiful one; even just a woman is quite sought after. A newly graduated female student, working in the city, returns to the village for New Year, and gets lined up for 20 blind dates in a day, and that’s no exaggeration either.

Is she some kind of celestial maiden? No, but just being a woman makes her highly sought after.

Women don’t have to worry about marrying; there are plenty of men out there for them to choose from, while men find it hard to get a wife, sometimes having no choice at all.

Lin Fan knew a guy from his hometown who was in his thirties, a decent-looking guy without any major flaws, yet couldn’t find a wife. The family’s poverty was one reason, mainly he had a mentally unstable mother at home. This has to do with his father, who used to be an old bachelor himself, unable to find a wife for half his life. Later, he found a mentally unstable woman, because only such a woman wouldn’t mind him being old and poor. She didn’t understand or choose; her family no longer wanted to take care of her and arranged this marriage for her. They later had a son, but the old bachelor died before the son reached adulthood, leaving the son and the mentally unstable mother to depend on each other.

With a mentally unstable mother at home, the guy went on a hundred blind dates and failed a hundred times, as no one wanted to take on the burden of caring for his mother. Unless she was a naive girl, such a family is a deal-breaker when you first hear about it.

Lin Fan remembers being most moved by a time when the guy went on a blind date with a girl who had a limp. Essentially, a girl with a limp and who wasn’t good-looking would typically have a hard time getting married. As a man, who would want to marry a wife with a limp?

The guy didn’t have many choices. He treated the limping girl seriously, enthusiastically setting up dates and putting in lots of effort to impress her.

However, the limping girl coldly rejected him in the end, just because of his mentally unstable mother.

When the limping girl walked away without looking back, Lin Fan would never forget the look of disappointment on his face; it left such a deep impression.

The guy had a good character, always greeting people with a smile, but after that, Lin Fan hardly ever saw him smile again.

As far as Lin Fan knows, the guy is still single, still living with his mentally unstable mother in that old run-down house, with only time passing without stopping for anyone. He’s already nearing forty...

This guy might be a somewhat unique case, but the fact remains that there are countless normal men in villages who can’t find wives.

But do you think that’s the whole truth?

There’s an even harsher reality in this world.

The girl who returned to the village and had 20 dates lined up in a day doesn’t worry about marriage—indeed, she doesn’t. Thousands of bachelors in the village are eyeing her, all willing to marry her immediately.

But what’s brutal is that these thousands of bachelors are essentially the same person, or people of the same nature, marked by labels like rural and impoverished.

She seems to have many choices, but she only really has one, no matter which one she chooses, they’re all the same.

Unless she is slightly prettier, which could expand her options, like finding someone from the city or wealthy. If through education she becomes a social elite, she could also widen her options.

But if she looks ordinary or even a bit unattractive, and isn’t a social elite, just a low-tier worker, then she will face the situation of being lined up with thousands of men of the same nature to choose from, when she goes home for the New Year.

All the men who can’t get a wife are actually the same man; that man is the poor man.

This conclusion is one Lin Fan reached.

Where there are poor men, there are certainly wealthy men as well.

All wealthy men are also essentially the same person. Yes, in general, there are only two men in the world: one poor man and one rich man.

In this world of severe gender imbalance, unlike poor men, rich men don’t have to worry about finding a wife at all; they can even glide among countless beauties, troubled only by not knowing which one to choose. Haven’t you seen certain Rich Second Generations, changing internet celebrity girlfriends one after another, all with fair skin, good looks, and long legs...

Lin Fan believes that if the villager was a rich man, he wouldn’t have to worry about finding a wife at all. Never mind his family having just one mentally unstable person; even if there were ten, he would still find a wife and even get to choose, with the limping girl definitely not in his range of options.

This is the most brutal truth of this world.

Lin Fan was good-looking enough, a spirited young man of twenty-one, but when he was still a delivery man, he confessed to a slightly pretty girl, only to be rejected and humiliated on the spot.

The saying about fortunes changing sides every thirty years and not belittling a young man for being poor? Well, reality does belittle you for being poor, and what can you do about it?

Do you think reality is a novel, where you can defy the odds and change your destiny? There’s no shortage of those scenarios in reality; Don’t belittle a young man for being poor, don’t belittle a middle-aged man for being poor, don’t belittle an old man for being poor, in the end, we all return to dust... that’s the life for most poor men.

Since Lin Fan gained the system, he turned into a billionaire overnight, and his life became so colorful and exciting, with beauties surrounding him like fish in a stream.

If Lin Fan hadn’t gotten the system, he might not even have the chance to stand here and consider the possibility of being with Yun Qingyao.

So, if you ask him what he feels about Yun Qingyao, this... do you even need to ask?