Learn to love yourself

Chapter 1

His destiny was sealed that night when his uncle took him to that conference.

The sky was clear, it was a warm spring night, dressed in his best clothes he walked beside his uncle smiling at people he didn't know, greeting adults who were great magnates and being gentle with the whims of the children of the same people who didn't know the word humility.

With a firm step he reached the next couple where a young man greeted his uncle enthusiastically

"Qiren, it's nice to see you again" the man said

His uncle smiled at the greeting and returned the compliment "It's a pleasure Femiang."

XiChen's eyes caught the young man in a bad mood next to the man, his cheeks were swollen in a pout, his brow furrowed and his arms crossed, his eyes were somewhat red, it seemed like he had cried

"Xichen, this man is Jiang Femiang, and his son Jiang Cheng, who is your fiancé."

The smile was wiped off Lan's face, his eyes widened in surprise, then looked from his uncle to Femiang, ending up at the little boy who looked at him, his grey eyes looking at him with curiosity.

"Jiang Cheng greets young Lan."

"This is Jiang Cheng, courtesy Jiang Wanyin take care of me," he said shyly.

"The pleasure is mine Lan Huan courtesy XiChen."

'Let the young ones get to know each other' said Qiren to take Femiang somewhere else.

XiChen was left alone with little Jiang, he gave him 12 years of age, how could they engage him to a child

The evening was awkward, they barely spoke.

For XiChen everything changed since that day, now at the age of 15 he was engaged to a stranger who seemed just as unhappy as him.

He let out a sigh as he walked through the park near his house, he still couldn't assimilate the news, that thing about engagements was obsolete why would his uncle do something like that.

When he spoke to his uncle after the event he told him that the engagement with the Jiangs was agreed upon from birth if it wasn't XiChen it would be Wangji and XiChen agreed that it would be him.

He kicked a stone hard that hit a child's foot, his brown eyes watered, fear reflected in his eyes.

"Don't hit me" cried the child protecting himself with his arms

XiChen calmed the little boy who introduced himself as Meg Yao, he turned out to be the son of one of the maids of one of the neighboring houses, despite being 13 years old he was very short for his age, due to poor nutrition.

Both became friends, Meg Yao's joy and intelligence made XiChen fall in love unlike Jiang Cheng with whom he was in conflict since although he did not ask for the engagement he could not avoid having aversion towards him.

Their dates were spent in silence, with sharp phrases and the moment when Jiang Cheng stopped trying to start a conversation with him was lost.

The young man always seemed grumpy, his brow furrowed, sarcastic and biting words, XiChen had no interest in getting to know him, he began to miss his dates and leave him hanging.

As they grew up, Meg Yao took on a beautiful form, his height made him look delicate, someone to protect, his status as a teacher became clearer in his waist and his delicate skin.

When Meg Yao turned 19, his mother died of exhaustion, the family where the Lan family worked found out the truth that she was hiding.

His father was the patriarch of that house and the wife hated him for being the son of the scoundrel who seduced her husband, he was taken out to the street like a dog.