Courtyard House: I, He Yuzhu, Married an Older Woman in Place of My Father

Chapter 1: The Hellish Opening Scene - I Tear Up the Script First. My head felt like it was stuffed with a honeycomb. A buzzing, chaotic mix of images and sounds swirled around inside. I opened my eyes. My vision cleared, and the first thing I saw was an old-fashioned desk painted a dark red. There were scratches on the surface, and on it sat an enamel mug with a red double happiness symbol, steam rising from its rim from cheap tea leaves. The air smelled of stale wood mixed with the aroma of tea. I looked up. A girl sat opposite me. She was probably in her early twenties, with two black braids hanging down her shoulders, wearing black-rimmed glasses, behind the lenses…