One stumble sends him into Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes the Yan family's eldest son, Yan Jiecheng.
He faces his “fair and impartial” father, a penny-pinching schemer:
Hand over his entire salary, put off marriage indefinitely, leave the house to his younger brother, and shoulder the burden of caring for his parents for good.
The whole courtyard is waiting to see the eldest son stay spineless until old age.
But he refuses.
He uses the Yan family's own abacus to slap them in the face:
“You want fairness? Then let's divide the profits according to contribution, allot housing by shares, and charge rent at market rates!”
First, he moves out. Then he turns their promises against them, snatches the match they had their eyes on, and fights moral blackmail with moral blackmail.
From an exploited tool to the head of the family who makes the rules.
The Third Uncle finally realizes:
The eldest son who used to be the easiest to push around
is the one who knows the numbers best, and the one no one dares mess with.
The male protagonist can break it off if he can, and suppress it if he can. You, a time traveler, have a bad family relationship. Also, the original person doesn't have much father-son affection for Yan Bugui and his wife.
Whether it is family affection or love, I have to pull the pretentiousness over and over again several times. I don't want to get involved with the people in the courtyard, and I have opened a new route in the courtyard.
So-so [rolls eyes][rolls eyes]