A Dream of Southern Branches

Ten years after being found by the Shen family, I became someone everyone hated. My parents said I was too competitive and greedy, disgracing our family's dignity. My brother said I was despicable and unfit for respectability. The day before the city fell, my brother managed to get five tickets to the port city. My mother, her eyes red, grabbed my hand, her voice choked with emotion, "Nanzhi, the Shen family in the port city are people we all have to bow down to. With your temper, you're bound to cause trouble, so please give the tickets to your sister, okay?" The sister she referred to was the fake heiress who had taken my identity for twenty years. I wanted to argue, to object, but when I looked up and saw their expectant yet resentful eyes...