Eldest Chen was drained of his fortune by Xu Wenwan. After freezing outside for most of the night, he was left completely depleted and fell ill the moment he returned.
Eldest Chen's background was similar to Leng Yuan's. His parents had passed away, and his relatives had found an excuse to kick him out.
However, he was already in his twenties when it happened, whereas Leng Yuan had only been sixteen.
Now, Eldest Chen was thirty and still single. It wasn't that he couldn't afford a wife, but rather that he didn't want to get married.
When Eldest Chen was kicked out, even though he was in his twenties, he had no food and nowhere to live—a situation that could easily get a man killed. The village chief couldn't bear to watch, so he found him a place to stay and arranged for him to pay the owner one yuan a month.
The village chief paid for the first month, but after that, Eldest Chen was on his own.
