As Nan Yan listened to the second elder's account, she quickly pieced together the timeline.
A year after she had left, Fu Yubai completed his apprenticeship and chose to return to the family.
Upon returning from Shennongjia, Fu Yubai was devastated to see the precarious state of the Fu family, on the verge of collapse. He couldn't bear to witness the family's centuries-old legacy crumble so easily.
Therefore, he took control of the Fu family's management, implementing bold reforms to make the family adapt to society and absorb the advantages of modern life, ultimately saving the Fu family from fading away into the annals of time.
However, the deep-rooted decay within the Fu family, accumulated over centuries, had created numerous issues that transformed into burdens, all of which now rested solely on his shoulders.
