"Your family is willing to let you go?"

Meyer laughed bitterly. "I was disowned by my family. Right now, other than a house, I've got nothing else."

"So that's the price of freedom, then," Xin Qing said, expressing her sympathy. "Where are you getting the funds to start your firm from?"

"Well, I was planning to look for my teacher," Meyer said a little sheepishly. "I wanted to ask if any of them are willing to be my guarantor for my bank loan." ...