Zhang Gui very quickly found out about Qiao Xue's family situation; you could say most of what was in the letter matched, except for one thing that wasn't mentioned.
"Qiao family only has this one daughter, Qiao Xue, but it seems what they mean is that they want to use her for a marriage alliance."
"I know you've always wanted to compete with Zhang Tao, but the Deng Family's situation is different from the Qiao family's. One doesn't insist on their daughter marrying up, while the other hopes their daughter can marry up."
Zhang Gui hadn't expected Qiao Xue's family conditions to be even better than Deng Jie's; he was really more and more tempted. But once he thought of the Qiao family's expectations for Qiao Xue, he again felt the chances of success weren't big.
Xue Lei also learned about the Qiao family's situation from Zhang Gui, and she too felt the chances of Zhang Li successfully chasing Qiao Xue weren't big.
