Most wealthy people operated on a direct inheritance system, there weren't any ridiculous soap-opera-level battles between long-lost relatives fighting over family assets.
The whole 'noble families everywhere, big Company next in line leads flooding the streets scenario' only ever happened in cliché novels written for cheap thrills.
But what truly left Alex speechless was the fact that in the original plot, Eric Vaughn, the. Miraculous doctor descending from the mountains protagonist, never had any arranged marriage in the first place.
Of course, given the nature of these "Miraculous doctor" protagonists, it wasn't unusual for them to have a fiancée waiting for them.
It made perfect sense that his unknown master, known for making powerful connections, had arranged a marriage as a way to secure an important factor for him.
Still… this kind of plot usually belongs in the early chapters of those brainless novels.
