The attitude of the Sima family toward ordinary people is, in fact, representative of how the upper echelons of the League of One-Qi Dao view those at the bottom. If Yang Qingyuan had previously hesitated to take ruthless action against these noble families out of consideration for the members of the Masks, he now felt no need to concern himself with anyone or anything. The tragedy of An Yuanyuan’s family remained vivid in his mind, even though everyone in the Sima household—save for the women and children—had already been...
"How could that be? I have a family now, and a child of my own. All my thoughts are focused on them; it is impossible for me to have feelings for anyone else. Besides, I could never be irresponsible toward my family. Yin Yihang treats me very well, and everyone in the house is wonderful to me."
Xia Mo pouted, ignoring him, and buried her head back into her work, scrubbing fiercely with even more force than before.
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