The surrounding whispers were undisguised, landing on Lan Xiaoran’s face like one stinging slap after another. Before long, he felt his face burning with shame. Yet, what choice did he have?
People act in their own self-interest, or heaven and earth will destroy them; for a family to thrive, sacrifices must be made. Lan Lingdu and Lan Nuannuan had enjoyed the opulence of the Lan Family for so many years—it was high time they paid their share.
Having heard that Lu Haotian was trading the entire military industrial resources of a planet for the marriage contract with the Lan family, Huoshi Nian fell silent. It wasn’t that the Huo Family lacked resource planets, but those they possessed were already earmarked for other purposes. While the Huo Family was powerful, they had dominated the business world for years, leaving their influence in military and political circles somewhat thin. Therefore, the military resources they did acquire were crucial. Moreover, the Huo patriarch had already traded away an S-grade military resource planet to secure the engagement with Lan Lingdu...
Chapter 94