Chapter 407

Xi Jingyue was equally surprised. His family had poor relations with the relatives on the sides of his Second Great-uncle and Third Great-uncle, but precisely because relations were strained, it was all the more necessary to keep an eye on them to prevent getting backstabbed when they least expected it. In his memory, this cousin had always been the epitome of a gentle gentleman—mild-mannered, refined, handsome, and rational. Who would have thought... [Originally, he probably intended to keep playing along with these people for a bit longer, but recently that illegitimate younger brother of his grew too full of himself and purposely courted death, actually daring to mock and insult his deceased mother right to his face.