Shen Xuejin nodded.
"But didn't you say you were unwilling to marry, and even more unwilling to have any ties to the Zhenping Marquis Manor?" Pei Lian gripped Shen Xuejin's hand. "Did your father force you? I’ll go talk to him right now."
"Mother," Shen Xuejin said gravely, "the situation for both of us is precarious. If we do not want to continue being manipulated and trampled upon by others, we must make ourselves powerful in the shortest time possible."
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