Natasha chuckled to herself: "The strategist is brilliant."
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[Female protagonist halo effectiveness reduced to 50%.]
[Hero Aura effectiveness reduced to 90%.]
Ricks, too preoccupied to comfort the visibly heartbroken Song Xiaoqing, ordered his servants to drag her back to her room. With Song Xiaoqing gone, Natasha observed Ricks closely. For some reason, she felt he had changed. The arrival of that human girl confirmed her suspicions; the gentlemanly Ricks she remembered had been replaced by the man standing before her. Natasha found her interest in him waning.
When she had once begged her father to let her become engaged to Ricks, her father had worn her down and finally muttered, "You will regret it." Back then, she hadn't understood. Now, she was starting to.
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