After settling Li Xueyao, Ouyang De drove home.
Initially, he had intended to reproach Li Xueyao. He felt that had she not hidden her true identity, such a massive mess would never have occurred. After all, because of her, his relationships with his children had soured, she had been humiliated in public by Su Li at the banquet, and it had all culminated in such a violent conflict.
However, the moment he saw her lying in a pool of blood, beaten so miserably, he found, much to his dismay, that his heart softened instantly. The rebukes that had been poised on his tongue now could not be uttered. She looked so frail and gentle, resembling someone else—someone he had kept in his thoughts for many years.
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