"The poison has already penetrated to her bone marrow. Though it won't kill her, every day at noon she suffers excruciating agony. When my mother passed away, almost all of her teeth had fallen out. She would grit her teeth in endurance until she crushed them to pieces. Furthermore, because it was treated too late, it is utterly incurable unless a Divine Realm Inner Force Realm martial artist treats her. Before she took her own life, she told me: 'Never trust any man, and never leave the family. Only the family is the sole reliance of our clan's children. Anyone else will harm you; only the elders of the family will never harm you...' My mother made me swear an oath that I would never leave the family for as long as I lived. Even if I found someone I loved, I would force him to marry into the family and live with us as a matrilocal husband. And that oath... I swore it."
At that moment, Su Shiyan looked at Hao Qi with her clear and beautiful eyes. Those eyes seemed to speak, filled with quiet sorrow, and she looked right at Hao Qi as she said, "This... is my bond to the family. It is my final vow to my mother. So... just this trip to the Red Sea, is that alright? Just this once..."
*I... will accompany you...*
Chapter 108