If Lin Xi's family background was merely at the ministerial level, or even vice-national, accepting someone like Jiang Donglin, a potential star, wouldn't have been much of an issue.
However, Lin Xi came from a true aristocratic family—the top-tier Lin family of Sijiu City, the very clan of Elder Lin Zhaoyang, the former Deputy Premier of the Forbidden City...
It was precisely because he had seen too much and possessed sufficient insight that Jiang Donglin, alongside his lingering bitterness, felt a deep-seated urge to back out.
Chapter 947