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"Slacking off?" Xia Qingyun finally lifted her head. The corner of her mouth slowly curved, carrying undisguised mockery. "What fish have I caught? Aside from the few bland, tasteless boiled eggs you, Xue Laixi, provide every day, what else is there?"
"As for this petty mess in Heaven Dou City, it's nothing but juniors squabbling. What does it have to do with me, the Chen Family Matriarch who's long since gone out of fashion? Not even half a copper soul coin's worth."
She spread her hands, looking innocent. "Right now, I'm just an idle freeloader eating and drinking for free."
"Idle?" Xue Laixi gave a cold chuckle. "Xia Qingyun, put away that nonsense you use to fool ghosts! The former Clan Leader of the Chen Family was your man, Chen Yu, and the current Clan Leader is your son, Chen Xun! And you're telling me you can cut things clean with the Chen Family? That you'll just watch the Chen Family kick up a storm without taking the slightest benefit for yourself?"
She leaned forward. "Benefit? The benefits are enormous! What status do you have now? The Chen Family's revered Old Mistress! The unquestioned helmswoman of the Xia Clan! You've got both ends in your hands!"
"You sharpened the Chen Family into a gleaming, deadly blade. With this rising momentum as a tailwind, did your maternal family, the Barak Royal Family's Xia Clan, not get to bask in the reflected glory? Now that the Scarlet Sect has been run ragged by the Chen Family's edge and can barely look after itself, does it still have the spare time to go trouble the Xia Clan?!"
"The Chen Family has turned the northern lands of Heaven Dou upside down and drawn countless eyes, while you lot build your