Right now, she needed the Su Family's protection.
Even though she had reached the top tier in level and possessed quite a few attack skills... her attributes were far too low. She could not protect herself.
Her S-rank talent was both a treasure and a danger. Unless she left the Su Family and immediately joined another faction, but the treatment there would inevitably be worse than what the Su Family offered her. Not even the Special Affairs Bureau could compare.
But knowing was knowing. Sometimes, people did not live by reason, but by the breath in their chest.
If things had been going smoothly for her now, perhaps she could have endured it. She knew that if she swallowed this temporary humiliation, she would have the ability to take back even more later. But she was not doing well right now, so she could not force herself to endure any more. That would be too cruel to herself...
Two years ago, she had already endured once and knelt once. This time, she could not play the obedient little girl. Giving up the flood dragon now meant giving up her chance to turn things around.
Su Yitong raised a hand and gently wiped away the nearly invisible tear track on her face. Her voice was calm. "Aren't you trying to do the exact same thing? Lock me up and treat me like a tool or a piece of equipment."
"If you want the flood dragon, then remove me from the Su Family first."
Yu Xunhuan took Su Yitong's hand and led her out of the study, out of the Su Family's main building, and toward their little villa.
Neither of them spoke along the way. The warm summer night breeze made their tightly clasped hands grow hotter and hotter, but neither