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Starting from this chapter, I'll write in the third person, because first-person narration felt uncomfortable to me. Third person is better, haha. I hope everyone will see how this third-person writing turns out.
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Outside the Yuwen Family, one of the Four Great Families, there was a sea of people. Many capital residents had gathered around. Everyone knew that today, the Li Family was coming to propose marriage to the Yuwen Family. This was a momentous day. A marriage alliance between two of the Four Great Families was a rare sight indeed. For a time, the entire capital seemed to gain a little warmth in this frigid winter because of this joyous occasion, making the surrounding residents feel as though the temperature was no longer so low.
Within the Yuwen Family compound, there were an astonishing number of Li Family servants. Every one of them was beaming with festivity, yet their bearing remained impeccable. One glance was enough to tell that they had received professional training. The betrothal gifts were even more staggering—one could spend an entire day just looking at them. They were worth five million taels of silver.
Yet not far from the Li Family's people stood more than a dozen men. They stood ramrod straight and utterly motionless, all their attention focused on the distant hall, because their master was inside.
Zhang Xingfeng took out the brocade box in his hand but did not open it, merely holding it in his palm. The people around him seemed to show contempt. Though they concealed it well and kept their scorn in their hearts, Zhang Xingfeng still saw through it easily.
Zhang Xingfeng looked at those around him. They were, after all, true heroes of the Azure Dragon Continent—or perhaps ruthless overlords. Yet seeing them like this truly