Xi Xiu did not pause before adding, "For the Shixi Family, who wanted to hold Huovian in their hands, you would, Yueye Shixi."
Did she really think Jingsu had no intelligence on Huovian at all? She had enough Huovian files in her hands to fill ten sacks.
Mel—no, Yueye Shixi—stared at Xi Xiu in shock. Her name had never appeared in any official Huovian records.
How did she know?
Huovian had Jingsu's moles too.
And quite a few of them.
Of course. They were not fools either.
Yueye Shixi feigned composure and flatly denied it. "As far as I know, the Shixi Family head's daughter is named Minghui."
Xi Xiu nodded after hearing that. "Mm, I know. Shixi also has an illegitimate daughter, the one he values most. She has never appeared before the public."
At the words "illegitimate daughter," Yueye's pupils contracted. Her heart raced, and she nearly broke her own fingers.
It was the greatest pain of her life.
Although her father valued her.
It was useless.
She had to come to such a dangerous place to carry out a mission, while Minghui could waste her days away at home.
She, along with many others of the same status, fought for the Shixi Family.
Yet the children her father had with his legal partner could remain safe and secure at home, waiting for the bright future earned through their struggles.
It was not as if Yueye felt no resentment.
But she also understood that the most important bargaining chip for gaining a place in the Shixi Family was distinguished achievement.
Once she seized Ningkui Star's Starship for Huovian, the family would value her, and she would obtain energy of her own.
Only then could she hold her head high in the Shixi Family.
That was what her father