Huo Yushen nodded, confirming the information she had provided, then looked at the other Earth Group members.
Xiong Xin said bluntly, "Same as Sister Miao. I'm not married either, and I don't have a partner or children. My parents... they have other children. We lost all affection for each other long ago."
"What I used to mean to them was a monthly support payment."
"Now that I've 'died,' I no longer need to support them."
"My pension should still be paid to me. My will states that it should be donated to the Empire's Orphanage."
Xia Chujian could tell that those two had rather strained relationships with their families of origin.
The other eight were different.
Though none of them were married and none had partners or children, they remained very close to their families.
Five of them wanted their pensions given to their parents, two to younger brothers or sisters, and one wanted his pension given to his elder brother's son—his own nephew.
It was clear that they were all willing to help their relatives get ahead.
But without exception, none of them wanted to return alive to the Special Security Bureau.
First, their hearts had gone cold. They had been hurt too deeply.
Second, the person who had harmed them in secret had yet to be caught.
If they returned, they would alert the enemy and give that person time to prepare. Perhaps they would even resort to more vicious methods.
If it happened again, they knew they would not be so lucky, nor would there be another foolish girl like Xia Chujian, willing to use the life-saving things her family had given her on them.
When they looked at Xia Chujian now, their gratitude and Submission came from the bottom of their hearts.
Huo Yushen understood their