Tia was a girl with a particularly delicate mind. When she was young, all her peers around her had resented Xi Ye, but she had not felt much about it at the time. She had been born later and had never experienced the life her older brothers spoke of—the life before Xi Ye entered Celestial God Academy—so she had not felt much about it then.
However, as her older brothers constantly complained about Xi Ye, blaming him for ruining everyone's lives and making things increasingly difficult for the many clan members, Tia grew curious and investigated. She wanted to know what kind of treatment the Branch Family members had actually received before Xi Ye entered Celestial God Academy...
And the results of her quiet investigation had left her utterly stunned...
Because there had actually been no difference at all!
Xi Ye had indeed taken nearly half the family's resources back then, but the ones truly affected had been the direct-line descendants other than Raine—for example, Cousin Pike, Cousin Warren, and the other core descendants who should originally have received extensive cultivation.
The Branch Family had only been affected in terms of special allowances if they had exceptionally talented juniors. Ordinary Branch Family members had received the same basic treatment from beginning to end.
In other words, the thing her brothers had obsessed over—the claim that the Branch Family members had enjoyed such wonderful treatment before Xi Ye entered Celestial God Academy—had never existed at all. They had always been treated just as poorly...
But how had the story later become this?
She had quietly tested her foolish eldest brother and discovered that he had only heard it from others, then followed along in righteous indignation...
It made sense when she thought about it. Her eldest brother was only a few