"Among us, some enjoy seeking pleasure and are honored guests of the Fragrant Snow Sea and Red Jade Sea; some are obsessed with fighting for power and profit, battling their brothers and fathers, forever drowning in the grudges of powerful families."
Outside Residence No. 88, in a car beneath the shade of the trees, Qin Leyin sat in the back seat and watched the luxurious cars of the wealthy drive away one after another. "But there are also those who yearn to build a career, look toward the future, and harbor grand ambitions."
"Birds of a feather flock together, and people of the same kind gather. You were exiled from the Jing family before you came of age and never truly joined us, so naturally, you don't know how small this circle is. So small that..."
"Jing Zhengwu and Ting Wanjian were close confidants. You could say that Heaven's Will was hard to defy."
Le Yu asked, "But why had I never heard anything like that before?"
"Because it wasn't worth mentioning."
Qin Leyin said:
"It all happened before Ting Wanjian joined the Heyang Army. You also know that Ting Wanjian joined the Heyang Army because he offended his father, Ting Gu. At the time, everyone said Ting Gu would have been better off giving birth to a piece of barbecued pork than to such an eldest son. Ting Gu's thunderous rage was perfectly in line with everyone's expectations."
"You should know that back then, Ting Wanjian and Jing Zhengwu were considered by us to be the dawn of an alliance between the Ting and Jing families."
"Why do you think Quan Xin and Luo Zhen, those two heirs with completely different sexual orientations, became so close? Their personalities were practically incompatible, but at the time, the Luo and Quan