Xue Baochai pondered for a moment. There was a faint look of temptation on her face, but in the end, she still shook her head and sighed softly:
"That won't do."
"Sister Lin, surely you know that our family is not like yours."
"You now have honors of your own, and with Great Immortal Annie at your side to protect you, it is only right and proper for you to establish your own household here in the Divine Capital. There is no need to worry about safety."
"But our Xue Family..."
As she spoke, she paused, seemingly choosing her words carefully.
"The title of Imperial Merchant is already fading into obscurity."
"My brother is no good, and the family relies entirely on my mother and several old shopkeepers to keep it afloat."
"If Jia Residence, Aunt, and Uncle were not looking after us, who knows what sort of trouble might arise?"
"Buying a residence would be easy enough, but what would happen after buying it?"
There were some things Baochai did not dare say. It was true that the Xue Family had some spare wealth, but here in the Divine Capital, what did their little fortune amount to?
Without sufficient connections or anyone to rely on, if they simply went out on their own, they might be devoured whole before they even knew what had happened!
And wasn't that precisely why the Xue Family had moved their entire household to the Divine Capital, why Xue Baochai had entered the selection for palace maidens and attached herself to Jia Residence? They had been doing everything possible to find the family someone to rely on.
Though Jia Residence had also declined, it was still a noble house of merit. A starving camel was still bigger than a horse; it would not be