"Rongrong..."
Ning Liang wanted to say more, but the guard cut him off again. "Please leave!"
Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong also rose and left.
Ning Liang sighed. Though unwilling to accept this, he could do nothing about it and could only leave the Zhao Family residence at the guard's urging.
"Dear, what are we going to do?"
"Hmph, what can we do? Wait to die! We brought all of this upon ourselves. We have no one else to blame!"
Ning Liang snorted, looking as though he had aged more than a decade in an instant.
He trudged lifelessly toward the Ning Family residence.
He had already abandoned all hope.
"Big Brother Su, are you really going to help the Ning Family?"
In the courtyard of the Zhao Family residence, Ning Rongrong looked at Zhao Su and asked, confusion written across her face.
"I'm not helping the Ning Family. I want to learn the secret of that Jade Token from the Shen Family!"
"Big Brother Su, thank you."
Although Zhao Su said that, Ning Rongrong understood that he simply did not want to put her in a difficult position.
Otherwise, there were plenty of ways to learn the secret of the Jade Token from the Shen Family.
"Don't overthink it."
Zhao Su reached out and drew Ning Rongrong into his arms, speaking softly.
Three days later, at the Ning Family residence.
The Ning Family's direct descendants, led by their family head, had all been gathered in the courtyard.
A dozen or so people dressed in black stood around them.
Their leader wore a Demon Mask fashioned from some unknown material.
"It seems you failed to carry out the task I gave you!"
"My lord, we truly don't know where the Jade Token is. Besides, our Ning Family no longer has