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"Slacking off?" Xia Qingyun finally raised her head. Her lips slowly curved into a smile of undisguised mockery. "What fish have I caught while slacking off? Aside from the few bland boiled eggs you supply here every day, Xue Laixi, what else have I gotten?"
"As for that petty business in Heaven Dou City, it's nothing but the younger generation making a little trouble. What does it have to do with an out-of-fashion Chen Clan matriarch like me? Even half a Copper Soul Coin's worth?"
She spread her hands, looking perfectly innocent. "These days, I'm just an idler freeloading on your food and drink."
"An idler?" Xue Laixi laughed coldly. "Xia Qingyun, put away that nonsense you couldn't even fool a ghost with! The Chen Clan's former clan chief was your husband, Chen Yu, and its current clan chief is your son, Chen Xun! Tell me, can you cut those ties cleanly and untangle yourself from the Chen Clan? Would you really watch them stir everything up without taking a single benefit for yourself?"
She leaned forward. "Benefits? The benefits are enormous! What are you now? The Chen Clan's highly respected old matriarch! The unquestioned helmswoman of the Xia Family! You've got both ends covered!"
"You've honed the Chen Clan into a gleaming, razor-sharp blade. With this rising momentum as your fair wind, hasn't your birth family, the Xia Family of the Barak Royal Family, basked in its reflected glory? The Crimson Cult is so battered by the Chen Clan's blade that it can barely look after itself. Does it still have the leisure to trouble the Xia Family?!"
"The Chen Clan turns northern Heaven Dou upside down and draws everyone's attention, while you build your fences in Fasno and Barak. What a