The Capital.
The Guan Family estate.
In the reception room.
Chang Jiang and Old Man Chang sat upright on the sofa, waiting. The tea on the coffee table had already gone cold.
Chief Zhu and Zhu Le'er kept them company.
All four looked at the clock on the wall at the same time.
They had already waited half an hour.
Sweat kept trickling down Chief Zhu's forehead.
The old man was clearly putting the Chang Family in their place.
"Dad."
Chang Jiang lost patience first and asked quietly, "What do we do?"
"Wait."
Old Man Chang calmly picked up the cold tea and drained it. "When you've done something wrong, you have to own up to it."
"I heard Shadow Ghost's people died in Shen Prefecture. Over this, Chun Prefecture killed over a hundred spies in the Northeast and almost came to blows with the Ma Family."
Chang Jiang stopped halfway through.
Everyone knew what went unsaid.
Chang He had caused all of this.
If he hadn't been scheming behind the scenes, Kou Island could never have obtained Yixiu's itinerary.
Everyone knew Shadow Ghost was the Guan Family's blade.
Chang He's move had not only offended Chun Prefecture but screwed over the Guan Family too. No wonder the old man refused to see them.
"How about... sending my brother back to the Alliance first?"
Worried about his brother's safety, Chang Jiang urged him quietly.
"He'll die for sure if he goes back."
True to his standing as a powerful figure, Old Man Chang cut straight to the heart of it. "If he runs, it means the Chang Family refuses to take responsibility."
"There will definitely be a reckoning."
"Only by staying in the Capital, making our position clear, and obtaining the Guan Family's forgiveness can your brother stay alive."
Would