"Lord Wang!"
Sima Gan bowed in greeting to Wang Su, who immediately frowned.
"I was just about to go out. What brings you here?"
Wang Su was noticeably distant.
This left Sima Gan rooted to the spot.
Sima Gan had been arrested earlier and later pardoned. Though he had received neither office nor title, he had still been released.
After his release, Sima Gan had been trying to find a way to rescue his elder brother.
He felt that Sima Zhao had been arrested entirely because of his own mistakes.
Yet for some reason, those who had once been close to his family had now become especially distant. They were related to his family by marriage, or had even been promoted by members of his family, yet now they were so heartless.
Wang Su was not the only one acting this way. Sima Gan had sought out many people over these past days.
He had approached Wang Chang and Zhuge Dan. When Hu Zun had come earlier, he had visited him too. He had gone to He Zeng's mansion several times and written letters to the generals nearby.
He had approached practically everyone in Sima Shi's faction.
But no matter who it was, they all treated him like a stranger. Someone like Wang Su, who would ask why he had come, was already among the better ones. He Zeng had thrown him straight out, even declaring that he would not spare those in Sima Gan's family who broke the law, and telling him not to imagine he could bribe him.
Sima Gan had never even thought of offering a bribe.
Now, seeing Wang Su's attitude, he felt close to breaking down.
"Lord Wang... why must you do this?"
"Isn't your daughter also confined to her residence, unable to leave?"
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