Previously, Kong Ningyuan had advised Lianshan Xin not to rush into White Deer Grotto Academy. There was a long road ahead.
Now he himself had become that long road.
Only then did Kong Ningyuan realize what it meant that storms could strike without warning, and fortune or disaster could descend overnight.
When you were not strong enough, a bolt of lightning dropping inexplicably from the sky could roast your entire family crisp outside and tender within, leaving you utterly unable to withstand the risk.
The Kong Family was fairly powerful in Jiangzhou, so he had lived at ease for over twenty years, with a languor in his bones that Lianshan Xin lacked. Previously, the greatest hurdle in his life had been the woman he loved becoming his young stepmother.
That had hardly been a big deal, really.
Compared with now sharing a man with his young stepmother, what was so terrible about his father marrying the woman he loved?
Just then, the woman in Xia Xunxiu's arms suddenly let the tea overflow as she poured it. Xia Xunxiu frowned and threw her straight from his arms onto the floor.
"Enough. What an ill-omened thing. You can't even serve someone properly. Get out."
Overjoyed inside, the woman gave Kong Ningyuan and Kong Liushen a worried glance, then swiftly left the room.
Watching her retreating back, Xia Xunxiu snorted. "Petty, foolish creature. She thought those little tricks could escape my notice, when really I simply couldn't be bothered wasting time on her. She really hasn't seen much of the world. She couldn't even tell I didn't care about her at all."
At this point, Xia Dexiu's gaze returned to Kong Ningyuan. "Come to think of it, you really are better than her. Brother Kong, she doesn't deserve you."
Kong Ningyuan's fists clenched