"Just fucking hit them!"
Dugu Bo slapped the armrest of his rocking chair, leaving a crack in the wood that showed just how unsettled he was. He could no longer even control his strength properly.
"Don't rush. The Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family is only doing this because they covet the opportunities you and Yan'er have now."
"What opportunities? It's just because I'm a decent man with a good temperament that you're willing to open your heart to me. If it were those people from the imperial family, you'd have hacked them into eight pieces long ago."
Lan Changsheng was speechless. "Are you praising yourself or me? Besides, am I really that brutal?" With that, he pressed Dugu Bo back into the rocking chair and repaired the crack in its armrest with a light touch of his fingertip.
"How can I not rush? Yan'er has always been a stubborn girl. For her to bottle things up like this without saying a word, who knows how far they've already pushed her?" As he spoke, Dugu Bo made to stand again.
"They're only testing Yan'er right now, which means they're still wary of your strength. They don't dare move against you openly, so they can only put pressure on Yan'er through underhanded means. If you strike directly, you'll only confirm that your Dugu Family has a guilty conscience. You won't have the advantage in public opinion or popular sentiment."
"My Dugu Family doesn't care about those things. At worst, the fish dies and the net breaks. I'll take Yan'er and seek refuge with you."
"That's the last resort. And if that day really comes, you won't need to seek refuge with me. I'll wipe out the entire Heaven Dao Empire's imperial family and make them give up their places to you."
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