Qingyan Jing steadied herself before speaking to Qingyan Qian. "Father, people from the Maha Clan have come..."
Qingyan Jing poured out everything that had happened to Lan Hong and her after they returned to the clan. After hearing it all, Qingyan Qian's brow furrowed deeply.
"Father, just help me refuse the marriage agreement with Maha Tian."
"This... this matter needs to be considered carefully."
Upon hearing those words from her father, Qingyan Qian, Qingyan Jing was suddenly overwhelmed by an indescribable feeling.
She understood that, as the patriarch of a clan, her father needed to balance the powers within the entire Futuo Clan and consider its future.
But did that mean she could only be used as a bargaining chip in an exchange of interests?
She was a living, breathing person too. She had flesh and blood, and thoughts of her own!
In a world where strength reigned supreme, how many people could truly be independent? They were all puppets, merely with different people pulling the strings.
Qingyan Qian knew that what he had said was unfair to Qingyan Jing, but he truly could not rashly reject the marriage agreement between Qingyan Jing and Maha Tian just yet.
At the very least, he had to wait until he found the traitor within the Futuo Clan.
In truth, the Futuo Clan's real and grave problem was not the traitor at all. It was that Qingyan Qian, as clan leader, stood opposed to the interests of most of the Futuo Clan.
Qingyan Qian wanted to stall for time, but most of the Futuo Clan wanted Qingyan Jing and Maha Tian to complete their marriage agreement as soon as possible.
That served the interests of most members of both the Maha Clan and the Futuo Clan.
Qingyan Qian's indecisiveness could not suppress the