"At the time when they started redistributing resources, they only gave them to the younger generation," Xia Fang said. "It was mostly those around my age," she added for clarity.
"While the elderly ones, aside from the nodes, didn't get any," she continued.
"Back then, I couldn't see it. And even if I did, I thought maybe the clan was just being strategic with its distribution.
Since we were young and hadn't experienced much of the darkness, we had fewer mental plagues to deal with compared to the older generation, who had seen and endured so much. I believed we were better suited to make the most out of those resources," Xia Fang said, letting out a hollow chuckle.
"It was just my prideful thoughts guiding my reasoning," she murmured softly, shaking her head again.
"Which is why I didn't see it, even though the reality was staring me right in the face," she said, pausing briefly to take a sip of her tea.
