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"Child, back then it was your father who failed you. The greatest mistake of my life was abandoning you, and I rightfully deserve punishment for it."
"The punishment came in the form of my own wife and her distant cousin carrying on together, then giving birth to the 'legitimate heir' of Xiang Residence, an heir I foolishly raised for over a decade as my own, still following their advice to take strengthening tonics that ultimately ruined my health. Meanwhile, my illegitimate son and daughter resent me for favoring the legitimate son, a fitting retribution for all my deeds!"
"Now the Xiang Family Clan is being severely suppressed by the Xie Family, and once I fall, the Xiang Clan is finished!"
Xiao Ruo stared at him for a long while, her heart feeling nothing but shock, as she said with a stern expression, "Master Xiang, could you be mistaking me for someone else?"
