"That's rather interesting," commented Tang Xiu with a faint look that was both a smile and not.
"It's not the only interesting fact, I tell you," continued Miao Wentang with a forced smile. "The Lian Family has been acting low-profile all these years—so inconspicuous that it feels abnormal. I've tried to send people to investigate them, and guess what results I got? Those men I sent were like stones who have drowned on the ocean floor. No news, no messages, nobody was known alive, and I can't even see their corpses."
"So, you haven't figured out the Lian Family's situation either, then?" commented Tang Xiu calmly.
