Mo Xing held Anna close, her warmth against him grounding him in the moment, but the weight of what she had been through lingered heavily in his mind. He could feel the remnants of her pain, the burden she had carried while he was lost to the world. When he asked how she had managed to bring down the mighty Ming family, he half-expected her to recount a tale of fierce determination, of lone battles fought in the shadows. But the answer she gave him was unexpected, and it struck him deeply.
"I had a lot of help, Mo Xing," Anna began softly, her voice carrying the weight of everything she had endured. "I didn't do it alone. I couldn't have. My father... Chairman Li... he was the one who truly made it possible."
Mo Xing pulled back slightly, just enough to see her face. His eyes were wide with disbelief, his mind struggling to reconcile this new information with what he thought he knew. "Your father? Chairman Lee?"
Mo Xing was in disbelief.
