"I think so too." Old Madam Xie took it seriously. She let out a shaky breath and raised her chin. "I'm her mother!"
Father Xie wasn't in the mood to deal with her this time.
Xie Yun was even more stubborn than Xie Tingyun.
Whatever the old lady had done a few months ago caused Xie Yun to not contact her family until now. The old lady sent such a gloating message… It would have been fine if the Third Southern Hall had won, but things had developed in the opposite direction. His brother-in-law had resolved the crisis at the pier.
Well…
Father Xie felt a headache coming on. He could already imagine how things would unfold.
He could almost see the Xie family slowly sinking on the ship of the independent continent. He was anxious but helpless…
"There's something else going on here."
"I'll check it out."
* * *
Qiao Nian only woke up at nine in the morning.
