County Magistrate Tang shook his finger and said, "No, no, no, this is not changing the subject. This is the very topic I wanted to discuss with you."
"As friends, I think it's quite necessary to talk with you about this. These longstanding grudges only exist temporarily, and now you are just 12 or 13 years old, at the beginning of your lives. There's no need to spend your whole life focusing on them, so I want to ask, what do you want to do in the future?"
County Magistrate Tang added, "Regardless of whether this case can be solved, there must be something you always want to pursue, right?"
Manbao asked, "Does Lord Tang also have such a commitment?"
County Magistrate Tang nodded and said, "Yes."
He thought for a moment and then said, "Well, I grew up motherless, and my father was rather gentle, so I was very attached to him. At that time, he was an official at the Ministry of Justice, so he always took me there with him, managing work while looking after me."
