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"Heh, his attempts to remove me are not a matter of a day or two. Plus, since I haven't openly provoked him, he won't take action against me anytime soon. And, if Lian Jie isn't dead, the one he should be dealing with is his dear father-in-law, right? Hahaha!" Ma Kangda laughed with unrestrained arrogance.
However, Yan Ye's mother felt extreme disgust, "Father-in-law? Do you think I would really let that little wench step into my house? If it weren't for her, Yan Ye wouldn't be so cruel to me! If I let her enter, it would be making trouble for myself!"
"But the news of their wedding has been out for so many days now, and there hasn't been any commotion. If Lian Jie were really alive, he should have made a move by now, right?"
These past few days, Ma Kangda had closely observed every movement around Lian Xinying.