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"I guess it's my fault. I spoiled you and your sister rotten. Good thing your older sister has some use." Prime Minister Yao looked like a disappointed parent.
It would have been believable if he wasn't standing in a cramp room with his paper-thin son chained to the wall.
Yao Liheng lost the energy to even look up at her but hearing that the man mentioned his sister made him pause.
His sister? Full-blooded sister. The last time he knew his sister was engaged to the Second Prince.
The taciturn Second Prince. He had been confused as to why his sister would be His Highness' betrothed. But now, he might have an inkling as to why.
He remembered his sister was in love with another nobleman. No wonder... she suddenly looked dejected one day and never regained her cheerful self.
What was a son and daughter to Yao Anji? What were they to him? His family or his pawns?
"So what will I be? Now that you stripped me of everything..." He managed to whisper this question.
"Don't overreact. You'll go back to the family after you learn your lesson."
That was the sentence to a sinner like him. For the Prime Minister, a sinner was someone who opposed him.
Ling Ling.
Liheng wondered how she was. No matter what, he should protect her.
He tried his best to stand up and look at the man before his eyes. He had found his resolve.
"I'll follow your word. Everything you say. I'll be useful to the family. But promise me one thing. Just let the innocent woman live. Treat it as she never existed."
Prime Minister Yao softly snorted. "Do you think that girl is worth my time? Boy, you're conceited."
With a flick of his sleeves, the man left.
Yao Liheng couldn't help but fall to his knees again. He didn't know how truthful his father's words were. And he didn't have the power to confirm if Ling Ling was safe.
He could only stay here like the pathetic man he was.
For years after that, he became his father's hidden dog. Eldest Young Master Yao vanished from people's eyes completely.
His body had one too many scars but the greatest of all was not even a physical wound. When he found out what happened to his beloved only years later...
Yao Anji was the cruelest man on earth. He didn't directly order anyone to hurt her but he leaked news that Liheng was engaged to some high-strata lady.
It was rainy that day when he was allowed to go back to the family. That was also the day when he learned that Ling Ling took her life.
Hell descended upon him. He could never forgive his father.
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Somewhere in the outskirts of Suliang...
Time healed nature well as the marks of explosions were all but gone. In front of an unmarked grave stood two people.
"How many times was this dug?" It was Xiao Hao's voice but somehow raspier.
The person in front of him shook his head. "Too many to count. They can't let the dead rest."
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Beauty Feng Vol. 2
Historical FictionStripped of his title as a Mei Ren, Feng Yanyan goes back to being Fifth Young Master Feng. But soon, he realizes this identity will be burned to ashes too. With his beloved gone and his family hiding secrets from him, what will become of this once...
