Lan Ling's words were straight to the point, leaving Qin Shutong and Lian Xichen stunned once again.
Indeed, not all blood relationships are meaningful.
As children born into noble families, they feel these things far more profoundly than those who pursue cultivation.
Qin Shutong was born into the Imperial Family, where father-son conflicts and brotherly betrayals never ceased. He grew up in such a bloodthirsty and twisted environment, where kinship in the Imperial Family is almost a joke.
Lian Xichen was no different. He knew all too well how his mother died, how his two brothers from the same womb withered away, even if he didn't investigate. Could they say they weren't the sons of their father? And as for himself, how did he grow up, surviving all those schemes and plots, maintaining a distant and ice-cold relationship with Duke Jing's Mansion... What meaning does blood relation hold?
