Jiang Si toyed with a piece of willow branch in her hand and asked casually, "And then?"

Xiahou Xi was taken aback: "My biological father is also dead. Everyone says that blood is thicker than water, and no matter what, she is still my mother."

"Raising children is difficult enough these days. It's perfectly understandable for a woman and a family to want to have another child!"

"They want me to forgive, to compromise, and to tell me that no matter what I do, I can't sever my family ties!"

Jiang Si suddenly realized: "You deeply love your birth mother, not your adoptive mother. The house and the ashes are just excuses!"

"You crave your birth mother's love, so you've unwittingly indulged your birth mother and your younger brother, haven't you?"

Xiahou Xi hurriedly blurted out, "No, it's my birth mother..."

"No, what is it? Is it your birth mother threatening you with the house and her ashes?" Jiang Si interrupted Xiahou Xi: "Xiahou Xi, are you 58 or 48 this year? In this era where the average age is 150 to 200, you are still super young!"

"If you were born before the end of ancient Earth, you'd be buried up to your neck by now, and you could kick the bucket at any moment!"

Jiang Si paused for a moment, looking at Xiahou Xi's beautiful face. This face, this appearance, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is the pinnacle of beauty.

Even the most beautiful person, if they become foolish, get stuck in a dead end, and remain immersed in their own world, they become unlovable.

"You said that before you became a minor, your adoptive mother gave you guardianship to your biological mother, along with your adoptive mother's house and money?" Jiang Si paused and continued sharply and mercilessly, "The Empire's laws are very comprehensive in protecting minors. Even if your adoptive mother transferred your guardianship to your biological mother, you can still sue her if she treats you badly or abuses you."

"The Empire's laws on the protection of minors are more favorable to minors. If you file a complaint, the Empire's courts and police can investigate. But you didn't. You're just clinging to so-called family ties and indulging in self-pity, thinking, 'I don't want their money. I can live a good life!'"

"And your self-pity only made your birth mother more demanding, thinking that all she had to do was lie on you and suck your blood, and that she didn't need to ask anything else. And you willingly let her suck your blood!"

"I……"

"A house? Memories? Ashes?" Jiang Si raised her hand to stop her, her tone sarcastic: "Even if you're a minor and don't understand the laws of the Empire, and don't know how to protect yourself, what if you go to military school after you turn 18?"

"You were transferred to Planet Col a few years after graduating from military academy. In Agares, the habitual way to punish people is to make them copy the criminal law and be educated about the law. I don't believe that someone as outstanding as you has never copied the criminal law or been educated about the law!"

"You're an adult now, you've copied so much criminal law, and you've popularized so much about the law. You can use legitimate means to sue your biological mother and brother for threatening employees!"

"But you didn't. You continued to indulge them, taking your salary and allowances, and raising them to become increasingly demanding, thinking that having a sister who is a general means they have a very strong backing!"

"Now you come to me and explain, explain what? Explain that you had no choice, explain that you are great, explain that you are incompetent. Tell me that everything you did was forced upon you, all for the house, memories, and ashes?"

Xiahou Xi stood there stunned, her lips twitching, but she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal. Yes, it was her unwitting indulgence and repeated compromises that had bred their shamelessness.

Jiang Sijiao giggled, ignoring Xiahou Xi's pale face, and mocked him for a while before stopping. "Xiahou Xi, after telling me so much, I can't help but see your predicament, and I certainly won't sympathize with you!"

"I only think you lack ability and question how you became a general. Other than that, you don't deserve any sympathy!"

She doesn't deserve any sympathy. Climbing from the lowest rank to the position of general is something many people dream of, and she did it.

However, she made her birth mother and her brother a stain on her career. If her birth mother and brother had treated her well, and she had made mistakes for her mother and brother, people would have said that it was a testament to their deep mother-daughter bond.

But her birth mother didn't take care of her. She treated her badly, favored boys over girls, and even sucked her blood and gnawed on her flesh. After that, she smashed her pots and sold her ironware!

But she indulged it.

"You say others are forcing you to compromise, blood is thicker than water!" Jiang Si stepped forward, closing in on Xiahou Xi: "Do you know that bystanders always speak without understanding the pain? There's an old saying in ancient China: 'The kindness of raising someone is greater than the kindness of giving birth!'"

"You feel like you're making a noble compromise for your adoptive mother's ashes, memories, and house, but that's not true. You're trampling on your adoptive mother's love for you!"

"Your parents provided a sperm and an egg, put you in a fertility bank to be developed, and then gave you to your adoptive mother. They didn't hold you, kiss you, feed you a drop of milk, or spend a single penny on you!"

"Your adoptive mother raised you with great care and hardship, and you'll be an adult in just two years. Yet you use the excuse of your adoptive mother's love to indulge your birth mother and your younger brother!"

"Furthermore, you possess water-based superpowers, with physical and mental strength surpassing that of ordinary people. If you wanted to find some ashes, put Tang Haishan in a sack, and cripple your birth mother, everything would be easily resolved. But you didn't, so you have greatly disappointed me!"

Xiahou Xi was struck dumb, his face turned pale, his legs went weak, and he staggered backward, staring blankly at the inspector.

Jiang Si curled her lips in disdain, turned around and left decisively. She had said all she needed to say. What happened next was up to her and the investigation team. It was none of her business. She was just playing around.

Half an hour later.

The patrol ship left the Northwest Legion and headed to the next legion.

"Inspector, inspector, please go on the forum!" Zuo Jinren's voice arrived before he did, addressing Jiang Si who was standing in the cockpit of the patrol ship.

Jiang Si glanced at him from afar, raised her wrist, swiped her personal terminal, logged into the forum, and discovered that her cheap husband had posted the message "married" on the military forum.

Below the message were all sorts of bizarre comments: "Marshal, we know you are married, but we have never met your wife. When will we meet her?"

"Yes, yes, Marshal, if you confess your love to your wife here, she won't be able to see it. You should confess on the StarNet so that your wife and the entire Empire can see it."

"Marshal, I've heard that Madam is petite, delicate, and charming, as well as obedient and clever. I'd like to ask if Madam has any girlfriends or best friends. I'm a single guy, so please introduce me to some!"