"Mom and Dad, I was really wrong." Xia Xiang was tied up like a dumpling and strapped to a chair, crying with a face full of repentance.

"I shouldn't have failed to call you as promised, I shouldn't have missed my chance to go home when I came back, and I shouldn't have failed to protect the leader and Brother Xiao."

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The sound of the whip hitting the ground made Xia Xiang flinch in response.

"The Alliance Leader and Little Brother are both so big; they can protect themselves. They don't need your protection," Xiong Ge said fiercely, holding the whip. Then he asked, "Tell me, what else did you do wrong?"

"Shouldn't I have gone back to an old flame?" Xia Xiang thought for a long time before coming up with this. "But Mom, didn't you go back to an old flame too? You went back to an old flame like crazy."

Xiong Ge and Ye Siren exchanged a glance. Xiong Ge then cracked his whip again, and Ye Siren quickly stepped in front of Xia Xiang to cooperate.

“Brother Xiong, the child is still young, we can talk to her,” Ye Siren advised. “I’ll talk to her properly later.”

"You had a beauty appointment, the really expensive one, and it seems like it's almost time. You also have a big contract to sign afterward, have you forgotten?"

"Oh right, it's all that brat's fault for making me lose my mind. I'm leaving." Xiong Ge threw down the whip and went upstairs to change his clothes. "Ye Siren, you keep her locked up at home to reflect on her actions. I'll talk to her properly when I get back."

When Ye Siren turned around, Xia Xiang had already untied the rope and was looking at him with teary eyes.

“…Xiaoying, your mom is angry that you did something dangerous without telling her,” Ye Siren said. “When your mom gets home, try to comfort her. I believe she’ll be fine soon. She’s just worried about you.”

“…Okay,” Xia Xiang stood up and stretched her limbs before asking, “Dad, are you going to the interrogation of Ye Siti this afternoon?”

“I want to go,” Ye Siren said. “Siti is in such a bad situation because of my father. I want to plead for him.”

"Okay," Xia Xiang nodded. "Let's go then, together."

——

When Xia Xiang and Ye Siren arrived, they had already started.

This huge circular room was originally just a place where elders and heads of families with authority would argue.

It has now been renovated to resemble a courtroom in Muggle society.

There was a row of tiered seats along the innermost half of the wall, where the old folks watched the farce unfolding in the center of the room with displeasure.

That guy, Hu Yanli, Ling, Yan Zheng, and one of his men, the five of them were dressed formally and sat in a row.

Hu Yanjing and Ren Chenfeng sat on either side, arguing heatedly.

Xia Xiang and Ye Siren quietly slipped into the outer half of the jury.

Ren Chenfeng said, "Your Honor, the defendant Ye Siti was unable to control her behavior while she was still an infant."

"He can't even poop on his own, so how could he rebel against his father and avoid being exiled to the Silver Dimension? He can't make his own decisions. Everything he did in the dog-eat-dog world of the Silver Dimension was for survival. The defendant is innocent."

Sitting in the defendant's dock, Ye Siti: ......

Five interim judges: ...

The group of old guys behind them, practically bursting with rage: ...

"I disagree!" Hu Yanjing stood up excitedly and said, "Warn the opposing lawyer to stick to the facts and stop rambling on!"

"You're talking about him as an infant. As an adult, after he was told his identity, all the things he did were his subjective actions."

"He wiped out an entire family, and then he hunted down my client. His numerous evil deeds are too many to count!"

"I disagree!" Ren Chenfeng shouted. "Produce me your evidence!"

"Of course I have evidence!" Hu Yanjing said smugly. "I have plenty of evidence!"

Ren Chenfeng smiled provocatively, "What I'm saying is, can your client provide evidence that he already knew his identity at the time?"

"I, I..." Hu Yanjing said weakly, "I have a witness, Xia Xiang, but she hasn't returned yet. I suggest we postpone the trial."

In front of so many people, Xia Xiang could not disregard the facts and act out of personal favoritism.

Five interim judges: ...

"You're wrong, Xia Xiang is already back, you just don't know it yet," Ren Chenfeng said smugly, hands on his hips.

The news of Xia Xiang's return was thanks to important information provided by her cousin Ye Yuxiang. Hu Yanjing's cousin is currently bedridden due to being punished according to family rules. Didn't Hu Yanjing know this in time?

Hahaha, I, Ren Chenfeng, am still the better one!

But so what if Xia Xiang is back? If she wants to kill Ye Siyi, even ten Hu Yanxius couldn't stop her, so she can't be Hu Yanjing's witness!

Huyan Jing: !!!

Xia Xiang: What exactly are they messing around with?

"I'm going to slip away first," Xia Xiang whispered to her father before preparing to leave.

"Okay... alright." Ye Siren was also bewildered by their performance.

This wasn't what he had imagined. Shouldn't everyone agree to kill Ye Siti, and he make a grand entrance, tearfully appealing to her emotions to save her from an inevitable death?

Thankfully, someone is defending Ye Siti, but why are they so dismissive?

Xia Xiang had just stood up when the sharp-eyed Hu Yanjing spotted her—

"Xia Lanxingde Xiang! You stop right there!" Hu Yanjing shouted, drawing everyone's attention to Xia Xiang.

Xia Xiang had initially decided to execute Ye Siti, but was stopped by his good cousin.

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