3.12

"I couldn't blame them for doing so. Counting my value at that time, investing in me was surely a dumb choice. One that wouldn't have yielded them anything. The only reason I am here right now... Is because my family got wiped out, just like that."

"When the time came for retribution to strike all of them, I somehow became the only one that managed to survive out of this damned bloodline. Isn't it funny? The ones that rose to the top the most, garnered the highest amount of power, they were the ones who got killed first. As for me.. I was someone insignificant, and that was exactly what made me able to survive. Because by the time they realized that there was a prince they missed, I was already out of the castle and gotten to temporary safety."

Xie Yongrui subtly laughed.