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"You made a wise choice. Unfortunately, you weren't this wise before, and a mistake is a mistake. I can't afford to be a saint and forgive you without bestowing you a proper punishment, or that will just be a violation of the protocol." Xu Jiaqi dictated calmly, like the story Yu Xuan told her did not make her falter in the slightest bit.

Really, it didn't.

Xu Jiaqi swept her eyes through the pair in front of him. Tang Yixiu's expression was already turning a bit disturbed, but if her calculations and intuitions were correct, then..

'Hm.'

Some alterations might need to be made, but to what extent?

As she was thinking, Yu Xuan continued to apologize. They then took a short break to dissolve the crazy atmosphere a bit.

"Are you alright, Qiqi?" Tang Yizhou questioned. His woman's safety and condition was a priority above anything else in this world.