"What is this..."
Su Changqing, who had already closed his eyes to await death, discovered that the anticipated pain hadn't come, and he instantly became puzzled. Could it be that the woman's method of killing was so efficient that one couldn't feel pain before dying?
That would not be too bad, but it would mean letting down his family. When the Su Family needed a public face, it was his two elder brothers who had stood at the forefront. Now that they had encountered trouble, not only had he failed to secure the last interests for his family, but he couldn't even save his own life, wasting the resources the Su Family had spent years cultivating.
What he felt even guiltier about were his parents. His mother was a gentlewoman who had often told him not to show off and to let his two cousins take the lead in everything. 'We don't need to compete with them for benefits. We only have you, our one and only son, and all we ask is for your safety.'