Indeed, as General Shi and His Highness Prince Yu and others settled in the drawing-room, a sharp-tongued little maid repeated Grandma Wang's message from the backyard, and Jiang Yifan's expression immediately turned solemn.
He rose to his feet, bowed deeply to Shi Zongyi, and said with a heavy tone, "General, this matter, you must help this official and my fiancée obtain justice. Our future life entirely depends on you. If a word of today's incident were to leak, my fiancée would only have death as her path, and I, myself, would have no face to live in this world."
Shi Zongyi instantly stiffened. Jiang Yifan and his wife's future depended on him? He couldn't be that important, could he?
Jinrong, Lian Gui, and Zhao Gang immediately averted their gazes, unable to bear witnessing the honest reaction of Shi Zongyi.
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