Richard Shaw has been stationed at the Military District for years, leaving him no time to manage family matters. If she were to marry in, it would be like guarding a mountain of gold. Pearl Landon took a deep breath, encouraging herself that if someone like Crystal Landon could marry, then why couldn't she? She was ten times better than Crystal.
Pearl circled around and saw Crystal carrying out the hangover soup. Only then did she return to the dining table, smiling, "Crystal, have you had the hangover soup?"
Crystal found her behavior a bit odd today, frowned slightly, and said blandly, "Just say what you have to say."
Pearl's face showed a peculiar smile as she gulped down the hangover soup Crystal had brought, then said, "Crystal, you told the old lady of the Shaw Family that you don't want to marry into the Shaw Family."
