Night fell.
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When Ye Meiru heard that Chuxia was alright, her expression instantly faded. She had enough problems of her own, where was she to find the energy to care about Rao Ying's life or death? She lazily leaned back into the chair and sighed, "Do you see if I am even capable of helping you now?"
Rao Ying was startled and quickly slid off the chair, crouching in front of Ye Meiru, gripping her hands tightly, and looking up at her imploringly, "Meiru, if you don't help me, who else can?"
Ye Meiru sighed heavily, "Little Ying, just before you came, Zhou Mikang had just visited. He came to see my grandfather. He told me himself that he never loved me.
My relationship with him isn't even better than that with a stranger. If I don't intercede for you, or if he could let you off, if I truly spoke up, your situation would be even more disastrous.
