"I was naive before," I said. "I always thought that if I just backed down and didn't fight or compete, that would be enough. But I never imagined that backing down wouldn't prevent conflicts. Nor did I expect her to become so deranged as to collude with Joseph V and betray her own father."
Perhaps Evelyn didn't realize the consequences would be so grave at first, but Fu Xing would never say something like that.
He had a poor impression of Evelyn when he first learned the inside story.
And when he later learned that she had colluded with the Lost Association, he wasn't surprised at all.
"You were too young back then, it's not wrong to value family ties, but Evelyn is at fault. She's not the kind of person who could ever seize power, even if Joseph V had no successors left, the Elder Council would never approve of her ascension. From the moment she betrayed her father at sixteen, her fate was sealed. It's a pity she doesn't understand that yet."
