Sang Hong shook his head. “He’s a smart person. What happened last night was bizarre. He hasn’t taken the time to think about it in depth right now due to the shock, but he’ll wake up sooner or later. If we force him too hard right now, it might instead be worse; we might even end up leaving him with some ill feelings toward us.

“But if we don’t do anything or tell him anything, even if he finds out the truth, he won’t be able to act out. After all, we’ve never asked him for anything this entire time, and he was instead the one who received  tremendous benefits.”

Auntie Mu asked with a worried expression, “But what if he refuses to admit to anything after everything is said and done?” She had remained in the clan for so long that even though Sang Qien wasn’t her own daughter, she had watched her grow up. Now that she was so old as well, she basically viewed Sang Qien as her own daughter. She was really worried about that.

“That won’t happen.” Sang...