"I know."
Yang Yizhi calmly spoke: "If he had such thoughts, I wouldn't have lived till now. But precisely because he didn't... that makes it even more infuriating!"
He suddenly stood up:
"I and your father, we clapped hands and made a grave pact, heads knocked on the ground together in a sworn brotherhood.
"What was that vow?
"'Heaven above us, thick earth beneath us, we do not seek to live together, but to die together!'
"And what happened?
"What came of it!?
"He died stealthily on his own!!
"In my life, Yang Yizhi detests most those who are indecisive, disloyal, and treacherous.
"By doing so, isn't he forcing me to become such a person too?
"And besides... who did he think he could deceive?
"Apart from deceiving others, how many around him could he really keep in the dark?
"Wishfully choosing his own death, he left your mother to die of grief.
"Ling Hongxia rushed thousands of miles to infiltrate the Ziyang Escort Agency to steal his corpse, but I stopped her.