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"This is not what we originally wanted! This is definitely not the path to glory!" Jiang Yu's tone suddenly became fierce, filled with strong self-justification and deep helplessness. "This is like drinking poison to quench thirst, grasping at a thorny vine in a desperate situation! We are not trying to curry favor with the powerful, much less covet that illusory 'aristocratic' halo. Our initial, humblest goal was only one—to survive! To ensure that the Jiang family name, and all the clansmen who followed us here, could have food to eat, a place to stand, and temporarily escape the endless, deadly open and hidden attacks of those exiled royal forces!"

"Our initial choices weren't the top-tier wealthy families with deep ties to exiled forces, but rather mid-sized families with relatively clean foundations, the ability to provide some protection, and a need for certain unique resources from the Jiang family. Every marriage alliance was a meticulously calculated and humiliating transaction..."

We sacrificed the best of our clan, their lifelong happiness and freedom, for a temporary shield, for a little breathing room and space to grow. Every signature and seal was like etching a mark of shame into the family genealogy, tearing at the hearts of the older generation! But looking at the crying infants, the wounded clansmen, and the increasingly rampant faces of those exiled forces… we had no other choice.”

The Jiang family is a matrilineal family.

To survive, those beautiful women were forced to marry into other families... This kind of heart-wrenching pain is incomparable to ordinary feelings.

But having chosen to confront those forces, it is impossible to give up easily.

This path is too difficult, so difficult that a single wrong step could lead to the complete annihilation of the entire clan overseas, a true extinction...

Yan Yueqing could almost imagine the iron will that the Jiang ancestors must have possessed to make each of those decisions, to suppress such humiliation and eke out a living...

"Through this almost self-destructive method, through the painstaking efforts of the core members of the clan, we managed to gradually and painstakingly establish ourselves in that malicious land. Twenty years! A full twenty years! It was only after we had barely gained a foothold that we were no longer lambs to the slaughter and began to have some strength to protect ourselves and fight back."

A hint of resilience, born from hardship, finally appeared in Jiang Yu's eyes. "After gaining a foothold, the Jiang family, relying on its profound cultural heritage, the resilience and wisdom of its members, and... the resources brought by the marriage alliance, began to truly grow and prosper. Our industries gradually diversified, extending our reach into fields such as technology, finance, and resources, and our influence grew day by day. We began to have the ability to directly compete with them in the market, to sabotage their conspiracies in secret, and even to use the conflicts among those people to quietly sow discord between them and some exiled forces."

"However, just when we thought we could breathe a sigh of relief and start thinking about how to break free from our dependence on certain families formed through marriage, and how to focus more on accumulating strength and upholding our original aspirations, those people once again revealed their greedy claws!"

Jiang Yu's tone turned cold and sarcastic, "Those people who have been living a life of debauchery and debauchery for years, witnessing how we, after experiencing hardships and difficulties, not only did not collapse as they wished, but instead rose tenaciously from the ruins, showing unprecedented vitality and great potential, how could they still sit still?!"

"They fear that the wounded lion, once healed, will rise again and settle accounts for their heinous crimes! They are even more unwilling to fall from grace and remain cowering on the outside. Therefore, they meticulously disguise themselves, using their vast wealth to maneuver and forge alliances with hostile allies, attempting to undermine the nascent power from within..."

Jiang Yu's gaze sharpened: "From the moment your maternal grandmother took over as head of the family, she was acutely aware of the danger of this undercurrent! It's not just targeting the Jiang family, but also... our former family! What they want is to once again ride roughshod over countless people!"
Therefore, from your grandmother to me, and to you in the future, we all bear another heavy mission unknown to outsiders—to use all available resources to secretly and resolutely resist these forces attempting a resurgence! We will disrupt their funding chains, expose their lies, and even… when necessary, use extraordinary means to eliminate those who remain obstinate.

Her voice carried an undeniable resolve: "This is a silent war, one we have never proclaimed, because we need the camouflage of 'disappearing without a trace.' But we have never stopped, because this is our deepest form of protection..."

At this point, the resolute light in Jiang Yu's eyes was covered by a deeper, almost desperate helplessness and sorrow.

"But...Xiaoxing, what pains me most and keeps me up at night isn't how powerful and cunning those enemies are, but...the erosion and disintegration from within our family! The path of marriage we embarked on for survival is like a double-edged sword coated with a slow-acting poison. It has indeed made the family physically stronger, but it has sown the seeds of fatal disaster in our spirit and in our bloodline identity..."

Those new generations who were born into other families and then returned, especially the descendants of elders, sip coffee, receive elite educations from various families from a young age, and frequent top aristocratic social circles… they have long been thoroughly permeated by that seemingly glamorous but actually empty and decadent culture!

P.S.: I've revised this chapter eight times. I don't know if I can release it. I've already written it very subtly, so as long as you get the gist, please don't shut me down anymore, dear reviewer... (End of Chapter)