I plan to return home.

People always like to say that good people are rewarded. Who would have thought that good people die young, while villains always seem to live to a ripe old age? And so we comfort ourselves with the thought: “It doesn’t matter. The reason villains live so long is to wait for the hellish life that comes next.”

Shangguan Xiong looked at his beautiful wife’s worried face and let out a soft sigh. “Honey, don’t worry. Our precious children are fine. Nothing has happened.”

Those words were like a calming balm, and Baili Meixi’s heart immediately settled. Yet the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. No one knew better than she did how capable her son was.

But her darling daughter was another matter entirely. Since childhood, Shangguan Xiao had been sheltered by everyone around her and raised in complete protection. If someone meant to harm her, it would be effortless. Worried, Baili Meixi said, “I still think it’s too unsafe to keep our baby here.”

Shangguan Xiong drew his wife into his arms, and the two of them leaned together on the sofa. On the white, panda-themed custom sofa, they looked like a perfectly matched pair. Married for many years, they still loved one another with the same tenderness as in their youth. Their children were the crystallization of that love. Judging by the situation now, they needed to return to their homeland.

At that thought, Shangguan Xiong seemed to make a grave decision. He said solemnly, “Let’s go back.”

Baili Meixi had never expected her husband to be the one to suggest returning to Country Z. Back then, he had left his homeland carrying unimaginable pain. Everything there had been a nightmare for him. His siblings had each wished for his death so they could seize the entirety of the Shangguan family fortune for themselves.

Now even the collateral branches were eyeing the Shangguan family’s wealth. When they had left in the past, they had done so with the resolve never to return. Asking her beloved to go back now seemed almost cruel.

But at present, returning was the only way to secure the best protection for their children. Still uncertain, she asked, “Honey, where did you just say we were going?”

Seeing her disbelief, Shangguan Xiong smiled with deep affection. He bent and pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead, then said warmly, “Back to Country Z, of course. But don’t worry. I’m no longer the Shangguan Xiong I used to be.”

Yes, he was no longer the man who yielded at every turn. He had already killed his own siblings with his own hands, and in hindsight, they had only brought it upon themselves for daring to target the people he loved.

Since that was the case, why should he spare them any courtesy? They had refused to cherish the chances he gave them and had only grown more and more greedy. They had driven him onto the road to death; they had no one to blame but themselves.

As for those old men who had taken part in it back then, the reason he had not punished them was not fear of their power, but a desire to give them one more chance.

If he found that this matter had anything to do with them, then they would have no one to blame when he showed no mercy.

A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and a terrifying aura poured from him.

Seeing him like this, Baili Meixi knew that her husband truly meant business this time.

It seemed their lives were about to grow stormy.