Chapter 432: Stripped of Clothes and Crown (II)
Li Ximing lifted his head and continued, "I tried feigning composure as well, but I've done poorly. Unlike you, I'm just a fox trying to act like a tiger… When I was ten, my father asked me to kill someone, and I did it. I knew what he expected me to become. I was terrified at the time but didn't dare to show it.
"Later, when I went to the Xiao Residence, I was led astray by the temptations of wine and women multiple times whenever I descended the mountain. Master Xiao had warned me repeatedly... I thought being a member of the Li Family would shield me from such temptations, but..."
Li Ximing's voice was muffled as he confessed, "In truth, I feared the Clan Affairs Courtyard. I'm worried about tarnishing my father's reputation. With the elders looming over us, I have to behave myself. If I could get away with doing all that, I would have caved and given in to those temptations already…"
His demeanor was flustered, nearly panicked.
Li Xijun was taken aback, his expression shifting dramatically before he could no longer contain himself and interrupted anxiously, "Y-You've... broken your Yang Essence already?! With someone from the Xiao Family no less! Our fathers took extensive precautions and planned everything meticulously, yet you..."
"Did you father any children?" he asked suddenly.
Li Ximing shook his head silently, tears streaking his face as he replied, "I don't know."
"You don't know?" Li Xijun stood up abruptly, gripping his sleeves tightly with an unreadable expression on his face.
Finally, he flung his sleeve and said coldly, "You don't know?! No wonder... No wonder!"