Letting a person live lucidly in pain for the rest of their life was the biggest punishment.

Rowan wiped his hand with a smirk. He took one last look at William and left quietly.

The early morning sun spilled through the memorial hall’s traditional window and shone on the portraits of the Hamerton ancestors.

Many servants were crowding the door as they looked inside in worry. With the dull thud and an abrupt fall of a figure, they gasped and rushed in.

“Mr. Matthew fainted! Mr. Matthew fainted!”

“Go get Mr. Clark!

Clark came over with some other men to take care of the incident and relayed it to Liam with a solemn face.

Matthew had stayed on his knees in the memorial hall for one whole day without food or water and finally succumbed in the morning.

were furrowed as he tapped his dragon-headed cane

some time, he got up and strode briskly to

him. He quickly asked his servants to take it away and weakly pulled his blanket

“Are you feeling better?”

get up

not young anymore. The memorial hall’s cold. How could you kneel there through the

find peace if I don’t ask for the ancestors’ forgiveness…” Matthew began to wipe his tears. “I… I really didn’t expect Yale to

has no idea of what his son’s doing?

“Well—”

there’s no need to

Matthew was rendered speechless.

against the floor. “Do you really think I’m senile!? Do you really feel guilty, or are you

“Dad…”

bouncing off the bed and getting

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