On the surface, he seemed lucky and glamorous, enjoying the greatest affection of the Councilman's couple, with the most hope of succeeding the Councilman in the future. But behind the scenes, there were always those who wanted to bring him down or even kill him.
Apart from his adoptive parents, who else could truly care about him?
His adoptive parents treated him fairly well—not as good as their biological son, but still well—after all, he was just an adopted son, without any blood relation.
However, he always felt a sense of emptiness and confusion in his heart. He felt distanced from everyone; his heart couldn't blend with theirs. Even if his relationship with his adoptive parents was good, he could never truly be intimately connected, always separated by a kind of spiritual estrangement.
That kind of inseparable familial bond, he could not feel it.
Did he ever have such deep feelings before? Ji Lingkong looked utterly confused, his chest heavy and aching.
