Chapter 1177
- "You must be out of your mind," Xing Shang bellowed in fury. "Do you realize the consequences in a few years? You will have no opportunity at all. Don't you aspire to be president? If it weren't for Zuo Qunyi and Shen Ao conspiring to assassinate your father, you would have already been president. That was your destiny."
- "Eric Snyder is performing admirably. He is competent, and I have faith that the nation will be in good hands under his guidance."
- "So you are abandoning your mission. You are exasperating me. When your father entrusted you to me, it was with the expectation that one day you would ascend to the presidency. Yet now, you are willing to sacrifice your political career for Clara Beacham!"