"Chu Mian, I..." Guilt washed over Xie Aoran again. For all the power of his vast family, he hadn't been able to save her from her ordeal. "I'll handle my own affairs," Chu Mian said, dusting off her hands as she rose from the sofa. "You owe me a life debt. Consider today the day you repay it." She called in the favor with a bluntness that held none of the gentle grace of a benevolent savior. But