Ye Xuan reached out his warm and broad hand to Liu Ying.
Liu Ying’s smile grew even brighter, but as she smiled, she couldn’t help it; tears filled her beautiful eyes.
Liu Ying handed her hand to Ye Xuan and cried while smiling, "Ye Xuan, take your woman and leave this place."
Ye Xuan nodded.
The two of them left hand in hand.
Everyone could only watch them go, not daring to make a sound or step forward to stop them.
It was not until the two of them left in that shabby pickup truck that the hall, littered with bodies, gradually regained so vitality.
The hundreds of people on site seed reborn, filled with ecstasy yet unable to calm their terrified hearts.
Dead. They were all dead.
Wang Shaoyang was dead, and so were Zhao Yunfei and his son.
After this bloody engagent banquet, what kind of terrifying storm of blood and rain would erupt, no one dared to imagine, nor could anyone imagine.
All they knew was that from today onwards, this world would be full of upheaval, utterly tumultuous.
...
A few days ago, it was a joyous day for the Wang Family and the Liu Family. Wang Shaoyang had invited countless young mbers of influential families to hold a grand engagent banquet. Naturally, the family heads of the Wang Family and the Liu Family couldn’t remain idle.
Wang Qianjun invited Liu Qiankun to his house as a guest, to drink tea and reminisce, while discussing the future marriage of Wang Shaoyang and Liu Ying.
Finally, they reached a consensus that in one month, Wang Shaoyang and Liu Ying would marry!
The plan was set, and next, they engaged in casual conversation.
As if rembering sothing, Liu Qiankun chuckled and said, "Brother Qianjun, I heard that Ye Xuan, that kid, hurriedly ca to Yanzi City after hearing about the marriage between our two families. Is this true?"
Wang Qianjun nodded with a faint smile, "It’s true."
Liu Qiankun frowned, "That kid in the Western battlefield, known as the Black Emperor, is not to be underestimated. Could his sudden arrival not stir up so trouble?"
"Brother Qiankun, rest assured. My son had considered this long ago and sought help from the Zhao Family of the martial arts world before Ye Xuan arrived in Yanzi City."
Wang Qianjun said with a smile, "The Wang Family offered to increase our annual tribute by two-thirds to invite Elder Zhao Yunfei and his son. With them present, I worry that Ye Xuan might not dare to cause trouble."
"Zhao Yunfei and his son?" Hearing this, Liu Qiankun was taken aback and then laughed heartily, "That’s excellent, truly excellent. With Zhao Yunfei and his son around, if Ye Xuan dares to make trouble, we could use this chance to eliminate him completely and avert any future consequences!"
Wang Qianjun smiled without speaking, confident of victory.
Their gazes turned, and the two old foxes looked out the window. By now, whether Ye Xuan showed up to cause trouble or not, the engagent banquet should be over, right?
Then, frantic shouting suddenly ca from outside.
"Master, sothing terrible has happened, sothing terrible!"
Hearing the frantic shouting, Wang Qianjun and Liu Qiankun’s laughing faces froze.
They exchanged glances, both filled with an overwhelming sense of foreboding.
Wang Qianjun stood up abruptly, his six-foot-three height making him look imposing at all tis.
The one shouting had already burst in—it was the old housekeeper of the Wang Family.
Wang Qianjun furrowed his brow, speaking coldly, "You’re panicking. What happened to make you so alard?"
The old housekeeper imdiately knelt down, crying and saying, "They’re dead, Master, they’re all dead!"
"What?"
Wang Qianjun and Liu Qiankun were both shocked.
Wang Qianjun was the first to regain his composure, asking calmly, "Explain your words clearly. Who is dead?"
"Master Zhao Yunfei and Young Master Zhao Zheng!" said the housekeeper, "And over a hundred of our Wang Family’s experts, all dead!"
Originally, not all of the Wang Family’s experts had died, but even those not dead had been gravely injured. Now, they were all deceased.
Liu Qiankun furrowed his brow, his face turning pale, "Then... my son Haoyang, how is he?"
The old housekeeper said, "Young Master Liu Haoyang... is also dead!"
Liu Qiankun’s eyes widened, pupils contracting, dumbfounded on the spot.
When a person’s spirit suffers too severe a blow in a short ti, it always becos numb instantly, leaving the entire world blank.
And upon hearing the news of Liu Haoyang’s death, Wang Qianjun’s face also changed drastically, his voice trembling, "Then... what about Wang Shaoyang? Is Wang Shaoyang still alive?"
"The young master... the young master also..." the old housekeeper was too choked up to speak clearly.
No need to explain, Wang Qianjun understood.
At once, he and Liu Qiankun both widened their eyes, pupils constricting, a look of numbness and shock imprinted on their faces, unable to recover for a long ti.
The whole teahouse fell into the ultimate silence.
For a long ti.
Poof!
Liu Qiankun’s eyes almost burst from their sockets, his chest suddenly blocked, and blood surged to his face, spurting from his mouth.
Poof!
Imdiately after, Wang Qianjun’s body also shuddered, clutching his chest, blood pouring from his mouth.
Their eyes rolled, and they fell heavily to the ground, fainting on the spot.
Until the mont they fell, a na constantly echoed in their minds.
Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan!
...
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Heavy snow fell, thickening the already dense accumulation of snow at the Li Family manor, where, under dim lights, everything appeared purely white.
Old Master Li was staying up late again.
Wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, he sat at the small house’s door, staring at the falling snowflakes, lost in thought, motionless for a long ti, patiently waiting.
Li Tianhao stood beside the old man, his face full of helplessness and anxiety, "Grandfather, it’s almost 2 AM. Aren’t you going to sleep? No matter the situation at Wang Shaoyang’s engagent banquet, we can’t change anything from ho. If you don’t sleep, and my sister cos back, I’ll get a scolding again!"
Old Master Li shot Li Tianhao a cold glance, displeased, "Aren’t you asking for a scolding?"
Li Tianhao looked aggrieved, "What did I do wrong?"
"Incompetence is wrong!" the old master scolded sternly, "As the Li Family’s heir, you spend all your days lazing about, indulging in pleasures, letting your sister, a woman, shoulder your responsibilities. Isn’t that mistake enough?"
"I..."
Tears welled up in Li Tianhao’s eyes.
I’ve been trying my best, I also want to ease my sister’s burdens, but my abilities won’t allow it. What can I do?
The old master suddenly sighed, looking up into the sky with lancholy, "As the waves of the Yangtze River push each other, why can Ye Xuan do everything, while my Li Family’s descendants are so diocre."
Li Tianhao: "..."
That really stung, Grandpa!
The old master lowered his gaze again, muttering to himself, "Tonight’s battle, if Ye Xuan fails, the good days for the Li Family will co to an end..."
Footsteps approached from the distance.
Old Master Li and Li Tianhao both lifted their heads, looking over to see a stunningly beautiful figure walking toward them.
Besides Li Xiyuan, who else in the Li Family could possess such beauty?
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