"Thank you for stepping in, Mr. Jiang."
At that mont, Mu Huang finally snapped back to her senses and walked over with small, quick steps.
Her expression was so awkward she looked like she wanted the ground to swallow her whole.
She had thought her granddaughter becoming a Fifth-Grade Martial Artist at such a young age was impressive enough.
She was the most dazzling star of her generation!
But against Jiang Xinghai, she was defeated in a single blow!
"It was nothing."
Just then, Jiang Xinghai helped Mu Jianni to her feet.
However, Mu Jianni kept her head down and leaned against Jiang Xinghai.
It seed she was captivated by his scent—the potent aura of a man whose blood qi was exceptionally abundant.
"Jianni, snap out of it." Mu Huang had walked over and was gently patting Mu Jianni's shoulder.
"Ah..."
Mu Jianni ca to her senses. Seeing Jiang Xinghai's deep smile, she hastily let go of his neck.
Almost instantly, a deep blush spread across her cheeks. She turned and trotted a few steps away, her chest heaving.
"Mr. Jiang, thank you."
Mu Huang gave a wry smile and shook her head, her regard for Jiang Xinghai growing even stronger. "Very well. You want to know about the Jizhou branch of the Mu Family. I'll tell you."
"Thirty years ago, my favorite youngest son, Mu Qixuan, was hopelessly entangled in a love affair. I had no choice but to intervene and put him under house arrest. But that ungrateful wolf, he secretly conspired with that little hussy to launch a sneak attack on the Mu Family in the middle of the night, ultimately making off with nearly a third of the family's fortune."
As she spoke, Mu Huang's eyes reddened.
One could see how heartbroken and helpless she must have been when her son betrayed her.
He was, after all, her own flesh and blood.
"So, you haven't had any contact in thirty years?" Jiang Xinghai asked.
Mu Huang turned away, tears streaking from the corners of her eyes. "None."
"In that case, why did the Wanyan Family also move a branch to settle in Jizhou back then?" Jiang Xinghai asked again.
"The Wanyan Family..."
Mu Huang paused for a mont before saying, "The Wanyan Family has always prided themselves on their ties to the underworld. All their businesses are grey-area industries, operating between the black and the white. Moving a branch to Jizhou was just a way for them to expand their territory. As for why it was also thirty years ago... it's because that hussy who bewitched my son, Qixuan, was a descendant of the Wanyan Family."
'So the Jizhou Mu Family and the Wanyan Family are, in fact, one and the sa. Just as I thought!' Jiang Xinghai finally confird it.
He had once discussed this matter at length with Shen Zhengye, and the answer was largely the sa!
"I'll be taking my leave." Jiang Xinghai turned to go.
Xue Zhong and Ma Long imdiately followed.
Mu Huang and Mu Jianni, however, were left a bit bewildered.
'He's leaving already?'
'He ca all the way to our Mu Family just for this?'
In fact, Jiang Xinghai's sole purpose had been to confirm this matter.
"Elder Xue, Mr. Jiang, please wait."
At the Mu Family's main gate, Mu Huang and Mu Jianni hurried over.
"Is there anything else, Matriarch Mu?" Xue Zhong turned to look at them.
Jiang Xinghai and Ma Long, anwhile, had already gotten into the car.
"Elder Xue, what is Mr. Jiang's background? Why is he asking about the Jizhou Mu Family and the Wanyan Family?" Mu Huang asked probingly.
Before Xue Zhong could respond, Jiang Xinghai looked out from the car window. "I was just in the neighborhood. We're leaving."
Mu Jianni's gaze was fixed on Jiang Xinghai, and a blush once again crept onto her face.
After the car drove away, Mu Huang's expression gradually grew serious. "Jianni, what do you think of this Jiang Xinghai?"
"Grandmother, why do you ask?" Mu Jianni was taken aback.
"Soone who can make Xue Zhong bow so humbly must have an extraordinary background. He defeated you in a single move without so much as scratching you; his martial prowess is unfathomable. If we could build a connection with him, the Mu Family's status in the Central State would surely rise day by day," Mu Huang murmured, gazing at the Land Rover as it sped away, leaving a cloud of dust.
"He... is indeed very strong."
The scent of Jiang Xinghai still lingered in Mu Jianni's nostrils. "And he... he has this irresistible pull on . But I've never believed in love at first sight, so how can this be?"
"Opportunities like this are rare. Grandmother will spare no expense to help you secure this fated connection." A look of affection shone in Mu Huang's eyes.
"Grandmother, I'm still a sophomore in college. I don't want to get into a relationship so early," Mu Jianni said, looking down.
"Grandmother has been through this before. A lifelong commitnt is not sothing to be taken lightly."
Mu Huang had already made up her mind. 'This man's blood qi is abundant and his yang energy is vigorous. Our Mu Family has been dominated by yin and lacking in yang for many years. It's ti for a change.'
"Matriarch, we just received news. Last night... the He Family was wiped out."
A woman in her fifties, the Mu Family's butler, hurried over.
"The He Family was wiped out? What do you an?" Mu Huang was shocked.
"After last night's thunderstorm, the entire He Family was exterminated."
"What!"
「At the sa ti.」
News of the He Family's extermination quickly spread to all the major families in the Central State.
For a while, the lower and mid-tier families were gripped by panic.
The upper-tier families, on the other hand, showed no change on the surface, but they too were deeply unsettled.
The He Family was a second-tier family in the Central State, a dical and Martial Family!
Yet they were wiped out in a single night!
And no one knew the inside story!
This was sothing worth pondering deeply.
User Comments
0 comments from readers