The lady, whose real na was Zhu Kewen, narrowed her eyes and stared darkly at Chen Yang.
In all her decades of life, she had never encountered anyone who dared to speak to her with such an attitude, accusing her son of being a beast and herself of being utterly inhumane. It was a brazen, undisguised accusation.
"Heh!" Zhu Kewen scoffed. Despite being a woman over half a head shorter than Chen Yang, the aura she exuded was no less intense. "Since you know who I am and still dare to ddle, it seems you have a death wish!"
"Trying to bully with your status?" Chen Yang smiled. "Well, let's see if you can actually pull it off."
SLAP.
Zhu Kewen, who hadn't yet recovered from his words, suddenly felt a gust of wind sweep across her left cheek, followed imdiately by a sharp cracking sound and a searing pain. The imnse force not only sent her bug-eye sunglasses flying but also nearly sent her tumbling to the ground.
This...
The entire hospital corridor fell silent.
Clutching her swollen cheek, Zhu Kewen stared at Chen Yang, her face a mask of fury, resentnt, and utter disbelief. "You… you dare to strike ?"
Excruciating pain spread from her face through her entire body. As she trembled violently, a thick killing intent erupted from her.
What kind of place is this? To slap in front of so much low-class scum? This is utterly outrageous!
WHOOSH.
Another gust of wind, swift as lightning, streaked past in a flash.
SLAP.
Another loud slap viciously struck Zhu Kewen's face.
Despite being on guard, she was powerless to retaliate. The massive force of the blow sent her crashing into the adjacent wall.
"You trash, you dare to hit again?" Zhu Kewen's eyes looked as if they might split from their sockets. She was surrounded by her own people, yet she had been struck again and again.
Chen Yang laughed. "I dare to kill you. Believe it or not?"
Zhu Kewen was left speechless.
"I am a daughter-in-law of the Luo Family, and you repeatedly lay your hands on ! Good! Very good!" Zhu Kewen wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her venomous gaze making it seem as if she wanted to grind Chen Yang's bones to dust and suck the marrow. What was her status in Cangyun City? Who didn't have to respectfully call her Mrs. Wen?
"It seems you don't understand your place," Chen Yang said calmly as he drew out a cigarette. He brought it to his nose for a sniff, in no hurry to light it.
SLAP.
Yang Hu stepped forward, his fan-sized palm swinging down to strike Zhu Kewen across the face.
Everyone was speechless.
Sun Dejiang was speechless.
Zhu Kewen's head slamd into the nearby wall, but what truly shook everyone to their core wasn't her injuries. It was her identity.
The daughter-in-law of Luo Yunhai!
Who on earth is this god-like figure? So fierce, so domineering, so utterly fearless.
Zhu Kewen was completely stunned by the slap. After her thoughts finally coalesced, she dared not make any more threats. She took a few deep breaths and asked in a low voice, "Who… who exactly are you people?"
"I don't recall ever provoking you," she added.
"I just can't stand you," Chen Yang said.
Zhu Kewen was dumbfounded. She never imagined Chen Yang would utter those words. 'I just can't stand you'? A fine reason indeed.
"I don't care who you are, my son was frad! He shouldn't have to bear this infamy!" Zhu Kewen declared righteously. "Don't any of you feel the least bit guilty?"
"I killed Luo Chen," Chen Yang said with a smile.
Zhu Kewen froze.
Everyone else froze.
Is he joking?
HUFF. HUFF.
Zhu Kewen almost failed to draw her next breath, her face turning ashen as she nearly fainted on the spot.
Under everyone's gaze, Chen Yang leisurely placed the cigarette he had been toying with into his mouth. He then took out a match and struck it lightly.
STRIKE!
A fla flared to life. It was large at first but quickly settled into a steady, gentle burn.
Tilting his head, Chen Yang lit his cigarette. He took a light draw, and wisps of blue smoke drifted away. There was a composure about him, and within that composure, the faint air of a sovereign. With a flick of his right hand, he shook the match out and fixed his gaze on Sun Dejiang, who stood not far away.
The man looked old, despairing, and utterly drained. At just over forty, a man in his pri shouldn't look like this.
"You… say that again?!" Snapping back to her senses, Zhu Kewen took a deep, ragged breath. Her entire body trembled uncontrollably, her pupils were dilated, and her expression was fraught with turmoil.
Luo Yunhai hadn't told his family of his suspicion that the Forr Chief Military Commander might have killed Luo Chen. As a result, Zhu Kewen was completely ignorant of the true circumstances of her son's death.
"Do you not understand human language?" Chen Yang retorted without looking at her.
Zhu Kewen's face turned livid with rage.
Heh... What a brazen cur. Ignoring is one thing, but to publicly admit to killing my son? What does he take , the daughter-in-law of the Luo Family, for?!
"You! Get over here!" Zhu Kewen pointed at Chen Yang, her teeth grinding as she enunciated each word.
Chen Yang paid her no mind.
Before him, Sun Dejiang was both overjoyed and bewildered. I can guess it was this man who saved my daughter… but why did he co today? And why would he confess in public like this? For a mont, he was at a complete loss for what to do.
"Th-thank you!" After a long mont, Sun Dejiang finally spoke, tears streaming down his weathered face. All the pent-up grievances and despair in his heart erupted at once in a wave of cathartic release.
"Get the hell away from , you old fool!" Sun Dejiang's gratitude had struck a raw nerve. Zhu Kewen's gaze was venomous as she snarled at him.
Sun Dejiang t her glare, refusing to back down an inch.
"You trash, explain yourself! And do you have any idea of the consequences you're about to face?" Zhu Kewen couldn't believe it, nor was she willing to believe it so easily. To be so rash would only allow the true murderer to go scot-free.
"I knew the Luo Family was scum, but I never imagined you would be so utterly without a bottom line," Chen Yang said, shaking his head and sighing. He stopped just short of saying the Luo Family was worse than beasts.
"Letting you live for these past few days was my mistake."
Zhu Kewen was speechless.
"I'm going in. When I co out, I don't want her to still be standing here," Chen Yang said to Yang Hu, pinching the cigarette butt and extinguishing it.
"Understood!" Yang Hu affird.
The crowd was speechless. What does that an? Is he going to make the Luo Family's daughter-in-law kneel, or…
「anwhile, at the Luo Family residence.」
"Master, it's confird. The Falcon Master was severely injured by Chen Yang; he was nearly crippled," an old butler reported to Luo Yunhai in the main hall.
Luo Yunhai sneered. "He even dares to strike a mber of the Imperial Clan. As for you, Forr Chief Military Commander… your path has co to an end."
"Master, the Young Mistress got into a conflict at the hospital. It seems she went to find those girls to clear Luo Chen's na."
Luo Yunhai raised an eyebrow. Soone dares to pick a fight with a mber of the Luo Family?
"Later, I investigated and found that after Chen Yang left the Elders' Court, he also went to the hospital."
Luo Yunhai was stunned into silence.
"Quick, call Zhu Kewen!"
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