Chapter 149

Chapter 149

Hearing the muffled sounds coming from inside the room, Feng Qian Ning was immediately puzzled. She walked closer to the door and was about to press her ear against it to listen when, suddenly, the door swung open.

Feng Yuwan froze in surprise. She hadn’t expected her daughter to be standing right outside the door.

Thank goodness … thank goodness …

she thought with immense relief. Luckily, she hadn’t made any loud noises earlier. Qian Ning shouldn’t have overheard anything.

Subconsciously touching her lips, Feng Yuwan asked in a stern tone, “Qian Ning, is there something you need?”

As soon as she spoke, she regretted it. Her voice sounded wrong—hoarse, raspy.

“Mother, what happened to your voice?” Feng Qian Ning asked immediately. “Why does it sound so hoarse?”

Thinking back to the earlier “intense” moment, Feng Yuwan blushed slightly and quickly replied, “It’s nothing. The weather has been a bit dry these days, so my throat is a little hoarse.”

“Oh, is that so?” Feng Qian Ning said, her face still full of doubt. How could it be dry in Ice and Snow City? The city’s air was always cold and moist. And considering her mother’s cultivation at the fourth stage of the Soul Transformation Realm, such trivial conditions shouldn’t affect her at all.

Noticing her daughter’s skeptical look, Feng Yuwan inwardly cursed herself for such a poor excuse. Her cheeks reddened even more as she mentally blamed a certain someone:

That damn brat! He’s gotten me into trouble again!

However, Feng Qian Ning didn’t dwell on the topic any longer. Instead, she said, “Mother, I’ve decided to annul my marriage to Long Tianyu!”

“Hm?” Feng Yuwan was momentarily stunned but quickly cleared her throat and said, “You’ve finally come to your senses! You should’ve annulled your marriage to that worthless man long ago! I still don’t understand what your grandfather was thinking, insisting that you marry him. I should have put my foot down back then!”

But as she spoke, Feng Yuwan suddenly paused. A thought crossed her mind:

If I had been firmer in rejecting Qian Ning’s marriage to Long Tianyu back then, would there have been a chance between me and Brother Chen? Wouldn’t it be Qian Ning standing by Brother Chen’s side today instead of me? In that case, Long Tianyu hadn’t been entirely useless; in a way, he had indirectly brought her and Brother Chen together.

“Mother? Mother?” Feng Qian Ning’s voice snapped Feng Yuwan back to reality. Her face flushed again, but this time her gaze softened with a hint of guilt as she gently stroked Qian Ning’s hair.

“Qian Ning, you’re my only daughter. One day, you’ll inherit Ice and Snow City. It’s time to get rid of Long Tianyu as your husband. It doesn’t make sense for the future leader of our city to be tied to such a useless man. I’ll call a meeting of the elders right now and publicly expel him from the Feng family!”

Feeling her mother’s affection, Feng Qian Ning glanced at Feng Yuwan’s belly and playfully poked it. “Mother, I’m not your only daughter! There’s another one on the way, remember?” she teased, giggling.

“You cheeky girl!” Feng Yuwan scolded her jokingly, laughing. “How do you know it’s a daughter? It could be a son!”

“Mother, did you forget? Our Ice Phoenix bloodline is unique! Once the bloodline awakens in the mother, the chances of having a daughter are much higher than having a son!”

“Hmph, look at you, so knowledgeable now!” Feng Yuwan said with a smile, her gaze softening even more. She gently caressed her belly. In truth, she was hoping for a son, believing that giving Brother Chen a son would solidify her position even more. After all, the most passionate way to love a man was to bear him a son, right?

At that moment, Yang Chen walked out of the room with a warm smile. “So, Qian Ning’s here?”

Seeing him, Feng Qian Ning’s eyes momentarily glazed over before she quickly bowed. “Qian Ning greets the Holy Son!”

Yang Chen waved his hand casually. “Qian Ning, we’re all family here. No need for formalities. Just call me Father, or Uncle Yang.”

“Yes!” Feng Qian Ning nodded, but she couldn’t bring herself to call him “Uncle Yang” aloud.

At this point, Feng Yuwan interjected, “Brother Chen, Qian Ning has decided to annul her marriage to Long Tianyu. You don’t object, do you?”

“Of course not!” Yang Chen responded immediately, having overheard their conversation earlier.

So, Long Tianyu’s father is coming to Ice and Snow City, and now Qian Ning wants to annul her marriage …

He smirked.

This is shaping up to be a classic scenario for some dramatic face-slapping.

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Inside the City Lord’s mansion’s council hall, Feng Yuwan had freshened up and changed into an elegant dark green palace gown, perfectly accentuating her graceful and voluptuous figure. Her long hair was styled into an exquisite phoenix bun, adding an air of nobility and sanctity to her appearance.

Below her, on the ground, Long Tianyu was kneeling, his shoulders pressed down by Feng Yunhai, preventing him from standing up. As he gazed at Feng Yuwan on the high platform, who looked like a goddess descended from the heavens, his heart seethed with rage.

Wretched woman!

he cursed silently. Ever since she got pregnant with that bastard Yang Chen’s child, she’s been dressing up more and more! Long Tianyu swallowed hard, lust and hatred flashing in his eyes. When his father arrived, he would make sure her cultivation was crippled, and then he would force her to wear a different palace gown every day, just to degrade her even further.

Feng Yuwan’s cold voice echoed through the hall, “I have decided to annul Long Tianyu’s marriage to Qian Ning and expel him from the Feng family. From this moment forward, the Feng family has no ties to Long Tianyu whatsoever!”

Her beautiful eyes glanced at Long Tianyu with nothing but disdain, as if she were looking at an insect. But this look only fueled the twisted excitement in Long Tianyu’s mind. His father would be arriving any moment now, and his fortunes would soon reverse. Feng Yuwan’s haughty expression only served to ignite his desire to conquer her.

Just wait, Feng Yuwan! I’ll make you kneel before me and completely dominate you!

Several Feng family elders began to chime in: “Master is wise! Long Tianyu is not worthy of staying in our Feng family!”

“Qian Ning, as the sole heir to the Feng family and Ice and Snow City, deserves a far better husband than this useless son-in-law!”

“Indeed! Qian Ning has awakened the Ice Phoenix bloodline, and she’s destined to reach the Soul Transformation Realm soon. A mere mudfish is not fit to dance with a phoenix!”

Mocking laughter echoed through the hall. No one gave Long Tianyu, the despised son-in-law, any respect.

But at that moment, Yang Chen suddenly heard a voice in his ear from Linglong: “Master, he’s here.”

“Hm?” Yang Chen raised an eyebrow and turned his gaze towards the entrance of the hall. In that instant, a deep, thunderous voice exploded inside the hall: “A mudfish paired with a phoenix? How dare you ants insult my son!”

As the words fell, the Nascent Soul elder who had spoken about the mudfish and phoenix exploded into a cloud of blood mist.