Yang Gongming posed the question to both of them but Guo Xuehua tugged on Lin Ruoxiâs sleeves when she saw how nervous she looked.
Lin Ruoxi was a nervous wreck and she threw a puzzled gaze towards her mother-in-law.
Guo Xuehua encouraged her with her gaze and smiled. âYour grandfather is asking about your husband. Just tell him. No need to be nervous.â
Lin Ruoxi nodded bashfully before looking up. âYang Chen said the roads would be jammed so he decided to come back firstâŠâ
âHuh, jammed? Did he fly back instead?â One of the government officials laughed.
The others joined in with mocking laughs, they werenât afraid to mock them with Ning Guangyao around.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from the back.
âEh, how did you know I flew back?â
âW...who is it?!â
Chills ran down their spines. Was this place haunted?!
âYang Chen? Where are you?â Guo Xuehua looked around while smiling.
Yang Gongming glanced over at Yan Sanniang who pointed upwards with a resigned smile.
âSir, Young Master must have arrived here a long time ago. He was on the rooftop the whole time. I didnât realize it till now as his cultivation base had surpassed me.â
Yang Gongming chided. âYou brat. Youâve learned to eavesdrop huh, get down here!â
Others finally caught on then, the voice they had heard was from Yang Chen.
In the next second, they saw a man dressed in a blue sweater and beige pants appear outside the hall. He was munching on a tomato with another one in his hand. They wondered how long he had been standing there while watching him stroll into the hall.
For most of them, it was their first-time meeting Yang Chen and they frowned at his appearance. It was complete nonsense to have a tomato now! This wasnât the appropriate time to do so!
âYou damned brat! You ruined my garden again!â
Yang Gongming recognized the tomato immediately and he yelled out of annoyance.
Yang Chen curled his lips and took another bite of his tomato. Red juice started dripping from his mouth. âOld man, why are so still so stingy at such an old age. Itâs just tomatoes, whatâs wrong with eating a few when I flew all the way here just for you? You didnât even prepare lunch for me.â
While saying that, Yang Chen walked towards Lin Ruoxi and handed the other tomato to her.
Lin Ruoxi stared at him with a dazed expression. Even though they had been together for two years, she never wouldâve expected him to enter into a situation like this while munching on a tomato!
âHey, darling, what are you dreaming about? Itâs fresh, eat it. Itâs good for you.â Yang Chen tittered.
Lin Ruoxi still couldnât snap out of it, thinking that it was all a dream.
Yang Chen had no choice but to bite onto his tomato and opened her palm so that she could hold it.
The crowd was dead silent. Some of the eldersâ faces were twitching, slowing twisting into anger.
The elders wouldnât take the initiative to meet Yang Chen since they were older.
It was their first meeting and Yang Chen didnât leave a good impression on them, causing them to glare at Yang Gongming disapprovingly.
Anger flashed across Yang Pojunâs eyes but he didnât show it as he once did.
âHeâs Yang Chen? Your eldest grandson?!â The Third Grand Uncle hurled at Yang Gongming.
Yang Gongming nodded with a grin. âThatâs right. The one and only. He doesnât look reliable but heâs not that bad.â
Not that bad? So he wasnât that good?
Their jaws almost dropped from hearing a comment like this.
âHmph, I think youâve become silly because of old age! Itâs fine that youâre not part of our bloodline but you were actually trying to pass the clan over to someone like him without telling us?! Have you lost your mind?!
Yang Gongming raised an eyebrow. âSixth Brother, whatâre you talking about? Why would I ruin the clan? Iâm also part of the Yang clan just like the rest of you. Yang Chen is my grandson and heâs also part of the Yang clan. Iâm doing this for our clan.â
âStop bullshitting! Youâve already admitted that youâre not uncleâs son. Pojun, Yang Chen and Yang Lie arenât part of the bloodline anymore! Every one of you must leave! We will appoint a new leader!â
Everyone else chimed in and pointed their fingers at Yang Gongming and Yang Chen.
Guo Xuehua and Lin Ruoxi stood to the side quietly. They were worried but they couldnât help them at all as female members of the clan.
On the other hand, Yang Chen finished his tomato and watched them with an intrigued expression.
Yang Gongming sighed deeply before raising his voice at them. âEveryone! Why donât we talk about this later once Iâm done talking about the past?â
âThereâs nothing else to talk about! Who gave you the right to sit here and talk to us if youâre not part of our bloodline?!â the Sixth Brother said with disdain.
Yang Gongming chuckled. âItâs not up to you to declare that. If my father passed the clan to me even though he knew that I wasnât his son, it means that Iâm still part of the clan.â
âHmph! Thatâs because he was biased! Heâs an embarrassment!â The Sixth Brother shouted.
Yang Gongmingâs face darkened. âSixth BrotherâŠIâve had enough of you! How dare you badmouth my father! Donât get carried away!â
Yang Gongmingâs facial expression finally changed for the first time when his father was mentioned.
The elders finally started to treat him seriously and the oppression from Yang Gongming was causing the ones near to him to have breathing difficulties.
Ning Guangyao and others started to feel the tension. They were well aware that Yang Gongming wasnât as friendly as he appeared to be. He definitely wasnât an ordinary man since he won his title as a marshal through his service in the war.
The Sixth Brotherâs eyes twitched and he continued to press further when he received encouragement from other elders. âWhy! Are you finally showing your true colors now that Iâve got your tail? You and your father worked together and lied to all of us. The lot of you embarrass us!â
âHeyâŠâ
Yang Chen raised his voice and covered Sixth Brotherâs voice with his.
His gaze was cold as he glanced at him. âCan you stop shouting? He already said he will talk about this once heâs done with his story. Do you have Alzheimerâs?â
âYouâŠyou piece of shit, howâŠhow dareâŠâ
He was about to curse at him but he soon realized that he would never get the chance to finish his sentence!
Yang Chen had disappeared from everyoneâs sight in a split second!
In the next second, he had appeared next to the Sixth Brother!
âAh!â
Guo Xuehua and Lin Ruoxi shrieked in horror!
All they saw was Yang Chen holding his right arm up with a bloody head in his hand!!
It was the Sixth Brotherâs head!
His expression was frozen and blood was gushing out of his veins. Some sort of transparent energy seemed to have pushed his body gently, the headless corpse collapsed onto the ground!
âM...murderer!â
âHe murdered Sixth Brother?!â
âHurry! Arrest him!â
Yang Chen has roused up the crowd. Ning Guangyao and Li Moshenâs faces were tense whereas the government officials next to them went completely pale.
Even though they knew Yang Chen wasnât a simple person, they didnât expect him to pull off the elderâs head without saying anything else!
The other elders were alarmed and they froze on their chairs, staring at Yang Chen with a timid gaze.
The maids and guards outside the hall were excited to see this happening. They were all loyal subordinates to Yang Gongming so naturally Yang Chenâs action gained their favour.
Yang Chen tossed the head casually and it rolled on the flagstone causing blood to splash everywhere.
Yang Chen flung his hands to get rid of the blood and told the maids in a nonchalant tone, âFeed the dogs with it if we have them, no point wasting money for cremation.â
The veteran guards rushed in to clear the corpse in an efficient manner.
Cold sweats dripped down their skin when they heard this. No one dared to say anything, fearing for their lives in the face of a moody person like Yang Chen!