"You...!" The elders of the Nalan family were so angry their nostrils flared, unsure if Zhou Hong was telling the truth.
Zhou Hong had been a prominent figure on the Purple Cloud Continent. He was handsome and the number one genius, often causing countless maidens to scream in their dreams late at night.
Therefore, Zhou Hong had naturally been with many women. This so-called fiancée was considered a very beautiful woman by the former Zhou Hong. He wouldn't be so foolish as to not enjoy her beforehand, and had already tasted her.
The Nalan family members immediately looked at Nalan Yunzhu. Sure enough, they saw Nalan Yunzhu blushing and glaring at Zhou Hong with anger.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm just telling the truth," Zhou Hong scoffed, glancing at Nalan Mingzhu. Zhou Hong clearly remembered this woman clinging to him back then, calling her name.
"Zhou Hong, you bastard, why did you ruin me?" Nalan Yunzhu burst into tears. After all, in this feudal world, what was done was done. If it wasn't spoken, no one would know, but if it was revealed, her reputation would be ruined.
"You came to break off the engagement without considering my reputation, so why should I consider yours?" Zhou Hong pouted. Although Zhou Hong didn't care about reputation at all.
"Zhou Hong, I officially announce to you today, I am breaking off the engagement with you," Nalan Yunzhu shouted.
"Wait." However, at this moment, an elder from the Nalan family suddenly stopped them loudly.
"Seventh Elder, what is this?" the others from the Nalan family asked the old man suspiciously.
"No more breaking off the engagement today," the Seventh Elder of the Nalan family said directly.
"Seventh Elder, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly not breaking off the engagement?" the rest looked at the Seventh Elder in confusion.
"Her reputation is already ruined, so what's the point of breaking off the engagement?" the Seventh Elder of the Nalan family roared impatiently.
"But...!"
"What but? She's already been slept with. Do you think anyone else will dare to marry Yunzhu? Even if they do, the quality probably won't be good. It's truly disappointing. They haven't even gotten married yet, and she's already been deceived." the Seventh Elder of the Nalan family glared at Nalan Yunzhu angrily, as if scolding her for not living up to expectations. Originally, she could have found someone better than Zhou Hong, but now that she'd been taken by Zhou Hong, breaking off the engagement would clearly be a bad deal.
Nalan Yunzhu said nothing, standing aside and crying, her arrogant demeanor from before completely gone.
"Wait." At this moment, Zhou Hong also shouted.
"Zhou Hong, what do you want to say?"
Zhou Hong said, "Sorry, it's not that you can break off the engagement if you want and not break it off if you don't. Now, I am the one who wants to break off the engagement."
"Zhou Hong, don't go too far." Nalan Yunzhu was furious when Zhou Hong, in turn, wanted to break off the engagement with her. She had already prepared herself to accept fate.
"Sorry, I don't think highly of you anymore," Zhou Hong snorted.
"Zhou Hong, stop fooling around. If we don't break off the engagement, everyone will be happy," the Patriarch of the Zhou family quickly stepped forward to persuade Zhou Hong. For the Zhou family, it was the best outcome if the Nalan family didn't break off the engagement.
"Patriarch, I'm not fooling around. Who would want a woman like this?" Zhou Hong immediately picked up the paper and pen on the table, wrote a letter of engagement cancellation, and stuffed it into Nalan Yunzhu's hand.
"Nalan Yunzhu, from this moment on, our marital relationship is dissolved. You can leave," Zhou Hong said.
Nalan Yunzhu looked at Zhou Hong with red eyes, appearing incredibly angry.
The elders of the Nalan family also showed great anger.
"Zhou Hong, you toyed with Nalan Yunzhu, and now you can't break off the engagement. If you dare to do so, we're not done with you," the Seventh Elder of the Nalan family tore up the engagement cancellation letter and then uttered a threat.
"If you're not done, then we're not done. Are we afraid of you?" Zhou Hong pouted.
The Patriarch of the Zhou family wanted to say something more, but the Nalan family members, pulling Nalan Mingzhu, left.
"Zhou Hong, why were you so impulsive? They weren't planning to break off the engagement anymore," a Zhou family elder said with some resentment.
"Grandpa Zhou Fu, even if they didn't break off the engagement, could I possibly accept such a woman? The only reason they suddenly stopped breaking off the engagement was because their reputation was already damaged, and they had no choice."
"Alas, now it's good. If you really break it off, you'll have an enemy in the Nalan family forever. No matter what, Nalan Yunzhu is a beautiful genius who officially got into the Primordial Academy. Even if she wasn't sincere, what does it matter if you could have such a wife?"
"Everyone, grandfathers, you don't need to say anything more. Nalan Yunzhu and I will have no relationship from now on. As for the Primordial Academy, it's nothing."
"You child, why has your tone become so arrogant since you woke up? If the Primordial Academy is nothing, why couldn't you get in back then?"
"Heh, I'll take the exam again another day," Zhou Hong chuckled helplessly.
"Right, where are my parents?" Zhou Hong looked around the hall and didn't see his biological parents, feeling a little confused.
"What do you mean, parents?" the elders in the hall looked confused.
"I misspoke, where are my father and mother?" Zhou Hong quickly corrected himself. After staying on Earth for a while, he'd accidentally said 'parents' instead of 'father and mother.'
"They... they!" Everyone in the hall had strange expressions, hesitating to speak.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Hong sensed something bad.
"Zhou Hong, you must bear your grief," the Patriarch suddenly patted Zhou Hong's shoulder, his eyes red.
"What do you mean?" Zhou Hong was stunned.
"During the nine months you were in a coma, too many things happened in the family. Your father and mother went to the Sunset Mountain Range to search for the Crimson Pearl Spirit Grass to wake you up, but they died there."
"Ah." Zhou Hong's body trembled violently.
"And your elder brother died heroically in the Northern Expedition war five months ago. As for your second brother, he's fine and has been promoted to Commander in the army."
"Father, Mother, Elder Brother...!" Zhou Hong's heart was filled with immense sadness. He never expected to hear the news of three loved ones' departures after waking up.
"Zhou Hong, you must pull yourself together. You are the most talented disciple of our Zhou family, and the future of the family depends on you."
"Yes, Zhou Hong, your parents and your elder brother must have wanted to see you pull yourself together. Although you are no longer the number one genius on the Purple Cloud Continent, we believe you can reclaim your glory."
Zhou Hong heard nothing. With red eyes, he walked out of the hall.
Zhou Hong sat alone on the roof, lost in thought.
Zhou Hong had parents on Earth, and in his past life, he had a grandfather and other relatives. Therefore, although he was sad about the departure of his parents and elder brother on the Purple Cloud Continent, he was not unable to bear the blow.