As soon as Yan Jiaojiao spoke, Yan Zhengfeng and the others' expressions changed.
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Chen Wenyu stopped crying and glared at Yan Jiaojiao, "I told you there was no such thing! How can you slander your elders so carelessly? You have no manners or rules!"
"Yan Ruoliu said this to me herself. If you say I'm talking nonsense now, isn't it a bit late?"
Yan Ruoliu immediately waved her hands in panic, her delicate weakness gone. She repeatedly denied, "I never said such a thing, Father. She's framing me!"
"Fine, let's say I have no proof of the direct mother's death. Then what about Chen Wenyu drugging me and trying to lock me in a dark room?" Yan Jiaojiao was no longer afraid.
When she entered the courtyard and saw few people, she already suspected they might make a move against her. How could she not be prepared? She was just stalling for time.
"This is even more preposterous! You're just having a nightmare and now you're smearing dirt on me and my daughter!" Chen Wenyu was determined not to admit anything. "My lord, it's Yan Jiaojiao who barged in and scared my foolish nephew away, causing him to be lost!"
Yan Zhengfeng took a step forward, shocked, "What did you say? Tong'er is lost!"
Chen Wenyu cowered slightly. "My lord, it was yesterday. I intended to tell you after the banquet. That, that was indeed last night. Yan Jiaojiao caused a scene in my and Xue'er's courtyard, which scared him into hiding."
Yan Jiaojiao watched Chen Wenyu fabricate stories with a cold gaze. It was clearly Chen Wenyu and her daughter who were twisting the truth, but these words also confirmed that Yan Zhengfeng and Chen Wenyu were the culprits behind Oriental Xu's confinement.
No wonder they dared to attack her so viciously today. Such sordid methods were their specialty.
Yan Zhengfeng glared fiercely at Chen Wenyu. "Immediately increase manpower to search. If we can't find him in the manor, search the city!"
Chen Wenyu repeatedly agreed and, without bothering with the matters at hand, turned and hurried out to carry out the order.
Seeing her mother flee, Yan Ruoliu obviously felt uneasy. She didn't dare to stay in the same room with the enraged Yan Zhengfeng. Only Yan Ruoxue was still sobbing quietly.
Yan Zhengfeng slowly turned his gaze to Yan Jiaojiao and asked word by word, "You, do you have anything else to say?"
"Do you really want to kill me?" Yan Jiaojiao merely asked.
The answer was a fierce palm strike!
This time, Yan Jiaojiao was caught off guard. Just as she was about to be hit by the invisible palm, the little black dog beside her leaped forward and jumped in front of Yan Jiaojiao. Its small body instantly erupted with a powerful spiritual energy barrier, and its fluffy tail, symbolizing a beast, also emerged. Although the tail was small, it exuded a powerful aura.
"It's that summoned beast!" Yan Ruoxue screamed instantly.
The terrifying pressure from that day was vividly remembered. If this beast hadn't hidden its spiritual energy and tail, disguising itself as a real black dog, how could Yan Ruoxue have forgotten this little black demonic beast.
Yan Zhengfeng, however, was unaware. Seeing his spiritual palm easily neutralized, he looked at the little creature on the ground in disbelief.
Yan Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief. Protected by the little black dog, her words became even more forceful. She raised her hand and took out a Spirit Recall Orb, saying, "Yan Zhengfeng, you are unjust and have attacked me. I have recorded all of this!"
"You court death!" Yan Zhengfeng was thoroughly enraged. With one hand, he sent spiritual energy straight towards Yan Jiaojiao's Spirit Recall Orb, while with the other, he formed seals and unleashed another more powerful Giant Spirit Palm, using seventy to eighty percent of his strength.
A mere trick, Dongfang Cangwu scoffed internally.
The little black dog remained motionless. Yan Zhengfeng's attack didn't even truly touch the spiritual energy barrier. It exploded at the edge of the spiritual energy, and the powerful shockwave spread outwards, shattering the windows and sending them flying!
Yan Ruoxue had spiritual protection, but Yan Ruoliu was in trouble. Having not fully recovered, she took the full force of the shockwave head-on and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, Yan Zhengfeng no longer acted rashly. Feeling greatly humiliated, he became even more furious and cursed, "You unfilial daughter! Where did you find this demonic creature? You're skilled in these wicked ways!"
Yan Jiaojiao ignored Yan Zhengfeng and only looked at the little black dog in front of her, which was unsteady on its feet.
Was it too much for him after all? Little Hei is still so small. Facing Yan Zhengfeng, who had already entered the Green Rank, it must have been very difficult, which is why he's like this now.
Yan Jiaojiao was worried, unaware that this was because Dongfang Cangwu had consumed too much spiritual energy during his forced entry into her dreams, leading to a slight state of exhaustion.
Yan Zhengfeng, seeing Yan Jiaojiao ignore him, became even angrier. When Yan Jiaojiao turned her head to look at the broken window, Yan Zhengfeng wanted to wring her head off.
"Oh! What's going on here?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice lazily drawled. For the first time, Yan Jiaojiao didn't find his voice so greasy.
"My lord, Young Master Sheng and the clan elder have arrived," Chen Wenyu's voice followed closely, as if afraid it would be too late to remind him.
Yan Zhengfeng's eye twitched a few times before he managed to suppress his rage. He glared fiercely at Yan Jiaojiao as a warning, then walked out of the room as if nothing had happened, his tone still showing obvious displeasure. He asked Chen Wenyu, "Why did you bring them here?"
"The clan elder and a few relatives insisted on discussing the marriage with you, my lord," Chen Wenyu replied with difficulty. She had brought them here reluctantly.
"This is my fault," Sheng Mobai stepped forward, "My family is urging me to return quickly tomorrow, so I thought I'd ask the clan elder to accompany me to finalize the marriage with Master Yan, so I can report back to my family."
The Yan clan elder rubbed his nose, not daring to meet Yan Zhengfeng's gaze.
He had received a lot of money from Sheng Mobai, and how could he not do his best? It was just that who could have imagined that Yan Zhengfeng would be fighting with his daughter in the courtyard?
Now it was all clear to Sheng Mobai, which was a great disgrace to the Yan family.
If he wasn't afraid of Yan Zhengfeng, he would have liked to use his authority as clan elder to properly discipline the family's conduct!
The other clan relatives were the same, all standing awkwardly, unsure whether to advance or retreat.
"It's good that you've come," Yan Jiaojiao said loudly, breaking the awkward silence. She walked out, holding the little black dog.
Sheng Mobai raised an amused eyebrow at her when he saw she was unharmed. Yan Jiaojiao ignored him directly.
"You, step aside. We can talk about this later," Yan Zhengfeng's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, his low voice full of threat.
Yan Jiaojiao didn't even look at him. Instead, she walked past him to the side and behind the clan elder, then said, "You just tried to kill me. By what right do you order me to obey you?"