"General, the Duke and Duchess of Lin have arrived."
Hearing Steward Qi’s words, Leng Jin Yu paused his movements. Due to various past conflicts, he and Lin Zhen Fei rarely interacted. Why would they come to the General’s Mansion looking for him early this morning?
"Qi Fu, what do they want with me?" Leng Jin Yu asked, full of confusion.
As he spoke, Qi Fu raised his hand and touched his nose, recounting the events of the previous night to Leng Jin Yu in detail.
Steward Qi had expected Leng Jin Yu to scold Leng Ruo Li for acting too rashly.
Unexpectedly, Leng Jin Yu actually chuckled and said, "Alas, Li’er is still too soft-hearted in her actions. Even if she had killed Lin Meng Zhi, I, Leng Jin Yu, would not have let Lin Zhen Fei harm her even a little. It was because I was too merciful back then that…"
"Sigh—"
Leng Jin Yu let out a long sigh.
"Come, let’s go out and see!"
With that, Leng Jin Yu put down the sword in his hand, walked out of the courtyard, and entered the outer hall.
Seeing Leng Jin Yu emerge, Lin Zhen Fei angrily accused him, "Leng Jin Yu, how did you educate your child?"
"Thanks to the Duke of Lin, I, Leng Jin Yu, haven’t educated my own child for eight years," Leng Jin Yu replied sarcastically.
"Leng Jin Yu, what do you mean by that?"
Lin Zhen Fei slammed his right hand onto the table, and with a "swish," he stood up from his chair, his fox-like eyes staring directly at Leng Jin Yu.
"It means exactly what it says."
Leng Ruo Li cast a faint glance at Lin Zhen Fei.
"Leng Jin Yu, I, Lin Zhen Fei, am not here to bicker about other matters today. I’ve come to settle the score with your daughter," Lin Zhen Fei said heatedly.
"Why doesn't your ugly legitimate daughter dare to come out? She injured my son and daughter last night, and I must get it back from her today," Madam Lin yelled loudly towards the backyard of the General’s Mansion.
This was overheard by Leng Ruo Li, who had just walked out. She retorted unexpectedly to Madam Lin, "Who said this young lady dares not to come out?"
After receiving the report from the servant, she had immediately stopped her training, entered the system space to take a bath, and changed into clean clothes before coming out.
It wasn’t that she dared not come out, but that she intentionally came out later.
"It’s good that you’ve come out! You injured my son and daughter last night, how will you settle this?"
Madam Lin stood with her hands on her hips, pointing furiously at Leng Ruo Li.
Leng Ruo Li’s beautiful apricot eyes coldly glanced at Madam Lin. Seeing this shrew of a woman, it was no wonder Lin Zhen Fei was out womanizing everywhere.
It was rumored that just recently, the Duke of Lin, disregarding Madam Lin’s obstruction, had brought five beautiful women into his manor as concubines.
"I haven’t even settled the score with your Duke of Lin Manor’s esteemed heir and esteemed princess yet, and you dare to come knocking on my door."
Facing Madam Lin, Leng Ruo Li’s imposing manner did not yield at all.
"Aren’t you still alive and well? What score do you need to settle?"
"Are you implying that I can only settle scores if I’m dead? Besides, I didn’t kill your son and daughter, so what kind of score are you trying to settle!"
"You, you..."
Madam Lin was so enraged by Leng Ruo Li that she couldn’t speak.
"Leng Jin Yu, if you don’t give us a satisfactory explanation today, I... I will go to the palace and report both of you father and daughter to His Majesty!"
"Madam Lin, if you wish to go to the palace to lodge a complaint, please do so." Leng Jin Yu said nonchalantly.
"Duke Lin, Madam Lin, on my way back to the General’s Mansion last night, your son Lin Hong Tao had a group of people intercept me on the road. Not only did they intend to insult me, but they also attacked me. When your son couldn’t defeat me, he tried to escape. Unexpectedly, he was too fat to outrun me, tripped over a stone, and fell face-first, looking quite miserable. Is this also my fault?"
"As for your esteemed daughter, she didn’t sleep in the middle of the night and came to my Ming Yue Courtyard to kill me. Fortunately, Uncle Qi discovered it, otherwise, I would have become a ghost under your daughter’s blade last night. Who is right and who is wrong in this matter, you should know in your hearts?"
At this moment, Lin Zhen Fei and Madam Lin were rendered speechless by Leng Ruo Li.
It was true that their son and daughter had provoked the incident last night, but their children had suffered such great losses, and they couldn’t swallow their anger.
"But you can’t be so vicious! After knocking my daughter unconscious, you not only hung her at the entrance of our Duke of Lin Manor, but you also smeared her with that sticky honey, attracting a swarm of insects to bite her. Her entire face is disfigured. How can she face anyone in the future as a young lady!"
Madam Lin said through gritted teeth to Leng Ruo Li, her ferocious expression looking as if she wanted to devour her.
"That is her just deserts! She has no one else to blame!"
Leng Ruo Li did not regret what she had done to Lin Meng Zhi last night in the slightest.
"You, you..."
Madam Lin was so angry that her liver almost ached. She raised her hand to slap Leng Ruo Li, but before her hand could touch Leng Ruo Li’s face, Leng Jin Yu immediately grabbed it. Caught off guard, Leng Jin Yu flung her away, and Madam Lin’s stout body was heavily thrown to the ground.
"Ah..."
"You father and daughter are simply too overbearing! Both of you are equally arrogant!"
Madam Lin sat on the ground and threw a tantrum.
Seeing this scene, Lin Zhen Fei became even more furious. Although he didn’t like Madam Lin, she was, after all, the Duchess of Lin. Leng Jin Yu should at least give him some face. Moreover, he was present too. Leng Jin Yu was truly arrogant and disrespectful.
The more Lin Zhen Fei thought about it, the angrier he became. The large palm hidden behind him slowly gathered a surge of internal energy, and he suddenly struck towards the Leng father and daughter. Fortunately, Leng Jin Yu reacted quickly, immediately pushing Leng Ruo Li aside and dodging herself. Otherwise, the Leng father and daughter would have perished on the spot.
Angered, Leng Jin Yu abandoned all pretense of decorum and cursed Lin Zhen Fei, "Lin Zhen Fei, you insidious scoundrel! Clearly, your son and daughter are no match for my Li'er, yet you dare to seek retribution and even try to harm someone in front of me. Do you really think I, Leng Jin Yu, am a vegetarian? If you want to fight, then take this! I, Leng Jin Yu, will accompany you to the end!"
Saying that, Leng Jin Yu also gathered a surge of internal energy and struck at Lin Zhen Fei. The two of them immediately began to fight, and their martial arts skills were surprisingly evenly matched.
After dozens of rounds, Leng Jin Yu felt that Lin Zhen Fei’s martial arts style was very wrong. Every move was extremely insidious, and one could say that every strike was fatal.
A few years ago, Leng Jin Yu had sparred with Lin Zhen Fei. At that time, although Lin Zhen Fei’s martial arts were not as good as his, his style was not as vicious as it was now. Had Lin Zhen Fei practiced some evil art?
On careful consideration, it was highly likely that Lin Zhen Fei had practiced an evil art.
The two of them fought for nearly an hour without any clear winner, destroying most of the things in the courtyard and hall. Neither of them showed signs of stopping, until Jun Mo Han arrived at the General’s Mansion and separated them.
In the end, the Lin couple returned in defeat. However, the General’s Mansion and the Duke of Lin Manor had now completely fallen out.