The three men in the Love Xue House were stunned. Qu Yuebai and Qu Yuexuan turned to Mo Junyang.
They asked in unison, “Junyang, what should we do?”
Mo Junyang’s handsome face which finally relaxed became tense again and his eyes were cold. He didn’t answer their question and nobody knew what he was thinking about.
The brothers obviously thought it was difficult to handle. If they couldn’t deal with it properly, the relationship between King Rui’s mansion and the Shi Family would be at risk. Although they didn’t care, the point was that Mo Junyang’s beloved would be in a dilemma.
“How about…” Qu Yuebai thought it was better not to make trouble and suggested, “Anyway, we have investigated and know it has nothing to do with Shi Baoning and Shi Baoyou. How about letting them go?”
As for three ladies the Shi Family asked for, Qu Yuebai turned a deaf ear.
Needless to say, he knew that Mo Junyang would never let Shi Qingxue leave the Love Xue House, and he didn’t need to think.
But Mo Junyang didn’t agree and said, “Go out to have a look.”
It was a mess at the gate of King Rui’s mansion. The servants of the Shi Family surrounded King Rui’s mansion, but the guards of the mansion were not weak and blocked the gate, refusing to let them in.
They were at swords’ points and a fight might break out at any moment.
“His Excellency is coming.”
Somebody shouted, and the two sides stopped arguing and made way for Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang glanced over everybody coldly and looked indifferent. “What are you doing here?”
Dong Hui stepped forward and pointed at Mo Junyang, roaring, “Mo Junyang, give my daughters Baoning and Qingxue back to me.”
“And Baoyou!” Zhou Ruyu echoed in a hurry, afraid that the first master’s family wouldn’t care about Shi Baoyou after saving Shi Baoning.
Seeing that there was tension, Qu Yuebai tried to mediate, but Mo Junyang said in advance, “What if I say no?”
Qu Yuebai was speechless and thought, “The families related by marriage should live in peace. Your Excellency, you are so willful and arrogant. Aren’t you afraid that when you want to marry Shi Qingxue, the Shi Family would reject you?”
“You!” Dong Hui trembled with anger. If Shi Junhe didn’t stop her, she might rush out to bite Mo Junyang to death.
Wenren Chi moved a step forward and came to Mo Junyang, asking suddenly, “Your Excellency, how is Qingxue now?”
All people were petrified. Even Mo Junyang’s cold eyes were in doubt when he looked at Wenren Chi.
According to Mo Junyang’s character, he wouldn’t want to talk with Wenren Chi, but anything about Shi Qingxue would make him soft-hearted. He answered, “She hasn’t woken up.”
“Then…” Wenren Chi wanted to ask more.
But Zhou Ruyu feared that undue delay would bring trouble and cried, “My poor daughter Baoyou. She has done nothing but go out with Qingxue out of kindness. But she has to suffer a disaster for no reason. If something bad happens to her, how would I survive?”
She cried her heart out. And she talked about Shi Baoyou, but since Shi Baoyou was like this, Shi Baoning wouldn’t be fine in this devil’s hands. As long as she could make Dong Hui nervous, it would be hopeful to save Shi Baoyou.
“Cover her mouth. It’s so noisy.” Mo Junyang ordered coldly, which ruined Zhou Ruyu’s daydream.
All people were silent.
No matter what they thought about Mo Junyang’s tyranny, the guards of King Rui’s mansion were loyal to their master. Before the people from the Shi Family reacted, they finished the job perfectly.
Zhou Ruyu was pressed on the ground by three people, with a stinky handkerchief in her mouth. She couldn’t move or speak, in an awkward position.
Even though Dong Hui doubted Zhou Ruyu’s words, seeing that Mo Junyang was so arrogant as to hurt her in front of their family master, she exploded. “Mo Junyang, don’t think that you can act willfully as you are from the royal family. You locked up an official’s daughters and tortured somebody in private. Do you think you can go unpunished?”
“Go unpunished?” Mo Junyang sneered and his cold eyes scanned the people from the Shi Family. At last, he looked at Shi Junhe. “Duke Shi brought servants to break into King Rui’s mansion. What would you say?”
Shi Junhe’s face stiffened and he hid the emotional Dong Hui behind him. He stared at Mo Junyang coldly. “Your Excellency, if you didn’t lock up three girls from my family for no reason and try to hurt them, how would I dare to disrespect the royal family?”
“Who said it’s for no reason? Shi Baoyou and Shi Baoning tried to hurt the wife of King Rui’s heir. I locked them up in the prison and wait for the judgment from the royal family. Why can’t I do that?” Mo Junyang said in a distant tone but was completely inflexible.
Even if Shi Junhe brought soldiers here, Mo Junyang wouldn’t let them go.
Shi Junhe frowned. “Your Excellency, you haven’t got married. How do you have a wife?”
Even if he wanted to frame somebody, why didn’t he find a better excuse?
Mo Junyang’s expression didn’t change. “Shi Qingxue is my wife!”
“Ridiculous! Qingxue is my daughter. When did she become your wife?” Shi Junhe clenched his fists and trembled with anger. If he could be unreasonable, he would punch Mo Junyang.
As a father, he wouldn’t allow his daughter to marry such a horrible devil. He chose to forget that he had said Mo Junyang was not bad in the past. Even so, it was because Mo Junyang was good at pretending and cheated everybody.
Shi Junhe took a deep breath and warned him, stressing each word. “The marriage should be decided by parents. Your Excellency, please don’t ruin Qingxue’s fame.”
Mo Junyang curled up his lips and his eyes were cloudy but determined. He also answered solemnly, “I tell you. Since you couldn’t protect Qingxue and she was harmed by her closest relative, you don’t qualify to keep her. She is mine!”
The last three words were heavier than the blood oath and struck everybody’s heart.
Shi Junhe was shocked and couldn’t speak because of Mo Junyang’s determination to win Qingxue and the hidden meaning in his words. Shi Qingxue was in trouble because of her relative?
“No way!”
Dong Hui didn’t believe Mo Junyang’s words. “Baoning is Qingxue’s sister and loves her so much. She would never harm Qingxue. You must be casting a bone between them.”
“Huh! That’s the truth. Both Qingxue and Shi Baoning knew about it. Why do I need to cast a bone?” Shi Qingxue was unwilling to investigate what had happened in the Peace Temple because of the kinship, but it didn’t mean that Mo Junyang would pretend it never happened.
He didn’t talk about it because Shi Qingxue wanted to live in peace, but now she was not peaceful, so why would these people live in comfort?
“When they were in the Peace Temple, Qingxue’s right hand was seriously injured and was almost insulted… Madam Shi, do you think your good daughter did nothing?” Mo Junyang glanced at Dong Hui coldly. Even though she was not in the Peace Temple then, he didn’t believe that she hadn’t noticed anything. She just wanted to live in peace and made Qingxue sacrifice herself for nothing.
Watching that Dong Hui stepped backward suddenly and looked frustrated because of his words, Mo Junyang felt happy out of the blue and the depression in his chest was vented out.
He gazed at Dong Hui and said in a dreadfully cold voice, “Relax. Whatever Qingxue suffered, no matter if it was serious or not, whoever it was, I would avenge her. Now, it is just a beginning.”
The coldness in his voice could scare people to death, but Shi Junhe didn’t feel frightened for now. He asked Dong Hui, “What happened in the Peace Temple as he mentioned? When did Qingxue get injured? And Baoning…”
“Junhe, we came to save Baoning. Don’t get distracted by him.” Dong Hui’s face changed and she interrupted Shi Junhe rudely.
Shi Junhe wouldn’t be cheated easily and questioned coldly, “Tell me. Is what he said true?”
As Mo Junyang said, Dong Hui knew a little about what had happened in the Peace Temple, but she loved both daughters, and Qingxue never complained to her, so she pretended that she didn’t know…
Dong Hui gritted her teeth and answered calmly, “What he said is not true. He couldn’t find the murderer, so he vented his anger on Baoning and the others. Junhe, don’t be fooled by him.
Baoning is your daughter. Are you going to watch this devil hurt and even kill her and do nothing?”
Dong Hui shed tears while speaking. She wiped her tears and drew Wenren Chi over. “Chi, Baoning is your fiancee. Her father doesn’t care about her. Would you leave her alone, too?”
Shi Junhe couldn’t bear to see Dong Hui’s tears. As she cried, he could ignore everything. And she blamed him indirectly, so he comforted her awkwardly, “Hui, don’t cry. Baoning is my daughter. I will save her even at the cost of my life. I promise.”
Mo Junyang watched aside indifferently. Witnessing the affection of the Shi Family, he sneered and said mercilessly, “Since Madam Shi accused me of venting my anger on Shi Baoning, I will confirm it, in case I am to blame for nothing.”
“Your Excellency, are you going to be our enemy?” Shi Junhe lowered his voice and asked coldly.
Mo Junyang raised his brows and responded in a distant voice, “Yes. So what?
Now I just lock them up in the prison and feed them, but if Qingxue really…” He said gloomily, but when he was about to say that Shi Qingxue’s life was in danger, he couldn’t speak a word.
Even if it was an assumption, he didn’t want to relate that word to Shi Qingxue.
“Then all of you don’t need to stay alive!” The ruthless voice declared the life and death of Shi Baoning, Shi Baoyou, and even the whole Shi Family.
He was so conceited, but everybody felt chill from toe to head.
At the moment, none of them would doubt Mo Junyang’s words.
Dong Hui was terrified and resentful. She plucked up courage from nowhere and suddenly shouted loud, “Mo Junyang, don’t forget that we are Qingxue’s parents. If you treat us like this, Qingxue would never forgive you!”
Mo Junyang was shocked. Obviously, these words were effective to him.
Dong Hui was overjoyed and thought she had found Mo Junyang’s weakness. Then she added more emotionally, “Qingxue likes to protect her family. You don’t respect us and hurt her sister. She would never marry you but would even hate you for a lifetime! She would rather die than be with you!”
The last words were Mo Junyang’s most terrible nightmare in the previous life, and he could never shake off the memory.
Mo Junyang raised his head all of a sudden and his dark eyes turned red, seeming to bleed, which was horrible. He stared at Dong Hui.