Chapter 276

Chapter 276: If Her Hand Hurts From Hitting You, You Still Have To Pay Her Medical Expenses

A hint of a smile touched Chen Xin Yue’s eyes, but it quickly turned to worry as she warned: “Be careful!”

At the sharp whoosh of something cutting the air, Jiang Yu Chuan’s face darkened and he moved to act, but Yu Zhi Yi grabbed his arm and said: “Don’t move.”

In that split second, the hidden weapon reached the group. Yet it did not harm the five members of the Jiang Clan, because it stopped less than a meter from them, as if an invisible wall had blocked it. The next second, it flew back the way it came and, right in front of Young Master Fang’s shocked gaze, smashed into his own head.

Young Master Fang froze, eyes wide.

As colored paint splattered over his body and red paint glued his eyes half shut, he still had no idea what had happened. [No one even moved. How did that thing come back by itself? And it bounced back so perfectly?] He had no time to think. Two long swords crossed at his neck, and a cool, steady male voice asked: “Miss, how should we deal with this assassin?”

The Fang family turned pale when they saw their son caught and rushed forward, shouting: “Let go of our son!”

When Young Master Fang’s vision cleared, he saw the blades at his throat and two unfamiliar faces. He snapped: “Who are you people? Put the swords down!”

No one answered him. The pressure of the blades grew heavier, like they could slice off his head at any moment. His face went white, though the splash of many colors hid how scared he really was.

Jiang Yu Chuan spoke angrily: “Patriarch Fang, Madam Fang, I kindly invited you to my daughter’s welcome banquet. If you didn’t want to come, you could have just said so. Why try to hurt her?”

Madam Fang denied it in a rush: “Second Master Jiang, you misunderstand. We never meant to harm your daughter.”

Jiang Yu Chuan gave a cold laugh. Madam Fang choked on her words. The facts spoke for themselves, and her excuses sounded weak and hollow.

Patriarch Fang, sweating all over, didn’t care that his son was covered in paint. He wanted to grab the boy by the ear and drag him over to apologize. But two knife-wielding guards stood watch, so he couldn’t get close. He could only look to Jiang Yu Chuan and say: “Second Master Jiang, I will make my son apologize to Second Miss.”

Jiang Yu Chuan said coolly: “This is not for me to decide. Whether to accept his apology and whether to release him are both up to my daughter.”

That was not only his attitude. It was the truth. Those men were his daughter’s guards. They didn’t take orders from him.

Young Master Fang gave a cold laugh: “You want me to apologize to that wild girl with no background? Dream on. She’s just a wild girl. Is she really worth important people like us coming all this way to throw her a welcome banquet? She didn’t even have the strength to catch my hidden weapon. She only dodged it because Second Master Jiang and Second Young Master helped her. A person like that doesn’t deserve to be part of the Martial Alliance!”

Everyone fell silent.

Patriarch Fang and Madam Fang were silent too, thinking: [How did we raise such an idiot?]

Jiang Yu Chuan sneered: “Don’t say I refused to let him off. He’s the one begging for death.”

The Jiang brothers’ faces also turned dark.

Suddenly, Xiao Qing Xuan let out a sharp cry and lunged at Young Master Fang, shouting: “You dare bully my Jin’er! I will beat you! Beat you!”

The two bodyguards did not stop Xiao Qing Xuan. They only pinned Young Master Fang down even harder. All he could see were the woman’s plain nails, not even stained with rouge, falling on his face again and again. His cheeks burned with pain.

The Fang couple were frantic: “Second Master Jiang, look at this…”

Jiang Yu Chuan’s face did not change as he said: “My wife is taking revenge for my daughter. What is wrong with that? If her hand starts to hurt from hitting him, you may have to pay for her treatment.”

The Fang couple had no words.

Just then, Aunt Chen stepped forward and spoke gently: “Second Brother, today is Jin’er’s welcome banquet. It would not be good to make an even bigger scene. Please ask Sister-in-law to stop.”

The Fang couple immediately looked grateful.

Jiang Yu Chuan looked at her without warmth and said: “At my daughter’s welcome banquet, someone she does not welcome tried to hurt her. Tell me, who is the one making a scene?”

Aunt Chen had not expected him to show her no face at all. Her eyes reddened as she said in a small, wronged voice: “I… I was only thinking for Jin’er’s sake.”

Jiang Yu Wei couldn’t stand watching anymore and said: “Second Brother, Ruo Lan is right. We should not blow this up. That would be bad for Jin’er.”

Jiang Yu Chuan frowned. He thought of his daughter’s reputation. Without meaning to, he looked toward Yu Zhi Yi, but she was only watching Xiao Qing Xuan with full attention, as if nothing around them mattered at all.

He said, almost to himself: “Big Brother, I already said I can’t control this.”

Jiang Yu Wei thought his younger brother was refusing to give him face and his expression sank. Before he could speak, Commandery Governor Song chuckled and said: “I, this official, think Second Miss Jiang is right to seek justice for herself. This is her welcome banquet. The hidden weapon that brat from the Fang family threw might not be deadly, but if he had succeeded, Second Master Jiang’s whole family would have lost face.”

He added, almost lazily: “You people of the martial world care more about face than anything. Then not only would the second branch of the Jiang Clan be shamed, the entire Martial Alliance would be humiliated. That Fang brat clearly didn’t have good intentions.”

Commandery Governor Song gave Jiang Yu Wei a mild look and said: “Alliance Leader Jiang, your niece is protecting the face of the Martial Alliance. Why does it seem to me that you are not very pleased?”

Jiang Yu Wei hurried to smile and said: “Lord Song, you misunderstand. I am not unhappy. I only believe harmony is most precious.”

Commandery Governor Song shook his head: “Harmony is valuable only when the other side wants it too. From what I see, the Fang family never planned to be friendly with your Martial Alliance.”

Jiang Yu Wei paused, then turned to Patriarch Fang and said: “Commandery Governor Song is right. Patriarch Fang, Jin’er is the daughter our Jiang Clan just found again. She is our pearl in the palm. You let your son insult her in public. That is contempt for our Jiang Clan and for the Martial Alliance!”

He waved a hand: “Men, throw the Fang family out. From now on, they are not allowed to step foot in the Martial Alliance.”

Patriarch Fang’s face changed: “Please don’t, Alliance Leader Jiang. I was deceived. I did not know ahead of time!”

He went to his son, wanting to smack a few heavy slaps across this unfilial boy’s face, but Xiao Qing Xuan was still raining blows on him, so he had no way to strike.

Understanding the moment, Yu Zhi Yi stepped up and took Xiao Qing Xuan by the arm, saying: “Enough, Mother. Let someone else do the hitting. If you keep going, your hand will start to hurt.”

Young Master Fang, who had thought he was saved, could only stare in despair.

Everyone else was speechless too.