Jiang Xiaogou looked at Lu Chengwen. "Your Martial Uncle is here today, so I can't keep you. But Lu Chengwen, your life is already mine."
Lu Chengwen stopped and turned around. He had originally intended to say something and leave, but after thinking it over, he turned back fully and looked at him.
"Young Highness, Monkey Princess. I know that in the eyes of the Jiang Family, I, Lu Chengwen, am not even worth a dog. But there has to be a limit to how far you can toy with people. When a dog is driven into a corner, it won't just jump over walls—it'll bite."
"Oh?" Jiang Xiaogou chuckled. "Can you bite me?"
Lu Chengwen looked at him. "Consider this my plea. I'm tired. Can we go our separate ways from now on? Don't... don't have anything to do with me anymore. Young Highness, Monkey Princess, you already have everything in this world. Why make things difficult for a nobody like me? Think of me as someone pitiful and let me go, all right?"
Jiang Xiaohou's eyes were red-rimmed, tears dripping from her chin. She did not even dare apologize.
She had seen Lu Chengwen in every possible state, except this one—so heartbroken, disappointed, and desperate to get away.
She could feel that Lu Chengwen wanted to leave this place, to leave every member of the Jiang Family, so that he could finally calm down.
Jiang Xiaogou smiled. "You say that like you have a choice."
"It's not my choice. It's yours."
Lu Chengwen looked at Jiang Xiaogou. "Forgive my bluntness, but I truly hate the Jiang Family to death. So you'd better not provoke me—every last one of you. Provoke me again, and even if I have to tear a hole through the heavens, I'll take your life."