Do I Need To?

At Tang Zhen's words, Tang Huo'er immediately grew suspicious. She was no fool; otherwise, she would not have attained such cultivation at such a young age. But when she tilted her head to look at me and saw the blood at the corner of my mouth, her fingertips twitched and doubt rose in her again.

"Dad, are you saying Brother wanted to join forces with Ice River Valley to kill me? But if that were true, why would he risk his life to save me? He even fought Ice River Valley fiercely and got injured!"

Seeing the father and daughter begin discussing this, how could I possibly remain standing by? I hurriedly said, "Senior Tang..."

"Shut up!"

Tang Zhen shot me a cold glance, cutting off my words. Then he turned to Tang Huo'er and said earnestly, "This brat has designs on you. He may not necessarily want to kill you—or perhaps he simply does not want to kill you so soon. He must have some other scheme."

Tang Zhen had long seen that something was wrong with this matter. He had merely wanted to treat it as a trial for Tang Huo'er. His daughter could not remain by his side forever; she needed to go out and temper herself.

When I had come knocking, Tang Zhen had actually been quite pleased. He immediately agreed to my request to become sworn siblings with Tang Huo'er and allowed me to take her away from Burning Flame Valley.

But what happened afterward frightened him. He had thought I was after Tang Huo'er's beauty, or that I wanted to live off Tang Huo'er, the future Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley. At worst, he had assumed I was after Burning Flame Valley's many secrets. Tang Zhen had been confident that he could control