Cleaning the Han Family

"Grandfather, this is what happened..."

Han Xue stepped forward, preparing to explain what had happened.

Everything had developed too quickly.

Though such rapid progress was not necessarily a bad thing, it had inevitably shortened their time to prepare—and their time to explain. To put it bluntly, before they had even had the chance to say a word to their family, Lu Yuan had already finished the fight and even brought back the Hong Family Old Ancestor's corpse. Who wouldn't be stunned by that?

But before Han Xue could continue, an elder seated below the Han Family old ancestor slammed his hand on the table and rose to his feet, berating her without bothering to distinguish right from wrong. "Insolence! The losses from the Hong Family's attack have not even been reported yet. What gives you, Han Xue, the right to speak?"

Han Xue froze at the scolding.

Then, she was so angry that she laughed instead.

It was perfectly normal for some people to dislike her. The Hong Family had always been suppressing the Han Family, and recently there had even been rumors that she and her sister would be married off to them together. Some spineless Han Family elders had naturally begun entertaining crooked thoughts. If there had not also been quite a few resolute elders, and if her grandfather—the current head of the Han Family—had not been protecting her, she would likely have been tied up and sent over long ago. Even so, those people had never stopped looking for trouble with her.

But...

Come on...

You could pick a fight if you wanted, but could you at least be serious about it?

The Hong Family attacked us. How was that Han Xue's fault?

Could I somehow persuade the Hong Family to attack us or something?

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