"Ling An, what's gotten into you? Just because of a small favor, have you already lost all sense of propriety? As for your sister's marriage, how could you hand it over to someone else on a whim without your parents' guidance? The same goes for your own marriage—it isn't something you can decide!" Ling Nu said coldly.
Ling An lowered his head and smiled, wearing an expression of helplessness. Ling Nu was very satisfied with the child's response, but just then, Madam Wo Shuang's face darkened. She stepped forward and shouted angrily, "Ling Nu! Who gave you the right to control the marriages of both children? You may decide whom Ling An marries, but you can't force him like this! He was born owing you nothing, so what gives you the right to decide his entire life? And who gets to decide that you can associate with that vixen and abandon your wife?!"
"Mother..." Ling An suddenly seemed to come back to himself and looked toward his mother, while Ling Zhao hurriedly said, "Big Brother! I want to decide my own life! I don't want to go back anymore. I want to follow Brother Yitian! You know what kind of person Brother Yitian is!"
Upon hearing this, Ling An nodded decisively. Ling Nu's expression hardened as he said, "Ling An!"
"Father! I don't want to go on like this anymore..." Ling An had been very firm at first, but his tone clearly weakened during the last sentence.
Ling Nu's expression grew increasingly ugly. He glanced left and right. If he could, he would have grown several pairs of eyes on the back of his head, because behind him were all the subordinate elders of the various powerful households from the Great Immortal Continent. To him, they towered as high as