Luo Qiu: "You want to start a war?"
Yuan Se smiled warmly. "I don't want to start a war. I only want to ask whether you still remember that woman Yinji."
A tempest suddenly rose in Luo Qiu's heart, yet his face remained expressionless. He stared at him intently for a long while. "What are you trying to say?"
Yuan Se did not play riddles with him. "She isn't dead. I saw her two days ago. Your daughter and that woman—which one do you intend to protect, Brother Luo?"
Luo Qiu: "You saw a dead person? Fatty Yuan, has all that grease gone to your brain and muddled your head?"
Yuan Se: "I don't care whether you truly don't know or are pretending not to know. I personally witnessed that woman's identity as the Fox Clan's clan chief in the Desolate Marsh Deadlands. Your daughter truly has quite the background! Brother Luo is indeed a man of ability—who would have thought you could make an iron tree blossom and bear fruit? Yuan is deeply impressed. It is Yuan's honor to stand on equal footing with Brother Luo. Yuan had no other intention in seizing your daughter. I merely wished to ask Brother Luo to avoid suspicion."
Luo Qiu shouted sternly, "Utter nonsense! Release her at once!"
Yuan Se ignored him and continued speaking to himself. "The Fox Clan must be eradicated. Even if we cannot wipe out the entire Fox Clan, we must at least deal with its leaders. But Brother Luo's relationship with that woman truly leaves people uneasy."
He raised his head and looked at the fine weather outside. "Let me put it this way. Your daughter may be of use in eliminating Yinji. Brother Luo wants her now, but I will not hand her over. Whether you