Meanwhile.
Wan Qingyun and Wan Xiaoxiao had already fallen into a bottomless abyss, despair spreading through both their hearts.
They never could have imagined that one day, they would be tied up by their own Second Uncle, all to curry favor with someone else.
Already blind, Wan Qingyun felt boundless darkness surging toward her. It slowly devoured her heart and swept over her fragile body.
By her ears were her sister's cries as she struggled; before her stood power she could not resist.
Strength... If I had strength of my own... would everything be different...
Wan Qingyun questioned herself inwardly.
Just as she was about to sink into the abyss, a calm, magnetic voice rang out:
"Uncle Wu, clear the area."
"Yes."
Who had come now?
Heh... It doesn't matter... He must be here to curry favor with the Jiang Family too...
Jiang Junyi looked at Wan Qingyun in her wheelchair, wrapped in despair and utterly broken, and his heart trembled fiercely.
He looked at Wan Feng. "You are Wan Feng?"
Wan Feng frowned. "That's right. Which family's brat are you? Don't you know I'm handling family business?"
"Very good."
Jiang Junyi nodded. Without answering Wan Feng, he turned to Uncle Wu at his side.
"Leave those bodyguards alive."
Uncle Wu bowed slightly and gave a light wave of his hand.
Then, agile figures shot out from behind Jiang Junyi like swimming dragons.
Crack! Crack!
Thud! Thud!
In less than three breaths, the bodyguards Wan Feng had brought were lying unconscious on the ground without even managing a scream.
Some had broken arms, while others had shattered legs.
Wan Feng's pupils abruptly contracted. Before he could react, all his bodyguards had been crippled.
Li Rong's expression changed when she saw this. She feared another family would steal this opportunity to win favor.
So, clicking over in her towering heels, she came before Jiang Junyi, pointed at his nose, and cursed:
"You little bastard! These two sisters belong to my Wan Family! Do you know the Wan Family? We are related by marriage to the Jiang Family of Jiang City! I advise you not to stick your nose where it doesn't belong!"
"As for the consequences, hmph! They are not something you can bear!"
Jiang Junyi frowned. "I really don't like it when people point at me."
"What did you say... Aah—!"
Li Rong let out a pig-like scream, collapsing to the ground as excruciating pain wracked her body.
The instant Jiang Junyi spoke, Uncle Wu had appeared beside Li Rong like a ghost and snapped that finger.
Jiang Junyi paid no further attention to Li Rong on the ground and slowly walked toward Wan Feng.
Quick-eyed and quick-handed, Uncle Wu kicked Li Rong toward the wall so she would not block his Young Master's path.
"You are so young, yet you act with such arrogance. This grudge is settled today. The Jiang Family and Wan Family will never let you go!"
Wan Feng's face was dark, but he still issued his threat.
Jiang Junyi smiled faintly. "You think you are worthy of holding a grudge against me?"
"Young man..."
Before Wan Feng could finish, Jiang Junyi lashed out with a powerful whip kick, swift as lightning.
Bang—!
Wan Feng felt a sharp pain explode in his cheek. Several bloodied teeth flew out with a spray of blood, and his entire body was sent flying uncontrollably.
When he hit the ground, the world before Wan Feng's eyes spun wildly, while the pain from his cheek swept relentlessly through every nerve.
Before he could get up, Wan Feng felt someone grab the back of his collar and drag him away like a dead dog.
Thud!
Jiang Junyi threw Wan Feng before Wan Qingyun, pulled off his glove, and tossed it onto the ground.
Then he said to a Jiang Family guard nearby, "Teach him how to kneel."
The guard nodded and walked toward Wan Feng.
Jiang Junyi looked again at the broken girl before him and sighed softly. He slowly crouched down and pulled the gag from her mouth.
He gently stroked Wan Qingyun's pale cheek, lifting her despairing, lowered head, and said softly:
"Nice to meet you."
Who? Who was it?
Feeling the warmth against her cheek, Wan Qingyun unexpectedly felt a sense of security.
Did he save me... Who is he...
She wanted to say something, but for a moment, she could not find the words.
"You don't need to speak... I'm here."
But when Wan Qingyun thought of her sister, she struggled to make a sound. "Xiao... xiao..."
Jiang Junyi glanced at the unconscious Wan Xiaoxiao beside them.
"She is fine. She only fainted."
"I'll have someone tend to her immediately."
Hearing that her sister was all right, Wan Qingyun finally let out a breath of relief.
Yet she was still puzzled. Why would anyone come to save her?
"Who... are you..."
Jiang Junyi fell silent for a moment before saying, "I am your fiancé, Jiang Junyi of the Jiang Family."
Upon hearing that, Wan Qingyun's body suddenly stiffened. Then she used all her strength to knock Jiang Junyi's hand away.
"So it was you..."
"Did the Jiang Family's eldest young master help me... out of pity?"
She laughed at herself.
Jiang Junyi sighed softly. "I'm sorry. I never expected that just a rumor would make you suffer so much."
Wan Qingyun fell briefly silent when she heard the sincere words of the man before her.
She knew that Jiang Junyi could not be blamed entirely for this matter.
But... she still felt terribly uncomfortable.
"I will call off the engagement. I only ask that Young Master Jiang not let anyone disturb my sister and me again."
"Let that be your compensation for this matter."
Jiang Junyi was slightly stunned. Call off the engagement?
If she calls it off, then what the hell am I supposed to play?
At that thought, malice rose in Jiang Junyi's heart, and he scooped Wan Qingyun into his arms.
Her soft, delicate body rested against his chest, and the faint fragrance of her long hair lingered beneath his nose.
Jiang Junyi's heart stirred. Girls' bodies were actually this soft?!
Wan Qingyun cried out in alarm, "You! What are you doing?!"
Jiang Junyi smiled lightly, his eyes upon Wan Qingyun sparkling like stars.
"I think you have misunderstood, Miss Wan."
"I came here to propose!"
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