Bang!
A deafening crash rang out from Chen Changan's courtyard, immediately followed by Xiao Yuheng's furious voice.
"Chen Changan, you're nothing but a useless waste!"
"If it weren't for the Old Prince's sake, I'd kill you today!"
"What do you think you are? You..."
Watching Xiao Yuheng go on and on, Chen Changan could only look helpless.
We're just putting on an act. Why the hell did you kick my door in?
That was a perfectly good door, and one kick turned it to splinters!
Xiao Yuheng's booming voice had made the entire Town King's Mansion aware of what was happening.
Once the effect seemed about right, Xiao Yuheng turned to Chen Changan with a cheeky grin. "I didn't scare the Heir Apparent, did I?"
"That should have worked pretty well, right?"
Chen Changan gave Xiao Yuheng a helpless look. What a reckless brute!
He even wondered if telling Xiao Yuheng the plan had been the right call. The guy might end up ruining everything.
"Enough. You can go back now."
"Okay, Heir Apparent. I'll head back."
"Wait. You're paying for that door!"
"Uh... Heir Apparent, the whole mansion belongs to you. You've got such a grand estate—do I really have to pay for one door?"
"You... Forget it. Just get going."
He was the Heir Apparent, sure, but Xiao Yuheng was a great general, for crying out loud. The man was so stingy he didn't even want to pay for a door.
Relieved that he wouldn't have to pay for it, Xiao Yuheng gave Chen Changan a solemn bow, a complete change from how he had acted when he arrived.
After Xiao Yuheng left, the mansion buzzed with gossip, and the news quickly spread beyond its walls.
At the same time, Mu Yunyao saw the shattered door and hurried