Linghu Chong laughed in fury. "This is truly absurd. As they say, the hatred of murdering one's father or taking one's wife is irreconcilable. You stole Yingying from me, yet you're certain I wouldn't dare kill you?"
Song Qingshu answered calmly, "Brother Linghu, this so-called hatred of taking one's wife is quite unreasonable. Do you and Yingying have a matchmaker's arrangement? Your parents' consent? Have you bowed to Heaven and Earth?"
"I..." Linghu Chong was left speechless by this string of questions, unable to think of an answer for a moment.
"Unfortunately, I have all of those." Song Qingshu's words were like a bolt from the blue, startling Linghu Chong into jumping up.
"You... you bowed to Heaven and Earth?" Linghu Chong's lips trembled, and even his words came out unsteadily.
"It seems Brother Linghu's information is rather lacking. Several months ago at the Golden Snake Camp, my grandmaster, True Master Zhang of Wudang, presided over the wedding. Yingying and I already bowed before the altar and became husband and wife." Song Qingshu sighed inwardly. A gentleman could be deceived with propriety. Linghu Chong was a gentleman, which was why he dared to say this deliberately. If he had encountered some vile scoundrel instead, saying such things would have been no different from courting death.
"No, I don't believe it. You must have forced Yingying to marry you." Linghu Chong felt a sharp pain in his heart, as though he had lost the most important thing in his life.
"I swear that Yingying willingly bowed before the altar and married me. Otherwise, may Heaven strike me with five bolts of lightning." Song Qingshu spoke solemnly. He dared make such a vicious oath because Ren Yingying had indeed willingly gone through the wedding ceremony with him. It was only that, at