Chen Jiazhang looked at Zard on the ground. Seeing that cheerful face, he began trembling with rage.
"Spit it out, damn it!"
Although the Lian Clan practiced a free-spirited walking-marriage system, Lian Xin's mother, Lian Peng, had remained wholeheartedly devoted to Chen Jiazhang.
So for Chen Jiazhang, even though he had fled Xiuzhu Prefecture, Lian Xin was his real, biological daughter.
He had spent five years with Lian Xin, watching her grow from a tiny child into an adorable five-year-old girl.
The scene of her calling him Dad while burrowing into his arms was still vivid in his mind.
And now, some lunatic had stolen his precious daughter's Heart-Binding Gu.
No. Chen Jiazhang could not accept this reality. He could not bear the reality that his son-in-law was a lunatic. Just talking to Zard for too long made his head ache:
This son-in-law had come far too suddenly!
As he spoke, the old knight, beside himself with rage, actually reached for Zard's throat. Zard said:
"What are you doing? Blegh!"
Little Yu was terrified. He tugged at Chen Jiazhang from the side.
"Don't bully Brother Zard!"
The scene was so absurdly dramatic that even the Lian Clan members forgot why they had come.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Weren't they here to capture Chen Jiazhang? How had they somehow captured their clan chief as well?
They all felt that some part of today's events had gone horribly wrong on a logical level.
The Lian Clan had always had a poor reputation outside. Corpse-driving and Gu techniques—both of their unique specialties looked like crooked, sinister arts.
Yet someone had not avoided them at all.
He had actively snatched the Heart-Binding Gu and eaten it.
Lian Xin had been completely unguarded!
Lian Xin stood rooted to the