Many people said that Dugu Yan feared his wife. Even Dugu Yan himself admitted it and had never denied it.
But others thought Dugu Yan feared his wife because Xiao Chuo was the legitimate daughter of the Xiao Clan. After all, Dugu Yan could be said to have relied on Xiao Chuo to secure his position as head of the Dugu Clan.
Yet only Dugu Yan himself knew that the reason he feared his wife was not merely Xiao Chuo's status as the Xiao Clan's legitimate daughter. More importantly, Xiao Chuo truly was stronger than he was. In every respect apart from martial strength, Xiao Chuo surpassed him by far.
Back when Dugu Yan had just taken the position of clan head, many within the Dugu Clan had refused to accept him, secretly pulling all sorts of tricks both openly and behind his back.
Had Dugu Yan relied on himself alone, those people would surely have left him overwhelmed and frazzled. It was entirely thanks to Xiao Chuo's secret stratagems that he was able to deal with them and firmly establish his position.
But as time went on, Dugu Yan came to hate Xiao Chuo pointing fingers at him more and more. Perhaps it was a matter of a man's pride, or perhaps the authority of the clan head could not tolerate another's interference.
Yet even so, he had to admit that Xiao Chuo was indeed far superior to him.
From a piece of intelligence sent from the Su Family, Dugu Yan had only seen that the Su Family was in utter turmoil and that the Dugu Clan might have a chance to fish in troubled waters.
But Xiao Chuo had spotted the problem within it, even deducing from it that Su Xin had intervened. In this alone, she was