The Former Heavenly Pride

Su Zhenglong's face was still deathly pale, but his true energy pressed Su Zhengtao back step by step.

"Now, do you still intend to interrogate my daughter?" Su Zhenglong asked coldly.

His fists clenched tight. Su Zhengtao knew perfectly well that Su Yuexi hadn't stolen the pigs from the Pig Farm, and that Aunt Dou had been the one to insult her first.

Now that Su Zhenglong had arrived, if Su Zhengtao continued framing and punishing her, then even in his terrible condition, Su Zhenglong would risk his life to kill him. Su Zhengtao was in the Dark Realm, yet he still couldn't beat Su Zhenglong, who was in the Human Realm.

Thinking this over, Su Zhengtao let out a breath and forced a smile. "Big brother, you're joking. Since you've put it that way, of course I wouldn't dare keep questioning her. I can't anger you to death, after all!"

His words were full of mockery, as if to say: Big brother, you're nearly dead anyway. So what if I let you put on a show of authority for a little while?

"Hmph." Su Zhenglong snorted and slowly withdrew the true energy around him.

The next moment, he began coughing loudly again.

Only after a long while did Su Zhenglong rasp, "So, can I take my daughter and son-in-law away now?"

"Of course. I'm just wondering where you plan to take Yuexi," Su Zhengtao said with a cold smile, reminding him, "Her living at the Pig Farm was Father's order. Don't upset the old man."

His words were still a threat.

Su Zhenglong shot him a glance. "Of course she's coming home with me. I'll explain things to Father myself. There's no need for second brother to worry."

With that, he looked at Su Yuexi and Sikong Jing. "Let's go."

Sikong Jing gave Su Zhengtao and Su Yun a brief glance, tossed the Execution Staff aside, then hurried over to Su Zhenglong and his daughter. "Let me help."

As he spoke, Sikong Jing supported Su Zhenglong. This man before him was his father-in-law, a father who loved his daughter dearly.

But the injuries on him looked extremely serious.

Watching the three of them leave, Su Zhengtao's fists crackled as he snarled with a sinister look, "Su Zhenglong, why won't you just die?"

His voice came grating through clenched teeth, brimming with hatred.

Su Zhenglong had once been the pride of the entire Su Clan, hailed as Yunye City's greatest Heavenly Pride. Since childhood, Su Zhengtao had been overshadowed by his big brother, like an invisible man whom nobody noticed.

It wasn't until Su Zhenglong had been gravely wounded in a duel ten years ago that Su Zhengtao finally got his chance to rise.

That was also when Su Zhenglong became a dying man.

But ten whole years had passed, and he still hadn't died. Even now, with his injuries this severe, he still outclassed Su Zhengtao in martial arts.

If he fought with his life on the line, no one in the entire Su Clan could beat him except their father, the clan head.

Even their father couldn't be certain of winning.

Su Zhengtao had framed Su Yuexi this time because he wanted to anger his big brother to death.

He'd accounted for everything, but never expected Su Zhenglong to hear the news and rush to the rescue.

"Father, are we really going to let Su Yuexi, that ugly freak, go just like that?" Su Yun asked, her voice filled with resentment.

Su Zhengtao heaved a few ragged breaths, his gaze sharpening as he said coldly, "Hmph. Didn't Su Zhenglong say I was bullying the younger generation? Go get your second brother. Have him challenge that criminal right at his door and beat him to death."

Su Yun's face lit up at the thought. "That's right, second brother's still at home. I'll go get him to avenge me."

Outside the Su Clan Enforcement Hall, Su Yuexi and Sikong Jing helped Su Zhenglong along as they left.

"Father, when did you wake up? Why did you come here? Doesn't Mother know?"

Su Yuexi asked three questions in a row.

Her anxiety settled. With her father here, she had nothing to fear.

A tender smile appeared on Su Zhenglong's pale face. "Of course your mother doesn't know. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to come."

At that, Su Yuexi's expression stiffened, and she sighed dejectedly.

Beside her, Sikong Jing was puzzled... If Su Yuexi's mother—his own mother-in-law—knew, she wouldn't have let his father-in-law come save their daughter? What kind of sense did that make?

Shouldn't Su Yuexi's mother have been even more worried?

Yet Su Yuexi had taken him along and lived at the Pig Farm for five whole days, and this mother-in-law of his seemed not to have given them a second thought.

As a new son-in-law, Sikong Jing naturally didn't feel comfortable asking about it to their faces.

As Su Yuexi and her father continued talking, Sikong Jing learned that his father-in-law, Su Zhenglong, had been bedridden for years and was often unconscious, sometimes for several days at a time.

He hadn't even learned that Su Yuexi had been betrothed to Sikong Jing until he woke up that very day.

After hearing that Su Yuexi was living at the Pig Farm, his father-in-law had hidden it from his mother-in-law and dragged his ailing body out to see his daughter. Along the way, he learned that Su Yuexi had been framed and taken to the Law Enforcement Hall, so he'd rushed there to save her.

At this, Sikong Jing looked at Su Zhenglong with a measure of respect.

Halfway through their conversation, Su Zhenglong suddenly turned to Sikong Jing, who had been quiet the whole time, and asked with a smile, "I never thought I'd wake from a nap and find my precious daughter already married... What's your name?"

Sikong Jing straightened his expression and replied, "Father-in-law, my name is Sikong Jing."

"Sikong Jing. A fine name." Su Zhenglong praised him, then asked with a profound gaze, "You're only at the fourth level of the Bright Realm, yet you dared to fight someone in the Dark Realm. Weren't you afraid of dying?"

As he said this, Su Zhenglong stared deeply at Sikong Jing.