Speak Frankly

The First Elder took his seat and swept a sleeve. "Someone, bring Young Friend Jiang a seat."

Almost at the same time, four servants carried a heavy chair into the hall and set it down behind Jiang Feng, right in the center of the hall.

Jiang Feng knew the rules. The weight and quality of a chair determined how highly the host regarded a guest.

From the looks of it, the Xiao Family was treating him with considerable courtesy.

Jiang Feng did not stand on ceremony and sat down directly.

The First Elder laughed heartily. "I never imagined that our Xiao Family had been hiding such an outstanding young talent as yourself."

"And that you have been wronged for so long."

Jiang Feng smiled faintly and spoke bluntly. "First Elder, there is no need to beat around the bush."

"I know that all this is merely to play a few emotional cards in the negotiations to come."

"You need not trouble yourself."

"If I am not mistaken, you deliberately allowed Xiao Yu to come and intercept the hunting warship, didn't you?"

"With your network of informants, how could you not have known that Xiao Yu intended to attack Xiao Jing and me?"

Jiang Feng was not some two- or three-year-old child. Having lived for over three hundred million years, if he could not see through even this much, then he would truly have lived in vain.

As one of the Xiao Family's outstanding talents, it was impossible for the Xiao Family not to keep track of Xiao Yu's movements. When he returned to Crouching Dragon City from the higher academy, if the Xiao Family's upper ranks had not known, they truly would have been a pack of fools.

They knew that Xiao Yu's return to Crouching Dragon City was surely