"That boy Xiao Yan wasn't half bad! He actually managed to climb out of the pit I dug for him!"
Having returned to the Xiao Household Ancestral Residence in the Imperial Capital, Xiao Lin stroked his chin and smiled.
To be honest, Xiao Yan clearly could not accept losing that fight and then marrying into the Nalan Family.
But if he won, he would have offended Nalan Yanran beyond all hope of reconciliation!
After all, the Nalan Lineage was a prominent Dou Wang Family in the Jia Ma Empire, and Nalan Yanran was not only the Misty Cloud Sect's Young Sect Master, but also the Nalan Family's only daughter in the next generation.
Ordinarily, the Nalan Family would have had no trouble recruiting a son-in-law of somewhat lower standing to marry into the family.
It was only because the Xiao Household was also a Dou Wang Family, and stronger than the Nalan Family at that.
Otherwise, this talk of marrying into their family really would have been more than mere talk!
But declaring in public that Nalan Yanran would have to be a concubine was indeed going a little too far!
No wonder Nalan Yanran had been so furious back then that she immediately entered the Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death.
Presumably, even if Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran had traded places, Xiao Yan would most likely have made the same choice.
So winning this fight really was a tricky proposition for Xiao Yan.
In other words, Xiao Lin, his grandfather, really had dug a huge pit for him!
By steering the match toward a draw, Xiao Yan had resolved his predicament perfectly.
That way, all the harsh words both sides had thrown down effectively ceased to count, and everything returned to a point where they could