Family Head's Seal

"Wang Sheng of the Wang Family?"

Xu Yin also felt as if she had been struck by a bolt from the blue, taking an unbelievable step backward. "Are you out of your minds?"

"What kind of person is Wang Sheng?" Xu Yin was trembling all over with anger. "He's a bastard who was born deformed and possesses a gloomy, cruel temperament! You're going to marry Tingyi off to him?"

"How did Tingyi ever offend you that you would resort to such a vicious deed against her?"

It was no wonder she was so furious; Wang Sheng's reputation was simply too terrifying!

Wang Sheng was the youngest son of the Wang Family head. He was born missing an ear and a finger, and he was also a eunuch.

Perhaps feeling that he had been shortchanged in some way, the Wang Family head doted on Wang Sheng abnormally. Yet precisely because of this, Wang Sheng had developed an inferior, gloomy, and cruel temperament.

He loved abusing people, and almost every few days, a maid in the Wang Family would be abused to death by him!

The mere thought that Jiang Shan and Jiang He were actually attempting to marry their own niece to such a person made Xu Yin feel as though her entire body had been plunged into a freezing pool of water, the cold biting deep into her bones!

Originally, she had thought Jiang Shan and Jiang He were merely selfish and greedy, but now it seemed they were thoroughly cruel and shameless!

"I will not agree to this marriage. You can banish that thought from your minds!" Xu Yin said loudly.

Jiang He laughed heartily. "Second Sister-in-law, oh Second Sister-in-law, just how much say do you think you have in this marriage?"

"You..." Xu Yin glared at them furiously, her lips quivering, unable to speak for a long while.

She knew Jiang He was right. According to the Jiang Family's clan rules, the marriages of the clan's younger generation were decided entirely by the family head.

Although the Jiang Family was currently in a state without a chosen family head, the actual powerholders were Jiang Shan and Jiang He, making the two of them acting family heads in effect.

Yet Xu Yin was still unwilling to resign herself to this. "That Wang Sheng..."

"Enough!"

Jiang Shan set his teacup down heavily. "The marriage is already decided! Even if you make a scene, it's impossible to change!"

The matter was settled!

Since Jiang Shan, as the powerholder of the Jiang Family, had spoken, it was equivalent to leaving no room for this matter to be reversed.

"Heh!" Xu Yin laughed out of extreme anger. "Jiang Shan, Jiang He, just how many benefits did the Wang Family give you to make you so eager to sell out your own niece?"

She feared the benefits the Wang Family gave Jiang Shan and Jiang He were far greater than even one thousand Lesser Origin Pills, didn't she?

Otherwise, how could Jiang Shan and Jiang He have written down the promissory note so readily after losing one thousand Lesser Origin Pills previously?

So it turned out they had been waiting right here!

At this moment, Xu Yin only hated herself for not seeing through the true faces of these two villains, Jiang Shan and Jiang He, sooner.

She only hated herself for not discovering sooner that Jiang Shan and Jiang He were not only selfish and greedy, but also cruel and shameless.

"Second Aunt, Cousin Tingyi getting married is a joyous occasion after all. Why are you so irritated..."

"I heard that Wang Sheng has some rather special little quirks. Shouldn't Cousin Tingyi bring along a few more maids to accompany her as dowry, lest she lose her precious life a few days after the wedding..."

Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Minghao also began offering cold sarcasm at the opportune moment.

Jiang Shan gazed apathetically at Xu Yin, who was trembling all over, and said, "Second Sister-in-law, the marriage is set. Whether you agree or not, Tingyi is getting married for certain."

"Instead of having the energy to make a scene here, you'd be better off going back and preparing the dowry for Tingyi."

As he spoke, a brilliant light flashed within Jiang Shan's fierce tiger-like eyes. Staring intently at Xu Yin, he released the imposing aura of an Essence Condensation Realm Seventh Layer powerhouse without holding anything back!

For a moment, the entire assembly hall was filled with a pressure that felt almost tangible!

Some of the clansmen standing close by felt their vital blood surge, their heads swim, and their breathing even grow ragged.

It was precisely at this moment.

Clap!

Clap!

Clap!

Crisp applause suddenly rang out.

Within the silent assembly hall, this applause appeared exceptionally abrupt.

"Who is clapping?"

Composed though Jiang Shan was, he could not help feeling somewhat annoyed at this moment.

A pair of eyes swept all around, searching the hall for the person who had been clapping.

"What a fine show indeed."

"Uncles pushing their own niece into a fire pit with their own hands—if the old family head of the Jiang Family has spirit in the netherworld, he'd likely be angered back to life, wouldn't he?"

The youth's voice rang out flatly, carrying three parts ridicule and seven parts chill.

Jiang Shan looked in the direction of the voice, and upon clearly seeing the person speaking, his gaze inevitably turned cold. "You?"

It was Su Chen again?

Just what did he count for?

A junior, an outsider—did he have any right to interrupt here?

"Xiao Chen?"

Xu Yin was also startled into muttering.

She had not expected that in an occasion like this, Su Chen, who was a junior and an outsider, would stand up for her and Tingyi.

"This is the domestic business of our Jiang Family. Outsiders, shut your mouths!" Jiang He shouted harshly.

Su Chen gave a faint smile. "Just now when you made me step onto the arena to fight, you said that since I was sitting at the direct line's table, I counted as a member of the Jiang Family. How is it that now, you've changed your tune and are calling me an outsider?"

"Er..." Jiang He had not expected Su Chen's tongue to be so sharp, and he was choked into speechlessness.

Su Chen said coldly, "Furthermore, even if I am an outsider, having seen this, I cannot just ignore it. Relying on the authority of acting family heads to bully a widowed mother and her orphaned daughter here—your faces are truly too unsightly."

"Shut up!"

Jiang Shan said heavily, "No matter what happens with the Jiang Family's affairs, it is not your turn, a mere brash youth, to meddle!"

"Xiao Chen, stop talking."

Xu Yin also tried to dissuade him. Although she could not accept her daughter marrying Wang Sheng, she also knew that relying on Su Chen's strength could not reverse this matter; it would only cause Su Chen to offend Jiang Shan and Jiang He to an even greater degree.

Xu Yin had already seen through the ruthlessness of Jiang Shan and Jiang He, so naturally she did not wish to see Su Chen provoke these two.

"Rest assured, Little Aunt, I have a way."

Su Chen replied with a faint smile.

Looking at Su Chen's calm and collected expression, for some reason, Xu Yin's mind gradually calmed down from her panic.

She did not know when it had begun—perhaps starting from the moment Su Chen had displayed unexpected, stunning strength and defeated two formidable enemies back-to-back—Su Chen's image in her heart had begun to change.

Even at this moment, Xu Yin subconsciously produced a trace of reliance on Su Chen, as if there were a convincing temperament about him that could put people at ease.

Yet Xu Yin could not figure out what possible method Su Chen could use to stop this marriage.

Jiang Shan and Jiang He wielded the authority of acting family heads, and regarding the marriages of the younger generation, they possessed the power to have the final say.

No matter how high Su Chen's martial talent was, he was still nothing more than a junior at the Eighth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm. Facing such behemoths as the Jiang Family and the Wang Family, what kind of method could he possibly have?

"Humph!"

Jiang He sneered, waving a hand dismissively. "Big Brother, there's no need to waste breath on this brat. Dismissal! Let's go!"

Jiang He had naturally heard Su Chen say he had a way, but within his heart Jiang He remained unimpressed and even felt somewhat amused. Even Xu Yin could do nothing about this matter—what kind of method could an unweaned brat like Su Chen possibly have?

Yet just as Jiang He was about to step away, he heard Su Chen's voice, soft as a mosquito's buzz, echo from behind: "Jiang Shan, Jiang He, all these years, the two of you have never been able to find the Family Head's Seal left behind by the old family head. You must be extremely anxious in your hearts, right?"