"Hmph! Ya Fei, you're only an acting elder, yet you not only allowed someone to steal the auction house's property and helped an outsider cripple my grandson's Dou Qi, you now dare speak to me like this!"
"As far as I'm concerned, your time as acting elder is over! When the Elder Council convenes, I'll report this matter and have you stripped of your position!"
Lei Ou snorted coldly!
Ya Fei's face turned a little pale.
It was not because she might lose her position as acting elder.
Rather, if word of this reached the higher-ups, many of them would refuse to take her side.
And the First Elder and family head, whose decisions would carry the most weight, would declare Zhou Changqing and his companion guilty of theft for the sake of the family's stability and interests!
The Dou Qi Continent was no peaceful society with a comprehensive legal system. It was a cruel world where the strong reigned supreme and the weak scraped by!
Even if you had a hundred mouths, without sufficient strength, whatever the powerful said became the truth. If they said you had stolen, then you had stolen. No one would question it, much less dare to!
"Enough, Sister Ya Fei. You've seen how shameless these two are. There's no point saying anything else. Leave this to me."
Seeing that things had gone far enough, Zhou Changqing rose and patted Ya Fei's delicate shoulder, speaking with a light chuckle.
Then, without waiting for her agreement, he pulled her behind him with one hand.
Ya Fei could only give up helplessly.
Changqing was no fool. Since he was so fearless, he must have something to rely on.
She could only watch how he handled things first. If it did not work out, she would have to...