After catching up, Dai Mubai turned around, a chilling coldness once again shining from his mismatched eyes. He looked at Dai Luoxing as though he were a heap of unrecyclable garbage.
"All right, now that the family reunion is over, it's time to settle accounts."
Dai Mubai's voice was quiet, but it carried unquestionable authority. He released no soul power, yet the oppressive presence of someone accustomed to standing above others nearly suffocated Dai Luoxing.
"You, Dai Luoxing."
Dai Mubai spoke coldly. "As a member of the imperial family, you refuse to better yourself, abduct innocent women, and disgrace your family. Today, I'll give you two choices."
Dai Luoxing shuddered, his teeth chattering. "A-Ancestor, p-please... tell me..."
"First."
Dai Mubai raised one finger, his tone as indifferent as if he were commenting on the pleasant weather. "Come before me with your head in your hands. I'll send you to meet your actual ancestors and clean house for the Star Luo Imperial Family while I'm at it, so you won't embarrass us again."
"Second."
Dai Mubai raised a second finger. "Give the Wu family half of all the resources under your name for the next fifty years as compensation for the emotional distress caused by your forced entry into their home and attempted forced marriage."
"Fifty years... Half?!"
Dai Luoxing's pupils contracted sharply, and he nearly fainted.
That was fifty years! And half of all the resources under his name! It would practically cost him half his life!
But...
He glanced at Dai Mubai's utterly emotionless eyes, then at Zhu Zhuqing beside him, who said nothing but wore an equally icy gaze.
Come before him with his head in his hands?
He really would die!
"I choose the second! The second!"
Dai Luoxing did not hesitate, practically sobbing as he shouted,