"If that was all there was to it, you were in the right. You shouldn't have faced retaliation, should you?"
Xu Tong frowned.
If things really were as Zhang Yun described, then the Yuan Family had suffered a tremendous loss of face.
The family head's second son had been caught in bed with another man's wife, and the scandal had set the whole city abuzz. Their first thought should certainly have been to punish Yuan Chang.
Under those circumstances, it was perfectly understandable that the Zhang Family wanted to break off the engagement.
After all, they had agreed to it in the beginning. It was the Yuan Family that had caused trouble afterward; the Zhang Family really wasn't to blame.
But Zhang Yun shook her head.
"If that had been all, my engagement would have ended there."
"Yuan Chang's scandal didn't just damage the Yuan Family's reputation. Naturally, it affected our Zhang Family too..."
"But then things took a turn..."
Zhang Yun spoke with a bitter smile.
When Yuan Chang was caught in bed with the woman, her husband had been so furious that he crippled Yuan Chang on the spot. An ordinary person would have been at death's door by then.
Yet the next day, not only was Yuan Chang still alive, he was as vigorous as a dragon and tiger.
Most outrageous of all, Yuan Chang, who had originally been unable to cultivate, had actually gained an aptitude for cultivation.
After that, in just seven short days, his name was cleared as well.
It turned out that Yuan Chang had been set up by someone from the Wang Family, the third of the three great families.
After that incident, Yuan Chang not only became able to cultivate, but also found the true culprit who had framed him.
Suddenly,