Better None Than Something Shoddy, Understand?

Just as everyone reeled in shock at Mu Yunxi's words, a hearty laugh suddenly rang out from above.

"Hahaha! Rather die than kneel, rather fight than yield! That's my precious granddaughter! What spirit!"

The sudden, familiar voice jolted everyone out of their shock, and both Mu Zhenxiang and Mu Zhenhong frowned.

Even Mu Yuyan could not help showing her displeasure.

Hadn't the clan head said he wouldn't be back for a few days? Why was he back so soon?

Damn it! With the clan head back, they wouldn't be able to deal with that bitch Mu Yunxi again!

The next moment, a brown-clad figure slowly descended. Though his ruddy face was covered in wrinkles, he looked hale and hearty, and an imposing aura naturally surrounded him.

He truly lived up to his name as the nation's great guardian general, who had fought his way through the battlefield.

At the sight of him, everyone, including Mu Zhenxiang, respectfully fell to their knees and bowed. "Greetings, Clan Head!"

Standing nearby, Xuanyuan Jin did not dare lightly offend the Mu Clan's head either, a peerless powerhouse who held sway throughout the Eastern Tomb Kingdom. He bowed slightly. "Greetings, Clan Head Mu!"

"Hmph!"

Yet Mu Zhantian did not buy Xuanyuan Jin's gesture at all. He merely snorted coldly and walked past everyone toward Mu Yunxi, his eyes brimming with an affectionate smile.

"Little girl, if you're upset, how about Grandpa ties this man up and lets you beat him to your heart's content? Or Grandpa could tie him to your bed. Don't worry-with Grandpa here, let's see who dares bully you!"

Mu Zhantian truly lived up to being the grandfather she had acquired, who spoiled Mu Yunxi to the heavens. Even before imperial authority and an imperial prince like Xuanyuan Jin, his expression remained unchanged, arrogant and fierce.

As soon as Mu Zhantian finished speaking, everyone around him paled in shock and cried out in unison, "Clan Head, you mustn't!"

"Pah! When your clan head speaks, what business is it of yours? Stay on your knees, all of you!"

Mu Zhantian was deeply displeased. These people had dared bully his precious granddaughter while he was away. They had better not think he didn't know. Hmph!

At Mu Zhantian's words, the disciples' hearts filled with resentment and anger. Direct-line disciples such as Mu Yuyan were especially consumed with jealousy and hatred as they looked at Mu Yunxi, whom the clan head spoiled to the heavens!

Why? Were so many talented disciples worth less than one measly little good-for-nothing? It wasn't fair!

Even Xuanyuan Jin frowned at what Mu Zhantian said to Mu Yunxi, his face showing anger, though he dared not lash out.

Leaving aside Mu Zhantian's illustrious military achievements for the Eastern Tomb Kingdom, his strength as a peak martial saint alone made him someone their imperial family needed to curry favor with.

That was precisely why his engagement to that good-for-nothing Mu Yunxi had dragged on for so long. Otherwise, he would have cast her off long ago!

Looking at this fierce grandfather who defended her so fiercely, Mu Yunxi felt that this old man really was just to her taste.

She grinned at Mu Zhantian and raised her delicately shaped brows, brimming with arrogance and defiance.

"Grandpa, your precious granddaughter isn't blind. Better none than something shoddy-do you understand that phrase?"

Mu Yunxi's words all but said that only someone blind would fancy trash like Xuanyuan Jin.

Xuanyuan Jin's face darkened at her words, and even Mu Zhantian was astonished. After all, who in the capital had not known how madly infatuated Mu Yunxi had once been with the fourth prince?