A letter of repudiation?!
Gu Chen's voice shot straight into the sky like a surging column of blood and qi!
The moment those words left his mouth, the surroundings once again fell into a deathly silence.
Although word that Gu Chen had repudiated Zhou Xue'er at school had slowly spread among the younger disciples, people had treated it as no more than a quarrel born of anger. No one had taken it to heart.
But now that Gu Chen had brought it out into the open, the matter took on an entirely different meaning!
At that moment, Zhou Xue'er trembled all over with anger. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Gu Chen, filled with icy hostility.
Leaving aside the wealthy families' disciples and elites gathered around them today, this occasion was her birthday banquet!
She should have been the moon surrounded by stars!
She was the one who should have been the center of attention!
She should even have been the one humiliating Gu Chen and forcing him to break off the engagement!
Yet Gu Chen had called her a bitch again and again, and even brought up the letter of repudiation, causing her to lose all face!
"Gu Chen, you bastard!"
After all, she was a twenty-year-old girl. No matter how vicious her thoughts were, she could not bear such humiliation. At that moment, she could no longer bear to stay and ran upstairs in tears.
"Xue'er..."
Zhou Nanfeng was alarmed and tried to grab her, but failed. He hurriedly signaled the butler to go upstairs and look after her.
Then he turned around, his tiger-like eyes sweeping coldly toward Gu Chen, brimming with intense killing intent!
"Gu Chen, very good!"
Zhou Nanfeng enunciated each word. "You actually dared to repudiate my daughter!"
Gu Chen's forcefulness today had caught him completely off guard. Not only had it thrown all his plans into disarray, but it had also faintly overshadowed the Zhou Family, instead putting them in the position of being heartless and unjust.
Yet faced with his imposing words, Gu Chen's expression did not change in the slightest. Instead, he sneered and said, "Your daughter doesn't dare read it. Why don't you do it for her, Zhou Nanfeng? Or, since there are so many guests here to witness it today, I can write another one!"
Everyone was stunned once again. Was Gu Chen not afraid of death?
Could he not see that Zhou Nanfeng was already beside himself with rage? How did he still dare to say that?
But they did not know that Gu Chen was a Divine Emperor. He was full of pride, and even if his power was inferior to his opponent's for now, he would never yield.
"Good, good, very good!"
Only after saying "good" three times did Zhou Nanfeng speak in an icy voice. "Gu Chen, I, Zhou, will remember everything you've done today!" At that, he shifted his gaze to Gu Beichi and said coldly, "Gu Beichi, I don't care who put him up to this today, but since your Gu Family has gone this far, don't blame my Zhou Family for showing no mercy in the future!"
By now, more than half of Gu Beichi's anger had subsided. Hearing Zhou Nanfeng's threat, he smiled disdainfully and said, "Family head Zhou, in that case, I'll take my leave!"
With that, he took Gu Chen by the hand and headed for the main gate.
"Without my permission, I'd like to see if you can get out?!"
Zhou Nanfeng roared!
Now that they had torn off all pretense, he no longer cared!
Suddenly, a group of men in black rushed out from who knew where and completely surrounded the entrance. One look was enough to tell they were no ordinary bodyguards. Each had a deep, steady aura; they were probably martial artists who had cultivated inner breath.
Gu Chen looked over the group. Although their strength was nothing special, all roughly at the Entering the Hall and Inner Chambers realm, the fact that the Zhou Family could gather so many of them showed they were indeed no simple family.
The guests present had not known that Zhou Nanfeng had arranged for so many men, and were startled.
"Boss Zhou, what do you mean by this?"
The group stood in front of Gu Chen and his father, brimming with killing intent. Gu Beichi stopped in his tracks and turned around, his expression ugly.
"I want your son to apologize to my daughter!"
Zhou Nanfeng said coldly, "Today is my daughter's birthday banquet. Not only did you ruin it, but you also humiliated her with your words and drove her upstairs!"
"Dream on!" Gu Chen spat out the words.
Even now, Zhou Nanfeng still wanted him to bow his head. It was sheer wishful thinking.
"If you don't apologize, don't even think about leaving!" Zhou Nanfeng said in a tone that brooked no argument.
Just then, a man stepped forward and said mildly, "Family head Zhou, since everyone has already made things clear, isn't what you're doing a little inappropriate?"
Everyone looked over, wondering who was bold enough to speak up for Gu Chen and his father at a time like this.
But when they saw who it was, they jolted!
It was Xiang Zexi of the Xiang Family!
Apart from the various families and enterprises of Zhou City, the most prominent guests invited this time were members of the other two great families. The Wen Family had left long ago, after presenting their gifts, while the Xiang Family had stayed. But no one knew why Xiang Zexi had stepped forward now.
Zhou Nanfeng had been furious, but when he saw Xiang Zexi, he could only suppress his anger. "Nephew Xiang, you think what I'm doing is inappropriate?"
"That's right!"
Xiang Zexi's status was no ordinary one. He said mildly, "Family head Zhou, your conflict was only over the engagement. Now that the engagement has ended, regardless of how it happened, things have gone the way the Zhou Family wanted. Why must you keep pressing them so aggressively?"
"Xiang Zexi, you saw it too. Is Boss Zhou the one pressing them aggressively?" Jiang Kun was displeased now. Deliberately covering his face, he said angrily, "That little bastard Gu Chen actually attacked me! This is the Zhou Family, not his Gu Family! Don't I deserve to save face?"
"How much is your face worth, Boss Jiang? I'll pay you for it."
Xiang Zexi looked coldly at Jiang Kun.
Jiang Kun was taken aback.
His face then flushed red, and he did not know what to say. In terms of status in Zhou City, Jiang Kun was indeed beneath Xiang Zexi, so even though he felt aggrieved and angry, he could only swallow it.
Still, no one had expected Xiang Zexi to retort to Jiang Kun like that.
But at that moment, Xiang Zexi turned back to Zhou Nanfeng and said, "Family head Zhou, since this is a happy occasion, don't make it impossible for everyone to end things. I don't want tomorrow's newspaper headlines to be all about what happened today!"
Zhou Nanfeng narrowed his tiger-like eyes and said in a deep voice, "Is that what you want?"
"It is what my father wants."
Xiang Zexi spoke mildly.
What?
Everyone was taken aback. They then looked toward the Xiang Family's round table. Xiang Linde's expression was calm, revealing nothing.
But Zhou Nanfeng's face immediately darkened.
Others might not know, but Zhou Nanfeng knew Xiang Linde's character. Since he had Xiang Zexi speak for him now, he was determined to help Gu Chen!
He simply could not understand why Xiang Linde, whose family was also one of the three great families, would do something so thankless and offend him for the sake of two abandoned members of the Gu Family.
His expression changed several times before Zhou Nanfeng finally spoke. "Fine, I'll give family head Xiang this face."
As soon as he finished speaking, the martial artists blocking Gu Chen and his father stepped aside!
Gu Chen cupped his fists toward Xiang Linde and Xiang Zexi. Without looking at anyone else, he held his head high and strode out of the Zhou Family villa's main gate, leading his father by the hand!