MTLNOVEL Chapter 6:
Chapter 6: Chen Yang’s Betrothal Gift:
At the entrance of the Su family’s villa, a red Ferrari decorated with wedding symbols came to a steady stop.
Zhao Qilin, standing nearly 1.8 meters tall, opened the driver’s side door and quickly stepped out. His once-refined face was now filled with overwhelming rage.
Since childhood, he had admired Su Qingxue. After much effort, he was finally about to marry her.
Yet on this joyous occasion, Chen Yang had suddenly appeared.
“You… deserve to die!”
Seeing Su Qingxue’s current condition, Zhao Qilin clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot.
Though he had no idea why his bride had a swollen belly, he was certain it had everything to do with Chen Yang.
And if word got out, he would become the laughingstock of all Jiangcheng!
Chen Yang gently touched Su Qingxue’s belly and smiled. “For the past seven years, everyone has known how deeply she loves me. Now, I have simply fulfilled her wish by making her pregnant. How does that make me deserving of death?”
These people loved using morality as a weapon.
Then today, he would give them a taste of their own medicine.
“If anyone deserves to die, it’s you, Zhao Qilin. You knew Qingxue and I were truly in love, yet you forced her to marry you. How is that any different from an animal’s behavior?”
Chen Yang’s words made Zhao Qilin’s face flush red with embarrassment.
Regardless of the truth behind the scenes, from an outsider’s perspective, he had no way to refute it.
Ever since the Chen family was destroyed, Su Qingxue had maintained the image of a devoted lover.
Even today’s wedding was merely an excuse to ensure the Chen bloodline continued.
So, even if Chen Yang had made Su Qingxue pregnant, it was entirely reasonable!
Zhao Qinghuan, who had gone home to deliver the news earlier, stepped out of the passenger seat.
Biting her lip, she walked over and spoke firmly, “Let’s put the past aside, but today is still Qingxue’s wedding with my brother!”
Hearing this, Chen Yang couldn’t help but laugh.
In just seven years, the woman he once respected as his sister-in-law had turned into a master manipulator who twisted right and wrong.
It seemed the opportunity he had given her earlier was wasted.
The Zhao family was no different from the Su family—completely beyond saving.
“Su Qingxue, were you forced into this marriage by Zhao Qilin and the Zhao family today?”
Chen Yang didn’t want to waste words with a woman like Zhao Qinghuan and turned his attention to Su Qingxue.
“I…”
Su Qingxue opened her mouth, her eyes full of resentment.
With her intelligence, how could she not see that Chen Yang was setting her up?
If she denied it, the image she had cultivated for the past seven years would collapse, and people would begin to suspect that her father and brother had only obtained their positions in the Northern Border Army by taking advantage of the Chen family’s downfall.
But if she admitted it, she would offend Zhao Qilin and the Zhao family.
And Chen Yang would have every reason to do as he pleased with her!
“Chen Yang is right. We were always deeply in love, and today’s wedding was entirely forced by Zhao Qilin and the Zhao family!”
After a brief moment of hesitation, Su Qingxue suppressed the hatred in her heart and responded coldly.
As soon as she spoke, the entire crowd was in an uproar.
The esteemed disciple of the legendary Master Bai of Longhu Mountain had forced Su Qingxue into marriage?
This scandal was simply too shocking.
Immediately, the guests looked at Zhao Qilin with disdain.
“Qingxue, what are you saying?”
Zhao Qilin’s eyes widened in disbelief.
He and Su Qingxue were the ones who truly loved each other, while Chen Yang was nothing more than a pawn she used to gain sympathy.
How had he and the Zhao family suddenly become the villains?
“Chen Yang, this move of yours is too vicious.”
Zhao Qinghuan’s expression was complicated, her eyes filled with disappointment.
She was just as intelligent. How could she not see that her best friend was merely acting out of necessity?
By publicly admitting her love for Chen Yang, Su Qingxue would indeed offend the Zhao family.
But if Chen Yang harmed the Su family next, he would be condemned by everyone.
“I’m vicious?”
Chen Yang laughed uncontrollably.
He laughed at Zhao Qinghuan’s shamelessness and at her naivety.
Back when the Chen family was annihilated, their treasures stolen, weren’t the Su and Zhao families vicious then?
If what he was doing now was already considered vicious, then wouldn’t what came next be utterly unforgivable?
In a flash, he moved like a violent storm and appeared before Zhao Qilin in the blink of an eye.
Grabbing him by the throat, he threw a punch. A dull sound exploded in the air, followed by Zhao Qilin’s agonized screams.
“You dare cripple my cultivation? I’ll have you torn to pieces!”
Yes, with just one punch, Chen Yang had destroyed Zhao Qilin’s dantian.
From now on, he would never be able to practice ancient martial arts again and would have to live as an ordinary man.
The sudden turn of events left the guests gasping in horror.
This Second Young Master of the Chen family was ruthless.
Simply over a failed wedding, he had crippled someone’s cultivation?
After this, the Zhao family and Master Bai of Longhu Mountain would surely be out for his blood.
“Zhao Qinghuan, go back and tell them—everything the Zhao family stole from my Chen family, I will take back, one by one. Your brother is just the first example.”
Chen Yang said calmly, “Without my Chen family’s treasures, he was nothing but an ordinary man to begin with.”
Seeing her brother in unbearable pain, Zhao Qinghuan was consumed with rage. But faced with Chen Yang’s ruthless methods, she was also filled with fear.
She was terrified that if she provoked him, he might kill Zhao Qilin outright.
Thud.
Like a dead dog, Zhao Qilin was tossed out of the door.
Then, step by step, Chen Yang walked toward Su Qingxue’s mother and the others.
“Chen Yang, what… what are you trying to do?”
Su Qingxue gritted her teeth, suppressing the discomfort in her body as she stepped in front of her mother.
She had already publicly rejected the marriage with Zhao Qilin. What more did he want?
Chen Yang narrowed his eyes and spoke in a chilling tone, “Of course, I’m here to deliver the betrothal gift!”
Su Qingxue trembled.
She had already suffered so much, yet he still wouldn’t let the Su family go?
Behind her, Su’s mother furiously shouted, “My daughter loved you so deeply, and yet you still want to harm her mother? Aren’t you afraid of being condemned by everyone?”
“You keep saying we harmed your Chen family, but do you have any proof?”
The guests frowned, whispering among themselves.
Earlier, the conflict had been justified because Zhao Qilin and the Zhao family had forced Su Qingxue into marriage.
But now, the misunderstanding had been resolved, and yet Chen Yang refused to let it go.
Wasn’t he going too far?
However, in the face of Su’s mother’s moral manipulation, Chen Yang sneered, “If I want to kill someone, why would I need proof?”
Then, his tone suddenly shifted as he looked at Su Qingxue.
“But if you publicly reveal the truth of what happened back then, I will spare your mother’s life.”
He didn’t care about others’ opinions.
But if he could make Su Qingxue expose her own hypocrisy, he would certainly enjoy it.
“I know you hate that I suddenly married Zhao Qilin, and you suspect my father and brother of seizing the Northern Border Army’s command. But I, Su Qingxue, swear on my conscience—I have never betrayed you!”
Tears streamed down Su Qingxue’s face as she spoke, looking as though she had suffered a great injustice.
Inside, however, she was making a desperate gamble.
As long as she upheld the image of a devoted lover, the guests would side with her.
Chen Yang would never dare to massacre the Su family in front of everyone.
All she needed to do was stall for a few days. Once her father and brother returned from the Northern Border, it would be Chen Yang’s death sentence.
“With acting skills like that, you should have become an actress.”
Chen Yang clapped and sighed.
“Unfortunately, because of your foolish decision, your mother and the rest of the Su family will die.”
With a flick of his hand, dozens of silver needles shot toward the Su family.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Soft thuds rang out as the needles embedded into the Su family members’ foreheads.
In an instant, they all collapsed, clutching their heads in agony, screaming in pain.
“The poison on these needles took me five years to refine, using hundreds of toxins.”
Chen Yang remained expressionless as he explained to Su Qingxue, “They will continue to suffer until they die.”