Chapter 238

Chapter 238: Chapter 237: The Luo family meant business this time, summoning over a hundred armed guards, ready to capture Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen. Ye Tianchen had assaulted someone in the Luo family, specifically Luo Xiaomei and her son Zhang Yun, and since Luo Yan had been expelled from the Luo family and hadn’t returned for twenty years, the family had long regarded her as an unwanted outsider. Now, with the alluring Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box in the picture, many harbored vicious intentions, determined to ensure the box would not leave with them, even if it meant ordering the guards to shoot and kill Ye Tianchen and Luo Yan.

There was absolutely no sense of familial affection, no thought for blood ties, they were still family after all. But they really called the guards to capture Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen, of course, their primary target being the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box; otherwise, there wouldn’t be such "unity."

Luo Qi glanced at Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen with a hint of a cold sneer. Ye Tianchen had just dared to insult him, and he was extremely displeased. Now that all the Luo family guards had arrived, all armed with guns, especially the guard commander Bao Tianglong—a real master. It was said that his Hard Qi Skill was indestructible, easily capable of smashing through a wall.

"Sister, I’m giving you one last chance," Luo Qi said with a menacing look at Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen. "Hand over the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box, and have your son kneel in the hall and kowtow three times to each of us as an apology. I, as your brother, can then spare you. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

Clearly, Luo Qi wanted to humiliate Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen, to shame his sister in front of so many members of the Luo family, stripping her of any dignity to ever return to the Luo family, and completely eliminate any threat she posed to himself.

At that moment, Luo Yan was genuinely worried; the dozens of armed guards were all very serious, like soldiers ready to follow orders to kill without hesitation, particularly the commander leading them. He didn’t look very strong; on the contrary, he seemed frail, but his face was stern, and one could even sense the aura of sternness. His sharp eyes had sized up Ye Tianchen when he walked in and furrowed his brow in instinctive recognition of another master.

"Brother, can you really be this heartless? Do you truly no longer care for family ties at all?" Luo Yan asked sadly.

"Hmph, family ties? You’ve been expelled from the Luo family. We have no such ties with you. Your son must die today, a fool who knows nothing of life and death!" Luo Xiaomei glared at Luo Yan venomously, her face breaking into a triumphant smile, confident in the arrival of the Luo family guards, especially with commander Bao Tianglong personally leading the team, leaving Ye Tianchen surely not daring to retaliate.

"Right, you’ve been driven out of the Luo family long ago, and you still dare to come back?"

"Your son dares to attack someone in the Luo family, not enough lives to pay for that."

"Leave the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box, kowtow and admit your wrongs, then we’ll spare you and your mother!"

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"I think we should kill this little bastard first to stop his arrogance..."

Initially, the Luo family, including some uncles, had been shaken by Ye Tianchen’s forceful actions. Many remembered the rumors from the Capital City, regarding the downfall of the Qin family and the Luo family in a single night, the latter having been utterly destroyed, all of which still caused some trepidation. Ye Tianchen, with his power alone, had accomplished this, forcing others to regard him anew.

But now, everyone knew that the Luo family’s guards had arrived, led by the highly skilled commander Bao Tianglong. Even if Ye Tianchen had some skill, he likely wouldn’t be a match. At the very least, provoking the guards could lead to them opening fire and easily killing both mother and son. It was clear that the Luo family was devoid of any notion of kinship.

"Sister, hand over the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box now. Do you want me to order them to kill your son?" Luo Qi said with a taunting smile, lacking any sense of family.

Luo Yan looked at the uncles and siblings around her, including the younger generation of the Luo family, all with ferocious expressions aimed at her and her son Tianchen. Normally, Luo Yan would worry for her son’s safety, but today, she too was provoked by these so-called relatives who didn’t treat her as family. Life was all about pride; while she could yield when dealing with outsiders, facing her own kin, blood relatives who treated her and her son this way, Luo Yan felt a surge of defiance within.

"No, the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box is the wedding gift from my mother-in-law, and since she has passed, I intend to take it with me. If you truly want it, you’ll have to step over my dead body!" Luo Yan suddenly grew stern, declaring defiantly to everyone present.

At Luo Yan’s words, the rest were startled and shocked. They hadn’t expected that under such oppressive circumstances, when anyone else might have capitulated, Luo Yan would stand so resolutely. This woman was remarkable; if she were to show her true abilities, many of the older generation might feel inferior.

"Fine... you’ve all heard her, I gave her a chance as her brother, and she doesn’t cherish it, so there’s nothing I can do but order her son killed and see if that will make her hand it over..." Luo Qi said with a sinister smile, devoid of any familial affection.

"No need to make excuses. Even if I begged you, would you spare us? You’ve always been a vile person, so why pretend to be a righteous gentleman?" Luo Yan fixed her gaze on her brother Luo Qi as she challenged him.

"You... Summon people to arrest this mother and son," Luo Qi, left speechless by Luo Yan’s challenge, shouted furiously and red-faced. "If they resist, kill them on the spot!"

Uncle Wang, who had been standing aside with the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box in his right hand the whole time, saw that the Luo family’s guards were really going to lay hands on Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen. He became anxious and hurriedly stepped forward, speaking respectfully and humbly, "Masters, the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box was given to the miss by the old madam on her deathbed. Everyone present witnessed it. Please let the miss take it with her, and do not trouble her and her son anymore. I believe they will not return to the Luo family in the future!"

"The Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box is property of our Luo family, and it should not be carried off by an outsider."

"Exactly, an outsider should not take away such a precious item from our Luo family. The old madam was elderly, and she might have remembered wrongly!"

"It must be that the old madam remembered incorrectly, which is why she gave the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box to Luo Yan. Therefore, we definitely cannot let her take it away!"

Ye Tianchen stood by, saying nothing, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily revealed a hint of a smile. Shaking his head, he thought to himself that these Luo family fools, both old and young, really had some nerve. For the sake of the Dragon and Phoenix Jade Box, they would stop at nothing, even casting aside the most basic decency. It was shameless to the extreme, and one couldn’t help but be impressed; no wonder a saying was widely spread in society, that the bigger the clan, the more shameless they were, the more prominent the person, the more face they lacked. It seemed there was some truth to this!

"Uncle Wang, what the hell are you, get to the side. This is not your place to speak. Or do you want me to break your damn left leg?" Luo Xiaomei rushed up, glaring fiercely at Uncle Wang as she cursed.

"Uncle Wang, whose side are you really on?"

"Such a backstabbing scoundrel. I think it’s about time for the position of Grand Steward of the Luo family to change hands!"

"He’s just a servant, yet dares to run his mouth. Just kill him and be done with it!"

With Luo Xiaomei, a villainous woman, openly insulting Uncle Wang, the others began to curse out loud as well, showing no respect whatsoever for Uncle Wang, who had served the Luo family diligently all his life. They treated him worse than a dog; their lack of humanity was chilling to the bone.

Uncle Wang, seeing so many people ganging up against him and cursing him, had reddened eyes but stood still, not knowing what to say. He felt very distressed. He wanted to help Luo Yan and Ye Tianchen, but unfortunately, he wasn’t capable. He was just a servant without the right to say too much. Just a single comment had earned him such humiliation; anyone would feel heartbroken and chilled by this.

Slap!

A loud, resounding slap silenced the hall for a moment. The slap was not delivered by Ye Tianchen; everyone turned their gaze toward Luo Yan and Luo Xiaomei. The slap just now had been Luo Yan’s, forcefully planted on Luo Xiaomei’s face, stunning her. Holding her face with her right hand, Luo Xiaomei looked at Luo Yan in fear. She had never seen Luo Yan so angry before, never seen her usually gentle sister daring to strike her.

"Have you all said enough!" Luo Yan clenched her teeth and shouted loudly at everyone present.

"You..." Luo Xiaomei, recovering from the shock, glared back at her sister viciously.

Slap!

Another slap flew, and this time Luo Xiaomei was knocked to the ground. She looked up at Luo Yan in terror; indeed, Luo Yan had become a very frightening figure in terms of her presence. One could imagine, when a person who’s always been meek, who wouldn’t fight back when hit or talk back when insulted, truly becomes enraged, how shocking and terrifying it must be.

"As your elder sister, I’m going to properly teach you today what it means to respect your elders, what it means to be humane!" Luo Yan’s eyes were bloodshot as she furiously stared down at Luo Xiaomei and yelled loudly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.)