Soon after the man's voice fell...
"Huh?!....Haha...hahaha...."
Crazy and eerie laughter burst through the crowd from the centre and seemed to echo several times when it landed on their eardrums, causing all the murmurs and whispers to cease at once.
Jiang Ying Yue's laughter was like a call of doom from Hell. She looked so enchanting and breathtaking yet it sent down a chill through people's spines.
Silence prevailed over the crowd and only the sound of crisp laughter rang like the jingling of bells that should have sounded merry and pleasant yet somehow they seemed to contain deep malice and murderous intent.
Standing there in the eerie silence one could even hear their breathing and heartbeat. And if one could somehow free themselves from that spell of terror of that terrifying laughter, they would be able to hear cries of hawkers, murmurs of the crowd in the bustling streets, and market farther some distance away from them.
It felt to them as if they were trapped in a world of their own in this bustling street where only this crazy and terrifying laughter reigned upon them.
This boy.....who just looked like a newly weaned calf was capable of scaring them with just his laughter!.....
What was happening?!....
What was this shiver?!....
This must be an illusion, right?... They must be hallucinating!!...
Yes...yes.That's it!
Everyone looked bewildered at that very moment and even Jiang Ying Yue's companions and sister along with their maids all looked shocked at her sudden drastic change.
They couldn't tell what it was?.... But they all felt for sure that something about her was different.
Even Wei who had always been indifferent about everything surrounding him finally showed a different expression.
He had never seen Jiang Ying Yue like this before. Never!.... Even when they met dangers along the way and fought a few battles she always had a relaxed and lazy look about her.
....But this Jiang Ying Yue felt completely different...To put it in words, she looked a bit crazy....yes, that's right.
.....Crazy in a dangerous way.
Was this another side of her that she had never shown to them?
And...was she finally showing it because of him?..
The two words--My Wei--again and again seem to repeat in his mind. Not clearly understanding how he should feel...and..how he felt?
Wei seemed lost. Lost in finding answers to these abysmally puzzling questions only to realize again and again how lacking he was even to be called a human.
He felt as if he was stuck in a deep whirlpool of darkness all lonely and helpless when he heard Jiang Ying Yue speak again.
"Capable?..." Jiang Ying Yue gave a contemptuous snort, "Huh...Hey...ugly man, you are quite funny~"
With that, an enchanting smile bloomed on her naturally scarlet beautiful lips as the fingers of her right hand on the side began to drum an unknown rhythm on her thigh, " Funny...aren't you? You say....my Wei is a useless man and you--a capable man--then let me ask you this...did my Wei ever ask you--a capable man--to feed him, to clothe him, to raise him...or to do anything...anything for him? Huh?...No, right!!... Then what right do you have to call him useless? He is feeding himself, clothing himself, and using his arms and legs to raise himself. Who are you to call him useless?!..oh! one more thing, is it a sin to look good? Blame your parents for not giving you good genes. How dare you direct your petty hatred towards my Wei?!"
Jiang Ying Yue's voice carried her suppressed anger and annoyance beyond any measure. It was so heavy and terror-inducing that it made everyone speechless. They could only listen quietly while trying to figure out how could a young boy of his age could be this capable.
The boy didn't look like a young boy instead he looked like a person with utmost power and authority who reigned over their life and death. Even Crown prince Xiao Timgfei and Bai Ya the Bai family's spoiled brat paled in front of him.
That ugly man's face turned even more ugly upon being reprimanded so harshly in public by a half-grown child. He was so embarrassed. However, he was helpless...
That boy's mouth was like a bullet, when it shot it wouldn't stop until it hit the target.
How could he speak so fast?.....
And...so many words at once in a single breath.
It was so humiliating for him to just stand there silently and get scolded. But he couldn't dare to run away. It would be even more humiliating. If he ran away just like that to escape from that little child where would he keep his face? So, he could only stand there quietly.
However, it didn't mean he couldn't fight back.
Yes, he wanted to fight. Fight so badly....scold him back like hell. But....the problem was that the moment he tried to open his mouth his mind would go blank.
What could he do after that?.... Who asked that boy to have a mouth like that?
How did his parents raise him?!
Did they feed him words for three meals instead of rice?!...
" I...I...He is useless!..." The man stuttered trying to find all the words he could to fight back, " I said he is useless...because...he is. In this continent, only the strong can rule and the weak ones are all trash, a waste of space. He should just go somewhere in the corner and die! And just because he looks a bit good, do you think I am jealous of him? What a joke! No, I hate him because I hate this kind of sissy man. It has nothing to do with his face! Nothing!"
The man roared looking desperate to save the last bit of dignity that he thought was left. If now he admitted that he was jealous of the man because of his devastatingly handsome face wouldn't he look childish and petty?
Yes, he hated good-looking men because every time he saw one he would be forced to remember his humiliation and old scars. But he also hated weak people, especially men. However, this hate is inclined more towards disdain than actual hate.
Thus it could be concluded that his hate for good-looking men exceeded his hate for useless men.
If they weren't in Lan Quan right now. Under the surveillance of the watchful eyes, he would have already killed this brat and all his companions, who were exceptionally good-looking from any angle one looked at them.
By the time he finished, Jiang Ying Yue's eyes turned scarlet red while her companions were also fuming.
Even Yuan Fang who usually somewhat resented the handsomeness of Jiang Ying Yue and the people she brought along felt the urge to beat up this ugly guy.
This ugly guy was sure asking for death.
" Oh! So...you mean as long as one is strongest the ones below him will all look useless to him, right? This is the rule, right? Remember this..you said this!."
After saying that she turned to those, who were trying to lower their presence to escape from her unforgiving tongue, " What about you? You also think he is right..hmm?"
" Yes, he is right. Weak people have no place in this world. The only place for them is the lowest gutter to rot in."
Spoke to one of those people while others seemed to have the same thought as him.
Jiang Ying Yue nodded her head as if she understood them, looking exceptionally calm and peaceful. As if all her previous rage had disappeared at this instant.
While on the side Tian Lan was already rolling up her sleeves ready to give this bunch of bastards a good beating. Her eyes were especially scorching when she glanced in the direction of Xiao Tingfei's party.
She felt that talking to these obstinate fools was only a waste of saliva.
She found them and their words extremely unpleasant. Especially when they repeated, again and again, the words 'useless' and 'trash'. They seem to be stabbing right into her heart as they forced her to remember how her Goddess was humiliated in the same way.
Note: Tian Lan's Goddess- Jiang Ying Yue