Quite different from what Nalan Yanran had expected, after her words, the boy in front of her suddenly started to tremble violently, slowly lifting his head. That delicate, youthful face was now twisted in a somewhat terrifying grimace…
Although he had been mocked for three years, Xiao Yan still held on to his own bottom line. Nalan Yanran's lofty and condescending actions were just stepping heavily on the only remaining dignity hidden deep in Xiao Yan's heart. Please lock in to read the latest chapter.
"Ah..." Startled by the boy's fierce appearance, the girl quickly took a step back, while the handsome young man beside her suddenly drew his longsword, his cold gaze aimed straight at Xiao Yan.
"I... really want to kill you!" His teeth trembled as he spat out words filled with killing intent; Xiao Yan clenched his fists, his dark eyes burning with furious flames.
"Yan'er, don't act recklessly!" At the forefront, Xiao Zhan was also startled by Xiao Yan's actions and hurriedly shouted; the current Xiao family couldn't afford to offend the Yunlan Sect.
Clenching his fists tightly, Xiao Yan slightly lowered his head; after a moment, he gently raised it again, but the earlier fierce terror had already transformed into calm...
In the three years, although he endured discrimination and mockery, it was precisely because of this that Xiao Yan forged an extraordinary resilience.
In front of him, Nalan Yanran was the darling of the Cloud Mist Sect. If he really did something to her now, it would probably bring endless trouble to his father, so he could only endure it!
Looking at the boy in front of him, who had suddenly restrained his emotions, Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran both felt a chill in their hearts...
"This kid, if he remains useless in the future, that's fine, but if he really gains power, he will definitely be a dangerous person..." Ge Ye thought solemnly in his heart.
"Xiao Yan, even though I don't know why my actions made you so angry, well... you should just annul the engagement!" Letting out a gentle breath, Nalan Yanran calmed down from her earlier fright and said with a slightly sullen face.
"Please remember, I came to the Xiao family this time with the personal approval of my teacher, the leader of the Yunlan Sect!" Pouting slightly, Nalan Yanran tilted her head a bit, saying helplessly: "You can consider this as coercion, but you should also know that reality is like this, nothing is absolutely fair. Although I don」t want to express anything, you also understand the gap between us, we..."
"Basically, there」s no hope..."
Listening to the girl」s judgment as if from a deity, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smirk coldly: "Miss Nalan... you should know how humiliating it is for the other party when a woman calls off a marriage in the Dou Qi Continent. Heh, I might have thick skin, but my father! He is the leader of a clan, and if he truly agrees to your request today, how will he manage the Xiao family in the future? How will he stand in Wutan City?"
Looking at the furious boy with a face full of rage, Nalan Yanran frowned slightly, glancing at Xiao Zhan, who suddenly seemed to have aged a lot, and felt a bit apologetic in her heart. She bit her cherry lips lightly, pondered for a moment, her lively eyes turned slightly, and suddenly said softly, 「What happened today was indeed a bit reckless of me. Today, I can temporarily withdraw my request to annul the engagement, but I need you to promise me one thing!」
「What promise?」 Xiao Yan asked with a frown.
「As for today」s demand, I can delay it for three years. Three years later, you come to Yunlan Sect to challenge me. If you lose, I will publicly annul the engagement, and by that time, you should have gone through your family's coming-of-age ceremony. So even if you lose, it won」t make Uncle Xiao too embarrassed. Do you dare to accept?」 Nalan Yanran said.
"Hehe, if I lose then, it really won't hurt my father's reputation anymore, but I might have to carry the shame of this failure for the rest of my life, huh, this woman... really ruthless!" A bitter laugh escaped his heart, and Xiao Yan's face was filled with sarcasm.
"Miss Nalan, you know very well Xiao Yan's situation. What do you expect him to challenge you with? Is it really that interesting to insult him like this?" Xiao Zhan slammed his hand on the table, rising in anger.
"Uncle Xiao, someone has to take responsibility for this broken engagement. If it weren't for saving your face, Yanzhen would have forced the annulment right now! And then made it public!" After being blocked a few times, Nalan Yanzhen was a bit impatient and turned to the silent Xiao Yan, coldly saying: "Since you don't want Uncle Xiao to lose face, then accept the agreement! Three years from now, will you choose the former or the latter?"
"Nalan Yanran, you don't need to put on such a strong front. You want to break off the engagement, simply because you think I, Xiao Yan, a useless waste, am not worthy of you, the proud daughter of heaven. To put it bluntly, besides your beauty, there's nothing about you that I, this young master, find appealing! The Yunlan Sect is indeed powerful, but I'm still young, I've got plenty of time. I became a fighter at the age of twelve, and you, Nalan Yanran, how many stages of fighting energy did you have when you were twelve? That's right, I may indeed be a waste now, but since I was able to create miracles three years ago, why should you think that I can't turn things around again in the years to come?" Facing the girl's aggressive stance, the usually silent Xiao Yan finally erupted like a volcano. His small face was stern, and his words stunned everyone in the hall. Who would have thought that the usually reticent boy could be so formidable?
Nalan Yanzhao pouted, and although she was furious at Xiao Yan's evaluation of her, with her pretty face turning pale, she couldn't argue back. What Xiao Yan said was indeed the truth; no matter how useless he was now, he had truly become a fighter at the age of twelve, while at that time, Nalan Yanzhao had only been at the eighth stage of fighting qi...
"Miss Nalan, for the sake of Old Man Nalan, Xiao Yan advises you a few words: thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully the young when they're poor!" Xiao Yan's cold words made Nalan Yanzhao's delicate body tremble slightly.
"Good, good saying: don't bully the young when they're poor! My son Xiao Zhan is anything but ordinary!" At the head of the table, Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up, and he slammed his palms on the table, splashing tea everywhere.
Gritting her teeth and staring at the smirking boy in front of her, Nalan Yanran, who had always been pampered, had never been scolded like this by her peers. She was so angry that her head felt dizzy, and her slightly childish voice was a bit sharp: 「What gives you the right to teach me a lesson? Even if your talent was unmatched in the past, now you」re just a useless piece of trash! Fine, I, Nalan Yanran, will wait for the day you surpass me again. As for the annulment of our engagement today, I won」t bring it up again. But three years from now, I」ll be waiting for you at the Yunlan Sect. If you have the ability, then let me see how far you can turn your life around! If by then you can defeat me, I, Nalan Yanran, will serve you as a slave or maid for life, and you can decide everything!」
「Of course, if three years later you」re still this useless, then you better hand over that paper contract for the annulment of our engagement obediently!」
Looking at the pale-faced girl, Xiao Yan sneered, "You don't have to wait three years; I really can't muster even a bit of interest in you!" After saying that, he ignored the icy cold expression of Nalan Yanran, turned around, and quickly walked to the table, scribbling away furiously!
Mo Luo, stop writing!
Xiao Yan suddenly drew the short sword from the table with his right hand, the sharp blade swiftly cutting across his left palm, leaving a deep gash...
His blood-stained palm left a glaring blood print on the white paper!
Gently picking up the contract, Xiao Yan let out a cold laugh, and as he walked past Nalan Yanran, he slammed it heavily down onto the table.
"Don't think that I, Xiao Yan, care at all about you being some genius wife. This contract isn't to annul our engagement; it's a divorce certificate declaring you, Nalan Yanran, expelled from the Xiao family! From now on, you and the Xiao family will have nothing to do with each other!"
"You... you dare to divorce me?" Looking at the blood contract on the table, Nalan Yanran's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. With her beauty, talent, and background, how could she be divorced by a useless member of a small family? This sudden change felt too surreal to her.
Coldly watching Nalan Yanran's shocked expression, Xiao Yan suddenly turned around, knelt down with one leg bent in front of Xiao Zhan, and heavily knocked his head against the ground, biting his lip stubbornly and remaining silent...
Although it was nominally him who expelled Nalan Yanran from the family, once this matter gets out, others won't think so. Those who are unaware of the situation will only believe that Nalan Yanran, with her powerful background, forcibly made the Xiao family break off the engagement. After all, with Nalan Yanran's talent, beauty, and background, she is more than enough to match a useless young master from the Xiao family. No one would think that Xiao Yan would have the guts to ditch a future leader of the Yunlan Sect... Thus, as Xiao Yan's father, Xiao Zhan would surely face countless mockeries...
Looking at the kneeling Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhan, who understood his deep sense of guilt, smiled calmly and said cheerfully, "I believe my son won't be a useless person for the rest of his life. These mere rumors will eventually crumble in the face of reality."
"Father, three years from now, Yan'er will go to Yunlan Sect to personally wash away today's humiliation for you!" With his eyes slightly wet, Xiao Yan bowed deeply, then straightened up and walked decisively towards the hall's exit.
As he passed by Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan paused for a moment, his soft and youthful voice coldly uttering.
"Three years from now, I will find you!"
The boy's back was elongated under the sunlight, looking lonely and desolate.
Nalan Yanran's small mouth slightly opened, staring blankly at the gradually disappearing figure, the contract in her hand suddenly felt as heavy as a thousand pounds...
"Three of you, since your purpose has been achieved, please take your leave." Looking at the departing boy, Xiao Zhan's face was indifferent, but the fist hidden in his sleeve was clenched so tightly that the knuckles turned white.
"Uncle Xiao, I'm sorry for what happened today. If you have time in the future, please come visit the Nalan family!" Nalan Yanran bowed respectfully to the indifferent-faced Xiao Zhan, and not wanting to linger, she stood up and walked towards the hall's exit, with Ge Ye and the handsome young man hurriedly following behind her.
"Take the gathering energy with you!" With a wave of his hand, the jade box on the table was coldly sent flying by Xiao Zhan.
Ge Ye reached back with his hand, firmly catching the box, and with a bitter smile, he stored it in his ring.
"Miss of the Nalan family, I hope you won't regret the actions of today's young lady in the future. Also, don't think that just because you have the Yunlan Sect backing you, you can act without restraint. The Fighting Qi Continent is vast, and there are many who are stronger than Yun Yun..." Just as Nalan Yanran and the others were about to exit, a light and cold voice suddenly echoed.
The three of them suddenly stopped in their tracks, their gazes shifting to the corner, where the girl in the purple dress was gently flipping through a book.
Sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the doors and windows, perfectly enveloping the girl, making her look like a purple lotus blooming in the mundane world, pure and beautiful, untouched by dust…
As if sensing the trio's gaze, the girl lifted her delicate face from the ancient pages, and her beautiful eyes, resembling autumn waters, suddenly flickered with a tiny golden flame…
Watching the tiny golden flame in the girl's eyes, Ge Ye's body jerked violently, a look of terror instantly spreading across his aged face, his withered hands frantically gripping the bewildered Nalan Yanran and the young man, before he dashed out of the hall as if fleeing for his life…
Seeing Ge Ye's actions, everyone in the hall, except for a few, was left utterly dumbfounded…