"What, two hundred thousand taels? Do you think that all the money in my family was picked up? Do you know how much effort our Yuan family, starting from your great-great-grandfather, has put in to build our family business today? Do you think it's easy to earn two hundred thousand taels?" Before daybreak, the angry shouts of the head of the Yuan family were heard from the Yuan Mansion.
"What? Zhengying Academy, how did you offend such a behemoth? Is that something a small Yuan family like us can afford to provoke?"
"Beat me, beat me, beat me hard. It doesn't matter if you kill me or cripple me. I'm so mad at you, so mad at you!" Then, there was the angry roar of the head of the Yuan family and the dull sound of a board hitting someone.
Poor Yuan Tianbo, he doesn’t need to pretend anymore, he will definitely vomit blood.
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"You...you unfilial son, how dare you collude with the Zhao and Zhou families? Even if Mu Hanyan is a good-for-nothing, can you offend her? How could you do such a stupid thing! Forget it, forget it, prepare the money, and also, drag him out first and punish him according to the family rules." From the Chen family, the old patriarch Chen's grief-stricken and angry voice was also heard.
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The Zhou family was relatively quiet. After all, it was one of the largest families in Blackrock City after the Mu family. The head of the Zhou family was much more well-mannered than the previous two heads of the family. However, judging from the occasional screams of the eldest son of the Zhou family, his anger was no less than that of the two heads of the family.
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In comparison, the Zhao family's calmness seemed a little strange.
"Lingxian has made a serious mistake. Please punish her, grandfather." After Miss Zhao Si finished telling the story, she knelt in front of the head of the Zhao family.
"What mistake did you make?" asked the head of the Zhao family.
Miss Zhao Si fell silent. What had she done wrong? This plan was flawless from beginning to end, and Mu Hanyan had cooperated well, falling into their trap. But who could have imagined that in the end, Mu Hanyan would actually hatch a griffin from the griffin egg that was originally predicted to only produce quails!
If I have to say something wrong, it's that Mu Hanyan is too lucky.
"Do you think Mu Hanyan is too lucky?" asked the head of the Zhao family, as if he could see what Miss Zhao Si was thinking.
"Well, Zhao Sining said that even his uncle from Zhengying Academy asserted that the griffin egg could only hatch quails. Who knew that Mu Hanyan was so lucky and actually hatched a griffin?" Until now, Miss Zhao Si didn't dare to think that all this was done intentionally by Mu Hanyan, because in her opinion, that was simply impossible.
"Have you ever thought that you actually underestimated Mu Hanyan?" Patriarch Zhao suddenly asked.
"What? How is this possible?" Miss Zhao Si looked at her grandfather in disbelief. She and Mu Hanyan had been fighting since they were little. Didn't she already know what kind of person this idiot was? How could she possibly have underestimated him?
"Our Zhao family was originally a prominent family in the capital. Thousands of years ago, our status was even higher than that of the Mu family." The head of the Zhao family did not rush to answer questions, but spoke leisurely.
"What? Our Zhao family was once a prominent family on par with the Mu family in the capital. How could we have ended up in Black Stone City?" Miss Zhao Si was frightened by her grandfather's words.
The Mu clan of the capital city was a powerful and aristocratic family, respected even by the imperial family. Miss Zhao Si was self-aware, knowing that her family could only compete with the branch of the Mu clan in Black Stone City. Compared to the Mu clan of the capital city, they were not even worthy of carrying shoes.
She never dared to imagine that her family was once a super family on par with the Mu family in Beijing. She could not even imagine how such a super family could fall into such a state.
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