"Grandpa, I've had enough of you!"
Sure enough, Shangguan Mingyue burst out, her face flushed red, and she glared at her grandfather with resentment in her eyes! She truly hated her grandfather at this moment; he was such a stubborn old man, a stupid ox, and he didn't care about his granddaughter at all! If he continued to cause trouble like this and really died, she wouldn't have a good time when she returned to the family. Those family members would definitely execute her on the spot and say that she had harmed her grandfather!
This wasn't Shangguan Mingyue deliberately trying to scare herself. In fact, when she brought her grandfather to Pengcheng for treatment, she had already overheard the family elders discussing this matter. They were saying that if anything happened to the old man, they would pin the blame on her, claiming she had harmed him, and then, according to family rules, execute her alive!
Simply because she has become her grandfather's chosen successor, the family members must get rid of her! If her grandfather really dies, it will be a golden opportunity for them to bring her down!
So now she really can't stand watching her grandfather make a scene anymore. Moreover, she suddenly realized that many of her grandfather's methods and educational philosophies were wrong, and she could no longer live the way her grandfather taught her!
"What have you had enough of about me?"
Shangguan Haokun's body trembled. He looked at his granddaughter in disbelief. This granddaughter, who had always obeyed him, dared to defy him! What kind of day was this? Not only was he being targeted by Ye Chen, but also by the Xiao and Xie families, and even his dearest granddaughter was now opposing him! He couldn't accept it! His voice was hoarse!
“You taught me from a young age that our Shangguan family is superior to others, and we can only show proper courtesy to high-ranking officials or nobles. As for everyone else, no matter what their profession or how great their achievements, we can treat them like dogs. In this world, if there are superior people like us, then there must be someone to act as a dog, otherwise we lose the meaning of being superior.”
"Over the years, I've been brainwashed by you and acted according to your educational philosophy. Except for those with great status and power, I treated everyone else like dogs. But what's the result? Now we've become dogs. We looked down on people, which led to this situation. Otherwise, you'd probably be cured by now! Grandpa, wake up! Stop going against Ye Chen! This was our fault! We shouldn't have looked down on people!"
"Smack!"
Just as Shangguan Mingyue finished venting her anger, she was slapped again across the face. The sound was crisp and loud, and this time it swelled up her face!
"You bastard!"
Shangguan Haokun cursed loudly, his body trembling with rage. He never imagined his granddaughter would dare to defy him so blatantly and undermine his educational principles! The Shangguan family was right, right! The Shangguan family were superior people; they couldn't be wrong!
"Grandpa, if you continue like this, from today onwards, I will no longer be a member of the Shangguan family!"
"What?! You?!"
Shangguan Haokun was instantly shocked. He never expected that his granddaughter would harbor such resentment and want to sever ties with the Shangguan family in order to disobey him!
Shangguan Mingyue stared at her grandfather with unwavering determination. She had truly had enough. For years, her grandfather had brainwashed her, turning her into a bad woman. Now that she had finally become herself again, she would never give up easily! Moreover, the Shangguan family was now nothing but a quagmire for her; she would rather not go back, and not be a member of the Shangguan family! That way, those family members wouldn't constantly plot against her, causing her trouble! They might even pay with their lives in the end!
Shangguan Haokun was furious. He realized he had misjudged his granddaughter. She was such a fool, giving up her destiny to be a superior person because of one mistake! In his view, failing to subdue Ye Chen was a mistake, but it was also caused by his granddaughter. If she hadn't been so talkative, the Xie family would have believed him and helped him deal with Ye Chen. Ye Chen would definitely be obediently treating his illness now!
This granddaughter is utterly hopeless! I should never have let her be the future successor of the Shangguan family!
He grew angrier the more he thought about it, and with a raised hand, he was about to slap Shangguan Mingyue across the face for the third time, his expression extremely ferocious, as if this slap would kill her! But in that instant, with a 'whoosh', Ye Chen grabbed him, his eyes cold: "You even hit your own granddaughter so hard, you're not even human!"
Shangguan Haokun was practically in a frenzy, shaking his arms and glaring at Ye Chen with bloodshot eyes: "Let go, let go! What business is it of yours if I'm disciplining my granddaughter!"
"Your granddaughter? Sorry, she's my friend now, so if you touch her, I'll kill you!"
Ye Chen glared at him sharply, his expression laced with no hint of a joke. He had already realized that Shangguan Mingyue was, in fact, a pitiful person, so his initial aversion to her vanished instantly, replaced by pity, or perhaps 'sympathy for a beautiful woman' would be more appropriate…
Even Leng Qingqiu, standing to the side, felt something was off. She sensed that this little rascal was recruiting people again, and he was getting closer and closer to becoming the world's public enemy...
Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Shangguan Mingyue felt a chord throb in her heart. Friends... From childhood to adulthood, this word felt both familiar and foreign to her, because she had no idea whether those surrounding her were truly friends...
But at this moment, because of Ye Chen's words and actions, she felt a genuine sense of emotion she had never experienced before...
This feeling of being moved made her truly feel like a person, instead of being like a cold, lifeless machine as before!
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