"Look, it's Second Sister!" Liu Xiuran was overjoyed to see Liu Zhaodi safe and sound.
"Why is it Zhao Di and the others?" Liu Hongyuan himself did not expect this outcome, because the gap between the two sides was too great. He had already mentally prepared himself for his daughter's crushing defeat.
"Where's my nephew?" Shen Chengye exclaimed as he saw that only the two of them were standing there.
"Where is my Ji Zhe? Where did you take him?!" Ji Tiantian came to confront him immediately after failing to find Ji Zhe.
Jiang Yuan glanced at the woman; the scene from last time was still vivid in his mind. It seemed that the woman's arrogant and domineering personality had not changed.
"Look up there!"
Finally, someone noticed the four people hanging at the top, and the eyes of both the Ji and Chen families were focused on the four motionless figures.
"Dead?"
A terrifying thought popped into everyone's minds.
"You Liu family, you Liu family..." Ji Kaiping clutched his chest, almost fainting. Ji Shuo was his most valued junior, someone he treated like his own son, but now he had been killed like this.
Shen Chengye's eyes were sinister, as if he were about to burst into a murder at any moment.
"The person isn't dead, so who are you all trying to fool with this mournful act!" Liu Zhaodi said with a sneer.
"Not dead?"
Everyone was startled, but upon closer inspection, they could indeed see that although the person was hanging, he was still breathing.
"This round was won by my Liu family, right?" Liu Zhaodi pointed to the four people hanging above and added sarcastically, "Of course, you said it would be best two out of three rounds, and I agree with that method! But now it depends on whether your two families have the ability to win the second round!"
The threat from Liu Zhaodi was blatant; her meaning was clear: if you think you can fight, then next time it won't be as simple as hanging them up, but killing them outright.
"Are you threatening us?" Shen Chengye suppressed his anger.
“Uncle Shen, you’ve misunderstood your niece. How could I threaten you? I’m just stating a fact!” Liu Zhaodi glanced up at the ceiling and then said meaningfully, “After all, the battle isn’t over yet! I haven’t heard them shout to surrender. We can’t just keep them hanging on like this!”
"They don't seem to have really given up!" Liu Xiuran whispered from the side.
Liu Zhaodi gave her underling a wink, saying "Well done!"
"Niece Liu, you really are a hidden talent!" Shen Chengye said with a forced smile.
"We misjudged them. The Ji family concedes defeat!" Ji Kaiping was a discerning man. Given the current situation, they had no chance of winning. The most urgent task now was to take Ji Zhe and Ji Shuo back to heal their injuries. People were far more valuable than those Holy Spirit Stones.
"You flatter me!" Liu Zhaodi said with a cupped hand and a slight smile.
Shen Chengye stared coldly at Liu Zhaodi, but finally couldn't bring himself to back down and declared, "This place! My Shen family will definitely get our revenge one day!"
"Then hand them over! Stop dragging your feet, I don't know how long they can keep them hanging!" Liu Zhaodi said arrogantly. If her Liu family were afraid, they wouldn't have come today.
"Hmph!" Shen Chengye flicked his sleeve, and a member of the Shen family led Chen Xinghuai up.
Seeing this, Liu Zhaodi also put Wei Ting and the other three down.
"Let's go!"
Shen Chengye left with Wei Ting and Shen Qian, while Ji Kaiping gave Liu Zhaodi a meaningful look before leaving with Ji Zhe and Ji Shuo.
"Wow, Second Sister, you're amazing! You took on four opponents all by yourself!" Liu Xiuran walked up to her with a face full of admiration.
"No……"
Liu Zhaodi was about to explain, but a glance from Jiang Yuan made her change her tune, saying, "Hehe, maybe I was just lucky!"
“How could it be just luck! Of the four of them, except for Shen Qian, they are all genuine ninth-level strength. This is not something that can be won by luck!” Liu Xiuran did not believe Liu Zhaodi’s statement at all.
"Zhao Di, you did a great job this time!" Liu Hongyuan praised from a distance.
Liu Zhaodi seemed unconvinced by her father's words, and said indifferently, "Oh, then isn't it still a bit far from your expectations?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Hongyuan paused, and the words he was about to say turned into silence.
"Dad, Second Sister, can't you two talk this much more aggressively?" Liu Xiuran said speechlessly.
"I didn't! I was just telling the truth!" Liu Zhaodi pouted and turned her head away.
"Your brother-in-law just came to our house today, so you should all be nice to each other. Otherwise, people will think our family is not harmonious and won't dare to come again!" Liu Xiuran quickly changed his approach, and the approach naturally became Jiang Yuan.
Hearing her younger brother call him "brother-in-law" made Liu Zhaodi feel much happier, but just as she was about to speak, Liu Hongyuan spoke up.
"Who gave you permission to call him brother-in-law?" Liu Hongyuan scolded, frowning.
"Dad, what do you mean!" Liu Zhaodi bit her lip, her face darkening.
Liu Hongyuan sized up Jiang Yuan for a moment, then said, "Putting aside his character, just look at his strength!"
As he spoke, Liu Hongyuan shook his head and continued, "My Liu family's son-in-law must be an outstanding person, let alone the man that you, Liu Zhaodi, are going to marry!"
"I disagree with him!"
Liu Zhaodi's emotions became increasingly unstable. She said coldly, "Is that so? Then I should marry that warlord, or that super strongman from the Heaven and Earth Society!"
Liu Hongyuan remained silent, seemingly acknowledging Liu Zhaodi's words.
"Dad, I'm making this clear today, he's the man I'm going to marry!" Liu Zhaodi pointed firmly at Jiang Yuan.
"Seventh rank!" Liu Hongyuan scoffed. "He's not good enough for you!"
"Anything else? Tell me all the shortcomings!" Liu Zhaodi suddenly questioned, as if she were a volcano about to erupt.
“Strength, status, position—I haven’t seen any of these things in him. Isn’t that enough?” Liu Hongyuan was also trying his best to calm himself down.
Liu Zhaodi laughed in anger, having guessed that her father would say these things.
"I like him, I'm willing to give everything for him, that's enough!" Liu Zhaodi turned around, grabbed Jiang Yuan's hand, and then walked out. "Let's go!"
"Zhao Di, don't be so willful!"
Liu Hongyuan tried to stop him, but Liu Xiuran held him back.
"Dad, please stop interfering in Second Sister's affairs!"
"You brat, who gave you the right to speak?"
"Sigh, you've always forced my second sister to do things she didn't like since she was little. Now it's time to let her make her own choices!"
"You bastard, if you weren't so useless, I wouldn't have forced myself on your sister!"
...
"Hey, Liu Zhaodi, you still have to pay for the Holy Spirit Stones even if you dragged me away!"
Jiang Yuan shouted loudly as he was being dragged outside.
Liu Zhaodi didn't say anything, she just grabbed Jiang Yuan's hand tightly and ran to a secluded place.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy because of something like this?" Jiang Yuan asked as he ran.
After running for a long time, Liu Zhaodi finally stopped, panting heavily. The first thing she said after stopping was, "Don't take what I just said to heart!"
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