Chapter 15 (2/2)

“And the person who poisoned her will dare come forth?” Fang Tianen’s tone was so chilly that it was enough to freeze someone over.

“Well, we don’t have any other solutions now. And if we announce a reward, we might find an unexpected talent. No matter what the intentions of the culprit is, be it blackmail or an intention to discuss any dealings with us, he or she will appear then. On the other hand, we should also think of some solutions…” Fang Yan knew how important Fang Qi was to Fang Tianen and hence, he was especially careful when he spoke.

The truth was that Fang Tianen viewed him highly mainly because he was always on Fang Qi’s side and did his best to support her in whatever she did.

Fang Qi would even discuss whatever she wanted to do with him before she did so, such as the plan she had to make use of Gao Fei’s rashness and childish jealousy to kill Ren Jie in hopes that this would sow discord between the Ren and the Gao Families so that the Ren family would be sent into a mess. Fang Yan was the one who helped Fang Qi come up with this plan.

Hence, he had to appear as though he had done his best as the person that Fang Qi trusted the most now that something had happened to her. He had to show everyone, including Fang Tianen and the Seventh Princess, that he fully supported Fang Qi in whatever she did.

“I guess that’s all we can do at the moment. If I know who did this to Qi-er, I will not spare them. Boom!” Fang Tianen reached a pillar so thick that two people were needed to wrap their arms around and landed a heavy blow on it. In an instant, a layer of frost enveloped the pillar before it started shattering. Thankfully, this was only one of the many pillars in the great hall and thus, it did not matter even if it shattered. All it did was make the people watching stare in awe.

He would not be half as affected if it were his two sons.

“And keep up with that news. If we really have no choice, then we will have to use other means.”

What? Fang Yan’s heart was caught in his throat as it suddenly dawned on him that he had made a mistake, a huge mistake. In the end, he still underestimated Fang Qi’s importance in Fang Tianen”s heart.

That was the royal family’s treasure, yet Fang Tianen was willing to obtain it through other means for Fang Qi. What was he planning to do with his position as family head…

“Yes.” Fang Yan was in shock, but none of it was shown in his expression as he only nodded at Fang Tianen’s orders.

The sky darkened gradually as a carriage pulled up. While it was no heavenly vehicle, it was still no less spacious and lavish. In it lay Gao Fei, who had just been pelted by 5,000 ironwood stools in the fighting arena.

“Aye… ow… shit, this bastard Ren Jie. Wait till I’m better, I’m gonna settle this score…” Gao Fei whimpered painfully as he had a dozen broken bones and fractures. Even though he had already taken a life-saving elixir and some other medicines, his injuries would still take another couple of weeks or so to heal.

“That shameless fellow, how can the school let him go?

“He did not dare come up, so he used such despicable means. Idiot, ridiculous…

“When I recover I’m going to personally break every single bone in his body…”

As Gao Fei was painfully whimpering and cursing away at Ren Jie, someone else was sitting quietly in the spacious carriage. He held a scroll in his hands as he read while incense burned beside him. It was as though he was in a completely different world from the one that Gao Fei was living in.

“Brother… is there no punishment from the academy at all?” Gao Fei had been cursing away at Ren Jie and had thought of at least ten different ways he was going to get back at Ren Jie when he was well again, but he was incredibly dissatisfied over the fact that the academy had not done anything about the incident in which Ren Jie had incited him and was pelted by thousands of ironwood stools.

The young man who was reading looked somewhat like Gao Fei, but he looked mature, grand and had a scholarly aura around him. Only now did he slowly close his scroll and turned over to look at Gao Fei.

“What were you hoping for them to do? You were the one who jumped into the fighting arena, and Ren Jie did not say he wanted to fight with you either. You say that he is an idiot and a useless person, but here you are, falling into the trap of an idiotic and useless man. What do you think you are?”

“Brother, I…” Gao Fei immediately tried to defend himself when he heard that.

When he saw the scholarly young man’s face fall, he coiled his body in shock, aggravating his wounded body. But even though his jaw fell agape from the pain, he did not dare to make a sound. While Gao Peng was his biological brother and was only two years older than him, he was more afraid of him than he was of their family head. This was because his brother had always been smarter than average and made it to the first few places in the examinations last year. If not because of a god-forsaken lunatic who appeared out of nowhere suddenly, Gao Peng would definitely have become the Academic Scholar. Moreover, Gao Peng had been involved in almost all the family’s affairs and held enough authority in the family that even some elders in the family would rather meet the family head than him.

“What, that Fang Qi was obviously toying with you all, yet you still can’t tell. Do you really think she will fall for you? Fancy running away after you beat up someone instead of telling the family clan. When you recover and after the examinations, you shall go into seclusion at the family house to train for three months. Don’t bother coming out if you don’t perfect the Body Refinement Realm.”

Going into seclusion to train? Gao Fei nearly cried at the thought. The training at his family clan was already terrifying, to begin with, but after Gao Peng’s modifications, it had become absolutely inhumane. Going into seclusion to train for three months was like peeling off a layer of his skin. Gao Fei’s still-swollen face twitched as his mouth opened and closed a few times, yet he did not dare to say anything in front of Gao Peng.

Seeing that Gao Fei was now finally quiet, Gao Peng opened his scroll again. However, even though he was looking at the scroll, his mind was on the events of the past few days. While it looked like children messing around to him, it seemed as though there might be something more behind Fang Qi inciting Gao Fei to strike. What would happen if Ren Jie really died…

And Fang Qi’s place was on fire, who could it be? According to secret reports Fang Qi was poisoned, who could that be too?

That Ren Jie unprecedentedly toyed with Gao Fei in the fighting arena, was that an accident or…

Did someone do something secretly after Gao Fei was beaten up or was Ren Jie just odd? But if Ren Jie was really so, then wouldn’t the Ren family start panicking first?

It would be the feast tomorrow and a good chance to test Ren Jie. If Fang Qi being poisoned and Gao Fei being beaten up was really his doing, then he would have to do something to get rid of this ticking timebomb before he left the Jade Imperial Academy. He would have to get rid of all these minor inconveniences before he met that fellow Lan Tian in court…