176 No compromise (1/2)
Guan Dong Liu's eyes roved as he closed them: ”How can I ever feel at ease… she is my own family's daughter. But this is happening to her, and if my family had the power to protect her, then I would have spared no effort….. but since my family doesn't have the ability to defend her, then sacrificing them would be useless!”
”Nonsense! You aren't even trying, you're not even trying to make an effort, so then how do you know that you don't have the ability?! You're simply sacrificing your daughter's happiness; you still call yourself a man? You're a coward!” Jun Mo Xie retorted furiously: ”You're just afraid of your enemy's strength. Your daughter isn't as strong as your family's forces, but you're still using her as a shield? You're just using her as an excuse to conceal your cowardice!”
Guan Dong Liu's facial expression was still as calm as ever: ”If I have to sacrifice one person for the sake of the entire family, then I consider it to be a worthy price. If I could sacrifice my life to save my family… then I'll look forward to that day. But if Li Jue Tian spares no effort to take my daughter, and if I bet my whole family's fate on her protection….. and lose, then where's the rationality in it? What I can choose, is to defend my family and the friendship between our two families. And therefore, for the sake of this friendship, and that of the Jun Family's safety, I request that you stay out of it!”
It must be recognized that Guan Dong Liu understood his own limitations very well even though he was the master of the Guan Family and had thousands of people under his command. And even when faced with this tough situation, he was still unwilling to abandon his friendship with the Jun Family, which too was worthy of admiration. However, even though his actions were worthy of praise, but the praise still wouldn't be justified in the context of this situation!
”The master of the Guan Family speaks about his daughter's fate; my sister-in-law's fate! But now she belongs to the Jun Family; she's not the Guan Family's daughter anymore! Alive, she belongs to the Jun Family; once dead, even her ghost belongs to the Jun Family! She's a married woman, and no longer has any relationship with your family now! You do not have the right to decide her fate!” Jun Mo Xie's voice resounded throughout the hall.
He smiled grimly as he continued to despise: ”As for your family, what's the point of such a useless family that can't even protect its own women? You should simply put a knife to your throats and be done with it!”
Guan Qing Han was wanted by the Xue Hun Manor, and if their demand wasn't met then they would inevitably destroy the Jun and the Guan Family! No one had ever dared to go against the command of the Xue Hun manor!
Therefore, Guan Dong Liu's predicament, choice and helplessness were more than understandable!
Many-a-men would have made the same choice in this situation since the relationship between women and their parents was as such in this era. If two families were capable of surviving at the cost of one woman's happiness, then most people in this world would pick the same choice as Guan Dong Liu, or at least wouldn't contradict his choice.
After all, she was just a woman! It didn't matter if she was his own daughter…..
However, Jun Mo Xie could never allow himself to live with this shame!
[If the men of my family can't even protect a woman, then what's the point of having such men? What is the meaning of such a humiliating existence?] For Jun Mo Xie, this wasn't a question of Qing Han's reputation or integrity, or even survival. This was a question of his life's principles!
Perhaps this decision was foolish, and perhaps this decision would eventually lead to the destruction of the Guan and the Jun family, but for Jun Mo Xie….. this matter had no room for compromise!
Even if this decision costed the lives of tens of millions of people around the Empire, Jun Mo Xie still wouldn't alter his decision!
[Life or death? What's the meaning of it? ]
[We all breathe so someone can light incense sticks in our memory! ]
[If I exchange the innocence of a woman for my survival, then I might as well be dead. Whether she's innocent or not, this will be a matter of grave shame! ]
And real men cannot stand shame!
And now this was all happening in front of Jun Mo Xie!
Even if this wasn't happening in front of him, and Jun Mo Xie simply found out that such a thing had happened somewhere, then he would probably set out to punish those who had bullied a woman from a less influential family into marrying their son, but only after he had first destroyed the family who had sent their daughter away under these circumstances!
[Such people aren't worthy of living in this world! What is the meaning of life if one's dignity is lost? You don't value the dignity of another's life? Then I must first destroy yours! Then I'll let you live on! I'll make you live like your mother's ass! ]
Hitman Jun's ideology was undoubtedly very strange for some and obviously differed from the rest of the world's opinion, therefore it was naturally very difficult to gain the approval from the majority of people, such as...
”Third master Jun! You will bring a disaster towards the Jun Family! Have you even considered how much ruin this impulsive decision of yours' will bring to the Jun Family? And the Jun Family is your own Family!” Guan Dong Liu spoke out sternly in a fit of anger.
”I'm the only heir to the Jun Family! The Jun Family's future is in my hands. If the Jun Family's destruction is to come at my hands, then I don't mind letting it happen a little early. My decision is the decision of the Jun Family!” Jun Mo Xie sharply glared back at Guan Dong Liu as he stated these words slowly enough for the man to understand them very, very clearly: ”Master of the Guan Family, the Jun Family disagrees to withdraw the engagement! Your family has no rights or relation to Qing Han, so you may please stay out of this!”
”If the power of the Jun Family cannot protect her, then before my Family is destroyed, I will personally kill her! A death is far better than the existence of such shame!!”
Jun Mo Xie's stern and stubborn words suddenly stirred up a storm of emotions in Qing Han's heart.
He was ready to let thousands and thousands die for one person! None of it mattered to him! He was simply unwilling to look at the big picture here, not even for a second!
She belonged to the Jun Family, in her life, and then in her death; no matter the circumstances, she would always belong to the Jun Family!
This was just in Jun Mo Xie's nature, whether in this life or the previous, he would have done the same! Even if this matter wasn't concerned with Qing Han, he would have still done the same thing! Even if he didn't know the woman, he would have still done the same thing!