412 The Earthquake at the Dugu Family... (2/2)
Suddenly, there was a loud cry. Then, a beautiful and graceful lady rose into the sky and fell to the ground. ”Ah!” she cried out in pain. She had been rendered breathless. She looked astonished, and tears had started to flow down her face. She was completely confused, and felt very wronged. This was Dugu Wu Di's first wife, and Dugu Xiao Yi's mother…
”That's so shameful! What's the matter with you? Have you lost your mind?” Old Lady Dugu hit Dugu Wu Di's shoulder with her walking stick in anger, ”You beat your own wife to vent your anger?! Are you not a man?!”
Dugu Wu Di rose up, and cried in anger, ”You don't know about this matter mother! This vile woman birthed and raised such a daughter! And, that girl has created a big scandal now! I will kill her! And, that will still be an easy punishment! I won't regret it either!” The beating General Dugu had received didn't seem to have inhibited his anger. In fact, it seemed that the Father should've beaten his son a bit more…
”Xiao Yi…? What's the matter with Xiao Yi?” The women suddenly became nervous. The Dugu Family only had one treasured daughter. So, everyone cherished her like a gem. And, any mention of a daughter obviously referred to Dugu Xiao Yi. General Dugu suddenly found himself surrounded by that group of women.
”What's the matter, my husband? What happened to Xiao Yi? Hurry up and tell us!” Lady Dugu was still in pain. And, she was still feeling wronged at being thrown into the air. However, she eagerly crawled to her feet as she asked in a nervous manner, ”What happened to Xiao Yi? What happened to my daughter?”
Dugu Zhong Heng looked up and sighed as General Dugu twisted his mouth and narrowed his eyes. Then, the two men muttered with grief, ”Ah! Our family is ruined!”
Jun Zhan Tian scratched his nose, gathered himself, and cupped his hands as he faced Old Lady Dugu. He then chuckled for a bit and said, ”Ah, my kin by marriage… please accept my greetings…”
Old Lady Dugu hadn't looked at Jun Zhan Tian directly before this. However, she then heard the term, ”kin by marriage,” being spoken. And, she nearly lost her breath at the sound of it. She coughed severely as a result, ”Jun Zhan Tian, you bastard! Your… your scoundrel grandson… what did he do to my treasured granddaughter?!” Old Lady Dugu was a mature and sophisticated lady. So, how could she speak like this? However, she couldn't help herself when she heard Old Man Jun say, ”Kin by marriage,” Consequently, those words shot out of her mouth like an arrow from a bow.
The power of the words, ”kin by marriage,” was truly great.
The eyes of the seven or eight women had suddenly turned into big search-lights as they started to stare at Jun Zhan Tian in an imploring manner.
Old Man Jun's facial expressions wouldn't change if he were to face an army on his own. And, he had felt nothing when he had faced the Dugu father-and-son. But, his scalp had started to feel numb in the face of that group of women. In fact, he suddenly went dizzy with admiration for Dugu Wu Di… [This Dugu Wu Di is amazing! He manages to deal with so many of such women every day! He's nearly as good as I used to be in those days…]
Jun Zhan Tian coughed and spoke-up, ”Speak with caution, my kin. My grandson hasn't done something to your granddaughter. Instead, your granddaughter has done something to my grandson. Xiao Yi was the one who boiled the pan, and ”cooked the rice”… This is a serious matter. You must understand it properly before you talk about the hows-and-whys of it…”
Old Lady Dugu started to sway because she had suddenly thought of many possibilities. However, she quickly regained her composure, and her face got enveloped in a frost-like cold mask, ”I have seen the information that has been coming from the Southern Heaven City!” Lady Dugu cautiously looked at her mother-in-law as the Old Lady whispered, ”I've read every letter of the information which came from the Southern Heaven City. But, I didn't read a word about Xiao Yi.”
This was also reasonable from one angle. The three Dugu youngsters knew of it. And, they were very courageous. However, they couldn't dare to relay this information to their home either. Basically, they were all in-on-it, and no one wanted to poke the hornet's nest.
It was what they called…'Sweeping the bad news under the rug.'
In fact, the Dugu Brothers had already made their contingency plans. [We'll slip away the moment we return home. Perhaps we can hide out in the frontier posts. Then, it won't matter what cacophony this matter creates. After all, it isn't related to us directly…]
Old Man Dugu burst out in anger, ”Great! So, the whole family knew that the little girl had gone to the Southern Heaven City. And, the entire family had concealed this from me! It seems that this Old Man is the outsider, and all of you are one family! Great!”
”Bullsh*t outsider! Stop with your whining! Who would ever tell you about this matter with that beastly temper of yours?! Wouldn't we obviously have to hide to hide this from you?!” Old Lady Dugu spoke-up in a harsh manner. Then, she returned to the matter at hand, ”Hurry and tell me the entire story from the very beginning. I want to know how I'm a kin by marriage with this Old Man Jun.”
Old Man Dugu was shaking with anger, but he was still helpless against his wife. He had always been powerless to lash out… even when he had wanted to. And, that was because the 'enemy' had always been too overbearing…