Chapter 636: The news breaks out (1/2)
Chapter 636: The news breaks out Original and most updated translations are from volare. If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen. Please stop supporting theft.
Torn clothes?
Tang Li had dressed in such a hurry that he didn’t even bother checking his clothes. Now he looked down and saw that they were an absolute mess. Han Yunxi’s lively eyes only regarded him with amusement. Plagued with a guilty conscience, Tang Li tugged on his clothes and murmured, “I’m tired, I’m going to rest first.”
“Tang Li, someone tore your clothes, right?” Han Yunxi questioned. He had been on the run for a day and a night. What kind of trouble had he run into to leave his clothes in tatters?
“I…. I….” Tang Li could usually lie with a straight face, but this time he was tongue-tied. “I, I….aiya, no need to bring it up. The Tang Clan captured me and wouldn’t let me go. I almost lost all my clothes to them! Fortunately, I escaped in time.”
“Oh…” Han Yunxi trailed off meaningfully.
Tang Li knew she didn’t believe him, but he was too lazy to argue. He was about to flee when Long Feiye asked coldly, “Where are your shoes?”
Urk…
Tang Li was so busy worrying about running away that he didn’t notice his bare feet, either.
“I….I…..” Faced with Long Feiye, he was even more tongue-tied than before.
“What happened?!” Long Feiye demanded like a stern older brother. Tang Li would rather die than tell him the truth. It was a complete blow to his dignity as a man! And his image! How was he supposed to get a wife after any of this?!
Despite his resentment, he suddenly realized he didn’t know why he’d run away without killing the woman instead.
“Look now, I’ve—I’ve left my shoes with them instead!” Tang Li stammered. Afraid that Long Feiye would notice something off with him, he pretended to gasp for breath before changing the topic. “Big bro…this time my father was serious. You have…you have to save me!”
Long Feiye knew he was lying, but he was too lazy to ask for particulars, either. Instead he said, “Do you know who your fiancée was?”
“Whoever she is, I’m not—”
“Cang Qiuzi’s daughter, Cang Xiaoying,” Long Feiye interrupted coldly.
Tang Li was stunned!
Although Celestial Mountain didn’t know of the relationship between the Tang Clan and Long Feiye, he had already gone up the peak multiple times as a trusted agent to ask about its news. He knew of both Cang Qiuzi and Cang Xiaoying.
“Did my father go insane?” Tang Li suddenly grew serious.
Neither Long Feiye nor Han Yunxi would expose Tang Zijin’s true motives to Tang Li, who was too surprised to think straight. He only assumed his father was trying to cause Long Feiye trouble on purpose. One Duanmu Yao from Celestial Mountain was already an inconvenience. If the Tang Clan went to provoke them too, then it’d be nothing short of chaos. A man like Cang Qiuzi was someone who haggled over every penny. He was even shrewder than most merchants, so he definitely had his own motives for joining with the Tang Clan in a marriage alliance. Even if they broke off the engagement, he’d still find ways to gain some advantages from the clan or else cause them a huge row.
“No wonder the ambush forces were so strong when I was escaping!” Tang Li muttered to himself.
“Cang Qiuzi’s been pressuring them intensely. Be careful these days so your father doesn’t catch you,” Long Feiye said seriously.
“I know!” Tang Li took his words to heart. But only five days later, a fresh bit of news shocked all of Cloud Realm Continent and pushed Tang Li to the forefront of attention, making it impossible for him to hide.
Apparently, the Cloud Realm Trade Consortium’s President Ouyang Ning Jing had been sullied by the eldest young master of the Tang Clan. Now the trade consortium had sent a massive regiment of men to blockade the Tang Clan so they could give up Tang Li.
Either Tang Li was to marry into the Ouyang Clan, or face death!
It was obvious that Ouyang Ning Jing had tracked down his needle to Tang Li himself. Anyone who fought with weapons like that while looking like some sort of white-robed immortal could only be the eldest young master of the Tang Clan. Han Yunxi instantly remembered Tang Li’s unkempt look when he returned that day and felt cold sweat break out on her back. She had a feeling the accusation was 80 to 90 percent true.
Tang Li was perfectly fine, so why did he….get mixed up with such trouble?! No matter how easy and carefree he is, or how lustful he felt, he couldn’t move against Ouyang Ning Jing of all people!
She was from the Di Clan and Ning Cheng’s own little sister! Tang Li’s mess was no less disastrous than his father’s schemes! Han Yunxi immediately headed for Tang Li’s courtyard, only to see that Long Feiye had beat her there to interrogate the man.
“Are you telling me or not?” he asked coldly.
Tang Li remained silent.
“Fine, you can take care of this yourself. Get back to the Tang Clan this instant!” Long Feiye lost his temper.
Neither the Ning Clan nor Celestial Mountain knew the true nature of Long Feiye’s relationship with the Tang Clan. They only understood that Tang Li and Long Feiye were friends. For now, the events wouldn’t affect the latter directly. But how could a big brother like him simply stand by and let this happen?