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Chapter 147 - 134: "Why Bother in the First Place if Only to Repent Now

Chapter 147: Chapter 134: "Why Bother in the First Place if Only to Repent Now

Dead?

The entire venue fell silent. The Su Family’s partners, the elite of Jiangnan’s upper-class society, and the lieutenants of Nanqinghong all looked towards Lin Ao Feng, each silently questioning themselves.

Dead!

Seeing Lin Ao Feng lying motionless like a dead dog, an answer rose unbidden in everyone’s mind, and then, as if summoned, their gazes turned towards Ye Fan, their expressions varying.

Among them, the Su Family’s partners and the elite of Jiangnan’s society showed a hint of reverence in their eyes—they might not have seen how Ye Fan killed Lin Ao Feng, but they all witnessed his tragic death.

As for Nanqinghong’s lieutenants, their faces were filled with shock and unease.

On one hand, they feared that Chu Ji and Ye Fan might take action against them, forcing them to join Lin Ao Feng in death—they each brought their own subordinates, indeed, and the West Lake Club held many members of Nanqinghong, but they had a thousand reasons to believe that for Chu Ji and Ye Fan, killing them would be as easy as slaughtering chickens!

Moreover, even if Chu Ji and Ye Fan spared them, they wouldn’t be able to explain themselves to Lin Tianyi upon their return!

After all, Lin Ao Feng was Lin Tianyi’s only son, and he had great expectations for him!

"Go back and tell Lin Tianyi, if he thinks his son died unjustly and wants revenge, just come for it," Chu Ji said.

Without paying attention to the crowd’s strange expressions, Chu Ji turned her head to those Nanqinghong lieutenants, her face full of a charming smile, her eyes sparking with electricity, as if looking at her beloved, "Be it an assassination or a duel to the death, this old lady is always ready to accompany you!"

"Uh..."

Seeing Chu Ji’s enticing smile and hearing her domineering and assertive words, the Su Family’s partners and the elite of Jiangnan internally sighed, affirming that the title of ’Demon Queen’ was no empty boast.

The lieutenants of Nanqinghong, frightened speechless, didn’t even dare to look Chu Ji in the eye.

"Take their bodies and get out!" Chu Ji spoke again, her smile unchanged, her tone leaving no room for doubt, treating the West Lake Club as if it were her own backyard.

In fact, this place belonged to Nanqinghong.

Just that—

At this moment, for the lieutenants of Nanqinghong, it was as if they had forgotten this fact. All they wanted was to get as far away from this demoness as possible.

For this reason, facing Chu Ji’s forceful and unreasonable demand, they acted like soldiers obeying a general’s command, not uttering a word of protest, signaling their subordinates to carry away the bodies of Lin Ao Feng and He Qingshu, and then left the club like a pack of defeated dogs in flight.

Seeing this scene, both the Su Family’s partners and the elite of Jiangnan felt as if they were reacquainting themselves with the Demon Queen Chu Ji’s renown, looking at her with filled awe.

Not only that, but when they turned their attention to the previously ’reckless’ young man, their gazes no longer held a trace of ridicule.

They were all very clear that after this incident, Ye Fan, the nephew of the Demon Queen Chu Ji, would have the capital to swagger through Jiangnan and the Yangtze River Delta!

If even they, who only knew the surface, thought this way, what about Su Hongyuan, who knew the full story?

Just as Nanqinghong’s members were carrying the bodies of Lin Ao Feng and He Qingshu away, Su Hongyuan rushed to Chu Ji, bending his spine, licking his chops like a fawning cur, "Lady Chu, do you think the gathering should continue?"

"Why shouldn’t it continue?"

Chu Ji retorted; having come this far, she naturally wanted to amplify her presence, so that no one would dare to trouble Ye Fan in the future.

"Uh..."

Caught off guard by her retort, Su Hongyuan then turned to the audience below, encompassing both Su Family’s partners and Nanqinghong’s lieutenants, and bowed, "Everyone, I apologize for dampening your spirits tonight. If you don’t mind, please stay and allow me to make amends one by one."

"Old Su, we are all partners and friends, no need for such formalities," someone responded.

"Indeed, think of this as a warm-up for Mr. Ye and Yuxin’s engagement."

"We should toast the couple in advance later on."

...

Hearing Su Hongyuan’s words, the Su Family’s partners and elites of Jiangnan’s upper-class society didn’t mind at all, behaving as if they came tonight especially to congratulate Ye Fan and Su Yuxin, their face-changing speed on par with how fast they’d drop their trousers in front of a beautiful woman.

Later on, the Su Family’s partners and the elites of Jiangnan, like cats scenting blood, swiftly approached Chu Ji and Ye Fan with their wine glasses in hand, encircling them like stars around the moon, holding them in the center.

Because they were all well aware that if they could take advantage of tonight’s events to forge ties with Chu Ji, even if it was just the Tianshan Group sparing them a little soup, it would be a huge gain!

After all, even a plucked feather from Tianshan Group’s vast wealth was thicker than their own thighs!

The secular society is far more realistic than the Martial Arts World.

Witnessing this scene, Ye Fan couldn’t help but internally sigh. After his silent contemplation, he didn’t leave, but calmly watched as those business tycoons who wouldn’t even look him in the eye started to fawn over him and Chu Ji like eager dogs.

All of this, Su Hongyuan saw with his eyes, and it touched his heart—he very much wanted to curry favor with Chu Ji like those people, but he also knew it was impossible!

The most pressing matter was how to obtain Ye Fan’s forgiveness. Only by obtaining Ye Fan’s forgiveness would he have a chance to fawn over Chu Ji and even Ye Wenhao. Otherwise, he and the entire Su Family might still suffer the wrath of Chu Ji and Ye Wenhao!

Understanding all this, Su Hongyuan secretly sighed before he quickly approached Su Yuxin and Su Jindi, attempting an indirect approach—by having Su Yuxin and Su Jindi ask for Ye Fan’s forgiveness on their behalf.

"Yuxin, I’m sorry, Grandpa should not have agreed to Lin Ao Feng’s marriage proposal. Grandpa knows he was wrong and hopes you can forgive him this time. I promise I won’t interfere with you and Ye Fan again!" Facing Su Yuxin again, Su Hongyuan did not put on the air of the Su Family Patriarch, nor did he display any elder’s dignity, but instead wore a face filled with apology and regret.

Because of Su Hongyuan’s favoritism, Su Jindi had little affection for Su Hongyuan from a young age. If it weren’t for Su Yuxin always asking him to respect Su Hongyuan, he would probably have turned against Su Hongyuan long ago.

Now, seeing Su Hongyuan’s seemingly insincere admission of guilt and apology, Su Jindi directly scoffed, "You’re just afraid to interfere, aren’t you?"

"—"

Su Hongyuan was left speechless.

Because, just as Su Jindi said, even if he were given a hundred times the courage, he would not dare to break up Ye Fan and Su Yuxin again. On the contrary, he couldn’t wait to kneel and beg for Ye Fan to be with Su Yuxin!

"Yuxin, I’m sorry, we were all wrong."

Seeing Su Hongyuan admit his mistakes and apologize, Su Ming, although curious about the reason for Su Hongyuan’s change of heart, did not rush to ask and instead followed suit by apologizing to Su Yuxin, "It’s just that we underestimated Ye Fan. We hope that you can go and earnestly plead with Ye Fan to forgive our Su Family for the sake of your face!"

"If you knew this day would come, why did you do it in the first place?" Su Jindi stared coldly at Su Ming, not giving him any face.

"After all, we were doing this for the good of the family; we didn’t expect Ye Fan to..."

Being challenged by Su Jindi like that, Su Ming subconsciously started to defend themselves. However, halfway through speaking, he realized that he couldn’t talk to Su Jindi in the same manner as before, so he was forced to swallow the rest of his words.

"So for the good of this family, you can let my sister marry a scumbag?"

Upon hearing this, Su Jindi angrily said, "Does that mean if a sow took a liking to your son in the future, as long as it could bring benefits to the family, you would let your son marry that sow and have a litter of piglets?"

"Su Jindi, you..."

As the saying goes, when one man gains the Dao, his poultry and dogs ascend to heaven.

Although Su Ming knew that after tonight’s events, Su Yuxin and Su Jindi were not as they used to be, he was still somewhat angry at Su Jindi’s venomous words.

"Su Ming, you should remember what I said to Mr. Ye when you sent him the invitation. You all went too far!" Su Yuxin coldly cut off Su Ming’s words, "And Ye Fan also told you, there is no antidote for regret in this world!"

"—"

Perhaps because he knew he was in the wrong, Su Ming immediately swallowed the rest of his words, closing his mouth tighter than a virgin’s legs.

"Yuxin, we all know our mistakes. But for the sake of the survival of the Su Family, Grandpa is hoping that you can step forward and talk with Ye Fan."

Seeing the situation, Su Hongyuan hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a pleading tone, "Our Su Family will become the enemy of Nanqinghong, and they will stop at nothing to take revenge on us! Under such circumstances, if we cannot obtain Ye Fan’s forgiveness, the Su Family will surely fall and may even be annihilated! I think, as a member of the Su Family, you wouldn’t want to see the efforts of generations go to waste, would you?"

"I have no right to ask Ye Fan to forgive you, nor do I have the obligation!"

As Su Hongyuan’s words echoed in her ears, Su Yuxin’s heart softened for a moment, but then she steeled herself, "From the moment I agreed to come here early for you and the Su Family, I had no more ties with the Su Family—that was the last thing I did for you and the Su Family! From now on, the affairs of the Su Family have nothing to do with me!"

"Yuxin, grandpa is begging you!"

Seeing Su Yuxin so resolute, Su Hongyuan became desperate and suddenly bent his back towards Su Yuxin.

"You should know that some things, once done, cannot be undone; and some people, once missed, are missed forever!"

Seeing this, Su Yuxin took a deep breath and then coldly looked at Su Hongyuan, whom she once respected and trusted, word by word she said, "The moment you chose to collude with Lin Ao Feng to put Ye Fan in a life-threatening situation, you sealed your fate of not being forgiven by him!"

"Uh..."

Su Hongyuan was left speechless once again, for one thing, because he knew Su Yuxin was telling the truth, and for another, because he didn’t expect Su Yuxin to see through that.

In an instant, a feeling called regret began to spread through Su Hongyuan’s heart.

He couldn’t help but think, what would the situation be like if he had categorically refused Lin Ao Feng’s marriage proposal back then and let Su Yuxin and Ye Fan be together?

You reap what you sow.

There are no if’s in this world.

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