chsdbacks Chapter 88: Chapter 86: The Man Who Cannot Defy Fate (Supplement)_1
Chapter 88: Chapter 86: The Man Who Cannot Defy Fate (Supplement)_1
"You're too cunning!" Bai Qi immediately lost his temper and stood up and said, "You just watched as I starved for so many days! Watched me sleep in the park, sweep the floors and wash dishes, and even get scolded by others!"
"This old one is helpless, the lady instructed to let Her Highness the Princess suffer a bit more, and unless she is in life-threatening danger, it's forbidden for this old one to intervene." The old man said.
"I was almost kidnapped just now! And you just looked on!"
"Come now, Your Highness the Princess, don't be angry. I believe this journey has helped you grow somewhat, and the benefits outweigh the harms," he said.
"If you've been following me the whole time, why didn't you take me back? And you even let me go and cancel my engagement with Fang Ren, was that also permitted by my mother?" Bai Qi asked.
The old man smiled and said, "Regarding this matter, please forgive my frankness, but in truth, Your Highness, you are engaging in a futile effort."
"Futile effort? Both he and I have someone we like and have agreed to annul the marriage agreement. How is that futile?" Bai Qi was quite displeased.
"This marriage agreement simply cannot be dissolved. It involves too much, and neither of you two has a say. Even the Old Master of the Fang Family's desire to dissolve it is futile," the elder shook his head and said.
"What?" Bai Qi showed an expression of incomprehension. "Both of us agreed, so why isn't it possible? And you're saying even Uncle Fang's suggestion to dissolve it doesn't work? Uncle Fang was one of the people who arranged the marriage in the first place, he should have a say!"
The old man frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Let me explain it to you like this, Your Highness. Your marriage is like the one between the Xuan Nv and Song Mobei of the Tiandao Sword Sect, who are fated to be together and can produce offspring with higher talents. And the only person in the world who can father better offspring with you is Young Master Fang."
"Is it because you saw that he can cultivate, so you are saying this?" Bai Qi was very displeased.
"No, even if Young Master Fang could not cultivate for his entire life, you two would still have to be together. All of this is the lord's decision," the old man said.
"My grandfather's decision?" After hearing this, Bai Qi sighed helplessly and slumped back into her seat, her brow tightly furrowed.
Her grandfather, the former Family Head of the Tianjiang Bai Family who had retired many years ago, was also one of the Commander-In-Chiefs of the Central District Command. Although he had not been seen in public for a long time, any command from him could not be opposed by anyone.
"Why must I marry him?" Bai Qi asked in distress. "He clearly has someone he likes, and I have someone I love. Can't we both just be with whom we love?"
"Your Highness, you are still young and there's much you don't understand. In the upper echelons, no one has the freedom to choose their marriage partner, including the lord, who was also forced to be with the lady. But as of now, it is evident that the prosperity of the Bai Family stems from the union of the lord and the lady," the elder said.
"So my parents were also forced to be together?"
"No, they were put together to be raised right after their talents were determined at birth, having been childhood sweethearts who were fond of each other from a young age."
"Then why do my brothers and sisters in the family get to like people who are less talented than themselves?" Bai Qi asked angrily.
"Because, Your Highness, you are the strongest in our lineage and are destined to surpass the Xuan Nv to become the most powerful. Therefore, your marriage cannot be taken lightly; your partner must be able to father children with even greater talents," he explained.
After hearing the old man's words, Bai Qi was even more confused and furrowed her brows as she said, "Housekeeper Grandfather, you know who I like..."
Slap—
The fat man sitting at the desk suddenly stood up with a slap on the table, his face full of rage as he glared at the three students from the Yangming Cultivation Department: "You lot! Our school's president kindly took you in to study here, and before even starting school, you injured our students! No gratitude and extremely low quality!"
"Director, you have not yet understood the situation, only listening to one side from your school's students—is this how you convict us?" one of the students from Yangming University Cultivation Department said displeased.
"It was clearly you who started the fight! Our students were merely walking in front! And you insist our students were obstructing the path!" one of the Baili students shouted angrily.
"This is outrageous!" The fat director slapped the table again and said directly: "Expel them at once! And make sure to keep the students of Yangming University far apart from our students! Additionally, take those who injured our students to the police station for a record!"
"This is simply too much!" the three Yangming students shouted in anger.
Just then, the president of the Baili Student Union, Li Shi, spoke: "Director, it was not these three who hit our school's students; it was a student named Fang Ren. His attitude was extremely obnoxious; despite being a cultivator, he injured our ordinary students. In the end, it was Su Sen who taught him a lesson, sending him to the hospital, but Su Sen also suffered a slight shoulder injury."
Upon hearing the name Su Sen, the director's brows furrowed, but as soon as he heard Su Sen was injured, he erupted in rage and roared: "What kind of trash! A cultivator dares to hit people from our regular department! And dares to injure Su Sen? Bastard! Bring this Fang Ren to me at once! What hospital?
Send him straight to the police station! Expulsion and compensation! And have his information recorded in the police files! And more! Expose this person's identity to the reporters! Have the reporters cover this incident extensively!"
"Director! That's going too far!"
"Exactly! It's just a campus brawl. Do you really need to report it under his real name?"
"Furthermore, even if Fang Ren is at fault, aren't your students even more to blame in the first place?"
As students from the same Yangming University, and all from the Cultivation Department, the three naturally sided with Fang Ren.
Besides, it was their school's students who deliberately provoked the altercation. Although Fang Ren went too far in injuring an ordinary student, to record it in the files and have reporters publicize Fang Ren's identity was simply inhumane!
Only murderers or major criminals deserved to be reported by their real names. At worst, Fang Ren was simply involved in a brawl; the director was practically trying to ruin Ren's life!
"Since the three of you weren't involved in the brawl, you'd better go back to class immediately. If you are late or miss classes, reaching a certain number, our school will likewise enforce your expulsion. And if you continue to distort the truth in here for the assailant, I will also issue you with an expulsion!" the director said with a cold look in his eyes.
Giggle, giggle, giggle——
The three Yangming Cultivation Department students were infuriated, but they dared not speak, because if they had any aspirations and ambitions for the future and were expelled while in university, they wouldn't be able to enter any sects in the world after graduation.
"Wait a minute!"
Suddenly, the door of the office was opened, and Liu Qianqian rushed in, her left arm wrapped in a bandage, and a furious look on her face.
"Student Liu Qianqian, are you also going to shield the students from your school?" the director said coldly.
Liu Qianqian scanned the surrounding students with her gaze, finally fixing her eyes on the director: "Now, I'll give you two reasons not to expel him—no, to make it so that you don't dare to expel him!"