She knew that this Lady Dongfang was not an easy character. If she could fool her for over twenty years, is it a simple matter to kidnap her now? If the plan was just to harm her, that’s one thing, because her entanglents with Yan Shanchuan and Lady Dongfang run too deep to be explained in a few words.
But involving the next generation is just too much!
"I haven’t even called your son yet. How do you know he won’t co? Why don’t we run a test? If he doesn’t show up within an hour, I’ll cut off one of your ears."
Zhan Zhengtong felt a pain in her ear. Of course, Lady Dongfang didn’t make a move; it was just her imagining the pain of having her ear cut off, and it seed a bit painful.
So, did she hope her son would co or not co?
Jiang Nuo suddenly received a call from an unknown number, feeling sowhat puzzled. Normally, he wouldn’t answer such calls, but after he hung up, he received a text ssage: [Your mom is in our hands, pick up the phone.]
His mom?
Zhan Zhengtong?
Jiang Nuo answered the call, "Hello, who is this?"
"Ah, Mr. Jiang the big star, your phone is so hard to reach!" Lady Dongfang’s tone was filled with sarcastic irony.
"And who are you?"
"Everyone calls Lady Dongfang."
"Oh, so it’s Lady Dongfang. We don’t seem to know each other at all, so why are you looking for ?"
"Didn’t you see the text I sent? Your mom is in my hands. If you want her to live, do as I say."
"My mom? Do you an Zhan Zhengtong?" Jiang Nuo’s lips curled into a sneer, "Lady Dongfang, don’t you know I’ve had a falling out with her? Why call , shouldn’t you be calling the Zhan Family?"
"Oh~ maybe I made a mistake. Doesn’t matter, my target is you. Whether you co or not is your choice, but if I don’t see you within an hour, I’ll start cutting pieces off her. First the ear, then fingers and toes... lastly the head."
Then, the call was disconnected.
A second later, Jiang Nuo received a text ssage: [Address: XXX Suburb.]
Jiang Nuo called Zhan Jingshu to confirm if Zhan Zhengtong had already left the Zhan Family.
"Master, I’m sorry I didn’t keep an eye on her. I don’t even know when she left the courtyard. By the ti I realized, she was no longer here. I had my brother check the flights and found she had already flown to the Capital City."
"Alright, I’ll ask Mingyu where she went after landing."
"Master, do you think my little aunt is in trouble?"
"I’m not sure. I just received a call from Lady Dongfang saying she has her."
Zhan Jingshu sighed, "It’s very likely. After Yan Hao’s death, my little aunt’s emotions have been off. She’s always wanted to visit Yan Hao, especially after missing his funeral. She’s been depressed, and only when she saw Wanlian and Xiaoyuer did she feel a bit better."
"She called about my family tree, and we had a fight. I think she must have wanted to co to the Capital City to find and thus gave Lady Dongfang this opportunity."
"Lady Dongfang has always been a trouble waiting to be resolved; the sooner we deal with her, the better for everyone."
"I know. Don’t let your guard down over there; you yourself need to be careful, as you are the top disciple of Mu Qiuniang, so you might also be a target for so people."
"Yes! I’ll be careful. Ah Rong and Qiqi can be a bit reckless; please remind them."
"They’re under your Master’s watch, don’t worry."
...
It was more or less confird that Zhan Zhengtong was really likely in Mu Qiuniang’s hands, so Jiang Nuo called her.
Mu Qiuniang nodded lightly, "Yes, you go, and notify if anything happens."
"Okay! Wait for at ho. I’ll be back soon."
After hanging up, Mu Qiuniang said to Mu Mingyu, "Prepare for the rescue mission; Ah Nuo has gone."
"Alright, I’ll arrange for soone to assist him."
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Zhan Zhengtong’s hands were tied and hung from the ceiling of the living room.
Not far away, Lady Dongfang was sitting on the sofa leisurely eating fruit with a toothpick. As for the face that Zhan Zhengtong had punched, she had already applied ointnt, and the swelling had gone down.
She glanced at Zhan Zhengtong’s swollen face, sneering, "Do you know how ugly you look now? If Yan Shanchuan saw you like this, he probably wouldn’t even want to touch you."
Zhan Zhengtong closed her eyes and said nothing.
She knew Lady Dongfang was trying to provoke her. And she wasn’t soone who could endure provocation, so it was better not to respond so that when her son ca, he wouldn’t see her as a shrew.
Zhan Zhengtong still cared very much about her image in front of Jiang Nuo.
"Not talking? Well, soon to be a dead person, there’s not much to say anyway. Do you consider yourself a failure? Your husband belongs to soone else, your son belongs to soone else, even your biological son belongs to soone else... What’s left for you in this life? If you weren’t the eldest lady of the Zhan Family, I’d say any random girl on the street is better than you."
Lady Dongfang said a lot, but Zhan Zhengtong ignored her. Only when she ntioned one thing, did Zhan Zhengtong respond.
"Do you know how I t Yan Shanchuan back then?"
"How did you et him?" Wasn’t it through her introduction? Only, she didn’t know it was welcoming danger into her house.
Lady Dongfang laughed out loud, "I knew it, deep down you still care about Yan Shanchuan. I told you, how could you forget about him so quickly if you loved him so much?"
"I do still love him, but when I learned that he had deceived , I decided to let him go. Whether or not I still love him in this life is irrelevant; I must let go." Zhan Zhengtong’s face was expressionless.
She wasn’t the kind of woman who could only live on love; she could live well without it. But if she were to marry, it must be for love.
Since Yan Shanchuan didn’t marry her out of love, she saw no reason to remain for him.
"Oh, so rational now? But back then, you went crazy, wanting to sever ties with your father just to marry Yan Shanchuan. For what?" Lady Dongfang mocked.
"That was because I was blind and thought I’d found true love, which you knew all along, didn’t you? Alright, are you going to tell how you t Yan Shanchuan back then?"
"Actually, I t Yan Shanchuan even earlier than you," Lady Dongfang took a bite of fruit on her toothpick, starting to reminisce about those beautiful tis.
She really wasn’t lying; she had indeed t Yan Shanchuan before Zhan Zhengtong. At that ti, she was still young and inexperienced, fresh out of her sect, and knew nothing about the outside world. Back then, the Cultivation World wasn’t as it is now, with special departnts guiding newcors on how to better integrate into the normal world.
Everyone had to rely on their own skills, even the eldest lady of the Dongfang Family.
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