Three days later, the city of Vermilion Bird was filled with joy as all the dignitaries and famous people who were away from home returned to the city.
For today was a day of great joy, the day when the future head of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Ya, married Su Mei, the youngest daughter of Su Chen, the Lord of Vermilion Bird City.
However, while firecrackers were being fired outside and gongs and drums were being raised, the atmosphere inside a room in the City Lord’s residence was unusually low.
Su Mei, today, wore a long red dress, which was beautiful and set off Su Mei’s sweet face to the extreme, truly captivating.
However, despite the maids beside her, dressing her up, and the laughter outside, Su Mei’s face was not a trace of joy, instead, two teardrops were sliding down her sweet cheeks.
She wiped her face and tried to fix her make-up, but the tears became more and more violent, until the make-up on her face was completely blurred.
“Bang!”
“Get lost!”
Suddenly, a boom came from the doorway and the sturdy door was blown to smithereens as two guards of the City Lord’s residence, fell into the room and fainted.
“Ah~~~” Such a turn of events frightened the attendants into screaming in shock, but when the two figures entered, the attendants froze in place.
The ones who walked in were a man and a woman. The woman had a white dress and was very beautiful looking, especially with that enchanting figure and charming face, which was simply seductive and made women swoon, and she was none other than Su Mei’s sister, Su Rou.
Beside Su Rou, there stood a tall, sturdy man with thick eyebrows and dark skin, and he was no other than Su Rou and Su Mei’s own elder brother, Su Chen’s eldest son, Su Long.
Su Long is twenty-five years old, has long since established a family and has a Xuanwu 2nd level cultivation. As the eldest son of the Su family, he is always away, making connections for the Su family and rarely returns to Vermilion Bird City.
But after Su Long learnt that his little sister, who was going to marry Shangguan Ya, and was still being forced to do so, he rushed back.
“Big brother, sister, what brings you here?” Seeing these two, Su Mei was a little flustered and hurriedly wiped the tears from her face.
“Little sister, go with big brother.” Su Long took a look at the tear-filled Su Mei, and without saying a word, he tugged Su Mei’s small hand and marched outside, while Su Rou followed behind him without saying a word.
“Big brother, sister what are you doing, let go of me.” Su Mei struggled to break free, but could not exert any strength at all. In front of his big brother, his Spiritual Martial Realm cultivation was simply too weak to deal with.
“Silly sister, you don’t like that Shangguan Ya at all, how can you marry him, big brother won’t stand by and watch you, jumping towards the fire!” As Su Long spoke, he had already dragged Su Mei out of the palace, except that at the mouth of the palace, he was unable to stop his forward movement.
It was because in front of him, dozens of people appeared, these were the top experts of Vermilion Bird City, the leader of which was the City Lord of Vermilion Bird City, the biological father of the three of their siblings, Su Chen.
“What are you doing?” Su Chen asked in a cold voice as his sword brows rose.
“Father, I want to take Xiao Mei away, I won’t let her marry that b*****d Shangguan Ya!” Su Long said loudly.
“Snap.”
However, as soon as the words left his mouth, a loud slap landed on Su Long’s face, a powerful force that stiffly slapped this robust man of Xuanwu 2nd level to the ground, bloody red palm marks left on his face. As for the one who struck, it was his father, Su Chen.
“Get the hell back.” Su Chen pointed at Su Long and cursed angrily.
“Father, do you really want to, stand by and watch Xiao Mei, marry someone she doesn’t like?” Just then, Su Rou stood out, she walked up to Su Mei and pointed at her cheek and said:
“Look, take a good look, look at the tears on your daughter’s face, can’t you see her reluctance? Can’t you see her reluctance?”
“As a father, do you really want to do that, to cut off your daughter’s happiness with your own hands and let her wash her face in tears from now on?”
Su Rou’s words were harsh and hard for everyone present, Su Chen’s gaze also flickered, unable to speak for a while, and it was only after a long time that he waved his hand at the crowd behind him.
These were all Su Chen’s inner circle, and they understood his meaning at the first opportunity, and left with good sense.
“Ai,” Su Chen sighed and changed his angry attitude and said softly, “Long’er, Xiao Rou, Xiao Mei, father really had no choice but to do this.”
“The Shangguan family is highly valued by the Qilin King’s House and is qualified to compete for the control of this Vermilion Bird City, and Shangguan Yue broke through to the sixth level of Yuanwu not long ago, so in terms of cultivation he has surpassed me and become the number one person in this Vermilion Bird City.”
“If he were to fight for the control of this Vermilion Bird City, the position of the City Lord would be his, and we would have to hand over this City Lord’s House to his Shangguan family, and all our hard work over the years would be in vain.”
“However, Shangguan Yue told me that he is already old and has long ceased to care about the control of Vermilion Bird City, and now only wants to quickly let his two grandchildren start a family.”
“Therefore, as long as Xiao Mei is married to Shangguan Yue, so that the two of them can finish their marriage as soon as possible, his Shangguan family will never fight for the control of this Vermilion Bird City.”
“Father, how can you be so confused, that Shangguan Yue is an old fox, how can you believe his words?” Su Rou retorted.
“Yes father, he is clearly threatening you, threatening you to marry Xiao Mei to Shangguan Ya, but when Xiao Mei marries him, he might turn against you at the first opportunity to fight for the control of this Vermilion Bird City.” Su Long also stepped forward and said.
“What do you guys know, even if Shangguan Yue reneges, but as long as Xiao Mei marries over, the Shangguan family will not be too hard on my Su family, as long as my Su family’s heritage is still there, there will be a day to turn around, sooner or later I will step into the Xuanwu Sixth Level, and at that time I will be able to take back everything.” Su Chen’s face became grave.
“Father, is the so-called foundation of my Su family really more important to you than Xiao Mei’s happiness? To actually be able to let you use Xiao Mei as a bargaining chip in order to preserve the foundation, and personally bury your own daughter’s happiness!” Su Rou’s eyes were also moistened.
“That’s right, for me, the foundation of the Su family is most important.” Su Chen said back.
“In that case, then there is no need to say more, today I must take Little Mei away.” As soon as Su Rou grabbed Su Mei, her delicate body swung, she cast a mysterious body technique and fled into the distance.
“Father, for the sake of Xiao Mei’s happiness, I am sorry!”
At the same time, Su Long also cast out a powerful martial art and blasted towards his father, Su Chen, he was trying to stall for Su Rou and Su Mei to cover their escape.