Reborn: The Lion To Hunt The Wolf - Chapter 219

Before leaving the villa, Old Tang made an unexpected request.

“Master….” Old Tang stood before them with a guilty face: “It’s enough that you are kicking Shen out of the Xiao Family, but for Zhe’s sake, please reconsider. She is still young and insensible! Hereafter she will be entirely my responsibility. This will be my last ever request to the Xiao family.”

Over and over again, Jing Zhe kowtowed and banged her head hard against the tough and cold marble floor. ” I… I’m begging you, please let us off! Please… please! I will disappear from your sight and will never appear in this City.”

For Jing Zhe, reputation and money were more important than her dėsɨrė for Yue Xiang so she made the same promise over and over again.

However, Elder Xiao, who was beginning to get a major headache, ordered his ȧssistant Hong to toss them out and never let them enter his Xiao home. His reply to Old Tang was short and to the point: “She may be your granddaughter, but I can’t overlook such an atrocious act; destroying someone else’s daughter. Now, get out of my house, you are not welcome here!”

Old Tang’s face was drained of blood and she stared vacantly at Elder Xiao. Reluctant to concede, she murmured his name full of emotion, “Xiao Yang…..”

How could he treat her this way?

He was completely undermining her value, her everything!

Elder Xiao turned his back and knocked his stick twice.

Advisor Yu and Mr. Hong came forward and gestured her towards the door: “Please, don’t make any more scenes.”

Jing Zhe’s heart ached at the defeated look on her grandmother’s face. Yet with no other choice, she hung her head low, concealing the resentment and rage in her eyes.

They both left the Villa silently before getting kicked out, in order to save the last bit of their reputation

—Back-to-the-Xiao’s—-

After the grandmother and granddaughter left the Xiao family villa, the atmosphere stayed neutral and some darkness clouded the Elder Xiao’s face.

Yue Wan had long expected that things would turn out this way. She was simply giving Jing Zhe a taste of her own medicine by jeopardizing her link with the Xiao family, the same way it had happened in the past.

Xiao Ran pinched Yue Wan’s ear and exclaimed: “You used us as a stage for your play!”

Not angered by her actions at all, Yue Wan hissed and said: “I never intend to do this. She was planning to use the Xiao power to resolve her problems, probably by framing me. That’s why I foiled her plans.”

Yue Xiang pinched her free cheek: “Next time try to communicate with others instead of stirring up trouble all by yourself.”

Little Bao made some hissing and used his cute paws to scratch Yue Xiang’s wrist to protect his mommy’s cheek: ‘You’re hurting mommy.’

Feeling pain on his wrist, Yue Xiang stopped his act and lifted Fatty in the air.

With a blackened face, Yue Xiang glanced at him coldly and stated: “Your nails are getting trimmed tomorrow.”

Little Bao couldn’t help but groan inside. Where did his Uncle sell off his brilliance? He doesn’t even appreciate my nails’ masterpiece! Humph! Dumbo!

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At that time, Elder Xiao placed all of his attention on Yue Wan and said: “I wish to speak to you alone. Follow me to the study.”

Yue Wan knew she went overboard twice by using Elder Xiao, as certain things were not meant to be said out loud. She did not expect that such an intelligent person like Xiao Shen would commit such a foolish mistake.

Without a word, Yue Wan followed him, clenching her fists to control her nervousness.

“…”

“…”

Both Yue Yeager and Yue Xiang were dumbstruck. Looking at the darkened face of Elder Xiao as he was walking inside the room, they knew that he was mad.

“…” Xiao Ran was stunned into speechlessness. She felt chills running all over her body. ‘This is bad!’

—-Inside-the-study—-

Advisor Yu came inside and placed a hot teapot with an empty cup before Elder Xiao. However, before he could fill the cup, Elder Xiao’s grumpy voice yelled: “Out!”

Feared out of his wit’s end, Advisor Yu left the room.

An extraordinarily silent surrounded the room while Elder Xiao was tapping his fingers over his other hand.

Due to guiltiness, Yue Wan had her head down and felt uncomfortable, as Elder Xiao had been staring at her for a while now.

Elder Xiao’s eyebrows stretched like branches into a frown: “Do you know that they will be here today?”

Yue Wan clenched her fists and lifted her head to look at Elder Xiao. “I wasn’t sure about that.”

“Not sure!” Elder Xiao did not believe her: “If you are not sure then you wouldn’t come to the Main Villa of the Xiao family with the well-prepared evidence.”

“I know that Mrs. Jing will definitely try everything to ruin me. She is insidious and unpredictable. And I can’t let my father be accountable for any issues, so I took matters into my own hands.” Yue Wan replied courteously with a smile.

Elder Xiao couldn’t find any fault with her words, yet he felt something off as if there was a catch somewhere: “Why didn’t you expose this to the police or in the media to clear your name?”

“If I used it to clear my name then Jing’s reputation will be tarnished a lot in the media. At that moment, Mrs. Jing will fight back shamelessly and create a rumor that the Yue family was waging a war against the Xiao family. It would then cause a rift between the two families both in the public and through the military. That rift would allow those officials who want to eliminate us have the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.” Yue Wan explained it in a clear voice.

Elder Xiao was beyond speechless. How could a little girl understand the deep impact of this issue? He too knew the impact that this issue would have on two big military families.

“Aren’t you afraid that by your bold actions today that I would do something to the Yue family and make you break up with him?” Elder Xiao’s voice was full of warnings.

Yue Wan smiled: “Master Xiao, you’re Big Brother’s teacher. Given my understanding of Brother Xiang’s character, he has grown up with your teachings, so like you, he values other people’s thoughts and considerations before coming to a conclusion.”

The corners of Elder Xiao’s lips moved. He was both amused and speechless by the interesting way that Yue Wan put her point across. ‘Old friend, you have a hidden gem in your family.’

“As for my love,” Yue Wan shook her head, “I won’t break up with him unless Hua tells me himself.”

Subconsciously, Yue Wan touched the long earring on her right ear with a smile on her lips. “Which will never happen in this life.”

Seeing as how she kept fondling the earring on her ear with warm eyes, Elder Xiao knew his grandson made a deep impact in her heart.

Suddenly his buddy, Su Dingfang’s promise came into his eyes. ‘Vow to our-friendship.’

The expression on his face darkened as those past images filled his mind. He couldn’t accept that he missed the crucial issue right away. The one thing he regretted the most was not able to keep his one promise.

“Master Xiao, is there any other matter?” If there was none, Yue Wan wished to leave.

“Yes.” Elder Xiao’s face hardened, as he expressed his thought after careful analysis, “I want you to do this. Also, I believe your grandfather wishes the same.”