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Ke Zhengming nodded excitedly, wanting to hold her little hand.

Huan'er skillfully dodged, and said affectedly:

"But I'm his wife now, what should I do?"

"I'm here to annul the engagement! That's fine." Su Guangping stood up happily, thinking that his daughter would obediently go with him.

Huan'er's eyes were icy cold, but a smile played on her lips as she said to Su Guangping:

"Even tigers don't eat their cubs! It seems you're worse than a beast! You must be regretting it now. What happened? This Su Huan'er's value has increased a hundredfold! Marrying me off to Shi Wuji, with no dowry and no benefits, what a waste! Don't tell me you brought me back for my own good. Let me tell you, I don't believe a word of it!"

"You shameless woman!" Su Guangping, enraged, instinctively raised his hand to slap her across the face.

Huan'er was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly tried to back away. She didn't expect Su Guangping to dare to hit someone on the Shi family's territory! Her heel stepped on her skirt, and she leaned back. It was clear that she would either be hit or fall down, neither of which she could withstand in her current physical condition.

Everything ended in an instant!

Shi Wuji, who was five zhang away from Huan'er, arrived like a ghost, catching her as he punched Su Guangping away. By the time Huan'er saw clearly, Su Guangping had already fallen to the threshold, half his body outside the door, crashing through it. A dozen or so burly men dressed in menacing manners rushed in and surrounded Su Guangping! But behind those men stood a row of well-trained northern men dressed in Shi family attire.

They are under the management of Zhengqi Tower and are the core Dragon Guards of Aolong Fortress.

The atmosphere suddenly froze, and the Shi brothers and Leng Gang and his wife all stood behind Shi Wuji.

Su Guangping was still unaware of whether he was dead or alive, but he felt that he had lost all face, all because of that little bitch. He jumped up and shouted, with blood still on the corner of his mouth!

"You filthy bitch, you think you can act all high and mighty just because the Shi family is backing you up! Wait until they get tired of you, then let's see how long you can be so smug. You'll be kicked aside anyway! I won't let you get away with this..."

Threats, intimidation, and insults were about to spill from his mouth when two gleaming, thin, willow-leaf-like throwing knives flew straight towards his face, narrowly missing his cheeks and shaving off his sideburns. They hooked onto his collar and pinned him to the door latch. No one saw where the knives came from; their uncanny approach and perfect accuracy silenced Su Guangping instantly, sending him into a cold sweat and nearly causing him to wet himself in fear. He had initially thought that with his martial arts skills and the martial arts practitioners he had summoned, he had a chance of winning in a fight, but now he realized how naive he had been. The cowardly Su Guangping began to regret bringing things to this point! Before he could even catch his breath, Shi Wuji held a dagger to his neck, coldly saying:

"No one who insults me leaves Aolong Fort alive. And you, my father-in-law, how am I supposed to treat you?"

Su Guangping trembled all over, too afraid to move. Shi Wuji's dagger was pressed three-tenths of an inch into his neck; if he accidentally inhaled too deeply, a bloody gash would appear in his throat. He stammered, "Let's talk this out... let's talk it out, I was just joking... he's your father-in-law... please take it away... don't scare me... Huan'er..." He looked at Huan'er pleadingly. Ke Zhengming, who was standing to the side, was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he sat on the ground, completely useless.

Huan'er approached and gently placed a hand on Shi Wuji's shoulder.

"Wuji, my father loves to joke."

“Yes, yes!” Su Guangping quickly echoed.

"So we should play along to the end! Father, I was so scared just now, those people behind you made me so afraid!" Huan'er said in a very dramatic manner.

Su Guangping, however, thought Huan'er was trying to save face for him, so he quickly dismissed the others and then smiled:

"Aren't you scared yet... Tell him to take the knife away... I can't breathe."

Huan'er innocently shook her head.

"No way! Let me tell you, Wuji loves to joke too! And he knows how to take it to the extreme. For example, if someone insults him once, he'll insult them back ten times; if someone punches him, he'll hit them back with a knife and a sword. The funniest thing is that he loves to shave people's heads and tattoo words on them, especially the proverbs 'one, two, three, four, five, six, seven'."