Chapter 25: Do You Think I Can't Beat You?

Only afraid that at this moment, she herself would end up at a disadvantage.

"Who would have thought that after living as a country bumpkin for ten years, you've learned to act as wild as a bull! Hmph, so what if you have brute strength? Aren't you still a useless good-for-nothing? Just you wait and see how the General will deal with you!"

Qian Yue Shuang thought of the Fourth Prince still waiting in the main hall for Bai Li Gang to join him. In a while, there would be two good shows to watch.

With that thought, her anger subsided. Leading a crowd of maidservants and older women, she marched grandly back to the main hall.

As Qian Yue Shuang had expected, as soon as Bai Li Gang finished listening to her recount the matter, his fury erupted.

"She dares to defy me! If only I had known, I wouldn't have let her in that day!"

Bai Li Gang roared in anger and, with his ire unabated, went himself to find Bai Li Tian Chang.

"Ungrateful daughter! Your mother came to fetch you in person, and you dare disrespect her!"

As soon as he saw Bai Li Tian Chang, Bai Li Gang shouted at her.

"And who might you be?"

Bai Li Tian Chang sat calmly in her chair, not moving an inch, only lifting her gaze to give Bai Li Gang a fleeting glance.

"I am your father!"

Bai Li Gang shouted once more.

"Ten years ago, the unfilial daughter you speak of died. Do you still have the right to call yourself her father?"

Bai Li Tian Chang arched her brow ever so slightly.

"If you acknowledge neither father nor mother, why have you returned? Are you clinging to our General’s manor for some benefit? Don’t even think about it!"

If not for the day when Bai Li Tian Chang had wailed and made a scene at the doors of the General’s manor, drawing the attention of the masses, her stepmother would never have let her in, not even for the sake of appearing virtuous.

Now, with Bai Li Gang as her support, Qian Yue Shuang felt emboldened. She immediately stepped forward to berate Bai Li Tian Chang.

"Good question!"

Bai Li Tian Chang replied in a tone of praise. "Since you ask why I returned to the General’s manor, I’ll tell you today. As the legitimate daughter of this household, as the eldest young miss, I will naturally reclaim what belongs to me. If I obediently handed it all to the likes of you, would I not be making things far too easy for you?"

"You’re back for revenge? To avenge what happened ten years ago?"

Qian Yue Shuang cried out at once.

"Interpret it however you wish," Bai Li Tian Chang responded with indifference.

"Enough! This isn’t the time for such nonsense. The Fourth Prince has learned that you are alive and has come to break off the engagement. Go to the main hall and meet the Fourth Prince at once!"

Bai Li Gang urged Bai Li Tian Chang impatiently.

"Is General Pingnan threatening me now?"

"As your father, I order you to go!"

Bai Li Gang was furious once again.

How could there be such a disobedient daughter in the world?

Did she wish to infuriate him to death?

He had once turned a blind eye, allowing Qian Yue Shuang to throw this useless, ugly five-year-old girl into the river. That had truly been a wise decision!

"I have said before, your legitimate eldest daughter died when she was five. If you wish to give orders, go to the underworld and order her yourself."

"Bai Li Tian Chang, do you think I can't kill you?"

Bai Li Gang raised his hand, intending to unleash his inner force upon Bai Li Tian Chang.

"General Pingnan, with your profound cultivation, killing me would be no harder than crushing an ant. After all, you’ve already killed me once; doing so again should be second nature. But are you sure the Fourth Prince wishes to see a corpse?"

"Enough! As your father, I ask you to go and meet the Fourth Prince!"

Even though General Pingnan knew full well that the Fourth Prince had come to break off the engagement.