"Happiness, huh?" Phoenix looked at Sheng Xinhua and said, "I think you’re much happier than me."
"Is that so? I’m just shameless. I have to berate those I want to berate, and sleep with those I want to sleep with..."
Phoenix was helpless.
This woman, she was starting again.
"Qin Jianyi left without even having a piece of the birthday cake... Does that count as lightening your burden?"
Phoenix shook his head. "I wouldn’t care whether he ate the birthday cake or not..."
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he looked at Sheng Xinhua and said, "Tang Fei and Little Fatty just arrived at New Star and aren’t familiar with the palace etiquette. Why don’t you go and keep them company? After all, aside from me, you’re the only one they know here..."
Qin Mansion. The Qin Family estate.
Qin Jianyi made Qin Yuyang lie down on the Recovery Cabin and channeled a stream of Yin Yang Qi into Qin Yuyang’s body to help him recover his spirit and clear the blood stasis and blockages within.
Qin Yuyang did not practice cultivation and couldn’t feel the Yin Yang Qi. Being such an oddity within a great clan like the Qin Family, he was not favored or regarded highly by the elders of the family.
His older brother, Qin Jianyi, happened to be one of the Qin Family’s top cultivation geniuses, and although it couldn’t be said that a brother gains glory through his sibling, no one belittled Qin Yuyang because of that.
He was someone the Qin Family could take or leave, and to everyone else, he was just "Qin Jianyi’s brother."
Because he lacked distinction, if he hadn’t provoked Tang Fei tonight, hardly anyone would have paid attention to his existence.
Qin Yuyang spit out a mouthful of fresh blood before he felt the suffocating pressure in his chest dissipate, and his body much relieved.
"Your blood flow has been cleared up. You should sleep in the Recovery Cabin for a few days, and you’ll be mostly recovered," said Qin Jianyi while looking at Qin Yuyang. "I held back with my kick and didn’t damage your bones."
"Thank you, big brother," Qin Yuyang gratefully said, not holding any grudge that Qin Jianyi had not avenged him but had instead kicked him away.
Qin Jianyi looked at Qin Yuyang and said, "Tell me, what is really going on? You normally wouldn’t provoke a refugee from the Old Land like that. It’s not your style."
Qin Yuyang struggled to sit up straight and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a tissue before explaining, "This guy isn’t just some common refugee from the Old Land; he’s a man valued greatly by Zhong Yu Xiu Xue..."
A hint of a mocking smile appeared on Qin Jianyi’s face as he said, "What? Do you believe those rumors?"
"I don’t really believe it. Zhong Yu Xiu Xue is such a lofty woman; what kind of talented young men hasn’t she seen? How could she think of marrying someone just because they saved her life once?" Qin Yuyang shook his head and denied the suggestion.
"So, you weren’t acting out of a desire to win favor for your big brother... Then what was your actual motive?"
"There was that element, too," Qin Yuyang admitted. "Seeing the two of them squatting on the ground eating like that, it indeed looked funny... I thought if I could capture their beggar-like appearance and spread it on the Star Network, and once the video spread, even into the Phoenix Palace..."
"There are many rumors outside, saying that Princess Xiu Xue and Tang Fei are lovers, that the King has agreed to marry his daughter off... What do you think Zhong Daolong will think when he sees these videos? Will he want his daughter to be involved with such a man? Does the Royal Family’s face not matter anymore? Does Zhong Daolong no longer care about his dignity?"
"So, your plan was to tarnish Tang Fei’s name first, to get him kicked out of the final round? You should have let someone else do it; why did you have to act personally?"
"Opportunity knocks but once," Qin Yuyang said. "The moment was fleeting; I couldn’t help but take action."
"Besides, my initial plan was to film secretly and then leave, to find someone unrelated to use an anonymous account to release the video, making it undetectable and unconnected to the Qin Family..."
"I didn’t expect Tang Fei to be so vigilant. He noticed me filming right away. Fearing that he would forcefully delete the footage I had captured, I immediately started yelling to attract more attention... I quickly broadcast the video in a multidimensional projection so that even if my original footage got deleted, the videos recorded by others would be enough to set the network on fire..."
"Even if I were caught, we had the numbers, and everyone who came was either a noble son or a young lady of prominent status... It would’ve been just a few words of dispute; what could he do to me?"
"What I didn’t foresee was Tang Fei’s audacity, who had the gall to resort to violence within the palace... Such behavior, if pursued by the Royal Family, would be a grave offense... He would utterly ruin his future..."
Qin Jianyi looked at Qin Yuyang with profound eyes and asked, "If we, the children of noble families, do these sorts of things, it’s seen as disrespecting the royal power, behaving lawlessly, lacking in upbringing, a grave offense... It could ruin our futures. What future does he have?"
"So you see..." Qin Yuyang said with a wry smile, "Falling into his hands this time, I really can’t say I was wronged. His actions are frenzied and unpredictable, and it’s indeed difficult to grasp his intentions..."
Qin Jianyi, gazing deep into Qin Yuyang’s eyes, asked, "Since the main reason wasn’t to fight over a woman for your brother, then what is the true reason?"
"To resolve a crisis for the Qin Family," Qin Yuyang said gravely.