Chapter 4195 — Count Yourself Lucky
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"You two came all this way just to tell me this?" Wei Zhao glanced at them and said flatly. "Then I really must thank you for your kindness. I can find a partner on my own.＊
"Ha! We've crossed paths long enough to count as old friends, haven't we? No need to puff yourself up and play the swollen-faced fat man in front of us. Don't stand on ceremony with this young master, and don't be embarrassed—if you need one, I really can introduce you to a partner. I can't just stand by and watch you become everyone's laughingstock, can I? Not even able to find a partner—how pitiful is that! Hahahaha!" Xu Lingchong laughed wildly.
Of course he had no such goodwill as to introduce Wei Zhao to any partner. Setting aside the fact that Wei Zhao would never agree, if he did agree it would only be courting death. No guessing was needed to know that this partner would inevitably be one of Xu Lingchong's own people—a veritable time bomb, a schemer who would bury a man alive with no room for negotiation!
"Say no more. Please leave, both of you!" Wei Zhao could not be bothered to waste words on these two and moved directly to seal his cave dwelling.
"So eager to send us off?" Meng Zhou had finally seized a chance and was preparing a few taunts when the corner of his eye caught the scene inside the cave, and he froze. "Eh?"
By then Xu Lingchong had also noticed something amiss inside. A figure seemed to be curled up in the quilt on the bed—and more to the point, a woman's garment had been taken off and laid aside nearby!
Xu Lingchong's expression changed at once, and he demanded in a shrill, savage voice, "Is it that slut Shangguan Lan'er?!"
Though he could no longer be counted a man, and though he no longer harbored any improper designs on Shangguan Lan'er, his heart was still warped. The mere sight of Shangguan Lan'er with Wei Zhao filled him with extreme displeasure, and he wished he could hack these two colluding dogs to pieces on the spot!
Without waiting for Wei Zhao to react, Xu Lingchong darted in with a single stride and, without a word, made to yank back the quilt. This was not entirely a fit of impulse—he had his calculations.
In his reckoning, if his guess was right and the one on the bed truly was Shangguan Lan'er, then exposing Wei Zhao's secret affair with her would inevitably damage Wei Zhao's prospects. With the right maneuvering afterward, it was not even impossible to cut Wei Zhao's future short on the spot.
One had to understand that the customs of Yunjie Island had largely been handed down from ancient times. Even cultivators still viewed the barrier between men and women with great strictness. If Wei Zhao and Shangguan Lan'er had been properly wed, that would be one thing—but the two of them now had no status between them whatsoever, and to be brazenly coupling together like this...
If this got out, it would be more than a matter of offending public morals. It would be a slap in the face of that great personage Shangguan Tianxia—and when the time came, they would not even need to lift a finger. Shangguan Tianxia would be the first to show Wei Zhao no mercy!
Xu Lingchong's sudden charge inside caught even Wei Zhao off guard. Only when he saw Xu Lingchong reaching for the quilt did he come to his senses, and with a great shock he pursued in a flash.
Even if it was not Shangguan Lan'er, Huang Xiaotao inside was utterly unclad. How could he let a bastard like Xu Lingchong see her?
Wei Zhao struck from behind, arriving even as Xu Lingchong advanced, and seized him by the collar. Then his true qi erupted and he hauled back violently. Xu Lingchong was dragged clean off his feet; he staggered back several zhang and crashed into the wall with a boom, so forceful that it nearly shattered the cave dwelling's restrictive formation!
"Aiya, you're asking for death!" Xu Lingchong had been sent sprawling in a heap, and his shame turned to fury; he scrambled up and made to strike.