Chapter 1667 — The Ice Palace Lord's Sister

When the banquet ended, Mother Tang clutched the keys and the bank card in her hands, and the more she looked at them, the more she liked them. She hummed a little tune, beside herself with joy.

Watching her mother carry on like that, Bingtang truly did not know what to say. Still, she had to admit she admired her mother's negotiating prowess. If the Ice Palace ever needed to cut a deal with someone again, they could just send Mother Tang to the table and rest assured she would wring out the greatest possible profit.

"Ah, they fill your mouth so you can't speak, they put it in your hand so you can't refuse. You took the car and you took the house. Won't that just make trouble for Tangtang later on?" Tang Jucheng was thinking further ahead. You took advantage of them here, but in the end, would it not fall to Bingtang to repay it all on their behalf?

Bingtang could not possibly make any promises to the Hidden Tang Family just because of two hundred million.

"See, Tangtang has spoken, so it must be fine!" Mother Tang said. "Tomorrow I'll find an agent to sell this house. Once Old Master Tang's birthday is over, we're out of here!"

"What? Sell it?" Tang Jucheng was even more dumbfounded. Why would they sell this house too?

"If we don't sell it, are we keeping it to breed little houses? Who in their right mind would come live out here? Did you really think I wanted a car? Our new home is perfectly comfortable. What would we come all the way out here for?" Mother Tang said. "We'll take the money and go, head back and enjoy life. Your mother is a rich woman now!"

"Haha!" Hearing her mother's words, Bingtang could not help but burst out laughing. Her mother really was endlessly amusing...

Meanwhile, in a room of the Hidden You Family, the Young Master You lay in bed, watching his uncle You Zhentian and his aunt You Xiaoxin enter with a pained and wary expression...

"What on earth happened? How did things blow up into such a mess? Who did you clash with? I go to one banquet and come back to find you like this?" You Zhentian, the head of the You Family, was furious. His nephew was far too good at stirring up trouble, wasn't he?

And stirring up trouble would have been one thing, but to be beaten to such a state—the Hidden You Family's face had been utterly wiped out!

"All right, Big Brother, let's not scold Xiaohu just yet. First, ask him what actually happened!" You Xiaoxin waved a hand. She was quite fond of You Panhu—Young Master You—this nephew of hers, fonder even than she was of You Zhentian's own son. That was precisely why You Zhentian had brought You Panhu along this time instead of his own boy.

But who would have thought this You Panhu was a walking disaster? The moment he arrived, he had gotten into a clash with someone!

"Uncle, Aunt, this isn't my fault—you have to stand up for me!" You Panhu said with a bitter face. "You all went off to dine, and we wanted to go out and get a bite ourselves, so we stepped out. At the entrance of a restaurant, I ran into an acquaintance—a girl I happen to have my eye on, actually—so I went over to say hello. But her brother-in-law blocked my way and spouted nonsense, telling me to get lost! I figured, I'm from the Hidden You Family, and I'm here for the Hidden Tang Family's birthday banquet, so I ought to keep a low profile, not draw attention. So I paid him no mind. And then he just struck out of nowhere and crippled my legs!"

"Is that really what happened? You're not lying?" You Zhentian frowned as he studied You Panhu.

"Everyone with me can vouch for it—you can ask them, Uncle!" Though You Panhu had laid it on a bit thick, the gist of it was true. The only stretch was that Tang Yun was not really an acquaintance of his—but then, no one could testify about that part either way.

"Family Head, the Second Young Master You speaks the truth. That is exactly how it happened!" Yellow Hair hurried to explain. "That man was utterly overbearing. He crippled the Second Young Master You's legs on the spot. Purple Hair couldn't stand it and made to teach him a lesson, but who would have thought... he was no match for him. Now Purple Hair is in some strange state—like he's been possessed. He won't move a muscle..."

"What? Purple Hair is a fine hand at the early Earth Rank, and he was still no match?" You Zhentian froze, and the look on his face shifted at once.

"That man was an early Earth Rank expert too, and his martial techniques seemed very advanced, so..." Yellow Hair's rank was too low; he could not even study martial techniques, so his understanding of them was limited. Such things were not for a Yellow Rank hand like him to know.

"An Earth Rank expert... so he was Earth Rank too! What's this man's name, where does he come from? Is he here to offer birthday congratulations to the Tang Family as well?" You Zhentian asked after a moment's thought.

"His name is Wei Zhao. The girl I know is named Tang Yun. Wei Zhao is Tang Yun's brother-in-law..." You Panhu said. "He doesn't seem to be from any of the great families..."

"What!" Before You Zhentian could speak, You Xiaoxin cried out in alarm.

"What is it, Little Sister? Are these people of some consequence?" Seeing his sister's reaction, You Zhentian's heart sank at once. If these people truly were of consequence, then this loss would likely have to be swallowed whole—and whether they would even come after him next was anyone's guess!

"That Wei Zhao I can't say—never heard of him. But this Tang Yun... she is someone of no small consequence!" At the mention of Tang Yun, a flicker of hatred crossed the corner of You Xiaoxin's mouth. "She is the biological daughter of that bitch Xiaoming!"

"What! Xiaoming's daughter?" You Zhentian was stunned. "Then doesn't that make her... the Ice Palace Lord's sister?"

"Who else would it be!" You Xiaoxin said coldly. "If we had just strangled her back then, we would have been spared all this trouble!"

"Just as well... she's Xiaoming's daughter, so the problem isn't too great. The real question is where her sister and brother-in-law come from. Her brother-in-law is actually an Earth Rank expert? As far as I know, she was raised in an ordinary commoner household, wasn't she? How could she possibly know a cultivator?"

"That's hard to say. But if what Xiaohu says is true, then we hold the moral high ground. The other side struck first and injured someone—this matter is not our responsibility!" You Xiaoxin said. "Besides, they have the Ice Palace at their backs—but don't we have the Xuandan Sect at ours? Didn't that envoy from the Xuandan Sect say he would come here to lend us face?"

Hearing his sister's words, You Zhentian nodded. Indeed, if this was truly as You Panhu had described, then the You Family was not to blame. The other side had been utterly graceless, utterly overbearing—and they themselves were the injured party!

"Panhu, is everything you've said the truth? You're not lying?" You Zhentian asked.