63 Victory (1/2)

Shangguan Ru disentangled herself from her elder brother's arms and grabbed the Black Jade Palm and the wooden saber from Shangguan Fei. She angrily glared at Shangguan Chui without saying a word. Although she did not win by herself, she could enjoy her victory for now.

Bypassing the overturned chairs and tables, Aunt Tong held Shangguan Fei in her arms and asked, ”Ah, why is your neck bleeding? Who did this?”

She turned her gaze towards Shangguan Chui.

”Sister,”

Shangguan Fei said with his face full of tears. He had suffered a lot tonight.

Aunt Tong was stunned and thought that Shangguan Fei must have been frightened.

Shangguan Ru said seriously, ”I did. My eldest brother thought I wasn't qualified to be a man of the Shangguan family. I want to show him that I am qualified.”

Shangguan Chui snorted. He would not lower himself to argue with a child.

Aunt Tong did not know how to reply. She took out her handkerchief and carefully bandaged the wound for Shangguan Fei.

Gu Shenwei crawled up from the ground and wanted to stand behind Shangguan Ru. After Aunt Tong shot him an unfriendly glance, he could only retreat to stand next to the wall.

Shangguan Yushi also stood up. She discreetly tidied clothes and hair for Shangguan Ru while being careful to not draw Aunt Tong's attention to her.

No one spoke in the room.

After a while, the Lord still did not show up. Shangguan Chui kept holding the dagger around his waist, with his expression blocked by his two big eye bags. He suddenly said, ”Let me kill the two slaves who incited their master to cause trouble.”

In the young master's eyes, his sister Shangguan Yushi was the same as the slaves.

Shangguan Ru stretched out her hand to protect Shangguan Yushi and said, ”I said. No.”

Shangguan Chui gave no response, but drew out his saber. He could accurately kill the target with only one slash, even if there were 100 Shangguan Ru protecting Shangguan Yushi.

Mister Guo did not have a saber, but he hid his hands within his sleeves. He could kill anyone even if he did not have a weapon, especially that little child with poor kung fu.

Gu Shenwei knew that he was the short man's target and immediately became vigilant. However, he took precautions not for self-protection, but for strangling Shangguan Fei to death. Gu Shenwei regretted that he had not picked up the saber on the ground just now.

”If you kill my people, you're my enemy. I won't accept your apologies and won't reconcile with you. I won't treat you as my eldest brother, let alone treating you as the Supreme King's eldest son. I'll pester you for the rest of my life, until the time when I'll personally kill you.”

Shangguan Ru could only issue a threat, as she knew she was not capable of protecting those she cared about. Her voice was cool as if it was not a 12-year-old child's voice.

Shangguan Chui was surprised that there was something worth paying attention to in his sisters' words, but he could not show weakness because he was a killer and the eldest son of the Shuangguan family, and he would most likely become the next Supreme King.

The faint candlelight was flickering on the saber blade.

”If you cannot kill her, you should respect what she said.”

A voice came from the door.

The Supreme King arrived, but no one noticed it.

All the people in the room knelt down, except for Shangguan Ru. She ran to stuff the Black Jade Palm and the wooden saber into her father's hands. ”Father, this is the first trophy I gained as a thief. I offer them to you.”

Shangguan Fa could not help giving a slight smile. ”They originally belonged to me.”

”But I've stolen them. They're mine for now. They could only belong to you after I have given them to you.”

Shangguan Fa snorted heavily and glanced at the corpse on the ground. ”What happened?”

”He betrayed me, so I killed him.”

”You're not yet 13 years old, and you've already started killing people.”

If a boy of the Shuangguan family was 13 years old, he would be considered as an adult. Then he would be qualified to be called ”Young Master” and would begin to build his own team. From Shangguan Fa's words, they knew that Shangguan Fa had treated his youngest daughter as a man.

Shangguan Chui and Mister Guo looked at each other and thought. ”That's bad.”

”Regardless of whether we're one or 100 years old, we're not allowed to betray the Shuangguan family,” Shangguan Ru said.

”Well said.”

The Supreme King rarely gave praise to someone. Shangguan Chui could not allow the situation to deteriorate, so he said, ”Father, Six Kills Temple is a place for our ancestors. Women are forbidden to enter. Seventeenth sister...”

”From now on, don't call her seventeenth sister,” Shangguan Fa said coldly. The big change in his attitude scared Shangguan Chui. ”Not long ago, father was furious at his daughter's bad behavior. Why has he suddenly vented his anger on his eldest son?”

”Mister Guo, choose a good time. I'll bring my daughter to Six Kills Temple and declare to my ancestors that my youngest daughter will be my tenth son. You should call her Master Ru. Next year, she'll be the Tenth Young Master.”