Chapter 318: Xiao Family, I Call the Shots
A handsome young man in his early twenties walked out from the inner door. He was wearing a privately-tailored wine-red suit. Even his leather shoes were red. The only thing missing was dyeing his hair red. But his demeanor was slightly frivolous, and his words were a naked provocation.
Xiao Ruyan looked at her approaching cousin, her face calm. She ignored him and walked inside.
Xiao Baijun followed with big strides, unconcerned. “As expected of my cousin. Using this method to resist the marriage arranged for you by the family.”
“What are you talking about?” Xiao Ruyan said flatly.
“Cousin, playing dumb is not your style. Grandpa has already decided to marry you into the Ye family, yet you secretly ran out to contact Yang Taitian, and even took the family’s treasure with you. You almost angered Grandpa to death. I’d like to see how you explain this,” Xiao Baijun said with a schadenfreude smile.
Whether it was before or now, the fate of you women was to be exchanged for greater benefits for the family. Although your ability was not bad, it was ultimately the apocalypse. In an environment where fists ruled, as an ordinary woman, you shouldn’t struggle in vain. While you’re young, you can be exchanged for a lot of supplies.
“Isn’t the company more in line with the family’s interests?” Xiao Ruyan glanced at Xiao Baijun. Only then did Xiao Baijun discover that his cousin’s pupils had turned green.
It seemed his cousin had already gotten the fusion agent from Yang Taitian’s side. This woman was bent on controlling the Xiao family. Her ambition was huge.
“Cousin, it seems you licked Yang Taitian very comfortably. He was able to give you the fusion agent.”
Xiao Ruyan stopped in her tracks. Xiao Baijun shrugged, but was immediately seized by the neck by Xiao Ruyan.
“Cousin, if you keep your mouth shut, I can support you, you waste. But if you’re not obedient, then don’t blame your cousin for being ruthless.” With that, she slowly lifted Xiao Baijun.
The two subordinates following behind were horrified. Xiao Baijun’s strength was not ordinary, yet he couldn’t break free from the young lady’s hands. So strong!
Xiao Baijun’s legs trembled. He wanted to pry open Xiao Ruyan’s fingers with both hands but found he couldn’t budge her in the slightest.
Feeling the force in her palm, Xiao Baijun also tasted the feeling of suffocation for the first time.
“Sis… I was… wrong…”
Xiao Ruyan casually threw him. Xiao Baijun’s back slammed hard against the fake mountain beside him. Although it was a fake mountain, it was also real stone. It shattered and fell. Xiao Baijun spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Next time, it won’t be as easy as just spitting blood.”
With that, Xiao Ruyan led her people toward the main hall. Her grandfather and the others should know the news of her return soon.
Watching Xiao Ruyan’s departing back, Xiao Baijun’s eyes were fierce. This woman had really become a virus-fused individual, and she was even stronger than him!
Bastard! Bastard!
Arriving at the main hall, Xiao Ruyan had her subordinates put down the box and waved her hand for them to retreat to the door and stand guard.
Sure enough, in less than five minutes, the core figures of the Xiao family arrived one after another.
“Ruyan, when Grandpa comes later, apologize properly.” A man in his early fifties came over and reminded her. It was precisely Xiao Ruyan’s father, Xiao Yongjie. He was ranked third in the Xiao family but was the first to have a child. To the Xiao family’s disappointment, he had a daughter.
A woman also came over anxiously. “Ruyan, you were foolish this time. Although Grandpa values you highly, you can’t just steal such an important treasure from the family.”
“Mom, I borrowed it, not stole it. Didn’t I come to return it?” Xiao Ruyan said flatly, ignoring her parents’ words.
Her parents were also helpless. Their daughter had been willful before, and she was the same now. She would never discuss anything with her parents.
But in Xiao Ruyan’s heart, discussing with her parents was useless. It would only make her follow the family’s arrangements.
I, Xiao Ruyan, whether it was before or now, my own fate, I will firmly control it in my own hands. No one should even think of trying to control me!
Not even God.
“Ruyan is back.” A sarcastic, mocking voice came from the door. This person was precisely Xiao Baijun’s father, Xiao Hong, ranked second.
Xiao Baijun was following behind his dad at this time, with a wronged look on his face. He had probably just been complaining. It could be seen from Xiao Hong’s eyes.
“Second Uncle,” Xiao Ruyan still said politely.
But Xiao Hong showed a look of panic. “Don’t. I can’t bear it.”
“Second Brother…” Xiao Yongjie hurriedly called out, but Xiao Hong didn’t give him any face and snorted coldly.
“Third Brother, you’ve really raised a good daughter. No respect for anyone, no elders in her heart. She takes whatever she wants from the family. What does she think the family is?”
Xiao Hong’s words directly put a big hat on her. This made Xiao Yongjie’s face darken. “Ruyan, hurry up and apologize to your Second Uncle.”
“What’s wrong with borrowing and returning?” Xiao Ruyan said indifferently.
Xiao Baijun was overjoyed when he heard his cousin was still so stubborn. You’ll have a hard time later. There will be no place for you in the Xiao family. You can go and be Yang Taitian’s obedient dog.
“This is the good daughter you raised!” Xiao Hong roared.
However, the now confident Xiao Ruyan said softly, “Second Uncle, perhaps you should teach your cousin properly. A waste like him will be dismembered as soon as he goes out.”
“You!”
“Dad, look! Cousin is calling me a waste.”
“Shut up!” Xiao Hong said in a low voice. Although he didn’t want to admit it, in terms of ability, his son was inferior.
Just then, an old and majestic voice sounded.
“This is the main hall of the Xiao family, not a place for you to quarrel!”
The eldest of the Xiao family, Xiao Qing, was seen helping an old man walk in.
The old man was precisely the patriarch of the Xiao family, Xiao Xigui.
In the back were some of the younger generation of the Xiao family, but they were all from branch families, not the direct line.
However, in these people’s eyes, there was more or less a sense of watching a joke. The favored daughter of heaven had actually stolen the family’s treasure and run to find people from the company. Without thinking, one knew what she had used to exchange for benefits.
Her body, of course.
Xiao Qing opened the box on the ground. Seeing the black and blue ore inside, he also breathed a sigh of relief. “They’re all here.”
“Keep a good watch. If anything happens again, I’ll hold you responsible!” Xiao Xigui’s voice carried an invisible pressure, making the people around not dare to breathe.
Xiao Qing looked at the indifferent Xiao Ruyan, also angry in his heart. You’re a girl, yet all you think about every day is how to get power. Before, you wanted to enter the company. Now you’ve even stolen such an important ore.
It would be fine to even kill you!
Xiao Xigui didn’t look at his granddaughter. He said flatly, “Yang Taitian has already sent a message. Since you’ve chosen him, then go and be with him. From today on, you are water that has been splashed out of the Xiao family.”
“Dad!”
“Dad!”
Her parents were immediately anxious upon hearing this decision. Didn’t this mean drawing a clear line?
Xiao Xigui had lived for so long. How could he not know Xiao Ruyan’s scheme? That Yang boy wanted to use the Xiao family’s power. How could he let him get his wish?
No matter what promise Xiao Ruyan had given, once she left the Xiao family, she would be nothing.
However, Xiao Ruyan suddenly looked at the crowd and said, “I’ve come back today. I only want to say one thing.”
“From now on, I, Xiao Ruyan, call the shots in the Xiao family!”
