Lin Dehong turned abruptly and stared intently at Lin Wan'er. "You, what did you just say?"
Lin Wan'er stubbornly replied, "I said I'm carrying his child, and you don't get to decide my marriage!"
With that, Lin Wan'er pulled Chen Mo and turned to leave the courtyard.
Chen Mo's eyes widened. He wanted to explain that it was all a misunderstanding.
However, when he saw Lin Dehong's gaze, which seemed like he could devour him, Chen Mo could only sigh helplessly.
He knew that no matter how he explained now, the other party likely wouldn't believe him.
Getting into the car, Chen Mo wanted to ask something.
But Lin Wan'er slumped over the steering wheel and began to cry.
After a long while, Lin Wan'er finally started the car and drove towards Longhua City.
The car remained silent throughout the journey, neither of them speaking further.
Chen Mo continued to eat the ginseng, as he vaguely felt a breakthrough approaching.
However, at this moment, Chen Mo's phone suddenly rang.
Glancing at the caller ID, it was Ouyang Zhengde.
This made Chen Mo somewhat surprised, not understanding why the other party would call him so suddenly.
As soon as the call was connected, Ouyang Zhengde's panicked voice came through, "Master, you must save our Ouyang family!"
Chen Mo frowned slightly. "What's wrong?"
"Master, it's like this, the relationship between our Ouyang family and you has somehow been leaked. Now, the remaining four great families are all targeting our Ouyang family. Their people have already arrived at Dingyang."
Upon hearing this, Chen Mo calmly replied, "Isn't Dingyang your Ouyang family's territory? Are you afraid of them?"
Ouyang Zhengde's voice was already choked with tears. "Master, they are united against our family this time, and we are no match for them!"
"Or perhaps you could contact Senior Li?"
Chen Mo sneered, "Do you think you are worthy of my grandfather's help?"
"Master, our Ouyang family is, after all, your people. If we are wiped out, it will be you who loses face," Ouyang Zhengde's voice was filled with fear.
"I understand." With that, Chen Mo hung up the phone.
Ouyang Zhengde, who was on the phone, was instantly stunned.
What did he mean by 'I understand?' Was he going to help or not?
At this moment, Ouyang Zhengde, sitting in the council hall, had an extremely grim expression.
"Grandfather, what should we do now?" Ouyang Yi quickly asked.
Ouyang Zhengde shook his head.
Clearly, he had no solution at the moment.
Originally, the strength of their five great families was evenly matched. Now that four families had joined forces against them, how could they resist?
Ouyang Xiaotian said nervously, "Should, should we just escape?"
"Escape? Where do you think you can escape to?" Ouyang Zhengde retorted.
For a moment, panic showed on everyone's faces.
However, at this moment, Ouyang Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. "Grandfather, I have an idea!"
As soon as he said this, all eyes in the hall fell on Ouyang Yi.
Half an hour later.
Outside the Ouyang family's manor, over a dozen cars slowly drove up.
Four old men alighted from the leading cars, followed by a host of experts and powerful figures.
However, when the four old men saw the situation at the Ouyang family's entrance, they exchanged glances, all looking puzzled.
Ouyang Zhengde, leading the core members of his family, quickly approached them.
He cupped his hands respectfully and said, "What wind has blown you four here? Why didn't you inform us beforehand so we could prepare properly to welcome the four family heads."
Hearing this, Zhang Chaoyang, the head of the Zhang family, said coldly, "Ouyang Zhengde, stop playing dumb. I don't believe you didn't know about our arrival at the Ouyang family beforehand."
Ouyang Zhengde's expression faltered.
He then quickly and helplessly explained, "Brother Chaoyang, you truly misunderstand me."
"Misunderstand? You killed my Zhang family's offspring, and the evidence is right here. You say I misunderstand you?" Zhang Chaoyang questioned coldly.
Ouyang Zhengde sighed. "Brother Chaoyang, you are not aware of the intricacies of this matter."
"Indeed, I know Chen Mo, and I even call him Master."
"But this matter, I truly didn't want to do it this way, but it's because Chen Mo possesses shameful secrets of our Ouyang family. However, I am constantly looking for ways to get rid of him."
"It's also true that our Ouyang family lost so many experts before."
"Therefore, I wanted to keep this from him and cooperate with all of you to deal with that Chen Mo. As for the murder of the Zhang family's offspring, that was also at Chen Mo's behest. To avoid exposing our alliance, we could only act this way. However, we are willing to accept any demands from the Zhang family to express our apologies. But please believe me, I am constantly thinking of ways to get rid of Chen Mo!"
"Hahaha!"
Zhang Chaoyang and the others sneered. "Ouyang Zhengde, do you think we will still believe you?"
Ouyang Zhengde said, "To be frank, I have already notified Chen Mo. I believe he will arrive here soon, and our Ouyang family will be the first to make a move against Chen Mo!"
Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, appearing somewhat surprised.
Ouyang Zhengde continued, "This way, you should no longer doubt our Ouyang family's resolve, right?"
"Do you truly intend to make a move against Chen Mo?" Zhang Chaoyang asked.
"Indeed," Ouyang Zhengde nodded.
"Good, then we will wait," Zhang Chaoyang said in a deep voice.
Following that, Zhang Chaoyang and the others, leading their experts, entered Ouyang Zhengde's manor.
And just half an hour after everyone entered the manor.
A car slowly stopped outside the Ouyang family's entrance.
"Chen Mo, I'm sorry." Inside the car, Lin Wan'er wiped her swollen eyes and apologized to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo shook his head. "It's alright, your father was actually doing it for your own good."
Lin Wan'er suddenly turned to look at Chen Mo. "Chen Mo, do you, do you like me?"
Chen Mo was taken aback by the question, forgetting the ginseng in his mouth.
Seeing Chen Mo's silence, Lin Wan'er's face showed a hint of disappointment.
"Do you know why I said what I did today?" Lin Wan'er asked.
Chen Mo shook his head.
"My father had originally agreed to our relationship, but later he thought you were promiscuous, so he introduced someone else to me."
"This made me feel like I was just an object, an object that could sacrifice its own happiness for the family at any time."
"So I told him that my marriage, I would decide for myself."
Lin Wan'er narrated.
Chen Mo did not respond, saying nothing, because he knew he could not give Lin Wan'er any happiness.
"I'm sorry for dragging you into being a shield for me again."
Chen Mo gave a wry smile, still saying nothing.
After a moment, seeing that Lin Wan'er remained silent, Chen Mo was about to get out of the car and leave.
"Chen Mo."
Suddenly, Lin Wan'er called out to Chen Mo.
Just as Chen Mo turned to look at Lin Wan'er, two cool, soft lips pressed against his.