Fei Kui’s fingers, which were stroking the teacup, stiffened slightly.
Nuo Yi, standing beside Liu Yue, had her eyes wide open. As she watched the engagement contract Liu Yue produced, she couldn’t help but secretly gasp.
So cool!
She had been thinking it would take a long time to even broach the subject of breaking the engagement, but she never expected Sister Liu Yue to be so decisive. It truly was her style.
Cutting the Gordian Knot.
Judging by Sister Liu Yue’s expression, she seemed to have been preparing to break the engagement for a long time. This meant that it wasn’t people like them who wanted Liu Yue to break the engagement, but Liu Yue herself who thought this way.
“What did you say? Break the engagement!”
Fei Kui’s loyal hound immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this.
“Our young master traveled great distances from the Fourth Kingdom to be here. You haven’t given us the treatment we deserve. How dare you talk of breaking the engagement?!”
“Do you think no one is here from our Fourth Kingdom?”
The retainers who had remained outside the City Lord’s mansion immediately rushed to the front hall doors of the mansion.
“What are you doing? Do you intend to start a war in our River Town?” Nuo Yi twisted her shoulders with a playful smirk. “Do you really think your few men are enough to make a difference?”
With a swish!
Several generals, clad in armor and brandishing their swords, unsheathed their blades. From outside the courtyard of the City Lord’s mansion, over a hundred guards armed with exquisite weapons appeared.
Within moments, Fei Kui’s retainers were completely surrounded.
“You… you’re courting death!” Pai Huo roared in anger, drawing the slender sword at his waist. “What do you want to do? Have you thought this through? We are from the Fourth Kingdom!”
“Wow, the Fourth Kingdom, I’m so scared.”
Nuo Yi, baring her teeth, put on an exaggerated smile. She slightly bent her body and patted her chest, her eyes filled with unconcealed mockery.
“Is your Fourth Kingdom going to declare war on our Batu Free Federation because of this? Can you even represent the Fourth Kingdom? Always shouting about the Fourth Kingdom, why… can’t your Fourth Kingdom raise an army and trample our River Town right now? I’m truly terrified.”
“It’s a shame…”
In an instant, Nuo Yi’s expression changed drastically.
“Before they can trample our River Town, I will rip out your soul and torment it thoroughly, making you suffer for all eternity.”
Opening her palm, a massive ghost skull circled in Nuo Yi’s palm.
The skull was filled with the sound of agonizing wails.
Hearing those piercing screams, Pai Huo, who was gripping his sword, instinctively took a step back.
“Hahaha, hahahaha…” At this tense moment, Fei Kui, stroking his teacup, burst into laughter for no apparent reason.
Everyone looked at him curiously. After a brief bout of laughter, Fei Kui composed himself.
“Commander Liu Yue, is this what you wanted to tell me?”
“Young Master Fei Kui, why ask the obvious?” Liu Yue said with a smile. “Weren’t the words your loyal hound just spoke also what you wanted to say but couldn’t? I’m a straightforward person and don’t like beating around the bush. You’ve seen the situation now; I believe you should break this engagement.”
“And if I don’t?”
Fei Kui suddenly became calm. Even facing the heavy encirclement and the glint of cold steel, he still leaned back on his chair leisurely, even pouring himself another cup of tea.
“What do you think?” Liu Yue chuckled.
The guards outside pressed forward again, leaving less and less space for Fei Kui’s retainers.
Fei Kui sipped the bitter tea through his thin lips.
The bitterness in his mouth stimulated his nerves, causing him to involuntarily raise his eyebrows.
“I never imagined that I would come to marry my wife with full of joy, only to risk my life,” Fei Kui murmured softly, stretching lazily. “Liu Yue, if you think you can make me break the engagement just with this, you’re thinking too simply.”
“Perhaps it’s simple, perhaps it’s enough.”
Liu Yue’s eyes gazed intently. Fei Kui nodded noncommittally and looked at the city guards outside, who were watching them menacingly.
“River Town has truly been reborn these past few years. I vaguely recall that when we got engaged, River Town seemed to be in crisis. You went to great lengths to grasp the lifeline of our Fourth Kingdom. Now it seems the crisis is over, and you’re throwing us away like a worn-out shoe?”
“Young Master Fei Kui, you exaggerate.”
Liu Yue shook her head slightly, saying with a smile.
“I won’t deny that our River Town was in great danger back then, but your engagement wasn’t something we went to great lengths for. Rather, it was your Fourth Kingdom that wanted to annex our Batu Free Federation and came to propose. After our engagement, our Batu Free Federation never stopped supplying resources to your Fourth Kingdom, yet did you send anyone here?”
“To put it plainly, we resolved this crisis ourselves within the Batu Free Federation.”
“Your Fourth Kingdom didn’t exert any effort, yet they received hundreds of millions in resources. No matter how you look at it, your Fourth Kingdom profited handsomely.”
“What?”
“Aren’t you satisfied yet?”
Liu Yue’s eyes, with a mocking smile, met Fei Kui’s gaze.
For many years, the Batu Free Federation had upheld the treaty signed with the Fourth Kingdom without any deviation, yet the Fourth Kingdom had not fulfilled its promises.
Resisting the invasion of the Demon Race.
Uprising of monsters within the territory.
Everything was handled internally by the Batu Free Federation, and only its people knew the hardships involved.
And now, the Fourth Kingdom still wanted to fulfill the engagement.
A pipe dream!
“Allowing you to break the engagement is already giving you ample face,” Liu Yue said sternly. “I could actually break it unilaterally, and you would be the one losing face. By having you break it now, your reputation remains intact.”
“Liu Yue, there’s no point in telling me this.”
Fei Kui shook his head with a smile, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.
“What you’re saying are matters between two countries, not personal matters between you and me. The fact that the Fourth Kingdom didn’t send troops is an issue for the royal family. The resources you provided were also given to the royal family. The engagement is between you and me. You are using these as excuses to break the engagement, and I will not recognize it, nor can I.”
“Then what about the sword in my hand?!”
Liu Yue instantly drew her sword and pointed it at Fei Kui, who was seated before her. Fendi immediately stepped in front of Fei Kui.
“Stand down!”
A cold command echoed through the front hall.
Fendi, holding his sharp weapon, slowly retreated to the side. Fei Kui let out a laugh and lightly flicked Liu Yue’s sword.
“Liu Yue, I understand you want to break the engagement, but discussing it calmly would be best. You’re trying to threaten me into breaking it, and I won’t agree to that,” Fei Kui said with a smile and a shake of his head. “Our engagement is being watched by the kingdom. If you truly want me to break it, you need to provide a reason that I cannot resolve. Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain myself back home, and your River Town, or rather your Batu Free Federation, will have a difficult future. You should be aware of this and understand my position.”
“Then what do you want?”
“A reason.”
The one-eyed Fei Kui’s expression was calm and indifferent.
“Provide a reason that I consider insurmountable, and perhaps I will accept it.”
“That’s simple.” Almost the moment Fei Kui finished speaking, a hearty laugh came from outside the City Lord’s mansion. “My brother and Commander Liu Yue have already sworn a private oath of eternal love. Do you think that’s a good enough reason?”