Chapter 3067 — Spilt Water Cannot Be Gathered

"Dongfang Xiaocui, I know you've always wanted to kill Xu Shilan, but she's innocent! She's my daughter, when all's said and done—she doesn't even know about any of this. Can you really not bear to let her live? She's no threat to your position, and no threat to Feng Shihua's either. Why must you hound her so relentlessly? And those things Tianhu did before—I'm afraid you had a hand in those too, didn't you?" Feng Tianqi was no fool. When Xu Shilan had been assassinated before, he had vaguely suspected Feng Tianhu was behind it, but it was impossible that Dongfang Xiaocui had not been involved as well.

"I... I'm sorry, Tianlin..." Though Dongfang Xiaocui hated Xu Shilan, she had no wish to ruin her marriage over it. And Feng Tianqi's words made her realize that whether Xu Shilan lived or died truly could not affect anything. A mere daughter could never compete with Feng Shihua for the position of family head, and she was not Feng Tianqi's lover either—only the daughter of that lover. It really was of no consequence!

Yet what Dongfang Xiaocui feared was for Feng Shihua's safety, so she had no choice but to lay everything bare—why she wanted Xu Shilan dead—and confess it all to Feng Tianqi: "Tianlin, listen to me. Everything I did, I did for Shipian's sake!"

"For Shipian?" Feng Tianqi frowned and asked coldly, "What do you mean by that? What does this have to do with Shipian? Let's see what excuse you can dream up!"

"It's like this—Tianhu said that our Shipian killed Ni Tian, and he said he wanted a life for a life, that he would kill one of your children before he could rest easy. He said that as long as Xu Shilan died, he wouldn't pursue the matter of Shipian's crime..." Dongfang Xiaocui did not dare conceal anything and told him exactly what Feng Tianhu meant.

"The thinking of a foolish woman!" Feng Tianqi was torn between laughing and crying at her words, but more than anything he was furious. "You actually believed him! Do you have a brain at all? Feng Nitian was not killed by Feng Shihua! There was never any great matter to begin with. And even if he had killed him, Father could never do anything to him—he is the last bloodline of the ancient Feng family. If he died, our ancient Feng family would have no heirs left. Do you think that's possible?"

"I..." Dongfang Xiaocui stammered, at a loss for what to say.

"Call your brother right now and cancel this plan!" Feng Tianqi roared.

"Oh, oh... all right..." Dongfang Xiaocui hurriedly picked up her phone and dialed her eldest brother Dongfang Jinxing's number.

"Little sister, you got the message I sent, right? I spoke to the old master about this, and he agreed. You know how it is—the old master dotes on Bujuo like nothing else, his one and only grandson. When he heard she was the woman Bujuo had set his heart on, he decided not even to send Earth-rank experts—he's sending a Heaven-rank early-stage expert directly. How about that? You can rest easy now, can't you? That little slut Xu Shilan is as good as dead!" The moment Dongfang Jinxing answered, before Dongfang Xiaocui could even speak, he rattled it all off to her excitedly.

"What?" Dongfang Xiaocui was stunned for a moment, but then she hurriedly said, "Brother, cancel this plan. Don't kill Xu Shilan. There's no need to send anyone!"

"Little sister, what do you mean by that? Cancel it? Why?" Dongfang Jinxing was taken aback and asked.

"Brother, Tianlin found out. I don't want to quarrel with him, so let's just cancel it..." Dongfang Xiaocui still cared deeply about Feng Tianqi.

"Little sister, let me tell you something—Bujuo already knows about this, and our father knows too. The order's already been given to prepare the men. You cancel it now, and you think Bujuo will just let it go? You think Father's words were just idle talk?" Dongfang Jinxing's tone shifted sharply. "Surely you know what Father is like. His word is law—no one can refute him, not you and not me! Besides, ever since Bujuo returned, the old master has doted on him absolutely. If Bujuo asked for the stars in the sky, the old master would find a way to get them for him. You think canceling it will stop Bujuo? You've stirred his interest—the old master will make sure his wish is granted no matter what!"

"That..." Dongfang Xiaocui was struck dumb. She understood Dongfang Jinxing's words perfectly well. She knew exactly what kind of man the Dongfang old master was—once he decided on something, it could never be changed. And with Dongfang Bujuo involved, this was as good as set in stone. There was no changing it now!

"All right, little sister. Talk to your husband. It's just an illegitimate daughter—let it go. He doesn't want the old master to be displeased either, does he?" Dongfang Jinxing said. "I'll hang up now if there's nothing else. You calm him down."

"All right..." Dongfang Xiaocui had no choice but to hang up.

The room was very quiet, so Feng Tianqi had heard every word between Dongfang Jinxing and Dongfang Xiaocui. He was beside himself, utterly shaken—he had never imagined things could come to this!

Now that the Dongfang old master had intervened, this was beyond the reach of ordinary people. Unless the Feng old master could make a call and intercede in person, there was no turning this around.

But the crucial problem was that Feng Tianqi could absolutely never persuade the Feng old master to plead for mercy. Xu Shilan had never been acknowledged into the family, and she was only a daughter. The Feng old master would never offend the Dongfang old master on his account!

And at a time when Feng Shihua had "poisoned" Feng Nitian, nothing Feng Tianqi said to the Feng old master would make him open his mouth to help...

"Tianlin, I've done everything I could, but... you know what my father is like..." Dongfang Xiaocui said weakly, looking at Feng Tianqi.

"Hmph!" Feng Tianqi gave a furious snort and said, "You good-for-nothing woman—you can't do anything right and you ruin everything you touch!"

"Tianlin, I was wrong..." Dongfang Xiaocui could only cautiously make amends.

"Wrong? What's the use of being wrong?" Feng Tianqi waved his hand impatiently and turned to leave the room. His mood was in utter turmoil. Dongfang Xiaocui had made it so that this matter could no longer be changed—and since it could not be changed, he would have to think of a countermeasure!

If it were an ordinary expert, that would be one thing, but it had to be a Heaven-rank early-stage expert of the Dongfang family! This was an existence even Feng Tianqi could not face head-on. Feng Tianqi was currently at the peak of the late Earth rank. Though he was on the verge of breaking through to the Heaven rank, and had recently shown signs of doing so, he was still Earth rank after all. Even if he broke through to the early Heaven rank in the next few days, he would still be unable to contend with a long-established early-stage Heaven-rank expert! (To be continued)