Chapter 1673 — Conflict at the Birthday Banquet, Part Two
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"So you're one of those people!" Tang Lingtou gave a cold laugh, deliberately pretending not to know Wei Zhao's identity. In a flat voice, he said, "You are not welcome here. Tang Zhi and I are discussing a private matter of the Hidden Tang Family. As an outsider, show some restraint and do not meddle in our affairs!"
The moment Tang Lingtou saw You Panhu leap forward, he knew things were going badly. He seemed to have guessed what You Panhu was thinking, but he also had no wish to offend the Ice Palace Master, whom he had worked so hard to win over. Thus, all he could do was thunder at Wei Zhao with a show of force that amounted to little more than empty bluster.
"An outsider? I think you are the outsider here." Wei Zhao spoke calmly. "Tang Zhi has never acknowledged you as her father. We came here simply to tell you that we are taking Aunt Xiaoming away. Nothing more."
"And who are you to Tang Zhi, that you dare say such things?" Tang Lingtou suddenly noticed Wei Zhao holding Tang Zhi's hand, and realization dawned on him. So this brat and Tang Zhi really had something going on. No wonder he was rushing to stick his neck out now!
Yet, unless Tang Lingtou had remembered incorrectly, Wei Zhao was Feng Xiaoxiao's boyfriend, which made him the junior sister's husband of Bingtang, the Ice Palace Master. What sort of existence was Feng Xiaoxiao? The future master of the Ice Palace! Was her man cheating on her with someone else?
That was when Tang Lingtou decided to divert the trouble elsewhere. He could never have imagined that the dignified future master of the Ice Palace would agree to share her man, much less that the other woman would be Bingtang's own younger sister!
"Boy, you and Tang Zhi seem awfully close. Aren't you Miss Feng Xiaoxiao's boyfriend? My advice is, don't stick your nose too far into other people's affairs and stir up trouble in their family!" The moment You Panhu saw Wei Zhao take Tang Zhi's hand, fire flared in his eyes. He had deliberately said those words so that Feng Xiaoxiao and Bingtang would hear them!
He wanted to drive a wedge between Wei Zhao and Bingtang and Feng Xiaoxiao, isolating Wei Zhao completely.
"Tang Zhi has always been my girlfriend." Wei Zhao glanced at You Panhu and said calmly, "Is there a problem?"
Even as Wei Zhao spoke, the work within his body never ceased for an instant. He was constantly refining true-qi bombs. After all, the old master of the Tang Family was a Heaven Rank expert. Though only at the early Heaven Rank, he would still be more than enough to give Wei Zhao a hard time once they came to blows. Wei Zhao needed some means of protecting himself!
If he found himself unable to hold out, he could simply throw out a bomb. Whether or not it killed Old Master Tang, it would at least serve as a deterrent.
"Huh?" Tang Lingtou was dumbfounded, and so was You Panhu. Neither of them had expected Wei Zhao to answer that way! Tang Lingtou had racked his brains to cut Wei Zhao out of the matter and stop him from interfering in the Tang Family's internal affairs. Yet Wei Zhao had simply declared that Tang Zhi was his girlfriend. With that, he naturally had every right to involve himself in her affairs!
After his brief astonishment, You Panhu was not particularly angry. Instead, he cast a mocking look toward Feng Xiaoxiao, then turned back to Wei Zhao. "What? Did I hear that wrong? Aren't you the boyfriend of the Ice Palace Master's junior sister? Have you fallen for someone else, or are you cheating on her?"
His question was clearly meant to provoke, but the hatred between You Panhu and Wei Zhao had long since become irreconcilable. You Panhu was eager to make the matter as explosive as possible, so he deliberately goaded Feng Xiaoxiao and Bingtang, waiting to see how they would respond.