Looking at Qin Chuan standing before them with a cold expression, the Lin family guards showed nothing but contempt.
“Young Master Qin, you’d better have your family’s Patriarch come personally. A useless cripple like you is no longer welcome here…”
Before he even finished speaking, Qin Chuan suddenly moved. In a flash, he punched both guards squarely in the chest.
Crack!
The sound of bones shattering echoed. The two guards’ eyes widened in shock, unable to react before they were sent flying, smashing through the gates and leaving two gaping holes.
Without even glancing at them, Qin Chuan kicked open the Lin family gates and walked straight inside.
The noise at the entrance instantly drew everyone’s attention. The Lin family had been prepared since early morning, awaiting the Qin family’s arrival.
When they saw that Qin Chuan had come alone, Lin Zhen was slightly stunned, then caught sight of the two guards lying lifeless by the door.
He immediately shouted in rage, “Qin Chuan! You’ve got some nerve, daring to kill people in my Lin family! Do you really think we’re helpless?”
Qin Chuan sneered, “People? What people? You can’t even train two decent gate dogs. Of course, I had to help you discipline them. I just used too much force and ended up beating those two dogs to death.”
Hearing this, Lin Zhen’s face darkened with fury, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to respond.
Maybe it was just his imagination, but this young man before him felt completely different from before.
He was like a sharpened blade—one careless glance could cut flesh.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Zhen suppressed his anger and said, “Nephew Qin, coming here alone, I assume you’re here to win Yiyi’s heart back. Fine then—pay ten thousand spirit crystals as compensation for the gates and as an apology to Yiyi.”
“Apology?”
A smirk crept onto Qin Chuan’s lips. “Your Lin family broke your promise—what do I have to apologize for?”
He turned to Lin Yiyi and said coldly, “A whore pretending to be pure… You really think you’re worth that much?”
Lin Yiyi’s face instantly flushed red.
She looked at Qin Chuan as if he were a stranger. Back when their families were engaged, they had at least treated each other with respect. Now, he was like a completely different person.
Lin Zhen’s expression turned steel-gray with rage.
Then, Qin Chuan took out the marriage contract, tore it to shreds, and tossed the scraps to the floor.
“Today, the Qin family annuls this engagement!”
“Very well!” Lin Zhen’s eyes were filled with fury. He waved his hand and shouted, “So be it! From this day forward, our two families have no more ties!” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
“Someone, see him out!”
The Lin family members glared at Qin Chuan with hostility, clearly ready to tear him apart if he refused to leave.
Ignoring their stares, Qin Chuan looked at Lin Zhen with a mocking smile.
“Patriarch Lin, aren’t you forgetting something?”
“Forgetting what?” Lin Zhen narrowed his eyes, pretending not to understand.
“The betrothal gift, of course,” Qin Chuan sneered. “A full two hundred ninety thousand spirit crystals. Or does the Lin family plan to keep it?”
At his words, the Lin family instantly fell silent. Everyone exchanged awkward looks.
Ever since the engagement, their status in Guiyun City had risen sharply. The bride price had long since been squandered. Given the Lin family’s finances, they had no way to repay it.
“You’re not seriously thinking that just by tearing up a contract and saying a few words, you can walk away without returning the betrothal gift, are you?”
Qin Chuan’s gaze swept across their faces, his smirk full of ridicule.
How ridiculous.
Did the Lin family really think the Qin family were fools?
Before Lin Zhen could respond, a Lin family disciple suddenly stepped forward and shouted, “Patriarch! We can’t return the betrothal gift! Once given, it belongs to us—even if the engagement is broken off!”
“Exactly!” a Lin elder agreed. “The engagement was mutual, and breaking it affects Yiyi’s reputation. That gift was her compensation!”
With the family’s support behind her, Lin Yiyi straightened her back and said coldly, “Qin Chuan, I was truly wrong about you. I never imagined you’d be such a petty and narrow-minded person.”
“Once something is given, it’s like water spilled on the ground—it doesn’t make sense to ask for it back. Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at in Guiyun City?”
“If you leave now, I’ll pretend you didn’t say anything offensive earlier. Don’t make me look down on you even more.”
The surrounding Lin elders all nodded. They couldn’t afford to repay the gift, and even if they could, it would cripple the family’s finances. They clearly had no intention of giving in.
Listening to Lin Yiyi and watching the shameless faces around him, Qin Chuan shook his head and smiled, silently admiring their skill at twisting the truth.
“In that case,” Qin Chuan said coldly, “I’ve already come bearing courtesy. Since the Lin family insists on this, then I now declare—Qin family officially goes to war with the Lin family!”
The moment the word war rang out, the Lin family’s hearts trembled. Their expressions changed wildly—they hadn’t expected Qin Chuan to be this resolute. Follow the newest chapters on novelping dot com.
Lin Zhen’s face turned darker by the second, clearly unsure how to respond.
“War?” At that moment, the Lin family’s Chief Protector, Dong Hu, stepped forward. He looked at Qin Chuan with disdain and said, “You? A disgraced young master, known by all to be a cripple, still dare spout such arrogant nonsense? Let me teach you a lesson!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Hu stomped his foot and launched himself forward, throwing a punch at Qin Chuan’s head.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan sneered. Though Dong Hu claimed it was just a lesson, he was clearly aiming for a vital spot.
If it had been the former him, whose cultivation had been crippled, that strike would have left him dead or disabled.
Too bad… he wasn’t that person anymore!
With a flash in his eyes, Qin Chuan activated Shadowstep and charged straight at Dong Hu.
Not good!
Dong Hu’s eyes went wide. In an instant, he sensed that this youth’s aura had surpassed the 2nd stage of the Profound Master Realm—he wasn’t a cripple at all!
“Too late.”
Just as Dong Hu tried to retreat, Qin Chuan was already upon him. His Profound Energy surged as he punched directly at Dong Hu’s throat.
Crack!
The sound of bone breaking echoed. Dong Hu’s eyes bulged as he clutched his neck in agony.
In seconds, blood sprayed from between his fingers, staining the ground crimson.
BOOM!
He collapsed heavily, dead with his eyes wide open.
It had all happened in the blink of an eye.
By the time everyone reacted, the Lin family’s Chief Protector was already lying in a pool of blood.
“Q-Qin Chuan… wasn’t he supposed to be a cripple?”
Seeing Qin Chuan standing there after taking out Dong Hu in a single strike, everyone was struck speechless. Their eyes filled with nothing but pure fear.