Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor
Chapter 171 - 171 170 Zhao Yuqing's Grievance

171: Chapter 170: Zhao Yuqing’s Grievance 171: Chapter 170: Zhao Yuqing’s Grievance “No worries, don’t be scared!”

Li Chen suddenly grabbed Zhao Yuqing’s slightly trembling hand, giving her a gentle smile.

Feeling the warmth from Li Chen’s palm, Zhao Yuqing’s anxious heart gradually calmed down.

She didn’t speak, merely giving Li Chen a sweet smile.

However, when she saw her small hand tightly held by Li Chen’s larger one, her pretty face involuntarily blushed.

At that moment, a Ferrari sports car whizzed to a stop at the Zhao Family’s entrance.

Before the car had even fully stopped, a gatekeeper hurried out to greet the arrival.

“Young Master Chen, you’ve returned!”

A young man clad in Armani, reeking of alcohol, descended from the car.

He staggered towards the interior without sparing the gatekeeper a glance.

As he crossed the threshold, he nearly stumbled and fell due to his unstable footing.

The gatekeeper, seeing this, quickly ran over to assist.

“Young Master Chen, please slow down and be careful not to fall!”

However, the young man shoved him away, angrily scolding: “Get lost, you old gatekeeping dog.

My clothes are designer brands worth hundreds of thousands.

If they get damaged, even selling you off wouldn’t cover the costs!”

The gatekeeper meekly nodded in agreement, like a chicken pecking at grains.

…

“Who is that, acting so arrogant?”

Li Chen pointed towards the departing figure of the young man and asked Zhao Yuqing.

Zhao Yuqing replied, “That’s my brother Zhao Chen, my stepmother’s son.

Ignore him; let’s go inside.”

“Miss, you’re back!”

The gatekeeper at the door casually called out upon seeing Zhao Yuqing.

However, his greeting was perfunctory; he did not even nod his head, seemingly indifferent to Zhao Yuqing’s status as the lady of the house.

This was a stark contrast to his attitude towards Zhao Chen.

Zhao Yuqing was used to this treatment and showed no change in her expression.

Just then, Li Chen suddenly raised his hand and delivered a loud slap to the gatekeeper’s face.

“Slap!”

The gatekeeper, stunned and disoriented, spun around and collapsed to the ground.

He covered his swollen face and angrily questioned: “You, you, why are you hitting people?”

Li Chen sneered and said, “As a family servant, you should be respectful to your masters.

Don’t you deserve to be hit?”

The servant retorted, “How was I disrespectful?”

“Still talking back, huh?”

“Slap!”

“I’ll teach you to talk back!”

“Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap!”

Li Chen dealt blow after blow, turning the gatekeeper’s face into a swollen mess.

Zhao Yuqing watched in shock; she never expected Li Chen to have such a domineering side.

But it felt so manly!

Then, a deep, middle-aged man’s voice rang from inside.

“Who is being so presumptuous as to dare to hit a member of my Zhao Family?”

Seeing the newcomer, Zhao Yuqing was startled and quickly stepped forward, calling out, “Father!”

The middle-aged man was none other than Zhao Yuqing’s father, Zhao Yikuan.

Zhao Yikuan coldly glanced at Zhao Yuqing and asked her, “Yuqing, who is this man?”

Zhao Yuqing timidly responded, “He’s a very close friend of mine!”

Before her words even finished, an elegant and luxuriously dressed woman, twirling her hair, began to coldly mock.

“Heh, a friend?

I think he’s more like some random man.

Yuqing, you’ve just started university and already you bring men home without any propriety.

Truly a waif without proper upbringing.

You disgrace our Zhao Family!”

Hearing the words “born by a mother, but not raised by one,” tears of grievance started to fall uncontrollably from Zhao Yuqing’s eyes.

Li Chen gave a cold smile and retorted sarcastically.

“Haha, you were born and raised by a mother, but why don’t I see your quality being any higher?”

The noble lady became furiously enraged and exclaimed, “This is the Zhao Family’s home, it’s not your place as an outsider to cause a scene here!”

Li Chen, not to be outdone, pointed at Zhao Yuqing and said righteously, “I’m her boyfriend.

She’s being bullied.

Shouldn’t I step in?”

The noble lady, left speechless, could only look towards her husband, Family Head Zhao, Zhao Yikuan, with pleading eyes.

Zhao Yikuan ignored Li Chen and glared furiously at Zhao Yuqing.

“Yuqing, is he really your boyfriend?”

Zhao Yuqing glanced briefly at Li Chen from the corner of her eye, her teeth tightly clenched, as if making a significant decision.

“Yes, he is my boyfriend!”

“Slap!”

The moment Zhao Yuqing’s words left her mouth, Zhao Yikuan’s hand fiercely slapped her across the face.

Zhao Yuqing covered her face with one hand, standing dazedly in place, tears of grievance swirling in her eyes.

Yet, she forcibly held back her cries.

Having lost everything already, she didn’t want to lose this last bit of pitiful self-respect.

Zhao Yikuan, eyes wide with anger, barked, “You are a woman chosen by the Young Master of the Miao Territory Witch Family, and in a month, he’s supposed to take you to the Miao Territory to marry.”

“And now look at you, daring enough to find a boyfriend and shamelessly bring him home.

Where does this leave my dignity, Zhao Yikuan, and that of our Zhao Family?”

Zhao Yuqing, gathering some unknown courage, looked directly into Zhao Yikuan’s eyes.

“I’ve never even met the so-called Young Master of the Witch Family.

Why should I marry off to the Miao Territory?”

Zhao Yikuan hysterically shouted, “Because you bear the Zhao surname, because you are my, Zhao Yikuan’s, daughter!”

Zhao Yuqing bitterly smiled, “Haha, father, so you do remember that I am a Zhao and your daughter.

All these years, I thought you had forgotten.”

Seeing Zhao Yuqing talk back, Zhao Yikuan raised his hand again.

But when he saw the tears crossing Zhao Yuqing’s cheeks, his hand froze mid-air.

After a while, he sighed deeply, then turned his rage towards Li Chen.

“Kid, for Yuqing’s sake, just get lost.

From now on, never have any contact with her again.

Otherwise…”

Li Chen scoffed, responding, “Or else what?”

Before, the dispute involved Zhao Yuqing’s family matters, and as an outsider unfamiliar with the situation, it wasn’t appropriate for him to intervene forcefully.

Now, however, he was also being threatened, as if to say he was a pushover to be easily bullied?

“Or else I’ll kill you!”

The one who spoke wasn’t Zhao Yikuan, but that previously reckless young master, Zhao Chen.

Although he had sobered up a bit, he still staggered as he walked and slurred his words.

Li Chen sneered, looking at Zhao Chen, “Haha, a lot want to kill me.

Who the hell do you think you are?”

The typically arrogant Zhao Chen was taken aback by Li Chen’s words.

“Yeah, who am I?”

“I… What, ‘I’?

You can’t even talk straight and you dare come swagger before me?”

Having said that, Li Chen didn’t hesitate and fiercely slapped him.

“Slap!”

“This slap is for offending me.

Dare to cross me again, and I’ll beat your face so badly even your own mother won’t recognize you!”

The usually domineering Zhao Chen, facing an even more imposing Li Chen, instantly cowered, covering his face and running towards the noble lady.

“Mom, he hit me!”

Seeing her cherished son being struck, the noble lady became furiously enraged.

“Wang Zhong, Zhao Yong, someone is causing trouble in our Zhao Family, even daring to disrespect the heads of our household.

What are you both waiting for?”

“Don’t just stand there, go get him.

Beat him fiercely, beat him to death!”