Zhang Zixi couldn't even remember how she made it back to her home.
When she reached home, however, she realized that Zhang Jiuling had gathered all the top members of the family. They were having a meeting.
She didn't lie to the family members in front of her and confessed everything she did.
After all, she couldn't hide it.
She had gathered over a hundred of the family's assassins to force Ye Fan out of Jiangbei.
An operation of that magnitude would inevitably draw attention.
“What? You led a team over to attack Mr. Chu?”
Zhang Jiuling was confused earlier and wondered what could have happened to his disheveled granddaughter.
Nevertheless, when he learned how Zhang Zixi had tried to kill Ye Fan, the news scared him so much that he could feel his scalp going tingly.
“You idiot!”
In the heat of the moment, Zhang Jiuling mercilessly slapped Zhang Zixi right across her face.
She spat blood and stumbled backwards a little.
“You foolish girl. How dare you do something like that? How could you go after someone that powerful? Do you have a death wish or something?”
Zhang Jiuling was so angry that he had gone insane.
Who does she think Ye Fan is? That monster is so powerful that he even went after Chu Sect. Even Sword Saint feared the guy.
Years ago, the entire world ganged up on Ye Fan, and even then, they chose to go after him when he was in his weakest state.
No one dared to go after him when he was in his prime.
A powerful figure like that is someone we need to run away from.
Zhang Jiuling couldn't believe that his granddaughter was so stupid that she tried to kill Ye Fan.
“You stupid, dumb freaking idiot! What have I been teaching you in the past twenty years? I told you to be patient and to think hard before you act. Yet, you did the exact opposite and were stupidly impulsive. Did you even register a word I said? Freaking hell. Even a dog is smarter than you.”
Zhang Jiuling had never been that angry before.
Even after the slap, he raised his hand to hit her again.
He later thought about how Zhang Zixi was a physically weak woman, so he stopped himself before he slapped her a second time.
If ZhangZixi had been a boy, Zhang Jiuling would likely have broken both her legs.
The aggression Zhang Jiuling displayed undoubtedly scared the entire Zhang family to their core.
“W-What?”
“Zixi is your favorite granddaughter.”
“Come on, you shouldn't slap her so hard, even if she had made a mistake.”
Many members of the family stood up to help.
Some pulled Zhang Jiuling back while some went to help Zhang Zixi up.
The head of the family, Zhang Zijiang, was surprised as well.
Everyone in the family knew that Zhang Jiuling's favorite was Zhang Zixi.
He kept her by his side at all times and personally trained her. When he stepped back and moved toward retirement, he stopped paying attention to everything that was going on. Even then, he never stopped teaching and guiding his granddaughter.
That was why the entire Zhang family had regarded Zhang Zixi as the next leader of the family.
To their surprise, Zhang Jiuling lost his temper and was so angry that he laid a hand on her.
“Zixi, you troublesome kid, what did you do? Why did you get your grandpa so angry? Is the man you offended really just a random hooligan from Jiangdong? Are you hiding any important information from us?”
Zhang Zijiang nervously interrogated his daughter and was urging her to confess everything.
“D-Dad, I told you everything. It's true. That guy wants to rule over Jiangbei, so I went over to warn him. The operation was similarto what I had done a dozen times before,” replied Zhang Zixi as tears rolled endlessly down her cheeks. She looked ever so pitiful at that moment.
That confused the rest of the family.
“If that is true, then you truly have overreacted.
“That is just a random punk from Jiangdong, right?
“Even if he managed to rule over Jiangdong and is a renowned guy there, he is still just a nobody here.
“Ourfamily has ruled over Jiangbei fora century, and we are one of the most powerful families in the country.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Man In Rage