756: Chapter 745: Teng Feiyue Talks About the Family 756: Chapter 745: Teng Feiyue Talks About the Family “Let’s skip the pleasantries and get straight to the point.”
Ning Fan said leisurely, not planning to waste words with Teng Feiyue anymore.
It was time to bring everything into the open without delay.
Seeing Ning Fan’s directness, Teng Feiyue took a deep breath and then asked calmly, “Can you release my brother, and Teng Zhong and the others?”
Her opening statement was startling.
Ning Fan’s eyes filled with suspicion as he scrutinized Teng Feiyue, refusing to overlook a single detail.
After being observed by Ning Fan for a long while, Teng Feiyue could no longer tolerate his brazen gaze and asked with furrowed brows, “What are your demands?
Just say it, and I will surely satisfy them!”
“Heh heh heh…” Ning Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
He looked at Teng Feiyue with some disappointment.
He truly hadn’t expected Teng Feiyue to make such a statement.
She seemed like a savvy person, yet she had such foolish ideas.
Had he misjudged her?
“I have nothing to discuss with the Yunteng Family.
You all want to put me to death, don’t you?
Then let’s fight, I’m not afraid of anyone!”
Ning Fan wouldn’t give Teng Feiyue any reason to be pleased.
Since Teng Feiyue had posed in a way that suggested negotiation, he naturally had to take it seriously.
Now, in his eyes, Teng Feiyue represented not just herself, but the entire Yunteng Family.
“Must it be a fight to the death for you to be satisfied?”
Teng Feiyue said unwillingly, unable to understand why there was no room for maneuver in this matter.
The Yunteng Family didn’t necessarily have to be enemies with Ning Fan.
Even with the Shangguan Family’s involvement, Teng Feiyue didn’t think their conflict with Ning Fan had reached the point of irreconcilability.
“Is it because you attacked my brother beforehand?”
She wondered what kind of provocation from Teng Huayang had so antagonized Ning Fan that he was determined to make an enemy of the Yunteng Family.
Ning Fan shook his head and said proudly, “I greet all friendly people with flowers, but I naturally repay all malice in kind!”
From the beginning, Ning Fan never believed there was room for negotiation with the Yunteng Family.
In two words, dream on!
Although the Yunteng Family hadn’t made a move against him, and Ning Fan had struck first, capturing Teng Dong and Teng Huayang, it was a reflection of his attitude—uncompromising and unreasonable.
Did Teng Huayang and his lot actually harbor any goodwill toward him?
“I can convince my father to give up targeting you!” Teng Feiyue said through clenched teeth, stubbornly.
Ning Fan sighed, “Ah, you still don’t understand.
With the Shangguan Family involved, we can never get along peacefully.”
“It’s just the Shangguan Family.
The Yunteng Family can completely…”
“Give them up, right?
Ridiculous!”
Ning Fan laughed coldly, somewhat exasperated by Teng Feiyue’s naivety.
“Giving up the Shangguan Family, how will your Yunteng Family face anyone?
One of the four great clans of Zang City, the historical Yunteng Family, bending the knee to a young upstart, neglecting the life and death of your vassal families, failing to stand up for them—after that, who would still wish to ally with the Yunteng Family!”
With those words, Teng Feiyue found herself at a loss for words.
Indeed, the Yunteng Family could abandon the Shangguan Family, but only after this affair was resolved.
Before and after—two entirely different natures and concepts.
The former reflects a compromise for the Yunteng Family, disregarding the life and death of their vassals.
Who would dare to seek refuge with the Yunteng Family in the future?
While the latter, it can be easily justified that the Shangguan Family is no longer worthy of the Yunteng Family’s investment.
The implications are entirely different.
Teng Feiyue was still too naive, her thoughts about Ning Fan and the matters of the Shangguan Family were also overly naive.
Irrelevant of right or wrong, the two individuals, standing on the side of the Yunteng Family, had to establish authority in this matter.
How else would the Yunteng Family conduct themselves henceforth?
“You should go back.
Jianghu is still too dangerous for you.”
Ning Fan shook his head, showing no intention of laying a hand on Teng Feiyue.
Although Teng Feiyue was an enemy, considering her intentions were not that bad, Ning Fan was willing to show her mercy, not to mention she was a woman.
Seeing Ning Fan about to leave, Teng Feiyue immediately reached out and grabbed his arm, “Really, as long as you can let my brother and Teng Zhong go, I will agree to any demand!”
“Even yourself?”
The cold words froze Teng Feiyue in place as if she had been hit by a paralysis spell.
Indeed, if Ning Fan truly made a demand that took Teng Feiyue as a bargaining chip, should she agree to it?
This dilemma was enough to trouble Teng Feiyue for a while.
Ning Fan, seeing her struggling expression, sighed and advised, “Go back.
This place isn’t suitable for a white lotus like you.”
Despite his merciless words, Ning Fan had not grown cold enough to shrug off Teng Feiyue’s hand; instead, he stood waiting for her to come back to her senses.
It took about a minute before Teng Feiyue gradually regained composure.
She looked at Ning Fan, hesitating to speak, completely unsure of how to begin.
After facing Ning Fan’s onslaught, Teng Feiyue, like a soulless body, kept holding onto his arm, unwilling to let go.
With her head lowered and a face full of loss, her eyes flickered with countless complex emotions.
“I don’t have such vile tastes, but I also can’t be naive enough to believe that such an innocent person as you could make the Yunteng Family back down.
Forget it, go back to being your precious daughter.
There’s nothing wrong with that.
This war has nothing to do with you, and perhaps I will spare you later.”
Ning Fan said slowly, as though in his eyes, victory in this war was already destined to be his.
He didn’t care whether Teng Feiyue really listened or dismissed his words as idle wind—as long as his patience did not run out before he could tolerate Teng Feiyue’s willfulness.
“I just… want to save my brother and Teng Zhong, that’s all…”
In the end, these words tumbled out of Teng Feiyue’s mouth.
She released Ning Fan’s arm and sat back down, her appearance utterly forlorn, as she began to mutter to herself.
“Ah, what a troublesome woman.
Blame it on me being a softhearted man, then…”
Muttering to himself, Ning Fan also sat down and began to listen.
Although Teng Feiyue’s self-talk seemed more like she was speaking to herself, he had no obligation to stay.
Still, he considered it his good deed of the day, accumulating merit, in hopes that all would turn out well in the face of future troubles…
Teng Feiyue’s voice was soft, but Ning Fan could hear her clearly.
She spoke of the matters of the Yunteng Family: their rise, their path of the Evil Gu, and the drastic changes in Teng Zhuhai’s personality.
The atmosphere was incredibly oppressive.
Through Teng Feiyue’s narrative, Ning Fan could sense just how stifling the Yunteng Family could be.
It was a miracle that Teng Feiyue had not been driven mad, falling to the same depths as the others.
Although he had not intended to overhear these secrets, there was no harm in listening—forewarned is forearmed.