As soon as the words fell, Madam Liu suddenly rushed out.
With a heavy thud, she fell to her knees before Ren Tianye and cried out, Lord Duke, you... you cannot kill him! You cannot kill him!
You are supposed to execute Pei Jingzhi's entire clan.
My son has absolutely nothing to do with Pei Jingzhi!
Pei Jingzhi, whose mind was already in turmoil, froze upon hearing this. He raised his head in disbelief, looking at his son, and then at Madam Liu.
Not only Pei Jingzhi, but Ren Tianye also looked over in astonishment.
As did Wang Ming.
Su Jin reacted the same way.
Even...
Ren Tianye subconsciously exchanged a glance with Wang Ming.
Both men shared the exact same thought.
Why did this scene feel so reminiscent of what once happened at the Eldest Princess's estate!
Thus, Wang Ming said coldly, You say there is no relation, and we are just supposed to believe it? Hmph, who in this world doesn't know that this young man is Lord Pei's son, his one and only son!
No, no... Madam Liu cried out. He is not Pei Jingzhi's son! When Pei Jingzhi and I first got together, I was already pregnant. It was only because I was with child that I agreed to marry him!
Boom!
It was like a clap of thunder.
Only then did Pei Jingzhi realize the truth. Back then, when he cared for Madam Liu, who was drowning in sorrow after losing her true love, she wasn't moved by his gentle consideration. Instead...
Her pregnancy was about to show.
She couldn't hide it anymore!
No wonder Madam Liu had returned to her maiden home during the time she gave birth. So she was hiding all of this!
So, he, Pei Jingzhi, had spent decades raising another man's son?
Ren Tianye also understood the implication of these words, his mouth nearly dropping into an O shape.
No way?
He had only heard of this kind of drama before he time-traveled.
Now... he was actually witnessing it live?
And it was happening to the exceptionally talented Minister of the Imperial Household, the man who constantly put out fires for the Empress, Xiao Mingzhao!
He was a high-ranking minister, yet his life was this tragic?
Ren Tianye held himself back, keeping his facial expression neutral, but he shot a pointed look at Wang Ming.
Wang Ming understood instantly.
He deliberately gave Pei Jingzhi a meaningful glance before turning to Madam Liu. Since that is the case, this son is not included in Pei Jingzhi's immediate clan. In that case...
Let him go!
Having narrowly escaped death, the son's face flushed with extreme excitement. He looked as if he wanted to jump up and dance with joy, shouting excitedly, I knew it! I was right to disown Pei Jingzhi just now. If I had cut ties with him earlier, I wouldn't have even had to suffer this ordeal!
Pei Jingzhi's body trembled once more.
With slightly reddened eyes, he looked at... this son of his.
Even if they shared no blood, this was someone who had called him Father for decades. How could he be so... callous?
Was the grace of raising him so cheap, so utterly worthless?
However, what Pei Jingzhi expected even less was that it wasn't just the son; his two daughters were also eager to sever ties with him.
Though being held down, the two daughters struggled to rush toward Madam Liu.
Mother, Mother! We must be your true love's daughters too, right? We have nothing to do with Pei Jingzhi either, right?
Mother, you must have had triplets and given birth to us! We are all your true love's daughters. That must be it!
...
Unfortunately, their claims didn't hold water at all.
After all, there was a significant age gap between them and the son. Based on the timeline, they were undoubtedly conceived and born after Madam Liu and Pei Jingzhi were already together, so...
Wang Ming said, You two young ladies, stop dreaming.
He may not be Pei Jingzhi's son, but you two are his flesh and blood. You will accompany Pei Jingzhi in the execution of his clan.
Now...
Prepare to die!
However, just as Wang Ming finished speaking, Madam Liu rushed out once again.
R-reporting to the General! My two daughters are not Pei Jingzhi's biological children either! They have absolutely no blood relation to Pei Jingzhi!
...
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
