Lu An's words shocked everyone present!
Everyone stared at this man with their eyes wide open. No one expected this man to speak to Missy like this! No one present would speak to Missy with such a tone and content. They would curry favor with Missy, yet he dared to provoke her like this?
Not to mention the others, the ones who were most shocked were naturally Jiang Ping and Wang Wei, who were beside Lu An! Jiang Ping was stunned and looked at Lu An in shock. Wang Wei was dumbfounded. Lu An's words made her scalp tingle and she even wanted to stay away from him!
Jiang Xin also didn't expect this Chu Xing to be so arrogant in front of her aunt. But to her, after the shock, what followed was excitement! She knew her aunt's character. Once she was provoked, she would never let it go!
Sure enough, Jiang Xiao's face immediately darkened. She originally came to denounce him with a tinge of playfulness. After all, this was the banquet hall and she couldn't go overboard. In her opinion, she stood up for her niece, so this person should obediently accept his punishment. Although she wouldn't go easy on him and would let her subordinates punish him severely, it should be very smooth. She didn't expect this man to not give her any face. Not only was there no respect in his words, it was even cold and sarcastic.
"Do you think I don't dare to touch you here? Or do you think you have a backer? "Jiang Xiao said coldly.
"I've never taken anyone as my backer," Lu An said indifferently, "Using someone else's power to intimidate others isn't a skill. I'll feel embarrassed."
"…"
Lu An's reply caused everyone present to be shocked once again! But many people immediately reacted. Lu An's words were probably intentional!
If Jiang Xiao borrowed the Jiang family's power or the help of others to take down Lu An, she would be using someone else's power to intimidate others! Jiang Xiao had always been arrogant. After being criticized like this, she probably couldn't ask others to do anything. She could only settle it herself.
But … how could she settle it herself? As Missy, should she fight with an outsider?
Jiang Xiao frowned and didn't know what to say or what to do for a moment. As for Lu An, he naturally had a motive for what he said. He had two objectives. First, he couldn't be punished by Jiang Xiao using the Jiang Clan's power, especially not seeing blood. Otherwise, once he was injured and unable to leave, his identity would be exposed on the spot. There was a Heavenly King Realm expert present, and he clearly remembered how a Heavenly King Realm expert had forced Xing Chen to stop on Thousand Dust Star. He definitely didn't think that he had the ability to escape from a Heavenly King Realm expert.
The second reason was that he wanted to prolong this matter and not resolve it on the spot. He never thought that Jiang Xin would bring Jiang Xiao here. To him, this was a good opportunity to get close to Jiang Xiao. Furthermore, Jiang Xiao was related to one of the top clans of the Spirit Race. He wanted to seize this opportunity.
However, no matter what, Lu An would never put himself in danger. Therefore, when Jiang Xiao was silent, he took the initiative to speak up, "I respect Miss Jiang Xiao, but this matter is not my fault. I don't want to suffer an undeserved calamity. If Young Miss wants to hear it, I can tell you the whole story again. The Fourth Young Master was clear about everything that had happened. Since even the Fourth Young Master was willing to cooperate with me, it meant that there was nothing wrong with me. If this is how the Jiang Clan treats their guests and cooperates, then I won't disturb you any further. I will take my leave now. "
Lu An's first sentence was to give Jiang Xiao a way out. In the middle, he explained the matter again. After all, the situation had already turned out this way. If he said something like this again, people would think that he had a backbone and would trust his words more. In the end, he naturally blamed the entire Jiang Clan. However, Lu An's words were absolutely reasonable, and the Jiang Clan members had no chance to refute him.
Many of the Jiang Clan members frowned and looked at each other. Some of them even took a deep breath. Indeed, even her own father was willing to cooperate with this man. How could there be anything wrong with this man that required Jiang Xin to find an outsider to stand up for him?
Especially the last sentence. Everyone in the banquet hall was moved when they saw how this man was neither servile nor overbearing and how he argued for what was right. The hundreds of people in the cooperation area also took a deep breath. Their original mentality had changed.
However, to Jiang Xiao, the situation had already turned out this way. If she couldn't resolve it, she would still lose face. Even if the banquet resumed immediately, no one would be in the mood to talk. After some thought, she said, "Alright, tell me the truth."
"I've only met Jiang Xin twice." Lu An said, "The first time was at a banquet of the Jiang Clan's Chamber of Commerce. Fourth Young Master and Jiang Xin came together, and I attended as a business partner."
"…"
Lu An's words were concise and to the point, but he didn't leave out any key details. He told her about the first time they met, when Jiang Xin invited him to dance, but he rejected her. After the banquet ended, she chased him out of the city and got into a conflict. The second time, when they met at the palace of Jiang Zhengxing, Jiang Xin came to find trouble with him. She took the initiative to attack him, but he held her back. Later on, his clansmen slandered him for molesting Jiang Xin, which almost led to a disaster.
However, Jiang Xin was very nervous while Lu An was talking. She knew that she was not in the right, so she kept interrupting Lu An and explaining something. However, Lu An's words didn't stop because of Jiang Xin. They talked about their own things. After all, it wasn't a problem for the people in the banquet hall to listen to two people talking at the same time.
Jiang Xiao was the one who found Jiang Xin noisy. She frowned and said coldly to Jiang Xin, who kept talking in her ear, "Shut up first. You can talk after he's done talking!"
"…"
Hearing her aunt's tone, Jiang Xin didn't dare to speak again. She stood aside obediently, but she glared fiercely at Lu An.
"If it wasn't for Fourth Young Master's arrival, I might have died in Jiang Zhengxing." Lu An finally said, "Many people in the Jiang Clan can testify for me about what happened. Fourth Young Master can also testify for me."
"…"
When everyone heard the full statement, they all frowned and looked at Jiang Xin. Although they were all clansmen of the Jiang Clan, it didn't mean that they didn't have a conscience. It was obvious who was right and who was wrong. Lu An was the victim in his statement. He didn't take the initiative to provoke Jiang Xin. In other words, it was Jiang Xin's narrow-mindedness and arrogance that led to this situation.
Of course, this was only Lu An's statement. They still had to listen to Jiang Xin's statement and confront her on the spot to determine the truth. However, before Jiang Xin could speak, Fourth Young Master spoke first.
"That is indeed the case." Jiang Ping was very helpless. He looked at Jiang Xiao and said, "Chu Xing is a very important friend of mine. No matter what, this is my duty. If Big Sister can still give me face, then don't interfere."
"…"
Jiang Xiao heard this and looked at Jiang Ping. She knew Jiang Ping's character very well. Naturally, he wouldn't be lying. Moreover, seeing how Jiang Xin looked at this man with hatred but didn't say anything to defend herself, Jiang Xiao also understood that this man was telling the truth. If it was fake, Jiang Xin would have jumped up and retorted loudly. How could she take this lying down?
Jiang Xiao thought that her niece would be reasonable in this matter. She didn't expect it to be like this. It made her lose face. She stood up for no reason and ended up being humiliated along with Jiang Xin. This made her very angry. However, she couldn't vent her anger on this man. She could only look at Jiang Xin coldly.
"Nonsense!" Jiang Xiao said heavily. Her voice was very cold. "If you dare to talk nonsense to me again, I will definitely lock you up!"
Hearing Jiang Xiao's scolding, Jiang Xin didn't dare to provoke her and could only lower her head. Although Jiang Xin was afraid, she was also very angry. She didn't expect her aunt to not help her and even scold her at such an important banquet. From now on, how could she raise her head in the Jiang family?
After Jiang Xiao scolded her, she turned to look at Lu An as if she wanted to remember Lu An's appearance. However, she quickly turned and left, striding back to her table. After Jiang Xiao left, Jiang Ping also heaved a sigh of relief. He turned to Lu An and said, "Brother Chu, don't take it to heart. I will prepare an apology gift for you."
With that, Jiang Ping forcefully pulled his very unwilling daughter away and returned to the seats in front.
After the three of them left, Lu An naturally didn't continue to stand. He simply chose to sit down. However, even if he sat down, everyone's eyes were still focused on him. Lu An didn't feel anything, but Wang Wei felt very awkward. However, she could only bite the bullet and sit down.
But fortunately, when the performance started again, everyone gradually retracted their gazes and continued walking and chatting as if nothing had happened. No one talked about what had just happened. After all, this was not the place to talk about it.
Not long after, Lu An stood up again. Wang Wei, who was beside him, was stunned. She immediately looked up and asked, "What are you doing?"
"It's a little stuffy." Lu An looked at Wang Wei and said, "I'm going outside to get some air."
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