67 067: Du Clan's Crisis

Next day, Dawn...

In front of the Du Clan's Gate...

The dawn was still not entirely bright, and the fog that surrounded the Du Clan's gates was caused by the cold early in the morning. However, there were guards stationed at the entrance, and then a black Rolls-Royce Cullinan pulled up in front of the gates, letting out a man who was Tan Bingyu, and who was the young master who had attempted to mole Yue Ruxia and Xia Rukia last night.

He is just covered in bruises; his face is swollen, his arms are twisted, the same goes for his legs, and his lower body is bleeding—not from the amputation of his third leg, but from the gushing of blood from his butthole—because the Mystic Guardians carried out Yue Xuexia's orders, doing for him what he had done to the girls. Since he is obviously a very nasty man, this conclusion is not shocking.

This young master's ending is horrible, but even so, they feel that it serves him right. The guards were shocked to see who the one throwing before them was after the black car left the gates. They had heard from Young Master Du Yuming about this, but seeing it for themselves is different from hearing about it. Since they were already aware of this, they carried the young master away and brought him in right away, shocking the doctors on standby in the Du Mansion.

Yue Xuexia healed his body, but left the pain instead. Thus, the young man's whole body is in it, and he has greatly suffered mental trauma. Aside from that, his body is much healthier than before. Based only on his outward appearance, it can be said that this young man had suffered greatly, but when they checked on his pulse and internal organs, he seemed to be fully healed despite being covered in blood.

The Du family was already aware of this. While some elders and relatives disagreed with the Du Clan's stance of taking revenge on Yue Xuexia for this incident, the other clansmen were forced to follow the Old Head of the Du Clan's order to keep their eyes closed to the accident.

The head of the Du Clan apparently ordered people to gather information about Yue Xuexia, but the military stopped them, stating that her information is classified and that if they wanted to know more, they had to go to Long Juedi, the head of the country. The Du Clan was sufficiently alarmed by this response to back down, since their big four are only influential in their district and not in the capital.

Another terrifying situation has befallen the Du Clan; the young master who was brought back to them had clearly been through immense torture, which would give them nightmares simply by itself, However, as though he were blessed by the gods, there were no wounds on his body, and the blood on his clothes and body were not his. In fact, when the expert examines the blood and other fluids on him, everything points to the young man, leaving the doctors who examined him dumbfounded.

After the head of the du clan personally called Young Master Du Yuming back to the main house, they asked him all the details of what had happened that night and felt how foolish that brat from their clan is; it is all right that he did as he pleased in his cousin's territory, but should not he at least know who can be touched and who can't? Those young ladies are guarded all night by bodyguards, and the other young masters dare not move them. But he is like a moth to the fire, unable to control his urges, and ultimately burns himself.

The Du Clan Leader said, "Ming'er, you seem to be a bit acquainted with Miss Yue. How about you send out a gift of apologies for our clan?"

"Clan Leader, how about we don't do it? It would result worse if Lord Yue and Madam Yue learned about this. It wouldn't be surprising for our clan to end in a worst-case scenario," Du Yuming suggested. "How about we send them to Miss Yue instead? Send a letter only for her to read. This way it would be safer."

"Good idea! Do it now. Buy lots of gifts for young girls. Since it's like this, it's better to send some gifts for their parents as well. As for Miss Yue, let's give her one of your bars. This old man shall compensate you!" The Du Clan Leader said.

Du Yuming was delighted about this and said, "Please leave it to me, Clan Leader. I shall complete this task without problems."

"Good boy, I shall leave it to you. You may go now. Ask the people outside to come in. They needed to be reminded about facts that they had no choice but to accept."

After being sent out by the clan leader, Du Yuming bumped into his cousin last night. His body looks healthy, but as if he lost his mind, he had completely become crazy.

"Haha~ that's a nightmare. It never happened. That's right, it's a dream. It's not real." Even though he denies it with all his heart, his mind is already broken. As if his soul remained on that night when he had witnessed hell.

When the proof of what had happened last night was presented to his aunt and uncle, they still could not believe that he had used their cousin as a scapegoat to save himself. After all, this was the only son of the couple, so it is understandable that their eyes were filled with hatred at what had happened to their son.

They both belong to the main branch, but that does not change the fact that Du Yuming is a candidate heir and his cousin doesn't; he indulges this cousin because of his candidacy as heir, but Miss Yue's influence is stronger than theirs, so Du Yuming walks away, ignoring their glares.

"This damn brat! Does he think he can win the heirship without our support!? Hmp!" The mother of the crazy young master said.

The father of the crazy young master responded. "You need to calm down. I'm having a bad feeling with the clan leader summoning us all of a sudden."

"Isn't it because of that slut? She turned our son like this! I don't think the clan leader and elders will let it go."

"But didn't Father already say to stay put? Don't tell me you did something out of hand."

"Isn't she just an upstart?! What can that bitch do to the Du Clan!?"

The old master's face looked pale with fear and red with anger; his expression looked distorted at the moment, and one of the elders, who is also the woman's father-in-law, strode forward to slap his own daughter-in-law. The woman's voice was so loud that those who were waiting outside the room heard what she had to say, and they were so scared of what she had to say that even the clan leader himself had come out.

Slapped!

The elder said it with trembling hands. "What the hell have you done?! Did you not know what happened to the Shi Clan?"

"Father? How can you...?" The woman shut up when she saw the ugly faces of the clan leader and the elders

"Third Elder, this is not the time to scold your daughter-in-law. We need to explain things to Miss Yue before things go wrong," another member of the Du Clan said.

The chief of the clan became alarmed upon learning more about what transpired following the Shi clan's bankruptcy; those surviving members of the Shi were driven from this district and placed in another, where their fate was far worse than it could have been.

"B-Butler, get me Miss Yue's personal number. Request it if possible. N-No. Let me call Old Tian instead. M-Maybe he can help us explain."

"Yes, my lord!"

The clan leader is trembling so much that it wouldn't be surprising if he had a heart attack at this moment. The Du Clan had ended in panic the very same day.

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The same afternoon, Du Yuming finished getting ready for the gift and visited Yue Xuexia's home directly. To his amazement, he found himself standing in front of the district's biggest mansion, Moonlight Lake Mansion, which is so large that it is said to be difficult to enter without an invitation.

Luckily, he called Miss Yue's secretary in advance to explain his afternoon visit, and Du Yuming was permitted to drop by in person to deliver gifts. It appears that Yue Xuexia had nothing to do but spend the afternoon in the garden, her sisters still hung over and barely able to move from their beds; Mama and Papa Yue are also in the garden, pruning some flowers and plants under the guidance of the robot gardener.

Yue Xuexia was sitting under a massive plum blossom tree, her hangover not too bad because, unlike her sisters, she is used to drinking, so she is eating a plum honey sherbet to help her feel better. She was seated on a stone chair on the stone table in front of him, which had trays of pastries and a glass jar filled with iced fruit tea.

Mama Yue said, "Xue'er, that's the last cup of sherbet for you! You ate three cups already. Do you want to have a stomach ache?"

"Come on, Ma~. My cup is a lot smaller than Yangyang's bowl of Bingsu!" Yue Xuexia said.

Papa Yue said, "Yangyang is a man and a big eater. That bowl is enough for him."

"Hmp! Fine," Yue Xuexia said while pouting.

Yangyang was laughing at Yue Xuexia, seeing that she couldn't eat as much as he did. He even teased her. "Aren't you afraid of getting fat, Xue'er!?"

"You are fat. Your whole family is fat!" said Yue Xuexia.

Hahahahaha~

No lady would love to hear someone call them obese, so Mama Yue, Papa Yue, and Yangyang could not help but chuckle at her response. Suddenly, a bodyguard emerged from the shadows, lowering his back in front of the family as they were having fun in the garden.

"Mistress, Boss, Lord Yue, Madam Yue, someone from Du Clan came over to bring gifts. It's the owner of the bar from last night, Du Yuming. He said it's a gift for buying many membership cards last night."

Mama Yue said, "Bar? You bought a membership? How many did you buy?"

"Ma, I just bought enough for the four of us—Sister Bingyu and the bodyguards—so they can also enter," Yue Xuexia explained.

Mama Yue said, "Well, that's reasonable."

"You can let him in," Papa Yue said to the guard, who bowed his head before taking his leave once again.

After a while, he returned to see Du Yuming and several of his bodyguards approaching with gifts in hand. His attitude softened to one of respect upon realizing that Yue Xuexia's parents were present, as he understood that Miss Yue's family came first.

Du Yuming said, "Good afternoon, Lord Yue, Madam Yue. This little one is Du Yuming. I came over to give Miss Yue complimentary gifts for her purchases last night. I hope you accept them."