37: I won't marry anyone but you

The air was dead silent.

Liu Shan and his wife felt like they were being roasted over charcoal.

Qian Qiang's expression was playful as he continued to press, "Uncle Liu, why aren't you speaking?"

It was clear!

Qian Qiang wanted to publicly give the Liu Family a warning!

Finally.

Liu Shan said with a bitter smile, "Yes... thank you, Qian Family, for helping my Liu Family with our worries."

"Hahahahaha..." Qian Qiang reached out and patted Liu Shan's shoulder, "Since Uncle Liu also understands the Qian Family's kindness to the Liu Family, shouldn't you express something publicly?"

Liu Shan lowered his head in front of Qian Qiang, and even though he was almost sixty years old, at this moment he was like a clown, being wantonly humiliated by Qian Qiang.

Liu Shan's fists were clenched, his humiliation and anger reaching their peak.

The surrounding crowd sighed.

"Tsk tsk tsk, he's the Family Head of the Liu Family, who once dominated City 39, how could he fall to such a state?"

"Young Master Qian is so aggressive, yet Family Head Liu can still endure it?"

"What if he can't endure it? Can the current Liu Family be an opponent to the Qian Family? If they truly offend the Qian Family, the Liu Family can only wait for death!"

"Alas... the Liu Family has been pushed to this point, and Young Master Qian is still so aggressive. Is he trying to make the Liu Family give up all their assets today?"

"The Liu Family was once extraordinary after all; a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. If the Qian Family really pushes the Liu Family to death, aren't they afraid of the Liu Family's desperate counterattack?"

The discussions of the surrounding crowd were very quiet, but with many people discussing, it still didn't escape Liu Shan's ears.

His eyes were full of bitterness as he slowly looked up at the crowd.

Everyone immediately fell silent.

Liu Shan forced a smile, "Today is my father's eightieth birthday, and taking this opportunity, I want to announce some good news."

"The Qian Family and my Liu Family are officially forming a marriage alliance. Liu Ruyan will marry Young Master Qian seven days from now. A banquet will be held here then, and I hope everyone will honor us with their presence."

Boom!

It was like a clap of thunder.

The surrounding crowd was stunned.

"What? The Liu Family actually formed a marriage alliance with the Qian Family? Wasn't the Qian Family's goal to take all of the Liu Family's assets? What kind of move is this?"

"Tsk tsk tsk... Young Miss Liu Ruyan is such a good person. If she marries Young Master Qian, isn't this...?"

"Shhh! Are you trying to die? Who dares to discuss this?"

"Young Miss Liu Ruyan is a famously strong-willed woman in City 39. Will she agree to this?"

"I'm guessing it's doubtful..."

"Say whatever you have to say out in the open. What kind of skill is it to whisper behind people's backs?"

At this moment, Qian Qiang suddenly glared at the crowd and asked in a cold voice.

Swish!

Everyone's expressions changed instantly, and they all closed their mouths.

"Hmph! A bunch of gutless cowards! You dared to rant just now, but now you don't have the guts?"

Qian Qiang's Face was full of sneers. He lit a cigarette and said playfully, "I know my Qian Qiang's reputation isn't very good in City 39, but who dares to refuse a woman I, Qian Qiang, have set my eyes on?"

"I dare!"

A discordant voice, like a hook hanging under a short skirt, suddenly emerged from the crowd.

Swish!

Everyone's gaze instantly turned towards the source of the voice.

"Who are you!?"

Liu Shan was the first to question him.

He was both surprised and angry.

"No need to ask, I know this person."

Qian Qiang stared coldly at Liu Jiangyi, his eyes filled with surging anger.

Liu Shan became anxious and quickly explained, "Young Master Qian, this person has no connection to my Liu Family, and he absolutely wasn't brought by me to cause trouble."

"I'll have someone kick him out right away!"

"Heh heh, he certainly wasn't brought by you to cause trouble, but he was brought by your good daughter to cause trouble."

"Liu Ruyan? This... impossible, right?" Cold sweat dripped from Liu Shan's forehead.

He anxiously explained, just afraid that Qian Qiang would think Liu Jiangyi was someone he brought to stir up trouble.

But who would have thought!

Liu Jiangyi was actually brought by his own daughter to stir up trouble?

At the same time.

The surrounding crowd was also stunned.

"Isn't this the fool who was eating and drinking like crazy just now?"

"He really doesn't want to live, does he? Eating and drinking like crazy is one thing, but he actually dares to go against Young Master Qian?"

"A fool is a fool; he'll end up losing his life!"

"Liu Jiangyi, is it?"

Qian Qiang looked at him disdainfully, "I didn't expect you to actually dare to come?"

"What? For those few rewards, you really don't even want your life?"

"Rewards?" Liu Jiangyi smacked his lips and shook his head, "Sorry, Liu Ruyan and I... are truly in love!"

Boom!

It was like a clap of thunder!

The phrase "truly in love" completely stunned everyone around them.

"Hahahahaha... Is this fool still dreaming? He actually said Young Miss Liu and he are truly in love?"

"I can't stop laughing. If he were in his twenties, I might imagine Young Miss Liu being blind, but his age is almost catching up to Family Head Liu's, how dare he boast so shamelessly?"

"Presumptuous!" Liu Shan roared, "It's true that my Liu Family is in decline, but it's not a place where any ant can come and joke around!"

Liu Jiangyi's words made Liu Shan completely discard the possibility that Liu Jiangyi might have been brought by Liu Ruyan to cause trouble.

After all, even if Liu Ruyan were to find a shield, how could she find someone almost fifty years old?

Isn't that foolish?

"Hahahahahaha... Truly in love?"

Qian Qiang laughed instead of getting angry, "Since you say you two are truly in love, then where is Liu Ruyan?"

"Let her come out. As long as she dares to admit your relationship in front of everyone, then I will admit that you two are truly in love!"

Liu Jiangyi didn't say much, his calm gaze looking towards Liu Ruyan, who was hiding in the crowd.

What kind of joke was this?

She wanted him to charge into battle while she hid in the crowd and reaped the benefits?

Absolutely not!

Liu Ruyan was on pins and needles. Seeing things develop to this point, she had no room to back out.

Liu Ruyan gritted her teeth, took off her mask, and walked from the crowd to Liu Jiangyi's side.

"Liu Ruyan!" Liu Shan's eyes almost popped out.

He pointed at Liu Ruyan, his finger trembling, "Don't you dare say this man really has something going on with you!"

"That's right!" Liu Ruyan clenched her silver teeth and hugged Liu Jiangyi's arm.

"He and I are truly in love, and... and I'm already carrying his child!"

Petrified!

Collectively petrified!

The wide-eyed crowd looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Qian Qiang's Face instantly turned a liver-like green.

Liu Ruyan's words were tantamount to throwing his Face on the ground and trampling it fiercely in front of everyone!

His Face was no different from a shoe insole!

"Beast! Beast!!!"

Liu Shan rushed directly to Liu Ruyan, grabbing her collar.

"I, Liu Shan, raised you this big, and you actually got pregnant with a half-century-old man's child? Do you even give a damn about me?"

Liu Shan's words, however, did not make Liu Ruyan feel guilty; instead, they ignited the resentment in her heart.

She pushed Liu Shan away, crying hysterically, "Liu Shan! As my father, you would make me marry such a scoundrel for the sake of the Family's interests! What right do you have to be my father?"

"Liu Jiangyi is indeed a half-century-old man, but he is clean and pure. Why is he unworthy of me, Liu Ruyan?"

"I'm stating it here today: besides Liu Jiangyi, I, Liu Ruyan, will marry no one else!"