Chapter 161 He Can, Because I Can

Ji Huaili also said in a deep voice, "Indeed, the Madam passed away due to illness. Everyone in the General's Estate knows this. I wonder where Mister Chen heard such groundless rumors."

At this moment, their top priority was to conceal the truth that Ji Tianxin had committed murder.

This was not merely a matter concerning Ji Tianxin alone; if the Chen family were to find out about this, they would certainly not let the matter rest.

The Chen family was notorious for acting decisively and ruthlessly, a reputation they had heard of long ago.

Let alone now, when such an incident had occurred.

Therefore, they had no choice but to deny it to the end.

Chen Yi flicked his long sleeve and let out a cold snort. His square face was full of sternness, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes furrowing into deep gullies. "Groundless rumors? It was spoken by your own daughter's lips—is that called instigation?!"

"Yucheng has just experienced the loss of her mother. Her emotions are unstable, and it is completely normal for her to babble nonsense," Ji Huaili sneered.

Ji Huaili had no idea where he suddenly found the courage to stand up to the Chen family head-on.

Could it be that Ji Tianxin was the source of his courage?

"Uncle! It was that Ji Tianxin! She is the one who killed my mother!" Ji Yucheng's sharp voice rang out.

Immediately afterward, a pale-yellow figure burst into everyone's view.

"Yucheng." Chen Yi stepped forward two paces.

"Uncle, you must seek justice for my mother!" Falling to her knees before Chen Yi, Ji Yucheng broke into heavy sobs and wailing.

Chen Yi hurriedly helped Ji Yucheng to her feet, his expression turning even colder and sharper. "Rest assured, Uncle and the Chen family will surely obtain justice for your mother!"

Beneath her lowered head, the corners of Ji Yucheng's mouth curled into a sinister smile.

Just at that moment, Ji Yuanruo happened to arrive at the front hall. Seeing this scene, she was momentarily at a loss and froze in place.

Upon seeing Ji Yucheng enter, the expressions of both Ji Yuntian and Ji Huaili turned extremely unsightly.

At this time, the middle-aged man seated in the adjacent chair suddenly spoke up, "Since Yucheng says that the one who harmed her mother is the Third Young Miss of the Ji family, Ji Tianxin, then we simply need to call Ji Tianxin out to confront her face-to-face."

His cold tone carried an irresistible coercion, instantly enveloping the entire front hall.

He slowly fixed his gaze directly on Ji Huaili, his eyes as sharp as bone-cutting blades, pressing heavily upon the two of them.

"If Lord General insists on shielding a murderer, then do not blame us for bullying the weak with our strength."

He spoke in a deep voice, word by word, each syllable heavy with pressure and threat.

The implication was clear: if they refused to hand over Ji Tianxin, they should not blame the Chen family for resorting to force.

Aside from those above the Aperture Opening Realm, everyone else present could not help but shudder all over.

The speaker was Chen Nan, a member of the Chen family's main clan.

He was also the one dispatched by the family head this time to resolve the matter, and to confirm whether Ji Tianxin was the child who had taken away the spirit beast on the day it was born.

If she truly was that child, then he might obtain that spirit beast... no, potentially even the whereabouts of the sole divine beast in the Tianwu Continent.

Therefore, he had to see that child.

Ji Yuntian said in a deep, cold voice, "My granddaughter is only seven years old, still just a child. Do you truly believe a mere toddler could commit such a deed?"

As he spoke, he deliberately released his own Aperture Opening Realm coercion. An invisible aura surged outward, successfully blocking the "momentum" that Chen Nan had just pressed down.

Chen Nan looked somewhat surprised, but then he smiled. "I never expected Elder Ji to have broken through to the Aperture Opening Realm at nearly a hundred years of age. Truly a cause for celebration!"

Yet his praise made Ji Yuntian's expression look immensely grim.

For he could clearly hear the mockery in Chen Nan's words.

He was mocking him for reaching the age of one hundred before finally breaking through to the Aperture Opening Realm.

"However, does Elder Ji really think that merely being at the second tier of the Aperture Opening Realm gives you the right to disregard the Chen family?!" Chen Nan's tone shifted abruptly as he sternly demanded.

"He can. Because I can." A soft, tender voice suddenly rang out coldly from outside the hall.