Chapter 1078 - 1074: Far Too Naive!

Chapter 1078: Chapter 1074: Far Too Naive!

"You can leave, but you must first speak clearly."

For some reason, when Patriarch Qian spoke these words, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy. Rather than wanting to stop Xiao Tian from leaving, it was more like he was stalling for time.

Because not being able to find the source of his uneasiness was, in essence, a mental affliction.

Xiao Tian sneered, but he took his hands off the armrest, sat up straight again, and said, "Is it that I didn’t explain clearly, or is it that you can’t understand plain human language? Or are you simply trying to detain me here but struggling to find a suitable reason?"

"If that’s the case, I can provide you with a reasonable excuse. I hit your son, Qian Gaochang. This reason is legitimate and nobody could find fault with it."

After saying this, he gave another strange smile, "So, Patriarch Qian, do you think I’m being considerate?"

"You!"

Patriarch Qian slammed the table, and a cup of tea immediately spilled all over the table, the cup spun around and was about to shatter on the ground.

The butler beside him quickly curved down to catch the cup just as it was about to fall, and his speed was so fast that it seemed as if another cup magically appeared in his hand, showing that he was indeed a hidden master.

Xiao Tian glanced sideways at this, thinking to himself that this person’s skills were on par with Mr. Zhong, his family’s butler, indicating that the Qian Family indeed had some real capabilities.

For a family, the measure of its power is not in how strong its high-end force is, unless it is overwhelmingly strong where a single person could sweep through many. If not, one should look at the overall strength.

Especially in finer details, such as how elite their forces are, how abundant their finances are, how large their territory is, and how accomplished their younger generation is.

Judging by the butler’s skills just now, Xiao Tian realized the Qian Family wasn’t just a paper tiger, only strong on the outside.

But that was about it.

From Xiao Tian’s current perspective, although the Qian Family’s butler was quite skilled, he was far from the level of a top master.

Now that he had unlocked his heart’s knot and broken through its bottleneck, his strength had significantly increased. Although he couldn’t easily dispose of them without effort, it wouldn’t be much of a hassle either!

Xiao Tian smiled slightly, "Patriarch Qian, have you ever considered this: when Qian Gaochang approached me, he already revealed your confidence. Under such circumstances, why didn’t I simply kill him on the spot?"

Patriarch Qian reflected for a moment, then revealed a meaningful smile and replied, "Because you don’t dare. If you really killed my son, then there would be no room for negotiation, and once our Qian Family releases ’that’ information, both the Zhong Family and the royal family would suffer a severe blow."

"That’s an outcome you absolutely do not want to see and cannot bear to face!"

As he finished speaking, his voice grew more confident, with a hidden assurance that things wouldn’t exceed his expectations, sweeping away the heaviness from earlier!

Xiao Tian couldn’t help but chuckle, "You’re already old, yet think like a three-year-old child. No wonder you raised someone as useless as Qian Gaochang."

In an instant, Patriarch Qian’s face turned unprecedentedly dark, and there seemed to be two thin flames rising in his eyes, quickly growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, showing just how angry he was!

However, the reason behind Patriarch Qian’s anger wasn’t Xiao Tian calling his son a waste, but rather the first half of Xiao Tian’s sentence: "You’re already old, yet think like a three-year-old child."

This phrase, even Xiao Tian was unaware, Patriarch Qian had heard many times from his own father.

Every time he felt stifled without release, even though he was upset, he never dared to get angry at his own father.

But hearing it from a young brat at this moment, how could Patriarch Qian tolerate it? He immediately burst out in a rage, "Do you know that speaking so arrogantly comes with consequences?!"

With a thunderous tone, Patriarch Qian’s momentum suddenly reached a peak at that moment, surpassing even the sum of their experts altogether, fully displaying the exalted manner of a family head.

Although a few Zhong Family experts were shielded by Xiao Tian from most of the oppressive force, they couldn’t help but feel their hairs stand on end, a physiological reaction reserved only for the most dangerous moments.

In a flash, everyone quickly gathered their energy to defend themselves, wrapping around Ozawa Miwa and Adison Claire, all the while exchanging looks of admiration towards Xiao Tian!

Such is the young master of their house; maintaining composure and humor even as a mountain crumbles in front of him truly commands respect!

At this moment, Xiao Tian, facing Patriarch Qian’s pressure directly, had an intermittent white glow around him. This was his Iron Chain Cross River Technique automatically fending off external pressure.

Although Xiao Tian could completely disregard Patriarch Qian’s oppressive force, doing so would shift the brunt to his experts behind him, as well as to Ozawa Miwa and Adison Claire, so he chose not to ignore it. He took most of the pressure upon himself instead.

The remaining force, although still affecting those behind equally, was negligible!

While concentrating on resisting, he laughed again, slowly shaking his head, "You don’t admit your thoughts are naive. Aren’t you good at seeing from others’ perspectives?"

"Then consider this: if you were in my shoes, would you place hope in a nearly impossible bet?"

With a fleeting remark, the aura painstakingly maintained by Patriarch Qian instantly collapsed, and sweat seemed to be breaking out on his forehead. After pondering hard, he suddenly raised his head, "What are you scheming?"

At that moment, Patriarch Qian truly figured it out. Originally, he thought Xiao Tian came to seek a faint hope, offering some interest in exchange for their silence about the royal princess following him back to Huaxia.

Though Xiao Tian’s demeanor from the start didn’t appear to be pleading with him, it could be interpreted as him pretending to be calm, using ostentation to gain more bargaining chips.

But by now, Patriarch Qian was thoroughly shocked, realizing that this brat from the Zhong family surely had a backup plan he was unaware of.

Yet, what that plan was, he couldn’t immediately figure out; in any case, it certainly wouldn’t be in the best interest of the Qian Family!

With this realization, Patriarch Qian deeply regretted not spreading the information the moment he received it, preventing all of this from happening!