"Lou Qiangqiang, have you caused enough trouble?"

Seeing Lou Qiangqiang gearing up to block Ouyang Family's doorway and drive people away, Ouyang Liang could no longer hold back.

If people started getting chased away just as they began to arrive, his grandfather's birthday banquet would become the laughing stock of the entire ancient city!

Smack!

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out, and to everyone's astonishment, Lou Qiangqiang slapped Ouyang Liang across the face.

Afterwards, Lou Qiangqiang pointed at his nose and furiously shouted, "Am I causing trouble? Is it really me causing trouble? It's clear that your Ouyang Family is looking down on people. Others can enter without an invitation, but my friend and I need one? Do you fucking think I'm stupid? Are you intentionally looking for trouble with me, Lou Qiangqiang?"

"This... it seems to be true, isn't it?"

"Yes, others didn't need an invitation, but as soon as the Little Devil arrived, the Ouyang Family started asking for one. They're obviously picking a fight with the Little Devil!"

"Holy shit! Has Ouyang Liang lost his mind? In the ancient city, who doesn't know it's better to offend the King of Hell than to provoke the Little Devil? Why is he so reckless, provoking the Little Devil?"

"This is the guy who, aside from the Lou Family's Young Miss, no one can control—not even the Family Head would be listened to by him. Now Ouyang Liang is going to suffer!"

The surrounding crowd began to whisper among themselves.

Jiang Chen pursed his lips with a smile, knowing that Lou Qiangqiang had caught on to the subtlety; the Ouyang Family wasn't targeting him, but he had taken the situation upon himself and, using his identity as the Little Devil, took the opportunity to stand up for Zhu Wenqiang, which also served as an indirect way of courting favor with him.

However, this kid really knew how to seize the moral high ground, and he was quick-witted to boot. With just a bit of guidance, he might indeed make a good brother-in-law!

Jiang Chen muttered to himself.

"Lou Qiangqiang, I wasn't targeting you!" Ouyang Liang spoke gravely.

"And you call this not targeting me?" Lou Qiangqiang replied angrily.

Jiang Chen's eyes brightened, and he took out his phone to send a message.

Ding-a-ling!

Lou Qiangqiang's phone chimed.

"Just wait, after I check this message, I'll deal with you!" Lou Qiangqiang pointed at Ouyang Liang, took out his phone and saw that it was Jiang Chen's message: "Make Ouyang Liang admit he's targeting Zhu Wenqiang"!

Jiang Chen wanted to create momentum for Zhu Wenqiang!

Zhu Wenqiang was already at a disadvantage, and at this moment, if the crowd knew that the Ouyang Family was even setting barriers for Zhu Wenqiang's entrance, their sympathy for him would grow. When Zhu Wenqiang eventually gets pulled into the Ouyang Family inheritance struggle, such sympathy might lead to some support.

And even if people wouldn't actively help Zhu Wenqiang fight for the heir position, if they could speak in his favor when Zhu Wenqiang wanted out of that struggle, that would be good, too.

"Speak up! If it's not me you're targeting, then who is it?" Lou Qiangqiang quickly grasped Jiang Chen's plan and pointed at Ouyang Liang's nose to continue pressing.

"I..." Ouyang Liang opened his mouth but could not speak, aware that saying anything now would invisibly aid Zhu Wenqiang.

Smack!

Caught off guard, Ouyang Liang was slapped in the face once again.

"Lou Qiangqiang, don't go too far!" Ouyang Liang bellowed, and the aura of an Earth Level Martial Artist emanated from within him.

"Ow! Ow! Now you want to hit someone without reason! The Ouyang Family looks down on us, the Lou Family, and they also despise the Tang Family. And now in front of everyone, you want to attack and kill me, the heir of the Lou Family. Is there no justice left? The Ouyang Family has no sense of reason!" Lou Qiangqiang shouted loudly.

Tang Chengye furrowed his brow again and glared at Lou Qiangqiang; he was quite displeased with Lou's repeated attempts to drag the Tang Family into this.

However, he would not provoke the Little Devil at this moment. This Little Devil, when enraged, wouldn't give face to anyone, didn't they see he was already causing a scene at the Ouyang Family's doorway?

Moreover, this kid was the only male heir of this generation in the Lou Family. If anyone dared to touch him, the Lou Family members would unite and fight to the death—and this was not without precedent.

"You... is it you who's being unreasonable or is it me who's not..." Ouyang Liang bellowed angrily.

Smack!

Before Ouyang Liang could finish his sentence, Lou Qiangqiang slapped him across the face again, pointing at his nose and cursing loudly:

"I'm the unreasonable one? Let everyone say who's being unreasonable. No one else needs an invitation, but I, Lou Qiangqiang, must have one, and you have the nerve to accuse me of being unreasonable? You're obviously targeting me!"

"I'm not targeting you, I'm targeting Zhu Wenqiang!" Ouyang Liang roared furiously, on the brink of explosion.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted it.

"Zhu Wenqiang?!"

"Who is Zhu Wenqiang?"

"Not sure? What does Ouyang Liang have against Zhu Wenqiang?"

"This is strange. If Ouyang Liang can target this Zhu Wenqiang at Old Master Ouyang's birthday celebration, it must be something big!"

Those around them began whispering in astonishment.

Jiang Chen's lips curled as he nudged Zhu Wenqiang's arm; Zhu Wenqiang started slightly but then caught on instantly, "I am Zhu Wenqiang!"

Everyone turned their heads in unison to look at Zhu Wenqiang.

"Eh? Doesn't this Zhu Wenqiang look a bit like Family Head Ouyang Nan?"

"You must be seeing things. This guy is as fat as a pig, how does he look anything like the Ouyang Family Head?"

"No, actually, they really do resemble each other!"

The crowd around them continued to look at Zhu Wenqiang with a mix of shock and skepticism.

Tang Chengye raised an eyebrow, examining Zhu Wenqiang more closely, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

The skinny old man standing next to Miss Tang of the Tang Family glanced at Jiang Chen. The movements Jiang Chen had made earlier, sending the message and nudging Zhu Wenqiang, went unnoticed by everyone else, but he had been aware of them.

In fact, what he first noticed was not Jiang Chen, but Yan Hu. When he laid eyes on Yan Hu, he sensed that Yan Hu was a formidable opponent, a realization that startled him.

And when he noticed that Yan Hu was protecting Jiang Chen's back just as he would protect his own, the old man couldn't help but shift his focus back to Jiang Chen.

"Zhu Wenqiang, who are you? Why would the Ouyang Family target you?" A voice from the crowd asked.

"You guess is not wrong. I am a bastard, the illegitimate son of the Ouyang Family Head, Ouyang Nan."

Zhu Wenqiang laughed bitterly, "I didn't want to come, knowing the Ouyang Family wouldn't accept me. But someone from the Ouyang Family sent me a message, saying that grandfather suddenly wanted to see me and asked me to visit today. I thought, since it's not easy for the old man, if he wanted to see me, I should come. But I didn't expect to be targeted even before I entered the door!"

"What? He's the illegitimate son of the Ouyang Family Head?!"

"It's him? The child of the woman who was driven out of the Ouyang Family by Old Master Ouyang years ago?!"

"This... this is too much on the part of the Ouyang Family!"

"Yeah! They invite someone and then they target him like this, it is indeed going a bit too far!"

The crowd began to show a look of understanding on their faces.

For a major family like the Ouyang Family, even the slightest rumor would become talk for others, not to mention an incident that had caused quite a stir back in the day.

After Zhu Wenqiang's revelation, the crowd instantly recalled the incident of his mother being forced to leave years ago.

In an instant, the whole atmosphere shifted.

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