Chapter 937: What are you all looking at me for?
After hearing Ji Xingqing's words, Ximen Lie became even angrier.
But he knew very well that he could not lose his composure at this moment, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile on his face that was uglier than crying.
Lu Ziche whispered to Yu Zhiyan, "I told you, Ximen Lie invited cousin Yi and the others because he wanted to take the opportunity to choose a son-in-law."
His tone was full of contempt, and his eyes revealed his undisguised disdain for Ximen Lie.
Yu Zhiyan nodded slightly, indicating that she agreed with Lu Ziche's opinion, and a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes.
She played with the jade wine glass and glanced at Ximen Yinshuang.
I saw that frail beauty was tightly clutching the shark silk handkerchief, her knuckles had turned blue and white.
"Is that sickly girl Ximen Yinshuang worthy of our big brother Yi?" Although Yu Zhiyan's voice was soft, it was just loud enough for the people around to hear and caused a burst of laughter.
Ximen Lie had excellent hearing and heard all these discussions. His face immediately turned pale.
He turned to Su Yi suddenly, and asked with a dagger hidden in his smile: "Master Su, since you have someone you like, could you tell me which girl it is?"
"Could it be..."
Ximen Lie stopped talking abruptly, and looked meaningfully at Su Chenyin beside Su Yi, with a sinister look in his eyes.
Seeing this, everyone followed Ximen Lie's gaze and looked at Su Chenyin.
Su Chenyin had a graceful figure, a slender figure, and a beautiful face, so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
Compared with Ximen Yinshuang, Su Chenyin is even more beautiful, countless times more beautiful than Ximen Yinshuang.
Su Chenyin has skin as white as jade, an elegant temperament, and is otherworldly, like a fairy who is not of this world.
Her eyebrows and features are picturesque, her lips are red, and the most striking thing is her pair of clear eyes, which seem to be able to reflect all the hypocrisy in the world.
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, could it be that the person Su Yi likes is really Su Chenyin?
After all, Su Chenyin is so beautiful and seems to be very close to Su Yi.
At this time, Ximen Yinshuang also followed everyone's gaze and looked at Su Chenyin.
When she saw Su Chenyin's stunning appearance, the jealousy and hatred in her heart flooded her like a broken dam.
Su Chenyin was holding a spiritual fruit and tasting it. Naturally, she was aware of the unbearable gazes from everyone, but she did not seem panicked at all.
She blinked, her long eyelashes cast a shadow in the light, and an innocent smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Eh? What are you all looking at me for?" Su Chenyin tilted her head, a strand of black hair falling from her shoulder, "Did I get something on my face?"
She pretended to wipe her face with the back of her hand. Her movements were innocent, as if she was unaware of the undercurrents around her, and as if she was deliberately playing dumb.
But she knew clearly in her heart that Ximen Lie, the old fox, was probably up to some bad idea again.
Ximen Yinshuang stood beside Ximen Lie, her nails digging deeply into her palms.
She stared at Su Chenyin's flawless face, her heart burning with anger.
From childhood to adulthood, she, Ximen Yinshuang, has always been the center of attention. How could she have ever been outshined by anyone?
"Miss Su," Ximen Yinshuang tried to suppress her jealousy, but her voice couldn't help but tremble, "I wonder what your relationship with Young Master Su is? Why... why are you always inseparable?"
When Su Chenyin heard this, a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes.
She deliberately took Su Yi's arm, and the action was so natural as if she had done it a thousand times.
"He and I have similar interests, and he treats me like his own sister, so we are naturally closer." As she spoke, she deliberately leaned closer to Su Yi, "Miss Ximen, you won't even ask about this, right?"
Su Yi felt the warmth coming from his arm, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
He knew this quirky sister too well. Whenever she showed such an innocent expression, something bad was bound to happen.
"Sister, stop it," he warned in a low voice, only to receive a playful wink from the girl.
When Ximen Lie saw this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"I see." He pretended to be enlightened, "No wonder Young Master Su doesn't like my Shuang'er. It turns out that there is such a beautiful woman by his side."
"Patriarch Ximen is wrong." Ji Xingqing frowned and interrupted, "Yier and Yin are just siblings, just siblings, nothing else. Let's stop here for today's matter."
What he said was true, but everyone present saw that Su Yi and Su Chenyin were close now and thought that their relationship must be complicated.
"Brother-sister love?" Ximen Lie sneered, "Sect Master Ji, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this Miss Su has more than just a brother-sister relationship with Young Master Su. Could it be that this is how the Tianyan Sect teaches its disciples to seduce the Young Master and destroy the marriage?"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.
Several guests who were on good terms with the Ximen family had already begun whispering, and their eyes were filled with contempt when they looked at Su Chenyin.
The smile on Su Chenyin's face did not change at all, but her clear eyes gradually turned cold.
She let go of Su Yi's arm and walked forward slowly. With every step she took, faint ripples of spiritual energy appeared under her feet.
"Chief Ximen," her voice was still gentle, but it carried a force that could not be ignored. "As the head of a clan, you speak ill of a junior. Isn't that beneath your dignity?"
Ximen Lie didn't expect that this seemingly weak girl would dare to contradict him in person, and was speechless for a moment.
But he quickly reacted and sneered, "Why, are you angry because your heart is touched?"
"Angry out of shame?" Su Chenyin chuckled, and the laughter was as sweet as a silver bell. "Hehe, I'm just curious, why is Patriarch Ximen so obsessed with the marriage? Could it be..."
She deliberately dragged out her tone, her eyes sweeping across Ximen Yinshuang's pale face with a hint of meaning, "Are you worried about your daughter's health and want to find someone to lean on?"
"How dare you!" Ximen Lie was furious. His spiritual energy surged and a powerful pressure instantly enveloped the entire hall.
The guests with lower cultivation levels had turned pale and cold sweat was oozing from their foreheads.
At this critical moment, a green figure stood in front of Su Chenyin.
Su Yi's face was stern, and his voice was as cold as ice: "Chief Ximen, please respect yourself. You don't have to test me like this. The person I like is not her."
Ximen Lie restrained his pressure, frowned, and asked, "Oh? Then who does Young Master Su like?"
"I don't know whether you know that person or not. However, since you are so curious and insist on asking, I might as well tell you. Her name is Ji Lier." Su Yi replied calmly.
"Ji Lier?" Ximen Lie's pupils suddenly contracted, and the blood color on his face instantly faded.
This name was like a sharp sword, piercing the darkest secret in his heart.
He subconsciously looked at Sima Lan beside him, whose expression also changed drastically.
He knew better than anyone that the Ji Lier that Su Yi mentioned was his eldest daughter, Ximen Li, who had been imprisoned in a dark place to prolong Ximen Yinshuang's life.
He never thought that the person Su Yi was thinking about would be Ximen Li, whom he had abandoned like a piece of trash!
A strong sense of foreboding surged into Ximen Lie's heart like a tide.
His hands unconsciously clenched the armrests of the chair tightly, his knuckles turned white from excessive force, as if he was about to crush the armrests.
There was a sudden whisper in the hall.
"Who is Ji Lier?"
"I've never heard of this person..."
"The one who can make Young Master Su fall in love with him must be extraordinary."
Ximen Lie forced himself to remain calm and laughed dryly: "Ji Lier? This name is quite unfamiliar. Master Su, are you deliberately trying to fool this clan leader?"
He said this with a forced smile, but his eyes revealed a hint of panic.
He was quickly thinking of a countermeasure in his mind, and he must not let Su Yi and Ji Lier be together.
Otherwise, everything he had carefully planned for Ximen Yinshuang would come to naught.