Chapter 10

The once lively and festive hall was instantly enveloped in a heavy atmosphere. Everyone held their breath, looking at Cui Meiling in disbelief.

How could this woman be so bold, to throw the just one-month-old young master to the ground in front of everyone?

What was her intention?

Didn't she know that Dongfang Long had only this one son?

Didn't she know that this was Dongfang Long's territory?

The entire hall was silent, all sounds swallowed by the dull thud of the baby hitting the ground.

"You... What are you doing?"

Dongfang Bao was furious, completely unprepared for such an event.

Although he and his wife had no good intentions on this trip and had even conspired to poison the baby, those were things done in secret, unknown to anyone.

But Cui Meiling's actions were different. This was a public challenge to Dongfang Long, and even a challenge to the entire General's Mansion.

At this moment, Dongfang Bao wished he could strangle this woman on the spot. You should have a limit to your foolishness, he thought. How could you not consider the situation!

He had long heard that Dongfang Long regarded this newly born son as a precious gem. It was precisely because of this that he and his wife had plotted to poison the baby.

That small red pill had the power to slowly turn the baby into a fool. He wanted to make Dongfang Long's joy short-lived and turn him into a laughingstock for the whole world.

If asked why he hated Dongfang Long so much, it was because he believed that Dongfang Long had taken away the status and power that should have been his. He was also jealous that Dongfang Long, who had no blood relation to them, always received their father's favor.

If it weren't for Dongfang Long, his biological mother and sister wouldn't have run away from home for over twenty years, with no news since!

He hated Dongfang Long, hated him from the bottom of his heart!

He wanted to get rid of Dongfang Long every day, but subconsciously, he also feared him. Dongfang Long had shown astonishing talent in combat from a young age and, after receiving the true teachings from their father, his current strength was unfathomable!

Daring not to look up, Dongfang Bao only glanced at Dongfang Long from the corner of his eye, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it would leap out of his chest.

At this moment, Dongfang Long's eyes were wide with anger, his teeth clenched, and his arms trembling. He was trying his best to suppress the urge to kill!

Xie Qiuping, now recovering from her shock, cried out and rushed over, picking up the unconscious Dongfang Xiuzhe from the ground. She wept and called out, "Zhe'er, Zhe'er, wake up, look at your mother. Zhe'er, don't scare your mother, open your eyes."

At this moment, Dongfang Xiuzhe was pretending to be unconscious. Hearing his mother's heart-wrenching cries, a wave of sorrow washed over him.

He really wanted to open his eyes and tell his mother, "Don't worry, your son has spiritual energy protecting him, and I have some minor abilities. This impact is nothing."

But he held back.

A woman like Cui Meiling, if not given a lesson this time, might become even more ruthless next time.

If it was just him, Dongfang Xiuzhe wouldn't be afraid, but he was afraid that this woman would turn her attention to his mother, who had no means to protect herself!

"I... I..."

Cui Meiling was at a loss, completely stunned. Seeing so many eyes focused on her, she became even more panicked.

How could this happen? How could this happen?

Cui Meiling couldn't understand how such a thing could happen. She was usually quite clever, so how could she have done something so foolish?

But, could this be my fault?

Cui Meiling remembered that just as she was about to hand the baby back to Xie Qiuping, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her wrist. Looking closely, the baby in her hands had somehow turned into a venomous snake.

In that instant, she didn't have time to think and reflexively threw the snake to the ground.

But this wasn't the end of the nightmare; it was the beginning of a nightmare.

There was no venomous snake on the ground, only the baby!

Cui Meiling couldn't understand why she had seen a venomous snake, and it even seemed to have bitten her, but then it turned back into a baby.

She had no time to think about this because Dongfang Long wouldn't give her the time!

"If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, you won't leave this room!" Dongfang Long's eyes were bloodshot, like those of an angry beast.

He was truly angry. He had always known that his two younger brothers, Dongfang Hu and Dongfang Bao, harbored deep resentment towards him, and this resentment had spread to their families. No matter what they did to him, Dongfang Long could endure it for the sake of their adoptive father.

But this time, he couldn't bear it anymore!

The worst thing was that they had targeted his son, who had just been born!

Dongfang Long had killed many people on the battlefield. Today, he didn't mind adding a few more lives to his tally!

"I... I didn't mean to!"

Feeling the overwhelming killing intent from Dongfang Long, Cui Meiling's face turned as white as paper.

"Didn't mean to?" A cold laugh, the killing intent from Dongfang Long grew even stronger. He wasn't blind; how could he not see that it was intentional?

Cui Meiling's actions of throwing the baby were too obvious. It wasn't an accident; it was clearly intentional!

"I... I really didn't mean to!" Cui Meiling said, stepping back continuously.

"Then I'll give you a punch, and if you can survive, I'll believe you!"

Dongfang Long's fiery combat aura burst forth, the temperature in the hall rising instantly, but it couldn't match the raging anger in his heart.

Everyone could see that Dongfang Long wasn't joking!

Cui Meiling was terrified, seeing that Dongfang Long was truly planning to kill her.

Although she had some skills, her strength was very weak. She could handle ordinary people, but against someone like Dongfang Long, one punch would send her to the underworld to fill out the forms!

So, when her explanations failed, she quickly turned to her husband, Dongfang Bao, for help.

Although Dongfang Bao was also angry at Cui Meiling's actions, she was his wife, and he couldn't ignore her.

"Brother," Dongfang Bao stepped forward, a title he rarely used, "My wife acted rashly and deserves punishment. I will definitely discipline her when we return, but the most pressing matter now is to check on the young master's condition!"

"Return?" Dongfang Long snorted, his eyes suddenly widening, "She has to take a punch from me first!"

In his rage, Dongfang Long wouldn't let it go just because of Dongfang Bao's words. It was his son who had been thrown.

Just a few days ago, his son had already been through a scare, and now this. Why should his son face such hardships from the moment of birth?