Chapter 371
The people around were surprised at who Jiang Chen was, looking at him in a strange way.
Jiang Chen didn’t care. He entered the room. The medicine smell there was pungent. He frowned at it. He saw in the center of the room there was a giant bed. Besides his mother, his uncle Gao Ke was also by the bed.
Gao Ke had known nothing about Gao Yue and Jiang Chen’s visit. He looked extremely uneasy, but seeing Gao Yue act so sentimental, he didn’t say anything.
A weak, old man was lying on the bed. Under the torture of his illness, he was as thin as a rake, due to which his features had become very prominent.
“Yue’er?”
The old man turned his head to one side with difficulty and was surprised to see Gao Yue.
“Father!”
“Brother, son, please stop,” Gao Yue said angrily.
It was natural for Jiang Chen to be obedient to his mother, but it was surprising how Gao Ke was obedient, too.
“Brother, I want to stay here to take care of father. Could you arrange that?” Gao Yue said.
“Even if you want to leave, you won’t be allowed,” said Gao Ke.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Jiang Chen asked.
“Did Third Uncle bring you here?” asked Gao Ke.
“Yes.”
“Third Uncle isn’t with us anymore. He’s with Gao Yan now,” said Gao Ke.
“Gao Yan? Did he?” Gao Yue immediately realized how severe the situation was. She suddenly forgot about her sorrows.
“If you had been here, Gao Yan wouldn’t have had the nerve to do anything, but since you left, he’s been forming a small group for his own benefit. He’s been planning on usurping the lord’s position for years.”
Gao Ke said, “Father had to make you take the poison because Gao Yan was pushing him behind the curtain.”
Jiang Chen was surprised. He hadn’t expected the story to be so complicated.
He had been holding a grudge against his grandpa because in his opinion, as lord of the family, grandpa shouldn’t have hurt his own daughter, even if she refused to do what the family wanted.
“What does he want now?” Gao Yue asked.
“The family sensed the recovery of your phoenix blood when your poison was detoxified. We had a meeting.
“Some think we should let you go since so many years have passed, but others think noble phoenix blood shouldn’t exist in a place like the Fire Field.
“The majority agreed with the second opinion, but since father’s health was a higher priority, I managed to make them give up the idea for the moment.”
“Gao Yan said that day that since the Murongs were a great threat to us, we should call you back and marry you into the association.”
Gao Yue said immediately, “That’s out of the question!”
“But you came. Now they have the chance to do it. If you don’t agree, they’ll either make you take the poison again or draw your phoenix blood out,” said Gao Ke.
“Bring it on. I’ll never get married again.”
“What’s the association?” asked Jiang Chen.
“It’s formed by all aristocratic families of inheritance. It has the greatest strength and power.”
“Since when did the Dragon Field have such an association?” Jiang Chen had been living in the Dragon Field, but he had never heard anything about this association.
“It’s not here, in the Dragon Field. It’s in the Realm of Milky.”
Suddenly, they heard lots of footsteps coming from outside, then noises.
Those who were guarding the door were quarrelling with the unexpected visitors.
“Call Gao Yue out. We have something to tell her.”
“You don’t have the right to call our young lady out. If you want to see her, wait here!”