Chapter 66 - Reclaiming
Third Elder Chu laughed in response. He asked with interest, “First Elder, you must be joking. Liuyue’s acceptance to Tian Lu Academy has brought the whole Chu family honor. Why do you want to punish her instead?”
Everyone in the hall fell into a more awkward silence.
If it were any other child of the Chu family who had gotten into Tian Lu Academy, they would definitely be exhilarated. However, this person happened to be Chu Liuyue—the person the entire Chu family had bullied for over a decade!
The better she was now, the more embarrassing it was for the Chu family! She became living proof, showing everyone how blind the Chu family had been all these years.
Since the whole Imperial City had learned of this matter, the family wondered how many people would be laughing behind their backs, even if they came to offer their congratulations!
How many people were waiting to see them make a laughingstock of themselves!?
First Elder was irate. “That’s all the more reason to discipline her! Clearly nothing was wrong with her! She’s even quite talented, yet she pretended to be a good-for-nothing and deceived the entire Chu family. Now that she’s basking in the limelight, where does that leave us?”
Chu Yan suppressed the anger in his heart and seriously said, “First Elder is right! I didn’t expect Chu Liuyue to have such deep thoughts, but I absolutely believe that she did this on purpose today!”
He had been out dealing with things today, but he immediately rushed back when he heard the news. At the moment, all he could feel was extreme hatred and resentment toward Chu Liuyue.
Not only did she get herself into Tian Lu Academy, but she even participated in the mid-term examinations! She came in second place for the Xuan Master examination while taking first place for the warrior examination! Chu Liuyue had completely surpassed Minmin.
First Elder reprimanded him furiously. “She’s already back! Why are you panicking?” He looked up, towards the outside. “Where is she? Tell her to come see me at once!”
The pageboy threw himself onto his knees, looking flustered and helpless as he stammered, “I-It’s… it… Big Missy is back, b-but she’s standing outside the front door. She refuses to come in!”
“What?” First elder frowned. “What is she trying to do now? She won’t come in, so we have to go invite her in?”
All these years, Chu Liuyue had been a coward in the Chu family. Though she had just been accepted into Tian Lu Academy, she became so arrogant!
He gave a low grunt and looked at the crowd. “How is this not an issue? Look at her! She’s already putting on airs!”
The crowd in the hall had mixed reactions.
Third Elder asked, “What did she say?”
The pageboy wiped the sweat from his brow. “Missy s-said… she wants you to go out and see her.”
“She’s rebelling!” First Elder slapped the table when he heard that. “Who does she think she is?”
Third Elder stroked his beard and chuckled. “First Elder, Chu Liuyue is not a nobody, but a rare genius seen only once a century. She has the most outstanding presence among the Chu family’s entire younger generation. You said that the family is your priority earlier. Are you… not willing to go?”
“You!” First Elder was irate. “Fine! I’d like to see what tricks she has up her sleeves!”
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Chu Liuyue stood in front of the Chu family estate’s main gates with her hands clasped behind her back. Her eyes were calm and indifferent as she stared at the two big golden characters ‘Chu Family’ on the gate.
She had suffered much injustice and many grievances here. Today, she was going to reclaim everything!