Chapter 584 - Problem

He’s strong. Long Chen knew how strong the Five Piercing Dragons was and was certain that Huangfu Fengyun would not be able to defend against it even if he used Willow Step.

But Huangfu Fengchen easily moved Huangfu Fengyun away from the attack range of the Five Piercing Dragons. Thankfully, Long Chen didn’t intend to kill Huangfu Fengyun, so Huangfu Fengchen had come right on time.

Huangfu Fengchen plopped Huangfu Fengyun onto the bank of the lake, and Long Chen landed opposite of them. Huangfu Qi ran up and hung on Long Chen’s neck, “Wow! Big Brother, you are so strong! You even defeated my gloomy uncle!”

“Qiqi, come down now. Let’s not cause any trouble here.” Long Chen gently eased Huangfu Qi down. He was serious because the issue was not resolved yet. Huangfu Fengyun and Huangfu Yu won’t stop trying to frame me.

As he had thought, Huangfu Fengyun immediately complained to Huangfu Fengchen. “Patriarch, Long Chen wanted to rape Wu’er, but he accidentally killed her instead. The proof is right here, and he should be punished. How dare he commit such a grave sin here in the home of the Huangfu family? He’s impudent and we must kill him now to protect our honor!”

Huangfu Yu ran over and kneeled on the ground as he cried, “Patriarch! He killed Wu’er! The proof is irrefutable. Please take revenge for Wu’er! I don’t think I can live any longer without her! The honor of the Huangfu family will be sullied if he leaves alive!”

No one except for Long Chen saw through his act. He was a natural-born actor who was doing his best to frame Long Chen for his own crimes.

Huangfu Fengchen was hesitating, and the onlookers noticed that. They looked at each other before they kneeled down too. “Patriarch! Please kill the criminal to protect our honor!”

They knew that Long Chen was a guest Huangfu Fengchen had invited and weren’t certain if killing him was the right move, but all of them firmly believed that Long Chen had killed Wu’er. Their anger would not be appeased if Long Chen was not dead.

Everyone kneeled except for Long Chen and Huangfu Qi. Huangfu Qi ignored everyone else because she was younger and didn’t understand the gravity of the situation. Everyone was claiming Long Chen was the killer, but she refused to believe it. She growled at everyone, “Bullshit! My brother would not do that. He’s so much better than Brother Yu. So many girls love my Big Brother, yet he chose none of them.”

Naturally, no one heeded her words.

Huangfu Fengchen frowned. “Big Brother, Little Yu. You said that you have evidence. Where is it?”

Huangfu Yu took out the torn piece of fabric and gave it to Huangfu Fengchen. “Patriarch, when we discovered Wu’er’s corpse, she was holding onto this tightly. It’s clear that she tore it off before she died. There’s an embroidered dragon on it. She’s trying to tell us the identity of the culprit. There are only a few people with the surname ‘Long’ in the Divine Martial Empire—Long Yue and two Long Chens. Long Chen’s guest room and Wu’er’s residence are only separated by a pond. I believe that Long Chen was bewitched by her beauty and intended to rape her, but she fought back and died. Wu’er has been fine all this time, but she died the moment Long Chen arrived. Isn’t it clear that he’s the culprit?”

It was a very logical deduction.

Huangfu Fengchen looked at everyone surrounding them and noticed that all of them were glaring at Long Chen. They wanted him to kill Long Chen.

Huangfu Fengchen didn’t know what to do.

More importantly, he had no evidence that Long Chen wasn’t behind it.

If he protected Long Chen without justification, no one would support him as the patriarch anymore. The Huangfu family would be split in half, and he was wary of that.

He could only sigh and ask Long Chen, “Do you have an alibi?”

He could only protect Long Chen if the latter had one.

But Long Chen didn’t and could only smile bitterly.

Huangfu Yu’s evidence was very weak, but the issue was that Long Chen didn’t have anything to refute it. No one could become a witness to Long Chen’s location after Huangfu Qi left him in his room.

Long Chen tried to think of a way since he could not produce an alibi and he didn’t want to cause trouble for Huangfu Fengchen. He knew that Huangfu Fengchen would do nothing to him even if he could not give an alibi.

But that would cause the Huangfu family to lose trust in Huangfu Fengchen.

He didn’t want to cause trouble for Huangfu Fengchen, so he made a decision. He carefully picked up Huangfu Qi and placed his hand around her neck gently. “I don’t have an alibi, but I have three things to say.”

Everyone realized that Long Chen was taking Huangfu Qi as a hostage. Huangfu Qi was Huangfu Fengchen’s daughter, and while Huangfu Fengyun knew about the relationship between Long Chen and Huangfu Qi, the others were still in the dark. All of them tensed up.

“Brat, what are you trying to do?”

“Let her go.”

Everyone surrounded Long Chen in a panic.

“Don’t move.” Huangfu Fengchen stopped them and gestuerd for Long Chen to continue.

Long Chen remained calm. “First, it’s easy to frame me. Anyone could frame me with just a single embroidery of a dragon the next time they murder someone. Don’t you think so?”

The others shouted at him, “What are you talking about? We, the Huangfu family, work together as one! No one would kill a family member just to frame you! This is the fiancee of Young Master Yu we are talking about!”

Everyone objected and booed at Long Chen.

Long Chen ignored them. “Secondly, after I separated from Qiqi yesterday, I saw Huangfu Yu tailing Wu’er.”

He then stared at Huangfu Yu.

Everyone laughed at him. “Are you stupid? Do you really think Young Master Yu would kill Wu’er just to frame you? Your imagination is really extraordinary.”

Huangfu Fengyun was gloomy after losing to Long Chen and scoffed. “Are you an idiot? Do you think the people of the Huangfu family are savages like you? Do you really think my son would kill his fiancee just to frame you?”

Long Chen did not answer. He smiled because he knew who the real savage was.

Huangfu Fengchen understood too. Long Chen noticed that Huangfu Fengchen trusted him after he said those two sentences and knew that he had a chance to resolve this. But the others still don’t trust him.

Long Chen didn’t want Huangfu Fengchen to get in trouble for protecting him. He had only visited the Huangfu family to see Huangfu Qi in the first place. Now that his objective was achieved, he had no reason to stay anymore. “Third, though I think it’s useless for me to tell you this. I already have someone I love whom I will chase after for my entire life. Since you say only a savage would do something like this, don’t try to frame me for it. Goodbye. I will release Huangfu Qi once I’m far from here. If you follow me, you will suffer the consequences.”

He took a glance at Huangfu Fengchen and saw that the latter understood what he was trying to do.

Long Chen didn’t care if the others knew he was innocent or not.

Huangfu Fengchen didn’t need to explain too much to the others.

Long Chen left, but Huangfu Fengchen didn’t chase after him. The rest of them stayed put too. Huangfu Fengchen spat once he saw Long Chen disappear. “That cunning bastard took my daughter hostage. I will chase after him now, andI will kill him.”

He then disappeared too.

The others were left at the scene without knowing what to do.

Everything was over just like that.

When Long Chen finished making those three statements, there was actually one other person who believed him, and that was Huangfu Fengyun. He understood his son the best.

“Little Yu, come with me.” Huangfu Fengyun was extremely crossed. The others thought he was angry because he had failed to kill Long Chen.

“Y-Yes,” Huangfu Yu stammered.

***

After Long Chen left the Huangfu family, Huangfu Qi asked him, “Big Brother, Wu’er was killed by Huangfu Yu, right?”

“Wow, you are very smart.” Long Chen chuckled.

“Of course! I’m a genius! But are you eloping with me now?” Huangfu Qi asked excitedly.

“You must be dreaming. Look behind you.” Long Chen knocked her head lightly.

Huangfu Qi looked back and saw her own father. She frowned and grumbled, “Lousy father. Why are you chasing after us?”

Huangfu Fengchen took Huangfu Qi and pinched her nose lightly, “You little brat. You hate me so much that you want to get married at this age? Your big brother is busy, so it’s best if you don’t go and bother him.”