In response to his daughter's question, Ban Guozhi shook his head regretfully and glanced at Shu Yuyao not far away.
"Girl, your shooting skills are lacking..."
His expression seemed to convey frustration that Shu Yuyao had failed to take down Chu Donglin with a surprise shot.
Then he turned to the furious Ban Qingya and sighed.
"Brat, do you really not trust me?"
Ban Qingya looked at him seriously, speaking each word clearly. "Mr. Chu Donglin is my friend. I will absolutely not let you harm him."
"Then there's nothing to discuss?"
"Nothing to discuss."
"Ah... it's true that a daughter grows up and leaves her father."
Ban Guozhi shook his head sorrowfully, as if deeply affected, before turning to leave. "After raising a daughter for so many years, now she’s helping an outsider against me... sigh... forget it, everyone lower your weapons."
Seeing the group of soldiers lower their guns, Ban Qingya let out a sigh of relief.
However, just as she turned to say something to Chu Donglin, Ban Guozhi suddenly spun around and struck her on the back of the head with a swift chop.
"Dad! You..."
The shocked and angry expression froze on Ban Qingya's face before she slowly fainted.
Ban Guozhi quickly caught his collapsing daughter, shrugged, and said, "You can't blame your old man for this. Who told you to be so disobedient? Just sleep for a while. Once I deal with things here, I'll personally dig out this Zombie's brain in front of you so you can know its true identity."
With that, Ban Guozhi supported his unconscious daughter and glanced at Chu Donglin across from him, curling his lip.
"Kid, you're quite something... What did you feed my daughter? She's so anxious about you."
As Ban Qingya fainted, the countless warriors who had previously lowered their weapons raised them again without needing any orders, aiming their dark muzzles at Chu Donglin across the street.
Facing hundreds of human weapons pointed at him, Chu Donglin shrugged without a hint of fear.
He looked at Ban Qingya, unconscious in Ban Guozhi's arms, then glanced at the disdainful Ban Guozhi and suddenly broke into a mischievous grin.
"What do you think, dear father-in-law?"
Ban Guozhi's expression faltered, his face turning ashen.
"What did you say? Say it again if you dare!"
Seeing Ban Guozhi's exasperated expression brought joy to Chu Donglin.
His mischievous grin grew more playful. "I could say it ten times without issue. I, Chu Donglin, stand tall and firm; I dare to do what I've done... dear father-in-law!"
Ban Guozhi looked at Chu Donglin with a face full of rage, unable to maintain his previous aloof demeanor.
He glared at Chu Donglin across from him, then glanced at his unconscious daughter in his arms, unable to hold back his roar. "You liar! Yaya is just an ordinary friend to you! You are not in that kind of relationship at all! Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept it from me!"
Chu Donglin couldn't help but laugh. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "You can't be serious, can you? Do you really think there are pure friendships between men and women in this world? Yaya is just too shy to tell you. After all, she’s already carrying my Flesh and Blood... If she told you such explosive news right away, she was afraid you might faint from the shock, so she kept it from you for now."
"Your Flesh and Blood... What the hell!"
Ban Guozhi lunged forward. If it weren't for the quick-reacting warriors around him holding him back, this furious old lion would have already pounced on Chu Donglin and torn him to shreds.
Even so, it was astonishing how much strength the old man had; it took four or five powerful warriors considerable effort to restrain him. As he struggled, he roared at Chu Donglin, his eyes nearly bursting with fury.
"Are you insane? Are you trying to get yourself killed? The child of a Zombie... Do you know what that means?"
Chu Donglin shrugged again, looking calm. "What else could it mean? It's just a newborn, right? Maybe with some special powers?"
"Damn you! You! You!"
Ban Guozhi was so furious he couldn't even complete a sentence. He stared at Chu Donglin in shock and anger, roaring, "You know nothing and let Yaya get pregnant? Why don't you just die? Aaaaaah!!! Everyone shoot him! Shoot this bastard dead!"
In the midst of Ban Guozhi's frantic shouting, the group of warriors exchanged glances and instinctively lowered their weapons.
The warriors' reaction only fueled Ban Guozhi's anger further. He struggled desperately, kicking at the soldiers holding him down while roaring and bellowing, "Are you deaf? I told you to shoot! Shoot now!"
A group of warriors exchanged awkward glances, and one officer hesitated for a moment before clearing his throat and advising,
"General, this isn't right..."
Ban Guozhi suddenly lifted his head, glaring fiercely at him, spitting as he spoke, "What's wrong? Huh?! What's wrong? Is it wrong for me to shoot him dead? What’s wrong with shooting him dead? This scum deserves to be torn apart!"
The officer coughed awkwardly and replied, "But now that the situation has occurred, killing him won't change anything, right? This... uh... Mr. Chu Donglin seems to be quite a decent fellow. Perhaps we can sit down and discuss things properly; there might be a solution."
Ban Guozhi glared at him menacingly, saliva splattering onto the officer's face. "What do you mean by a solution? Right now, shooting him dead is the best solution! This scum... this scum can go die! At worst, after I kill him, I'll take care of his son; I’ll just consider it raising a grandson!"
Watching Ban Guozhi rant in frustration, the officer coughed awkwardly. He couldn't exactly say that his son would be your grandson...
He was about to speak again when Shu Yuyao, who had been watching the scene unfold, suddenly approached.
"Alright, General Ban, enough of this. Mr. Chu is just joking with you."
Walking up to Ban Guozhi's side, Shu Yuyao looked over Chu Donglin from head to toe and said, "Whether they are lovers can actually be understood just by observing their exchanged glances. Sister Qingya treats Mr. Chu Donglin merely with the politeness one shows to an acquaintance; while there may be some fondness, it hasn't reached the level of romance... Mr. Chu is just joking with you."
With that, Shu Yuyao shrugged and added, "If you're really curious, you could ask him about some private matters regarding Sister Qingya and see if he knows anything." (To be continued...)
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