Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 422: Chapter 422: A Battlefield Without Gunpowder

Xu Ke’s gaze landed on Ariel, his eyes lingering between Ariel and Xu Ke with a malicious gleam in them, but the worse the idea that brewed in his heart, the brighter the smile on his face, "What you want to introduce wouldn’t happen to be your daughter, Miss Ariel, would it?"

"Yes, I can proudly say, looking across the entire city, that my daughter Ariel’s appearance is flawless." Arthur spoke with a hint of pride.

"But I remember the relationship between Ariel and this man beside her isn’t ordinary, is it?" Xu Ke stroked his smooth chin and said. As Xu Ke’s words carried, his subordinates fixed their gaze on Xu Ke and Ariel, looking at them with a hostile demeanor, as if viewing a pair of adulterers, their gaze piercing. At the same time, their opinion of Arthur worsened, and a hot-tempered individual was already so angry that his cheeks turned red, indicating how upset he was by this piece of information.

Even if their society is open, they cannot accept their Boss taking over a woman who had been with someone else.

"It’s just some unknown man I picked up on the road. If you’re not satisfied, I can hand him over to you to deal with." Arthur said nonchalantly.

Ariel’s exposed red lips slowly curled up, her eyes carrying a hint of coldness, "Father, he isn’t some unknown man. He is my man, your daughter’s man." Ariel’s uniquely sweet voice rang out. She didn’t care about other people’s eyes on her, but rather, boldly hooked her arm around Xu Ke’s, showcasing her intimacy with Xu Ke to everyone.

This was akin to an invisible slap, directly and resoundingly slapped across Arthur’s face without mercy. noveldrama

Ariel’s rebuttal could almost be said to have mercilessly trampled Arthur’s dignity into the ground.

Arthur gazed at Ariel with his sinister gray eyes, as if trying to tear her apart. Those accompanying Arthur didn’t understand why Arthur would introduce Ariel to the Boss of the West District, but they also didn’t understand why Ariel would publicly undermine Arthur, her father, putting him in such a humiliating position had no benefit for her, did it?

Among those who came with Arthur, someone couldn’t hold back and, suppressing their anger, said to Ariel, "Miss!"

Watching Arthur from the East District being undermined by his own daughter, Xu Ke laughed heartily with no reservation, laughing as he banged the table in front of him. With Xu Ke leading, his underlings followed in laughter, the uproarious laughter attracting gazes from everyone in the hall; Arthur had never been so humiliated before.

His face first turned red, then its color changed to ashen with anger, "Ariel, what are you doing?" Arthur spat out each word between gritted teeth. To be disgraced like this in front of his rival and in front of so many people, he sorely wished he could swallow Ariel whole.

"Have you forgotten your place?" Arthur said in a low voice, his gray eyeballs showing traces of blood.

"Of course I haven’t forgotten. I’m the eldest daughter of the Arthur family, the one and only." Ariel continued to speak, arrogantly holding her chin up.

"Father, I only said I’d come here with you, but I didn’t agree to you deciding my entire life. Who I’m with and who I like is my right, a right that even you, my father, have no right to take away." Ariel looked at Arthur, who was so angry he nearly wanted to eat her alive, and felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. Her full red lips curled into a critical arc as she spoke.

"You did this on purpose. What benefit do you gain from causing such a scene on an occasion like this?" Arthur lowered his voice, enunciating each word.

"Makes me feel great, Father. You know how oppressed I’ve felt living under your control, this oppressive feeling turned me into a monster, but now I don’t want to be that monster anymore. I want to follow my heart to pursue what I desire. This city, this home has controlled me for too long, I want to see the world outside." Ariel tilted her lips upwards, speaking each word to Arthur against the background of everyone’s laughter.

The veins on Arthur’s forehead throbbed violently. He was a man with a strong desire for control, unable to tolerate anything slipping from his grasp, especially the rebellion of Ariel, who had been obedient to him from childhood.

Arthur felt as if a fire was burning inside him. He raised his hand without warning and swung it towards Ariel’s cheek, but at the moment it was about to land, Xu Ke tightly grasped his wrist.

"Ariel is my woman now, so even if you’re her father, you can’t hit her now." Xu Ke said without emotion.

Both of them together once again trampled Arthur’s dignity underfoot.

Xu Ke finally finished laughing, took a handkerchief handed to him by a subordinate, wiped his teary eyes, and said, "This was really a splendid show. I originally thought this year would be as boring as usual, but I didn’t expect such a spectacular twist before the program even started. Seems like it wasn’t a waste for me to come today."

"In light of how happy you’ve made me today, I’ll let you die a little easier." Xu Ke mocked Arthur and then looked at Xu Ke with utmost seriousness and said.

"No thanks, I don’t need it." Xu Ke declined Xu Ke’s offer.

"Alright, I won’t insist." Xu Ke shrugged indifferently, casually tossing the handkerchief onto the table. Xu Ke adjusted his expression and looked at Arthur, whose wrist was already freed by Xu Ke, and said, "You? Want to be my elder? What a joke. You’re not the first to try to rely on old age to command respect in front of me, but I swear you’ll be the most miserable one."

"To be honest, I really want to say, apart from being a bit older, where else are you better than me? Wanting to be my elder, it’s really like a toad wishing to eat swan meat, you really dare to think. Look at yourself, what sort of character you have, comparing yourself to me. I’ve been the Boss of the West District at this age, and you? My future accomplishments will surely surpass yours, so what do you have to boast about here?" Xu Ke posed a confused expression.

"The most laughable thing is, you actually want to offer me your daughter. Do you think everyone else in the world is a fool except you? I see through your ploy, let me tell you, forget about it. I even have records of children your mistresses had outside, trying to use them to topple me is something that will never happen, just abandon that thought." Xu Ke taunted without hiding.

Arthur was so enraged by the three of them that his skin trembled, wishing he could faint and never wake up again. Today was the most humiliating day of his life, without a doubt.

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