Dragon King Palace: Urban Affluent Son-in-Law

Late at night, south of the Provincial City.

Inside a splendid, luxurious manor.

Everyone familiar with the city's elite knows this is the Qi Family's territory.

This manor is the main residence and the core stronghold of the Qi Family.

At this moment, Qi Mengge, who returned to her parents' home, is anxiously pacing in her childhood room.

An hour ago, she had called the Dongfang Family.

But neither Dongfang Xiao's phone nor anyone else's could be reached.

This put her in a state of intense worry.

Surely, with four hundred people deployed, plus Dongfang Yunbao and three top disciples, they couldn't fail to handle that Jiang Feng, right?

If that's really the case, she could never accept it, and she'd go mad!

She's already secretly sent someone back to Dongfang Manor to check the real situation there.

Currently, she waits uneasily, unable to sit still.

Suddenly, footsteps are heard outside, and the trusted aide she sent out finally returns.

"How is it? What's the situation over there?" Qi Mengge immediately approaches, anxiously asking.

"Madam, it's bizarre! There isn't a single person in the manor now! Even the old master and the former family head are gone, the main house is completely in ruins, and I don't know what happened there!"

The aide says with a nervous expression.

"What did you say?"

Qi Mengge turns pale upon hearing this!

Could it be that she guessed right?

That Jiang Feng actually destroyed the entire Dongfang Family single-handedly?

But even if he did, how could there be no trace of anyone left at the scene? It's got to be—if alive, see the person; if dead, see the body, right?!

"Are you sure? Four hundred people, how could not a single one be found, have they vanished into thin air?" Qi Mengge asks incredulously.

"Madam, it's true, I've searched everywhere multiple times—from the hillside path to the innermost main house, there's no sign of anyone! I can't understand how the Dongfang Family turned into such a state, like a haunted mansion, I was so scared that I quickly came back..." the aide says, full of fear.

"Thud!"

Qi Mengge drops into a chair, her face filled with bewilderment: "How is this possible, how... is this possible??"

"So, the body of that Jiang Feng hasn't been found either?" Qi Mengge swallows hard, asking.

"No!" The aide shakes his head bitterly: "None at all, whether he's dead or alive, I equally don't know, it's so strange..."

Qi Mengge looks despondent.

She now doesn't dare harbor any resentment nor anger, only a deep sense of relief.

Luckily, she foresaw it; otherwise, she might have been among the mysteriously vanished Dongfang Family members!

"I need to tell Father, I must let him know about this, only Father can protect me now!"

Saying this nervously, Qi Mengge immediately gets up and quickly walks out of her room, heading to the Family Head's main house.

...

The Family Head of the Qi Family is Qi Xingchun.

If there's anyone in the nine major families of the Provincial City who is most restless and eager for change, it's definitely Qi Xingchun.

The Yan Family is now ranked fourth in the city, but those truly familiar with the Qi Family's foundation know it can easily rank third, or even rival the second!

The Qi Family suffered setbacks in the competition among the nine major families many years ago, and Qi Xingchun has been accumulating power ever since.

He is playing a big game, and even agreeing for his daughter to marry into the Dongfang Family is a key part of it.

With him backing her, once his daughter marries into the Dongfang Family, she can completely dominate and practically swallow the Dongfang Family's power, turning it into a vassal of the Qi Family.

This explains why before Dongfang Xiao's demise, he was filled with regret and remorse, albeit too late to change anything.

Thus, if anything really happened on the Dongfang side, it would have significantly impacted Qi Xingchun's plans.

Possibly leading to a complete failure!

"Father!"

At this moment, Qi Mengge arrives at the main house with a bitter expression, nervously calling out to Qi Xingchun.

Despite her normally fierce and sinister demeanor, in front of Qi Xingchun she resembles a timid quail, barely daring to breathe.

"Why the long face?"

Qi Xingchun, drinking tea, looks at his daughter and asks with authority, without raising his voice.

"Father, the situation with the Dongfang Family might disappoint you! What we feared the most has happened; it seems the Dongfang Family couldn't hold off that young brat Jiang..." Qi Mengge cautiously says.

"What did you say?!"

Qi Xingchun smashes his tea cup, his expression turning cold.

"It's true, I received the news and rushed right over to tell you, I couldn't get through on the phone before..." Qi Mengge says, cold sweat dripping down in fear.

Then she repeats the words her aide had just told her to Qi Xingchun verbatim.

"Useless! Useless!!"

Qi Xingchun stands up, furious, roaring repeatedly: "Is everyone in the Dongfang Family useless? Four hundred people, plus two old fogeys, and they still couldn't handle a young man in his early twenties? Dongfang Xiao and Dongfang Yunbao have lived their lives like dogs?"

"Father, it seems that young Jiang really is a bit uncanny. No wonder my precious son and that coward Dongfang Yu both died at his hands, and Uncle Zhou died too. Does he have some expert backing him?"

Qi Mengge, a little fearful of Jiang Feng, speculates: "I've also heard that that coward Dongfang Yu threw Jiang Feng into detention, but he was mysteriously released in a short time! I personally questioned the relevant departments, and their explanations were vague and secretive; is there a hidden issue here..."

"What issue could there be?"

Qi Xingchun says angrily: "In this entire Provincial City, you know well, there are only three families the Qi Family truly considers, anyone else, any other force is just ants!"

"That young brat Jiang has nothing to do with those three families, so what's his background? Don't scare yourself!"

"Father, you make sense, from the information I have, he's just a Binhai person, and there's no one in Binhai with the power to cover him, maybe it's just a coincidence?" When Qi Mengge hears this from her father, she calms down a bit.

"Shut up!"

Qi Xingchun says viciously: "Nevertheless, the Qi Family's matter was messed up by you, it concerns the Qi Family's revival and great rise. If you let me waste my efforts, even if you're my daughter, I won't spare you!"

Qi Mengge immediately shudders, her face turning pale, wanting to cry but unable...