"Bravo! General Ma does have an unfathomable cultivation! However, I just can't for the life of mine make out the animosity between you and the miserable disciple. How could you be so cruel to him like that? As a matter of fact, I wanted nothing but teaching him a lesson. Now he might end up dead with the debris cutting into his head," Wandong said, playing a clever trick.
"You…" Ma Yi was lost for words.
Being equally shrewd, Ma Yi could tell right away that Lin Xiao had long seen it coming, hence he played a furtive trick in order to rope in Ma Yi. As Wandong planned, Ma Yi's involvement only exacerbated the odds of death for the disciple. Albeit overwhelmed by Wandong's terrifying scheme, Ma Yi was horrified by his cruelty. Though he was sure that Wandong played a trick, how he managed that remained unknown.
Prior to that, Ma Yi only took Wandong as a haughty dandy, who messed about by dint of the power of his family. Now Ma Yi realized he had way overestimated Wandong.
Being unable to speak out about his grievances, Ma Yi went indignant and humiliated.
"He took the liberties to take a move without my permission. He deserved that," Ma Yi said, gritting his teeth.
Wandong let out a smile and thought to himself, "Ma Yi is rather interesting. Though he knew that he suffered losses, he still exerted himself to defend himself."
"Childe Xu, please throw some light upon a puzzle," Ma Yi said in a low voice, looking seriously.
Wandong responded in a detached tone, "Fire away. I'm rather into dishing out advice."
Ma Yi said, "Heh, I just can't for the life of me register what offences the Qinglong Gang had ever done to you. Why are you against us? Just in a short while, I lost a dozen of disciples. Speaking of your conduct, you are rather inexorable."
"What a coincidence!" Wandong yelled and rose all of a sudden from the chair. He glared at Ma Yi, eyes blazing with fire, "What General asked me was exactly what I wanted to ask you!"
Ma Yi went confused and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Yup, I am confused as well! I have always been treading carefully and never put a foot wrong. I just can't for the life of me remember when I offended the Qinglong Gang. General Ma, please enlighten me," Wandong said in a deliberate serious tone.
"Oddly enough! You had never offended us. Why is that?" Ma Yi asked with reinforced bewilderment.
"Very well! Now that I had never offended the Qinglong Gang, why are you against me? Why did you try to drag away my sister in full view? That's outrageous!" Wandong shouted.
"Your…Your sister?" Ma Yi asked in a baffled tone. His eyebrows were so tensely knitted that they were literally entangled with each other.
Wandong strode toward the shocked-looking Ye Ling and pointed at her, "Ma Yi, stop playing games! She is my sister!"
"Ah? Childe…Childe Xu…You…" Ye Ling stammered. As a matter of fact, it was the very first time they had met one another for real. She couldn't come to the terms with the fact that the noble grandson of the Duke of Dingshan became her brother all of a sudden.
Ye Ling was about to say something when Ye Mei made a grab at her hand and shook her head, signalling her to hold it back and let Wandong go on playacting. Seeing Ye Mei's steadfast look, Ye Ling calmed down.