Chapter 105: You don

"Uncle?"

"Where did I get an uncle?"

"Grand Duke's Lady, don't go around calling people relatives!"

Chen Yan glanced toward the direction he was coming, Meng Wan Yi lunged at him, sneering coldly, not retreating but advancing, and pushed forward with a deft force.

"Ah!"

Caught off guard, Meng Wan Yi was forced to turn, her legs stumbling violently, and knelt before a person she had not expected.

"Eh!"

"Lord Chen, what are you doing?"

Meng Hanren, seeing this sudden scene, especially the Meng Wan Yi kneeling before him, said in surprise.

For a moment, I couldn't understand this move....

"A Yan, big brother, I'm mother!"

After a brief daze, Meng Wan Yi quickly recovered, not caring who was kneeling, looked for Chen Yan's direction, and shouted: "Even if there were any past misunderstandings between us, that's a family matter!"

"If you hold any resentment, mother will kowtow, admit fault, and apologize!"

"A family has no lingering grudges; just save your uncle, okay?"

Duke's Lady Meng's eyes were red, looking utterly pitiful.

Her words were filled with emotion.

"Alright!"

Chen Yan smiled brightly, agreeing without a hint of hesitation.

"Really... really?!"

Happiness arrived so suddenly that even the pretentious Meng Wan Yi found it hard to believe.

She originally only intended to block Chen Yan, but didn't expect it to go so smoothly.....

"Of course it's real!"

Chen Yan nodded, gave a calm smile, his gaze at the woman sharp, and spoke firmly.

It was like a mother's kindness and a son's filial piety.

"Huh?"

"Could big brother be a soft‑hearted person?"

Li Tan saw this, rubbed his jaw, puzzled.

The dear big brother he claimed, what kind of person is he? Others may not know, but could he still be unaware?

Pointing at Da Xi Jue is a direct genealogical reference; could a pretentious woman have him fooled?

Li Tan's intuition told him there was something fishy, especially his big brother's extremely odd smile....

There's something terribly off—one hundred percent plus ten thousand percent!

Chen Yan's smile grew more unsettling, until a chilling Dark Hawk emerged, and he coldly said: "Ladies, aren't you the ones who wanted to kowtow?"

"Aren't you the one who likes kowtowing?"

"Today I'll let you kowtow to your heart's content!"

Saying so, without pause, he hurried forward and yanked Meng Wan Yi's hair bun in one grab.

The ladies' maneuver has some merit....

But unfortunately the target is wrong; Chen Yan is not the pliable Cao Guojiu, nor the compromising Da Lin Zi.

A throbbing pain in the scalp made the graceful woman performing instantly lose her radiant complexion.

"Chen Yan, what are you trying to do!"

"Let go of my mother!"

"Hurry, let go of my mother!"

Chen Cijiu and Chen Gubai, the two brothers, saw this, their faces darkened, and shouted loudly.

Immediately, they poised to charge forward.

"Do you have any eye for detail?"

"Shouldn't you stop the two young lords, lest you disturb the refined mood of the Vermilion Bird Mirror Master!"

Li Tan's mouth curved into a playful smile, and he timely ordered.

The Xuanwu Guard Embroidered Attire Envoys on his left and right responded, leapt forward, and immediately restrained the Chen brothers.

Not a single ripple was stirred.

Li Tan was a close good brother to the big brother, how could he let those two things spoil the good affair?

"Meng Hanren!" Chen Yan smiled and called.

"Here."

"Bring out your mother's Spirit Tablet!"

"Yes."

Meng Hanren's eyes lit up, went to Zhu Yi's hand, took the Tablet handed over, and quickly returned to place it before Meng Wan Yi.

Why would a Spirit Tablet be carried around?

Why would he willingly cooperate?

All because of Chen Yan's promise.

Now is the moment of fulfillment.

"Chen Yan, what are you trying to do?" Meng Wan Yi, seeing the Spirit Tablet placed before her with a familiar name, suddenly panicked.

She couldn't keep up the act any longer; even her address slipped out subconsciously.

"Meng Wan Yi, since you like kowtowing, then kowtow properly to the one you caused to die!"

"Kowtow with gusto!"

Chen Yan tugged hard on Meng Wan Yi's hair knot, leaned down close, and said each word with a pause.

It is well known that Chen Yan has always liked to fulfill others' wishes....

Since the stepmother has voluntarily requested it, how could a son not comply?

"Chen Yan, you dare!" Meng Wan Yi gritted her teeth.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Chen Yan smiled without speaking, made no sound; the only response to Meng Wan Yi was pressing her head, the alternating kowtow sounds.

The neatly combed black hair fell to the ground, swaying up and down with the orderly rhythm.

"Chen Yan, do you know what you're doing!"

"That's your mother!"

Held back by the embroidered‑cloth envoy, the helpless Chen Cijiu screamed hysterically.

"My mother's surname is Xie, not Meng!"

Chen Yan turned his head back, lifted a smile, and replied lightly.

He paused briefly, then continued: "She is not that cruel‑hearted poisonous woman!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Even while speaking, Chen Yan's hand never stopped moving, still helping Meng Wan Yi fulfill her kowtow wish.

He can be called a model of the Twenty‑Four Filial Exemplars, a good stepson.

"Why!"

"Why didn't those assassins kill that bastard!"

Chen Cijiu glared at Chen Yan, his eyes filled with poisonous resentment, an uncontainable hatred.

If that scoundrel had died in Qinzhou, there would be no today's humiliation.

How does he have such good luck?

"Mother, may your spirit in heaven open its eyes and see!"

"Lord Chen Yan has upheld justice for you!"

Meng Hanren cradled his mother's Spirit Tablet, his eyes bloodshot, filled with hot tears, and let out a long howl to the heavens.

He once thought revenge was hopeless in this life, until this lord's Shuyi came to the door....

"Grand Duke's Lady, tell me how you can be so snake‑and‑scorpion hearted?"

Chen Yan, hearing this, yanked Meng Wan Yi's head up, saying sarcastically: "A dignified Meng Clan daughter could commit such a thing as poisoning a stepmother?"

Having said that, he clicked his tongue, full of mockery.

"Chen Yan, you will not die a good death!"

Her forehead already bruised, bright red blood seeped, covering Meng Wan Yi's graceful face, looking extremely fierce; her slanted eyes stared at Chen Yan, curses leaping from between her teeth.

This is a humiliation far harsher than any before.

She even had to kowtow to that scoundrel's Tablet and his son.....

"What did Grand Duke's Lady say?"

Chen Yan tilted his ear, listened carefully, and laughed: "Regret not acting earlier, yet still have to repent properly?"

"Then we can only fulfill your wish!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The words fell.

A flash of ruthlessness passed through Chen Yan's eyes; he yanked Meng Wan Yi's head and heavily kowtowed it to the ground.

He is the most filial.

How could one defy the stepmother's wishes?

Even a coward like Meng Yinbing could no longer stand it, and shouted: "Chen Yan, Mirror Master Chen, if your deeds toward your mother spread, aren't you afraid of being pierced by the world's spine?"

Chen Yan, hearing this, shrugged, smiled calmly, and replied: "Grand Duke's Lady already said it, these are just our family matters...."

"Besides, this kowtow was her own request; I, Chen, merely fulfilled it!"

Being pierced by the world?

First, it must be able to spread!

Moreover, this is all what his good stepmother demanded....

Meng Yinbing, unable to contain her anger, scolded: "Wan Yi raised you through hardship, and in the end you truly are a..."

But before she could finish, Chen Yan interrupted: "Lord Meng, if you feel so pained, why not repent together with your good sister?"

"You dare!"

A terrible premonition began to surge wildly in Meng Yinbing's heart.