The elder was precisely the granduncle mentioned by Chu Zhaonan, also the Left Supervisory General in the imperial court, a fierce general under Zuo Zong, second only to Longteng.
His claw-like hand had the force of a thousand pounds, fast and accurate; Xin Lin, caught off guard, found herself with nowhere to retreat.
But just at this moment, Silly Chu suddenly started wailing loudly, brushing away the elder's hand like an old hen protecting her chick, pulling her daughter behind him.
"Picking on... picking on... my daughter..."
Chu Beiqing spoke incoherently, glaring at the elder.
"Bei Qing! What is this..."
Once the elder saw Chu Beiqing's behavior, he sighed and withdrew his hand.
Before coming here, he had heard about Xin Lin from Chu Tianyi.
A wild girl of unknown origin demanding a division of the family property upon arrival, the elder had no liking for Xin Lin and didn't plan to acknowledge her as a junior of the family at all.
