The moment those words were spoken, the entire Hunter family bristled with fury.
What did Chris mean by that?
Marrying into the Hunter family was like jumping into a pit of fire?
What arrogance! It was as if the Hunter family didn’t exist in his eyes.
“How dare you! This is the Hunter family-there’s no place here for your insolence!”
“Get out of here, boy, or you won’t even have a place to bury your body!”
“Kill him! Kill him!”
One by one, members of the Hunter family stepped forward, glaring at Chris with murderous intent.
Chris, however, remained unfazed. He sneered coldly, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it right in front of them.
The audacity!
It was outrageously bold.
Even in the face of the Hunter family’s collective rage, Chris had the nerve to smoke. It was a blatant act of defiance against the entire family.
Nearby, Lindsay was trembling with anxiety. Her heart felt like it was about to leap out of her chest. She knew exactly what it meant to reject the Hunter family-it would bring disastrous consequences.
But Lindsay simply couldn’t bring herself to sacrifice her happiness, even for the sake of the Wind family.
She glanced at Chris, who stood beside her. With him there, it felt as if nothing could go wrong, even if the sky were to fall.
Not far away, Ray watched the scene unfold, his jaw practically hitting the floor.
“This Chris guy is something else,” Ray muttered to himself. “No wonder he holds the Monster Badge. He dares to storm into the Hunter family’s engagement banquet like this? Even I wouldn’t have the guts to pull something like that!”
Though Ray was the eldest son of the Thompson family, he knew that if he stirred up such a commotion at the Hunter family’s engagement banquet, it would ignite an unending feud between their families.
Even with his status, he didn’t have the courage to challenge the Hunter family so openly.
The Hunter family members, enraged by Chris’s sheer audacity, were boiling with anger.
For an outsider-a nobody, no less-to cause such a scene was a public humiliation for the entire Hunter family.
“Throw him out!”
Jordan Hunter finally roared, unable to hold back his fury any longer.
At his command, dozens of Hunter family bodyguards rushed toward Chris.
Chris smirked. In the next moment, his figure vanished.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Within minutes, Chris had taken down every single one of the Hunter family’s bodyguards. Dozens of men lay on the ground, groaning and unable to move.
The faces of the Hunter family members darkened further.
After dispatching the bodyguards, Chris grabbed Lindsay’s hand and said, “Let’s go. We’re leaving.”
With that, Chris walked out of the banquet hall with Lindsay in tow, bold and unhurried.
Not a single member of the Hunter family dared to stop him.
As Chris and Lindsay disappeared from sight, Jordan Hunter’s face twisted in fury.
Sean Hunter, meanwhile, glared at Chris’s retreating figure with venomous hatred.
This was supposed to be his engagement banquet, but Chris had turned it into a spectacle.
If word of this got out, Sean would become the laughingstock of all Riverton.
Jordan Hunter turned his wrathful gaze toward Frances Wind. “Frances Wind, your Wind family will bear the consequences of everything that happened today!”
Frances Wind looked utterly bitter.
What kind of mess was this?
Chris and Lindsay had caused all the trouble, yet now the Wind family was expected to take the blame?
In his heart, Frances Wind cursed Chris with every fiber of his being.
If not for Chris, the Wind family wouldn’t have offended the Hunter family.
Chris was nothing but a plague to the Wind family.
If they didn’t kick him out soon, the Wind family might be ruined by him.
News of the chaos at the Hunter family’s engagement banquet spread quickly.
A banquet hosted by the leading family among the four great salt merchant clans, disrupted by an outsider?
And the most shocking part-this outsider had walked away hand in hand with Lindsay?
Chris’s name soon became the talk of Riverton.
Speculation about Chris’s identity ran wild.
But what intrigued people most was his relationship with Lindsay.
Chris had helped Lindsay reject Sean Hunter. What kind of connection did they share?
Insiders revealed that Chris was currently living with the Wind family, brought back by Lindsay herself.
The revelation left everyone stunned-so Chris was just a kept man?
A kept man daring to act so arrogantly? It completely shattered everyone’s expectations.
Meanwhile, back at the Wind family estate, Frances Wind stormed into the backyard, fuming.
“Father, you must kick that bastard Chris out! If we let him stay in the Wind family, he’ll bring disaster upon us!”
Grigor Wind glanced at Frances with a calm expression. “Is this about Chris causing trouble at the Hunter family’s engagement banquet?”
Frances was taken aback. “Father, you already know about it?”
Grigor snorted. “I’m not blind or deaf. How could I not know about something so big?”
Frances, still fuming, exclaimed, “Father, that bastard Chris has gone too far! He dared to disrupt the Hunter family’s engagement banquet. Now we’ve completely offended them! The Hunter family will surely retaliate. To appease their anger, I suggest we hand Chris over to them!”
Grigor stared at Frances with disappointment. “Are you really so afraid of the Hunter family?
“Yes, the Wind family has declined, but we’re not weaklings. If this is how you act now, how will you handle the Wind family’s future after I’m gone? Can you truly shoulder that responsibility?”
“I…” Frances faltered, unable to respond.
Grigor’s disappointment deepened as he studied his son.
Though the Hunter family was the strongest of the four great salt merchant clans, the Wind family was also one of them.
So what if they had offended the Hunter family?
As long as he was alive, the Hunter family wouldn’t dare touch the Wind family.
But if Frances took over, with his cowardice and lack of backbone, even marrying Lindsay to Sean Hunter wouldn’t save the Wind family. It would eventually be swallowed whole.
“Leave,” Grigor said with a wave of his hand. He had no desire to continue the conversation. He needed time to think.
Frances, frustrated by his father’s refusal to act, left reluctantly.
At that moment, a plane from Middleton landed at Riverton International Airport.
The cabin doors opened, and three people descended: Esther, Candace, and James.
Caspian, worried about Esther and Candace’s safety, had sent James to accompany them.
As they exited the terminal, Candace turned to Esther. “Esther, I’ve arranged for someone from the Riverton branch of the Nance family to pick us up. Why don’t you come with me? We can search for Chris together later.”
The Nance family, one of Middleton’s three great families, was influential nationwide, with branches in many cities.
While their main house was in Middleton, the Riverton branch was still a significant force.
Esther shook her head. “No need. I’ll call a friend to pick me up.”
Candace nodded. “Alright, but let me know immediately if you find Chris.”
With that, Candace and James left in a Nance family car, leaving Esther behind.