During the last Crown Wood Banquet, one of the Bai family's collateral descendants had caused a scene after having too much to drink. As a result, Yang Sijie had sent someone to break his limbs and toss him into the pool outside the banquet hall. By the time he was pulled out, half of his body had already been eaten by the wrasses in the pool.
Yi Huailong was terrified that Yang Sijie would attack Liu Jie without warning.
If that happened, Yi Huailong would have to step in to defend Liu Jie. But once he did, he would turn the Yi family into the Yang family's target.
Yi Huailong was well aware that the Yang, Su, and Bai families had all been looking for a justifiable reason to eliminate the Yi family and take over their resources.
The Yi family had survived for so long because the Su, Bai, and Yang families had managed to get a leg above the other.