The girl looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, about $1.6$ meters tall, with long black hair tied in twin tails, a round face, large eyes, but a small nose and mouth, looking just like a cartoon beautiful girl. She was wearing a Lolita-style princess dress and a pair of small red leather shoes, both pretty and cute.
However, her expression was not cute at all; it was very serious.
"Chen Xi is here! Quick, follow her and watch the show!" Zhang Qingtian said excitedly. He couldn't wait to see Wang Yue completely flustered and humiliated.
Chen Xi walked into the arcade center and looked around.
Just at this moment, Wang Yue and the others had just finished experiencing a game and came out of the virtual pod. The two sides quickly met face to face.
"Wang Yue!" Seeing Wang Yue, Chen Xi's originally serious small face instantly blossomed into a sweet smile. She ran over and plunged into Wang Yue's arms.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Qingtian and the others who were secretly following behind were completely dumbfounded: What was going on? What happened to the promised overturned vinegar jar and the family ethical drama? What about the claim that Chen Xi had a bad temper and would flare up at the slightest provocation?
Even Wang Yue was a little confused. It was true that he and Chen Xi had grown up together, their relationship was excellent, and because they had long been engaged, they would occasionally hold hands or something, but that was all.
They had never had an embrace like this, let alone in front of so many people.
After plunging into Wang Yue's arms, Chen Xi immediately whispered in his ear, "Check if anyone is following me."
Wang Yue immediately observed the direction Chen Xi had come from without changing his expression and quickly spotted Zhang Qingtian and the others peeking out from behind a row of virtual pods.
Seeing these guys, Wang Yue understood everything. Obviously, Zhang Qingtian was unbalanced after being beaten by him, so he wanted to play a dirty trick. He had used some method to notify Chen Xi, trying to instigate her to make a fool of him.
Wang Yue felt ridiculous about such a scheme: this guy knew Chen Xi too little.
But ridiculous as it was, such insidious behavior could never be tolerated!
So Wang Yue released Chen Xi, flashed behind the row of virtual pods, and grabbed Zhang Qingtian's shirt at his chest, yanking him out.
"Wang Yue, what are you doing?" Zhang Qingtian struggled and shouted, "We're playing here; we're not bothering you. Don't go too far."
"No need to argue. I wasn't planning on reasoning with you either." Wang Yue punched Zhang Qingtian in the face, knocking him to the ground. "Going too far is going too far. I just want to beat you up today. Got a problem with that?"
After speaking, he stomped on Zhang Qingtian's chest and didn't move his foot away.
Zhang Qingtian's lackeys saw their young master being trampled under Wang Yue's foot. Although they were terrified, they dared not show nothing, so they shouted and cried, wanting to rush forward to help.
At this moment, another figure flashed, and with a few loud thuds, Zhang Qingtian's lackeys screamed and flew backward. It was Chen Xi and Su Jiaojiao who had acted together.
After knocking down the lackeys, Chen Xi stepped up to Wang Yue, looked down at the struggling Zhang Qingtian being trampled by him, and snorted, "It was you who was playing dirty tricks behind our backs, right? Trying to destroy the relationship between me and Wang Yue? You must be blind!"
Saying this, she kicked Zhang Qingtian in the face, leaving a small shoe print on his cheek.
"Hey, watch out for flashing," Wang Yue couldn't help but remind her, after all, Chen Xi was wearing a skirt, and Zhang Qingtian was lying on the ground.
"Don't worry, I'm wearing safety shorts," Chen Xi smiled sweetly at Wang Yue, but her foot was merciless, delivering another kick to Zhang Qingtian's face.
Su Jiaojiao found it amusing and also came closer, following Chen Xi's example, adding shoe prints to Zhang Qingtian's face.
"I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you..." Zhang Qingtian struggled with all his might, but he couldn't move the foot Wang Yue was pressing on his chest, only letting out useless roars of anger.
Watching Wang Yue and the others violently abuse Zhang Qingtian, Su Jin'er and Su Xiu'er exchanged glances, both smiling helplessly.
Chu Mo, however, was somewhat shocked. Before, she had always heard how bad Zhang Qingtian was, bullying men and women everywhere and doing all sorts of bad things, but what she saw now was him being bullied to death by Wang Yue and Chen Xi.
Evil must be fought with evil.
This sentence flashed through Chu Mo's mind for no reason, and then she felt it was wrong. How could Wang Yue be an evil person?
But one feeling was correct: Chen Xi and Wang Yue were truly a perfect match. If it were her, she would certainly not publicly beat someone up with Wang Yue like this.
The two girls kicked Zhang Qingtian's face more than ten times before finally stopping.
"This is just a small lesson. If you dare to play dirty with me again, I'll break your dog legs!" Wang Yue said coldly, then lifted his foot: "Get lost!"
Zhang Qingtian lay on the ground motionless.
It wasn't that the two girls had hit him too hard, but being publicly stomped on the face by two little girls made him feel utterly disgraced and genuinely resigned to life.
"You guys, stop playing dead. We didn't hit you hard. Hurry up and carry your young master away. Lying here is a disgrace," Chen Xi turned and said to the lackeys who had been knocked down by her and Su Jiaojiao and hadn't gotten up yet.
Now, it was the lackeys' turn to feel utterly resigned to life.
They were indeed not badly hurt; the reason they were lying on the ground pretending to be dead was just to avoid being beaten again. Now that Chen Xi had exposed them, their fate under Zhang Qingtian's personality was imaginable.
But Wang Yue and the others didn't sympathize with these guys at all. These people followed Zhang Qingtian, acting as his accomplices, and had done countless bad things. They deserved to be punished.
If it weren't for the bigger picture, Wang Yue would have wanted to kill Zhang Qingtian directly. However, even though he let him go this time, he wouldn't live for long.
The seed of hatred had been sown, and it had to be dealt with quickly; otherwise, if it took root and sprouted, it could lead to a great disaster.
After being exposed by Chen Xi, the lackeys dared not play dead anymore. They quickly climbed up, lifted the catatonic Zhang Qingtian, and hurried away.
"Sister Jin'er, Sister Xiu'er, Sister Jiaojiao." After driving away the "external enemy," Chen Xi immediately greeted the three Su sisters sweetly, then looked at Chu Mo and said, "This must be Sister Chu Mo. Hello, I'm Chen Xi."
"You... hello." Facing Chen Xi, Chu Mo couldn't help but feel a little guilty. After all, this was Wang Yue's official fiancée. In front of her, Chu Mo felt like a mistress.
Seeing Chu Mo's expression, Su Jin'er and Su Xiu'er didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed—Chu Mo had clearly developed feelings for Wang Yue, otherwise, she wouldn't look like this when facing Chen Xi.
After exchanging greetings, Chen Xi said to Wang Yue, "Wang Yue, my shoe seems to be broken from kicking that guy just now. Come and take a look for me."
"Okay," Wang Yue agreed and followed Chen Xi to a lounge next to the game hall for guests to rest temporarily.
"Cousin is going to be in trouble now," Su Jiaojiao shook her head, gloating, as she watched the two walk away.
"What do you mean?" Chu Mo quickly asked, feeling very worried in her heart: Could this girl, who looked as beautiful and cute as a cartoon girl, be the legendary shrew?
"Don't worry," Su Jin'er comforted her. "Although Xi is a bit willful, she is very kind-hearted and not a jealous person who can't tolerate others."
"What does that have to do with me?" Chu Mo insisted, but her gaze involuntarily drifted towards the direction of the lounge.
On the other side, as soon as they entered the lounge, Chen Xi's face immediately changed. Her eyebrows shot up, and she asked fiercely, "What is your relationship with that Chu Mo?"
Wang Yue was not surprised. He knew Chen Xi too well and knew she had this kind of temper.
When facing outsiders, she would firmly stand on the same front as him and unite against the outside world, but once the outsiders were gone, her petty, spoiled, and sometimes unreasonable side would come out.
Moreover, she was in the right this time, so she would certainly be even more persistent.
Fortunately, Wang Yue had already thought of a countermeasure. Facing Chen Xi's questioning, he said nothing, suddenly pulled her into his arms, and lowered his head to kiss her small mouth.
Chen Xi was stunned. Although she was Wang Yue's fiancée, they had always been well-behaved when together in the past. An embrace like the one earlier was already a bit much.
So she never expected Wang Yue to kiss her so suddenly.
However, Chen Xi liked Wang Yue, after all, and had considered him her man for life since she was very young, so she didn't resist his kiss at all and even enjoyed it.
As it was her first kiss, Chen Xi didn't know what to do, but Wang Yue was already an old hand and quickly let his fiancée taste the wonderful flavor of kissing.
They exchanged lips and tongues, kissing for a while before finally separating.
As it was Chen Xi's first time, she was very embarrassed. She buried her face in Wang Yue's shoulder and cooed, "What are you doing?"
"You were doubting me, weren't you? So I'm showing you with action how much I love you," Wang Yue laughed.
"Hmph, don't try to change the subject. Tell me honestly, what is really going on between you and Chu Mo?" Chen Xi still hadn't forgotten the matter, but her tone was much softer than before. Instead of questioning, it was more like acting spoiled.
"I don't want to lie to you. At first, I was pretending to pursue her for family matters, but now I've found that I really have developed some good feelings for her," Wang Yue said truthfully. He felt he was very sorry to Chen Xi, and the only thing he could do now was to be as honest as possible with her instead of keeping her completely in the dark.
"I don't believe what you just said anymore," Chen Xi said faintly. "You just said you love me, and immediately after, you say you have good feelings for another woman. Who do you actually love?"
"Of course I love you," Wang Yue said without hesitation, but then added: "However, some people might be naturally fickle and unable to be dedicated. I'm that kind of person. I truly love you, and that will never change, but I can't help but develop good feelings for other women. I can't deceive myself about this, and I don't want to deceive you."
"Then can I also like several men?" Chen Xi said petulantly. "Be with many men?"
"No!" Wang Yue shook his head and said domineeringly, "If you are with another man, no matter who it is, I will kill him. If he is stronger than me, then let him kill me. In short, I will never live and let you be with another living man."
"Wang Yue, you're truly shameless!" Chen Xi scolded.
"I can't help it. I am such a shameless person. If you can't accept it..." Wang Yue's words trailed off halfway.
Chen Xi immediately became nervous, and tears even started to well up in her big eyes: This jerk, is he trying to say that if she couldn't accept it, he would give her up?
Then she heard Wang Yue continue: "Then I will try every means to make you accept it. In short, you will always be mine for the rest of your life, and you can never leave me!"
Chen Xi was almost exploding with anger at Wang Yue's words, but at the same time, there was an indescribable sweetness deep inside her heart—didn't his words mean that he cared about her?
Seeing that Chen Xi seemed to be wavering, Wang Yue immediately said, "Xi, I promise you, I will be good to you for the rest of my life and give you everything I have. Even if I don't have it, as long as you want it, I will find a way to get it for you."
"I want a complete love, not to share with others. Can you give me that?" Chen Xi asked coldly.
"Yes!" Unexpectedly, Wang Yue answered emphatically.
"Then what about Chu Mo?" Chen Xi asked.
"I do have good feelings for her, but that's not love; it's a kind of possessiveness that comes from liking something," Wang Yue said. "If she doesn't like me and wants to be with another man, I might be sad and disappointed, but I will never force her. Only for you will I never give up, even if you don't like me or even hate me, I will cling to you for the rest of your life."
Hearing Wang Yue say this, Chen Xi's heart suddenly softened. She couldn't help but say, "But wouldn't that be unfair to Chu Mo?"
"Perhaps, but as long as she is with me and feels happy, I think that's enough. Fairness doesn't really matter," Wang Yue said.
Since the spiritual energy recovery and the emergence of martial artists, human moral concepts have changed significantly from a few hundred years ago. The idea that the strong can have more spouses has long been deeply ingrained in people's hearts, and everyone is affected, including Chen Xi.
So she was easily persuaded by Wang Yue, and she leaned into his arms submissively, saying faintly, "I hope you remember what you said today."
"Don't worry, no matter how many women I have in the future, you will always be the one I love the most," Wang Yue promised solemnly.
"How many more do you want?" Chen Xi said crossly, and then suddenly realized something: "Wait, you said you were just starting to pursue Chu Mo, so you haven't succeeded yet. If that's the case, how are you so skilled at kissing? Tell me, do you have other women?"
"There's also Sister Lan," Wang Yue confessed. It wasn't that he always used Li Menglan as a shield; it was just that among all his women, only Li Menglan was someone he could be open about and was the easiest for others to accept.
After accepting the fact that Wang Yue also wanted Chu Mo, Chen Xi didn't find it so difficult to accept one more.
Moreover, Li Menglan was different from Chu Mo. Chen Xi was also very familiar with her, and their relationship was very good, so she was naturally easier to accept.
But Chen Xi still felt a little jealous: Why? She was his fiancée, but he practiced kissing techniques with Li Menglan first.
And, it was probably more than just kissing, so she asked, "How far have you and Sister Lan gone?"
Wang Yue didn't hide it: "She is already mine now."
"Ah? You jerk, you actually..." Chen Xi suddenly scratched at Wang Yue like a little wildcat in a frenzy, feeling incredibly wronged in her heart.
Wang Yue hurriedly hugged Chen Xi tightly and smiled, asking in her ear, "What, do you want it too?"
The ear is one of the more sensitive parts of the human body. At this moment, Chen Xi's ear was blown by Wang Yue's warm breath as he spoke such a sensitive topic. Her pretty face instantly turned crimson with shame, and she instinctively denied it: "I... I don't want to."
Wang Yue smiled but said nothing, just holding the little beauty tightly in his arms. The lounge became quiet for a while.
After a moment, Chen Xi suddenly asked, "Um, what does it feel like to do that kind of thing? I heard it's very comfortable. Is that true?"
"Heard? Who told you?" Wang Yue couldn't help but ask.
"I accidentally joined a chat group before and heard it from the people in the group," Chen Xi said.
"What kind of messy group is that?" Wang Yue said righteously. "Quickly add me. I want to scold them for corrupting young people."
As his number of women increased, he increasingly felt that his knowledge in this area was insufficient. It was always the same basic moves, and although he could still give his beloved women the utmost satisfaction with his powerful recovery ability and the doubled pleasure during dual cultivation, he always felt that he lacked variety.
If he could join a group of experienced veterans and seek advice from them, he would definitely benefit greatly.
"I already left it," Chen Xi gave Wang Yue a disappointing answer, then continued, "You still haven't told me, how does it feel?"
Wang Yue rolled his eyes and replied, "The process is quite comfortable, but the result is always that Sister Lan is scared, and I'm uncomfortable."
"Scared, uncomfortable?" Chen Xi wondered, "Why?"
"Every time, Sister Lan can't take it before I even get started. Of course, she's scared if I continue, and since I'm mindful of her body, I have to hold back, so naturally, I feel uncomfortable," Wang Yue laughed.
"You're just bragging," Chen Xi wrinkled her small nose. "Don't think I don't know anything. In this regard, women have a much greater advantage than men. I've only heard of men being unable to take it; never women."
It seemed the little girl had learned a lot in that group. He definitely had to find a way to make her find that group again and let him join.
He said aloud, "Why would I brag to you about this?"
"Of course, you're deliberately exaggerating your ability to trick me into agreeing to you finding more women," Chen Xi said scornfully, looking as if she had seen through him completely.
"Why don't you believe me when I tell you the truth?" Wang Yue said helplessly. "If it weren't for the wrong time and place, I would definitely show you how amazing I am!"
"I'm not scared," Chen Xi's pretty face was flushed with shame, but she still insisted.
Wang Yue smiled wickedly: "You say you're not scared now, but I'm afraid you'll be begging for mercy then. And don't just say you alone; even if you and Sister Lan come together, you'll still beg for mercy."
"Hmph, you're getting ahead of yourself," Chen Xi, being a young girl, was easily provoked and even said, "If you're really that amazing, I won't care how many women you find in the future, but if you're bragging, then you better behave and not flirt around."
"Good, it's settled!" Wang Yue immediately agreed.
Their childhood sweethearts' relationship was already very good, and they were in the prime of their youth, so talking about such a topic while embracing each other naturally led to a reaction.
Wang Yue didn't know about Chen Xi, but he was definitely hard below.
Chen Xi, who was hugging Wang Yue, felt something pressing against her and immediately understood what was going on. She asked somewhat shyly, "Are you thinking bad thoughts?"
"My little Xi is so pretty. How can I not think bad thoughts when holding you?" Wang Yue was quite honest.
Chen Xi pushed Wang Yue away, took a step back, and looked at the large bulge in his pants, exclaiming, "That big?"
"Yes, want to see it?" Wang Yue joked.
Chen Xi had never seen that thing before, and to say she wasn't curious was definitely false.
But shyness ultimately overcame her curiosity. She spat and said, "I don't want to! Sister Jin'er and the others have been waiting for a long time. I'm going to go play with them."
Saying that, she turned to walk out.
"What about me?" Wang Yue looked at Chen Xi pitifully.
"You figure it out yourself," Chen Xi chuckled, flashed out of the lounge, but thoughtfully closed the door behind her.
"Looks like I'll have to use my hands again," Wang Yue muttered helplessly, but he felt very relaxed.
Chen Xi had always been an obstacle in his heart. After all, they were engaged since childhood, and Wang Yue felt he was letting her down no matter which woman he was with.
But today, he managed to convince her so easily, and they even made that bet. Things would be much easier in the future.
When Chen Xi came out, the four girls were sitting nearby, chatting intermittently. Seeing Chen Xi, Su Xiu'er couldn't help but ask, "Xi, why did you come out alone? Where is Yue?"
"He's in there repenting," Chen Xi said with a slight blush.
Repenting?
Chu Mo felt a sudden tension in her heart, wondering if it was because of her.
Su Jiaojiao's eyes lit up. She turned and rushed towards the lounge, wanting to surprise Wang Yue, but found the door locked from the inside.
"Brother, don't be so stingy. Open the door quickly," Su Jiaojiao shouted, knocking on the door.
Wang Yue felt somewhat helpless. One, Chen Xi, didn't let him look but then asked to see, and the other, Su Jiaojiao, he didn't want to show but kept trying to peek.
Since his cousin was right outside the door, Wang Yue couldn't help but think of her half-exposed, plump little bun-pussy again. He felt a surge of excitement, and his penis swelled and shot out a load with a series of muffled sounds.
After ejaculating, Wang Yue used his true energy to clean up all traces, then opened the door and looked at Su Jiaojiao outside, asking, "What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Su Jiaojiao looked at her cousin's crotch suspiciously, found nothing unusual, and thought she had guessed wrong. She quickly said, "Nothing, I just came to see if Sister Xi had scratched your face."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say," Wang Yue laughed, but thought to himself, it can't keep going like this. What if it gets hard where it shouldn't one day? That would be embarrassing. He needed to find a solution quickly. Should he make a pair of iron underpants?
"Why did it take you so long to come out?" Su Xiu'er asked.
Wang Yue rubbed his chin and said, "I reflected inside and felt that hiding things is not good. So, I want to announce in front of everyone that from now on, I will formally pursue Sister Mo Mo!"
"Ah?" Chu Mo was startled. She quickly looked at Chen Xi and only felt relieved when she saw no sign of displeasure.
"Cousin, you're a real man!" Su Jiaojiao patted Wang Yue's shoulder forcefully and praised him.
Su Jin'er asked Chen Xi, "Xi, don't you mind?"
Chen Xi smiled: "As long as this guy has the ability to successfully pursue Sister Chu Mo, and Sister Chu Mo doesn't mind not having a proper status, I naturally won't mind."
"Xi, Sister, thank you," Chu Mo said moved.
Su Xiu'er couldn't help but laugh: "Oh? Yue hasn't even started pursuing you yet, has he? Why are you thanking him already?"
Chu Mo's face immediately flushed with embarrassment: "I didn't!"
With Chen Xi joining them, the group became even livelier. They stayed at the arcade center until dark before finally leaving, satisfied, and heading home separately.
During this time, Chen Xi actively sought out Chu Mo to team up, and Chu Mo, out of gratitude, also deliberately befriended Chen Xi. As a result, the two girls actually developed a good relationship in half an afternoon, which surprised Su Jin'er, Su Xiu'er, and even Wang Yue.
To turn to another matter, Chu Mo did not let Wang Yue take her home. She only asked him to drop her off at the gym, and then she drove herself back to the Chu family residence.
The Chu family did not live in the suburbs like the three major families of Jinling. Instead, they had several adjacent, large detached villas in a luxurious residential area near the city center.
Chu Mo and her mother lived in the smallest of these villas.
After parking the car in the courtyard, Chu Mo had just stepped into the house when she heard a gentle voice: "Mo Mo, you're back."
The speaker was a woman of exquisite beauty with a clear face and graceful temperament. She was wearing simple loungewear, which completely failed to conceal her voluptuous figure with ample bosom and plump hips.
This was Chu Mo's mother, Xu Yanran. From her appearance, no one would be able to tell that she had an extremely weak constitution; she looked completely indistinguishable from a healthy person.
Moreover, although she could not practice martial arts, she had inexplicably maintained the peak physical condition of a martial artist.
For this reason, the Chu family specifically invited the goddess doctor of Jinling, Miao Qingluan, to examine her. The final conclusion was—she was born with the "Nine Yin Absolute Meridian," meaning she could never practice martial arts and would always be very weak.
Miao Qingluan also speculated on a fundamentally impossible way to cure her: to find a set of at least a low-grade Heaven-rank pure Yin-attribute cultivation technique to practice.
Heaven-rank cultivation techniques were high-level goods only found in martial arts holy lands, not to mention pure Yin-attribute techniques. So, this method was no different from having none.
"Mom," Chu Mo quickly went forward and held her mother's arm.
Although Xu Yanran was not so weak that she needed to be supported while walking, this was her daughter's filial piety.
"Mo Mo, you seem to be in a good mood today," Xu Yanran said, looking at her daughter. Recently, due to the upcoming wedding, Chu Mo always had a difficult-to-resolve melancholy, but she looked completely different today.
Chu Mo smiled: "Yes, because I've decided not to follow the family's arrangement and marry that profligate son of the Zhang family."
"Daughter, you should have done this sooner. Mom supports your decision!" Xu Yanran first encouraged her daughter, but then worriedly said, "But what about your dad and the family... Should I go to the Xu family and ask your maternal grandfather and uncles for help?"
"Please don't. They no longer consider you a member of the Xu family. You'll only humiliate yourself if you go," Chu Mo quickly said. "Besides, we don't need anyone else's help because the three major families have already decided to make a move against the Zhang family."
"Are you talking about the Chen family, the Wang family, and the Su family?" Xu Yanran was surprised.
"Of course, it's them. Otherwise, who else in Jinling would dare to call themselves the three major families?" Chu Mo laughed. "Now, are you relieved?"
Xu Yanran said: "But why are they moving against the Zhang family? Is it because of you, for Jin'er and Xiu'er's sake? If so, we have to seriously consider this. Don't implicate them because of us."
"Don't worry, Mom. It's not wrong to say it's for me, but this is just an excuse they found. In fact, they've long disliked the Zhang family," Chu Mo said. "Moreover, Wang Yue and Chen Xi publicly taught Zhang Qingtian a lesson today. The lid has already been blown off."
Thinking of Wang Yue, Chu Mo's heart warmed up.
After being almost inseparable from Wang Yue for a whole day, she was greatly influenced by the pure Yang true energy he inadvertently emitted. Now, whenever she thought of him, she couldn't help but picture some embarrassing scenes in her mind, making her body warm up.
But at this moment, Chu Mo suddenly felt a wave of icy cold air rush out from her mother's body, making her feel as if she had taken a cold shower. Her whole body shivered, and the rising flame of lust instantly dissipated.
"Mom, why do you seem to have true energy in your body?" Chu Mo asked in surprise.
Xu Yanran seemed unaware and wondered, "What true energy?"
"Just now, I felt a stream of icy true energy coming from your body. Didn't you feel it yourself?" Chu Mo asked.
Xu Yanran frowned and asked in return, "Mo Mo, were you feeling lustful just now?"
"How did you know?" Chu Mo blurted out, her face flushing.
Xu Yanran sighed: "This might be a trait of my Nine Yin Absolute Meridian. It can dispel the lust of those who come into contact with me."
"It's like this?" Chu Mo was surprised: "Then how did you and my dad have me back then?"
"With modern technology so advanced, is it difficult to have a child? It doesn't necessarily require a man and a woman to conceive naturally," Xu Yanran said.
Chu Mo suddenly understood why her father had never spent the night here since she could remember.
Before, she had always wondered. Although her mother couldn't practice martial arts, in terms of looks, she was even better than her, one of the "Twelve Beauties of Jinling," and her figure was extremely attractive, much better than her father's other women. Why was her father never close to her mother? The root cause was here.
Thinking this way, she couldn't entirely blame her father.
"Since you could do in vitro fertilization, why didn't you have a son?" Chu Mo asked again.
"What about Chu Wang if I had a son?" Xu Yanran smiled, seemingly unconcerned about it.
Chu Mo was immediately silent. Chu Wang was her half-brother. His mother was one of her father's favorite women and had been internally designated as the next head of the Chu family early on.
But the nominal legitimate wife of the Chu family was still Xu Yanran. If she had a son, he would be the true legitimate son, and the position of young family head would naturally not belong to Chu Wang.
"Mo Mo, don't feel bad for me. Having you is enough for me," Seeing that her daughter seemed to be feeling injustice for her, Xu Yanran smiled and comforted her, then suddenly asked, "You mentioned Wang Yue just now, and you happened to be feeling lustful. Could it be that he is the one you like?"
Chu Mo's face immediately flushed: "Just... just a little bit of liking. He is pursuing me."
"Looking at you, it's more than just a little bit," Xu Yanran smiled. "But no matter what, Mom supports you. Although Wang Yue is a little younger and already has an engagement, as long as you two love each other, things like status don't matter."
"Thank you, Mom," Chu Mo said gratefully. She was very happy to receive her mother's support and blessing.
"You're my daughter; why are you being so polite?" Xu Yanran said. "When will you bring him to meet Mom?"
"That... we haven't even really started yet. Let's wait and see," Chu Mo said, blushing.
"What are you two talking about?" A voice suddenly interrupted the warm interaction between the mother and daughter.
Following the voice, a tall man walked in from outside. It was Chu Mo's father, Chu Kuo.
"Why are you here?" Seeing Chu Kuo, the smile on Xu Yanran's face instantly disappeared, and she asked faintly.
Chu Kuo sighed inwardly. He still had feelings for Xu Yanran; otherwise, he wouldn't have married a woman who couldn't practice martial arts, even if she was the legitimate daughter of the Xu family, whose influence was not inferior to the Chu family.
But Xu Yanran's Nine Yin Absolute Meridian was truly tormenting—having such an extremely beautiful wife with a perfect figure, yet only being able to look but not touch. It was understandable that any man would feel depressed.
So, after marriage, the depressed Chu Kuo started to indulge in affairs outside, which led to the increasingly cold relationship between the couple. Now, it was beyond saving.
"I came to inform Mo Mo that the wedding date with the Zhang family is approaching. She shouldn't go to the gym during this time and should prepare at home," Chu Kuo directly brought up the main topic.
"I will not marry Zhang Qingtian. I've already told Mom, and now I'm telling you too," Chu Mo said very directly.
"Nonsense!" Chu Kuo said solemnly. "This was decided by the Chu family and the Zhang family together. How can you say you won't marry him?"
"You decided it; I never agreed," Chu Mo said coldly. She had indeed not planned to resist this marriage alliance before, but she had never personally agreed to it either.
"It's not up to you to disagree!" Chu Kuo said. "The family provided for you and raised you for over twenty years, taught you martial arts, and made you an elite. Now it's time for you to contribute to the family."
"I used to think that way too, but someone told me that repaying the family doesn't necessarily mean sacrificing myself," Chu Mo argued.
"A joke," Chu Kuo sneered. "Besides this, what else can you give the Chu family?"
"At least I can save the Chu family from being destroyed."
"What do you mean?" Chu Kuo frowned and asked.
"I've said all I can. Believe it or not, I will never marry Zhang Qingtian, even if it means death," Chu Mo said with firm conviction, not mentioning that the three major families were going to move against the Zhang family.
She could tell her mother, Xu Yanran, this, but she would definitely not tell her father, Chu Kuo, because Chu Kuo was practically in league with the Zhang family now. Telling him would be equivalent to telling the Zhang family.
Although the Zhang family could certainly infer some clues from Wang Yue's attack on Zhang Qingtian even without Chu Mo saying anything, Chu Mo absolutely did not want to confirm it because of herself. This was a matter of principle.
Chu Kuo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sighed: "Don't you know that Jinling will change very soon? By then, the Zhang family might become the sole dominant power. If we break the engagement at this time, it's a slap in the face to the Zhang family. Will they let it go?"
Chu Mo was surprised and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, the Zhang family has already connected with a major power. I don't know the specifics, but I only know that this major power comes from Tianhai. At the earliest, in a month, and at the latest, in half a year, people will come from there to help the Zhang family consolidate the forces in Jinling," Chu Kuo said. "I know you have a good relationship with the two girls from the Su family, so you'd best notify them in advance so they can prepare. They should either concede enough benefits or simply leave Jinling, otherwise, the three major families might cease to exist."
Chu Mo hadn't expected her father to tell her this, which showed that he still had some paternal affection for her. Her tone immediately softened: "Dad, thank you for telling me this."