Looking at the convoy slowly parking in front of the villa in the distance, Zhang Yuanqing stood by the rooftop, holding his phone, deep in thought.
His mother-in-law's purpose in coming to Songhai was very clear: to take Guan Ya away and cut off her relationship with Yuanshi Tianzun.
After all, she couldn't just kill the latter, who was an official rising star. So, taking her daughter away was the best way to stifle this ill-fated relationship.
A conflict was inevitable.
Although Guan Ya kept saying, "If my mom dares to break us up, I'll make myself an orphan."
But letting his beloved girl break with her family and parents for his sake was a sign of incompetence. Zhang Yuanqing didn't want that.
Kind words certainly wouldn't convince his mother-in-law. Fu Qingyang had already made the purpose of Guan Ya's parents' marriage alliance very clear.
Zhang Yuanqing asked himself, if someone ruined his project worth trillions, he would probably smash their brains out.
"To change my mother-in-law's mind, I'd have to be a young master from a The Way of the Extraordinary family too. I am, but my dad and his brothers returned to The Way of the Extraordinary twenty years ago. Now I only have a childhood friend who's like an older sister to rely on."
But the Palace Master obviously wouldn't support him in this matter. If the Palace Master came, she would probably help his mother-in-law bully Guan Ya and personally escort the mother and daughter back to the Fu family.
Family background couldn't be relied on, and neither could Fu Qingyang. Last time he said that as a cousin, he could block Guan Ya's marriage once or twice, but not three times.
Moreover, Qian Gongzi believed in the "heart of the strong." Repeated protection was indulging Guan Ya's weakness, which was against his principles.
"I still have to rely on myself." Zhang Yuanqing muttered:
"To change my mother-in-law's mind and make her give up the Miller family to choose me is almost impossible. At least in the short term, I can't win her heart.
"So the goal this time is not to change her mind, but to send her away and carry out a certain degree of effective deterrence."
After much deliberation, his gaze accidentally swept over the Cat King speaker. Zhang Yuanqing was suddenly inspired by the Demon Lord's audio clip.
--Make a Peach Blossom Talisman.
Of course, he wasn't going to imitate the Demon Lord and sleep with his aunt. The Peach Blossom Talisman could make him gain favor and goodwill from women, thereby effectively reducing his mother-in-law's hostility and paving the way for the upcoming negotiations.
Imagine, when his mother-in-law sees him, her eyes light up, and she thinks, "This young man is pretty good!"
Wouldn't it be much easier to talk to her then?
I'm such a clever little fellow... Zhang Yuanqing immediately sent a message to Guan Ya:
"Sister Guan Ya, handle the situation first, give me fifteen minutes."
Large villa courtyard.
Fu Qingyang stood straight by the fountain pool, watching his aunt Fu Xue step out of the car, walking over surrounded by bodyguards.
Judging from her appearance alone, his aunt didn't look like a woman in her forties at all, wearing a decent business outfit, high heels, black stockings, and a skirt suit with a white shirt.
Her beautiful hair was tied up with a crystal hairpin, but not too neatly, with strands hanging down, revealing a sense of laziness.
This hairstyle seemed casual, but it was actually carefully designed, adding noble laziness to her stern and cold temperament, highlighting the demeanor of a wealthy lady.
Rather than a busy office worker.
In terms of appearance, she had a very elegant oriental female face, with the same oval face as Guan Ya, but her mixed-race delicate features were not very similar to her daughter. Instead, she looked five or six points like Fu Qingyang.
How handsome Fu Qingyang was, that's how beautiful his aunt was.
Her sharp and piercing phoenix eyes hid autumn waves, her nose was straight and delicate, her lipsticked lips were bright and sexy, and her eyebrows were long and straight. Combined with this outfit, she looked like a sexy female president who walked out of a TV series.
Fu Xue's appearance was maintained in her thirties, and her figure hadn't changed either. Her stocking-clad long legs were round and straight, her skirt suit wrapped her full, round hips, and the hem of her white shirt was tucked into her skirt, outlining a slender waist.
At her net worth, and being a The Way of the Extraordinary, she had too many means to maintain herself.
"Aunt!"
Fu Qingyang nodded expressionlessly.
Fu Xue stopped in front of her nephew. Fu Qingyang could smell the light and long-lasting fragrance on his aunt.
"Qingyang," Fu Xue reached out and stroked her nephew's strong chest, smiling charmingly, "It's been a few years, you've grown so heroic and handsome? Even your aunt is moved."
Fu Qingyang said lightly, "Aunt, have some self-respect." Fu Xue's face suddenly turned cold, and she sneered, "So Qian Gongzi still recognizes me as his aunt!"
After saying that, she brushed past her nephew and led three bodyguards straight into the villa, obviously not her first time here.
Fu Qingyang sighed. His aunt had a strange and capricious temperament. In young people's terms, she was a "yandere." He didn't like dealing with his aunt very much.
Fu Qingyang was better at playing mind games with old foxes. Everyone played chess, using their own methods. Yandere were different. Yandere would overturn the chessboard and then pounce on you and bite you.
So Fu Qingyang always used force to threaten his aunt, although it was very effective,
But he still felt a headache and mental exhaustion. In the study.
Fu Xue went straight to the desk, occupying Fu Qingyang's throne, and said with a cold face:
"Where's Guan Ya? Tell her to come see me."
Fu Qingyang didn't answer, walked to the wine cabinet, poured wine, and said:
"Guan Ya is no longer the child you could beat and scold. She has her own ideas and life. You two shouldn't sell your daughter for your own benefit."
"I don't like the term 'selling daughter,' Qingyang. Don't make your aunt angry anymore." Fu Xue crossed her arms, her chest surging. Facing this cold-blooded nephew, she was still strong:
"Marrying into the Miller family, she'll enjoy endless wealth and glory. We parents are doing it all for our children."
"It's aunt and Uncle Will who will enjoy endless wealth and glory, oh, former uncle." Fu Qingyang subtly mentioned this failed marriage, exposing his aunt's scar, and then said:
"Uncle Will can be promoted to Level Two Gold Prosecutor, and the assets under your name have exploded, with more money to train The Way of the Extraordinary.
"You've reaped both career and wealth, just sacrificing one daughter is enough. How cost-effective."
Fu Xue didn't care about her nephew's sarcasm, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, her shapely legs crossed, and chuckled:
"My wealth is also Guan Ya's wealth.
"You know the Fu family's rules best, emphasizing strength and downplaying blood ties. Guan Ya has been wasting away for many years. In name, she's still a direct descendant, but she's gradually being squeezed out of the Fu family's power core.
"She's still like this, what about her descendants? But as long as she marries into the Miller family, our lineage can maintain its transcendent status. Qingyang, before your aunt came, she had already obtained
Approval from the Clan Elders Council to take Guan Ya back to the Fu family." She casually threw out her trump card.
Approval from the Clan Elders Council was equivalent to the family issuing a formal order.
The Fu family was a scout family, governed by military law. The Clan Elders Council's order was like a military order.
With Fu Qingyang's current status, it wouldn't be difficult to intervene in this matter, but he would also have to abide by the rules and could return to the family to negotiate with the elders in person.
But forcibly interfering would be regarded as resisting the family.
Now that Fu Qingyang had just been promoted to Ruler, he still had to rely on the family's power to fight against the headquarters. Fu Xue expected that he wouldn't fall out with the family at this moment.
Fu Qingyang was about to speak when the door to the study opened.
Guan Ya walked in with a cold face.
She was wearing a black skirt, and a white hollow knit sweater on top, with a black vest underneath, less of the sexy vibe of a mature woman, and more of a girl's youthfulness.
Both mother and daughter were beautiful, tall and full-figured, complementing each other, but their eyes met in the air, without any warmth, only coldness.
Fu Xue suddenly pushed the table and stood up, stepping forward in high heels, raising her arm, and with a "slap," a solid slap landed on Guan Ya's face.
Her fair and delicate cheek was swollen and red.
In the bedroom, Zhang Yuanqing sat at the desk. All the clutter on the table had been cleared, and it was piled with paper talismans, cinnabar, red thread, and other materials.
Zhang Yuanqing methodically ground the materials, mixing them into ink.
He picked up the brush, dipped it in the ink, and on the yellow paper
He outlined a spiritual talisman full of Daoist charm.
Between the strokes, the power of the Lunar passed into it changed accordingly, without the slightest mistake.
Drawing talismans was about practice makes perfect. If you abandoned the technique for too long, you would easily become rusty. Zhang Yuanqing scrapped two yellow paper talismans before finally refining one.
"Complete!"
Zhang Yuanqing put down the brush, shook the Peach Blossom Talisman, and set it on fire.
"Chih!"
Bright flames lit up, licking the thin yellow paper, turning it into ashes.
Done, my mother-in-law will definitely be delighted when she sees me... Zhang Yuanqing didn't have time to clean up, snapped his fingers, and disappeared into starlight.
Guan Ya covered her face, tilted her head, remained silent for a few seconds, looked at her mother, and sneered:
"I miss it so much. How long has it been since you hit me? Why don't you do it on this side too?"
She put the other side of her face over, her eyes full of sarcasm and disdain.
Fu Xue showed a look of pity, changing her face as quickly as she could, stroking Guan Ya's swollen half of her face, and said softly:
"Ya Ya, did Mom hurt you?
"Mom is doing it all for your own good. Don't hate Mom. Mom will never hit you again. Come home with Mom. Mom can't live without you."
Guan Ya took a step back, "Go home and marry someone, to be a sacrifice for your interests?"
Fu Xue said softly:
"It's better than following that Yuanshi Tianzun. Ron Miller can give you things that Yuanshi Tianzun can't. He is the direct son of the Miller family, the heir to the family head position.
"If you marry him, your child will be the master of the Miller family in the future. How many generations does it take to accumulate a The Way of the Extraordinary family?"
She earnestly persuaded: "No matter how great Yuanshi Tianzun's potential is, can he create a The Way of the Extraordinary family?"
"But I love him." Guan Ya looked at her mother, her tone and expression were extremely serious.
"Love?" Fu Xue sneered, as if she had heard a big joke, "Ya Ya, you have too little emotional experience, you don't understand men. Men are like crows, all black, your so-called love is just a temporary novelty."
"Love will disappear with time. When you end up with nothing, it will be too late for you to regret it. Mom won't hurt you. Marry Miller, and you will embrace everything. Mom has seen too many ungrateful men. Listen to Mom and don't be emotional." Fu Xue's tone gradually became stern.
This time she came to Songhai, she was determined to take Guan Ya away. There was still time to break up the couple now. If she delayed any longer, and Guan Ya became pregnant, the Miller family would no longer accept this daughter-in-law.
To this end, Fu Xue brought enough manpower. If persuasion failed, she would forcibly take Guan Ya away.
Guan Ya looked at her mother with a calm gaze, "Mom, I've told you, I want to walk my own path in the future, I will no longer accept any of your arrangements, I don't care about the past, I only ask you not to interfere in my emotions, don't..."
After a pause, Guan Ya stared at her mother with a rare stern look, word by word:
"Don't make it so that we can't even be mother and daughter anymore."
Fu Xue was stunned, looking at her daughter with a determined gaze in amazement, suddenly feeling like she didn't know her.
From childhood to adulthood, had she ever resisted her? Not once.
At the most unwilling time, she only dared to run away from home secretly, hiding in Songhai seeking Fu Qingyang's protection.
Such a docile daughter actually dared to resist? And said such arrogant and bold words.
Can't even be mother and daughter anymore?
"Guan Ya, I think you've been bewitched by Yuanshi Tianzun," Fu Xue's smooth forehead bulged with veins, her jade face full of anger, raising her hand to slap her: "Today, I will see this legendary Yuanshi Tianzun, what's so good about him, why does he make you so infatuated."
The slap didn't land. A steady and powerful hand grabbed Fu Xue's wrist.
"Aunt, let's talk nicely."
A young, magnetic male voice came.
ps: Fix typos after updating.
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