Chapter 101: The Wen family's destiny must either truly master it or completely abandon it...

When the family meeting ended, Wen Yi was still in a trance, her mind full of financial reports, assets, budget overruns, gaps here and there...

Money money money money -

She stared at the money so intently that she could hardly recognize the word.

Wen Yi grabbed the deacon who was about to leave the conference table and said in a trembling voice:

"Cousin, I have a question. Why me? I don't even know where the electricity meter box is on Moon Gap Mountain, and now you're asking me to manage the finances and personnel arrangements for the entire family. Is that reasonable?!"

The butler adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "Yiyi, being a housekeeper isn't difficult; it's just a skilled job. Study hard and you'll be able to get the hang of it quickly." He paused, then soothed her, "Besides, your appointment as acting head of the household is a popular choice, so there's no need to worry."

"The popular choice?"

"That's right. Your parents went out on a secret mission. Before they left, they held a meeting and asked for someone to take over as head of the family. Everyone voted unanimously to appoint you as the successor."

“…”

Wen Yi almost jumped up: "Is this my turn? Where's my grandfather? He's so respected, why doesn't he take over?"

"Your grandfather," the deacon sighed. "He said he's in poor health and being the head of the family is too tiring. If you force him to take over, he'll definitely end up in the ancestral grave."

Wen Yi: ...Nonsense! Her grandfather is so strong and healthy that he can always climb the mountain faster than her!

She didn't give up: "Where's Grandpa Hegui? He should be okay, right?"

"His grandson is getting married this year, and he says he's too busy preparing for the wedding and refuses to take over."

Wen Yi held her forehead with her hand: "...his grandson is getting married, not him, can this be used as an excuse?"

The deacon shook his head. "He Gui is a devout believer in the I Ching. He read his fortune and was told that it was not appropriate for him to take over, fearing it would interfere with his grandson's marriage."

“…”

"What about Aunt Hong? Is anyone in her family married and having children?"

"Her?" The deacon lowered his voice. "She's busy chasing celebrities offline, staying up late every day to help her chart, compiling data for her child, pushing charts, and buying materials. How can she have time to take care of family affairs?"

His tone suddenly became serious. "Yiyi, don't make excuses anymore. In fact, you are the most suitable candidate. Yunzhi said before he left that although you are young, you can handle the work. Although the old men are reluctant to take charge, they will do their best to help you. Don't worry."

Don't worry? Don't worry at all!

The elders she admired were all more corrupt than the other, and they all just lay back and did nothing.

"The family meeting is over. Can I go down the mountain?" She had already made up her mind: to go down the mountain as soon as possible to confirm the specific situation of this timeline.

"How can this be possible?" The deacon's face immediately sulked, his eyes filled with disapproval. "The head of the family shouldn't leave the mountain so easily! Besides, you still need to learn accounting knowledge from the finance department. Alright, go now."

Wen Yi:!!! Now she not only has to work like a slave, but is also stuffed into a closed-door heir training program. Even going out has become a luxury.

Is this fair?

Wen Yi came to the home of the financial elder Wen Shougan in a dejected mood and casually studied the basics of financial reporting for half a day.

Wen Shougan took a sip of wolfberry tea, cleared his throat, and asked, "Yiyi, have you figured it out? How much did we earn last year?"

Wen Yi stared at the report in front of her. The strings of data gave her a headache.

She took a deep breath and threw down her pen. "I've figured it out. Yuexishan made a net profit of 5.8 yuan last year!"

"Poof——" the wolfberry tea sprayed all over the report.

Wen Shougan then took out a bottle of musk heart pills and praised as he poured them, "You are really promising!"

Wen Yi: “…”

She patted Wen Shougan on the back, took a deep breath, and said calmly, "Uncle, I can learn about these financial reports later. What I want to know most now is the status of the clan members' use of superpowers, such as the awakening rate of superpowers among the younger generation and the stability rate.

Do elders experience side effects after using their supernatural powers?

Has anyone in the tribe ever been corrupted by supernatural powers?"

Her eyes were blazing as she spoke, "These data are far more important than Moon Gap Mountain's profits and losses last year."

Wen Shougan was startled, looking at Wen Yi with surprise, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "This... this is under the jurisdiction of the Supernatural Power Management Department..."

Wen Yi stood up: "Then I'll go now."

Under the guidance of the elder in charge of supernatural powers, Wen Yi passed through the secret passage in the back mountain and entered the central room 314.

This circular building, buried deep underground, serves as the Wen family's sanctuary for their supernatural civilization. Room 314, located in the center, is named after the number π, meaning infinite and endless. It symbolizes the Wen family's unending pursuit of self-improvement in their fleeting lives.

Wen Zhuo introduced the various scientific research equipment here to Wen Yi: "Room 314 is the crystallization of the Wen family's century-long accumulation and inheritance. Although we are gifted, we never slack off. We are committed to researching, optimizing, reforming and inheriting our abilities, turning strength into a ladder."

Wen Yi looked at the genetic map wall on the screen. The entire wall was a dynamic DNA chain, showing the unique supernatural gene sequence of the Wen clan.

"Have you ever studied how to strip away superpowers?" Her voice was not loud, but it made the air freeze instantly.

The elders present all changed color.

"Peel off?!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed with shock in their tone.

"Master, why do you think so?" Wen Zhuo patiently explained, "Supernatural powers are our roots. To strip them away is to destroy our foundation."

Wen Yi didn't rush to explain, as if talking to herself: "What if one day our superpowers backfire on us, or we lose our superpowers? What should we do?"

"What if someone wants to get rid of it completely?"

"There has to be a way out, right?"

Wen Zhuo glanced at her and said, "What the Patriarch said is not without reason. In recent years, the older generation among us have lost our obsession with the development of supernatural powers."

Wen Yi lowered her eyes, thinking of some of her elders, some of whom were star-chasers, some of whom were taking care of their grandchildren, and who hadn't used their superpowers for years. They seemed to be throwing in the towel, but in reality, they were sober. They were deliberately refusing to be integrated.

The crowd was talking, and their tone and eyes revealed their doubts about the temporary head of the family.

"You can question it, but listen to the head of the family first. She is right." A young but majestic voice came from afar.

A tall and straight black figure was walking towards her quickly.

Wen Yi turned around suddenly: "Brother!"

It was Wen Chi.

She couldn't help but run towards him, "You're finally back! I have so many things to ask you!"

Wen Chi smiled slightly and took out a dark blue book from his arms: "You came just in time, I have something to give you too."

Wen Yi took the book, her eyes lit up:

"You even brought me a gift? You're so nice, bro!"

She looked down and saw in her hand a book called "Financial Accounting Tutorial: From Beginner to Expertise" with exercises (including answers).

…Shit!!!

She suddenly looked up, her eyes changing from surprise to murderous desire, accompanied by an elbow strike from the head of the household (with a smile).

"How dare you! You dare to assign homework to the head of the family?!"

Wen Chi was on guard, chuckled, and moved aside to block her, grabbing her wrist: "You were neither good at literature nor martial arts in the past, but you can't be unable to settle accounts now."

Wen Yi gritted her teeth in anger and tried to free her wrist but failed.

"Come with me."

"Where are you going?"

"Visit our wedding room."

Wen Yi was held by his hand all the way, and her heart felt inexplicably tight. She wanted to pull her hand back several times, but he gently held it back every time.

Their wedding room was a small courtyard by the river given by Wen Yi's grandfather. It had green tiles, white walls, swaying bamboo shadows, and was quiet and livable.

The room was decorated with festive decorations. A scarlet quilt covered the carved wooden bed. Two sets of red wedding gowns were placed in the middle of the quilts. Wen Yi stared at the gowns and said,

"elder brother……"

"What did you call me?"

“…Wen Chi.”

"Um?"

She took a deep breath, considered it over and over again, and then said, "Can our wedding... be postponed?"

Wen Chi raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Why?"

Wen Yi rolled her eyes and gave a bunch of reasons:

"Uh... the head of the family has just taken office, so he needs to be diligent and not have his mind full of love affairs. Have you settled the accounts? Has the financial deficit been resolved? If not? Then don't rush into marriage."

Wen Chi was so angry that he laughed: "Getting married won't affect your settlement of accounts, nor will it affect your financial reform. If you want to carry out supernatural power reform, I support it. But these are not reasons."

Wen Yi pursed her lips. When one plan failed, she came up with another: "But...we have been siblings for more than ten years. Don't you feel awkward suddenly becoming husband and wife?" She raised her eyes and asked innocently, "The world is so big, don't you want to consider others?"

The smile on Wen Chi's face completely disappeared: "What a mess!"

"Yiyi, we are childhood sweethearts. We have been engaged since we were young, and I have never considered anyone else."

He stared at her. "What do you want to say before you get married?"

Wen Yi knew she was in the wrong and lowered her head: "Anyway, I don't want to get married now."

"Don't you want to get married now, or don't you want to marry me?" Wen Chi hit the nail on the head.

“…” She simply shut up and refused silently.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely tense.

After a long while, Wen Chi suddenly laughed: "If I hadn't watched you grow up, I would have almost believed your nonsense."

"Tell me." He took a step closer. "What's the real reason why you don't want to get married?"

Wen Yi was silent for a moment, then looked up into his eyes and said, "Wen Chi, I don't want the fate of the Wen family to be forever tied to supernatural powers."

"I want to find a way—either to truly master my supernatural powers, or to get rid of them completely."

"Why do you have such an idea?" Wen Chi's eyes moved slightly, but he was not angry.

"I'm worried that one day in the future, we will be swallowed up by this ability."

He nodded slightly, his tone actually showing some approval: "I support your idea as well."

She was stunned: "...You support it?"

"In the entire Cloud Triangle region, there's only one organization doing the same thing as you." "They're not researching how to develop superpowers, but how to deconstruct them."

Wen Yi asked in surprise, "There is such a research institute?"

Wen Chi walked to the window, looked into the distance and whispered, "This institution is called the Weiyi Institute of Theoretical Physics, located in Yunhu City. The person in charge is a young theoretical physicist. His research direction is the observable connection between supernatural powers and space-time disturbances."

"He published a controversial paper, arguing that superpowers aren't innate, but rather a form of uncontrollable quantum leakage. He believes this state is extremely unstable." Wen Chi paused and continued, "The solution he proposed wasn't to synchronize frequencies, but to break the chain. He wanted to cut off the decoherence paths of all superpowered individuals, allowing their consciousness to return to a classical state."

"This coincides with what you said."

Wen Yi's eyes lit up, as if she saw a bright light in the darkness.

Isn’t it coming?

Professional counterparts, consistent concepts, and God-chosen assistance!

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she couldn't help but ask, "Then...will this organization be willing to cooperate with us?"

Wen Chi said calmly: "Cooperation? Don't you think they are our number one enemy?"

Wen Yi:...It seems to be true.

"I originally contacted this organization to assess whether their research findings would pose a threat to the Wen family."

Wen Yi paused: "What was the result?"

"Well..." Wen Chi frowned slightly, "Recently, people with special abilities have been missing. I suspect they've been persecuted. I've been busy tracking them down and haven't been able to take care of the research institute."

Wen Yi held his forehead and said: It seems that the matter of Qingluanshan Nuclear Power Plant is not over yet.

Wen Chi suddenly turned around and looked at her: "It just so happens that this task is for you."

Wen Yi's heart was shocked and her blood boiled.

This mission gave her a legitimate reason to go down the mountain. She almost laughed out loud and couldn't wait to set off immediately.

At this moment, Wen Chi suddenly spoke up, "Yi Yi, you've said so much, but you still haven't told me the real reason why you don't want to get married." He looked at her with a penetrating gaze, "The truth you're avoiding is that I'm not the answer you want."

"In that case, I don't want to force you. Go find the answer you want."

After saying that, he stopped looking at her and turned away.

Wen Yi packed her belongings overnight, arranged clan affairs, and then quietly went down the mountain alone and headed straight for Yunhu City.

The next morning, at the Weiyi High-Dimensional Physics Research Institute, Wen Yi asked again, "Please think of another solution. My time is limited. I must meet with your person in charge today."

The receptionist smiled politely: "Sorry, we don't accept visitors without an appointment."

Her heart sank, but she was unwilling to give up. When she was thinking of other solutions, the tightly closed office door opened.

A group of researchers in white coats appeared at the door, surrounding a man.

The crowd was slowly moving towards her.

From the moment the door opened, Wen Yi's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the figure in the center of the crowd.

His face was obscured, but his attire and demeanor were so different from those around him that even surrounded by people, it was impossible not to notice him. He casually wore a white coat, a black shirt, and a pair of smoky grey suit trousers. The tailoring made him look exceptionally tall and straight.

Wen Yi subconsciously felt that this young man who was out of tune with his surroundings was the head of the research institute that Wen Chi mentioned.

The man seemed to sense something and tilted his head slightly, and the crowd made way for him.

She finally saw his face clearly.

Slightly long curly hair fell in front of the forehead, the eyes behind the lenses were deep and cold, and there was a shallow fine line between the eyebrows. It was a face that Wen Yi was very familiar with.

Wen Yi's breathing suddenly stopped.

The great assist she was expecting... turned out to be Gu Yifeng.

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