Wan Aiyichen's face was extremely ugly. He sneered, "What relationship do I, the city lord, have with you? Hu Xiaoyao, do you really think we don't know what you're thinking? We're just too lazy to bother with you."

More than anything, it was fear.

Who can blame them when the Hu family and the Guihai family of Zhongyu are related by marriage, and the Guihai family has already begun to move towards the Holy Spirit?

Who among the people of the Eight Desolations would dare to offend them easily?

Can a family that can move toward the Holy Spirit not have some foundation and backing?

Hu Xiaoyao completely disregarded him, laughing loudly, "My son has taken a liking to your daughter; sooner or later they'll be family."

"As soon as I heard that my eldest niece was back, I rushed over immediately, hoping to finalize things as soon as possible and hold the marriage ceremony."

Wan Aichen trembled with rage. "Shameless! When did this city lord agree to this?"

"Whether you agree or not is not important, as long as my little niece agrees, that's fine." Hu Xiaoyao said, looking at Wan Aizhaoyao with a smile, "Little niece, don't you think that makes sense?"

"Don't worry, as long as you agree, the Hu family will definitely reward you handsomely."

“If you want to go to the Holy Spirit after you get married, we can help you go. After all, we can still have some influence with Guihai.”

"The Guihai family? What is your relationship with the Guihai family?" Shu Jianyue suddenly appeared and asked.

Hu Xiaoyao's eyes lit up when he saw her, but because he couldn't see through her cultivation level, he suppressed the wicked thoughts that were rising in his heart. "Miss, what's your name?"

He caught a glimpse of Yan Xi beside him out of the corner of his eye, and his eyes lit up.

Wan Ai Zhaoyao was also furious, her face turning red with anger.

"Elder Shu, his daughter married Gui Hai Jingchen, the second young master of the Gui Hai family, so she has often taken advantage of this relationship to do bad things."

After Wan Ai Zhaoyao finished speaking, she glared at Hu Xiaoyao and said, "Also, if I don't agree, you can forget about it."

"Second brother, Gui Haijingchen?" Shu Jianyue had only heard of the eldest and third brothers, and had never received any news about the second brother.

They are either someone who goes unnoticed, or someone who is very good at hiding their true nature.

"Oh, how can my little niece talk nonsense? Our Hu family is the closest of families." Hu Xiaoyao said, but then looked at Shu Jianyue and sized her up. Who exactly was this woman? Why did she speak in such an arrogant tone?

"My little niece, you haven't introduced Elder Shu to your uncle yet. Please introduce him quickly."

Wan Ai Zhaoyao rolled her eyes. She really didn't want to introduce him, but out of politeness she had to. "This is Venerable Shu Jianyue..." And then, that was it.

She didn't know anything else, and even the only thing she knew—that she was an elder of Shengshi Academy—didn't seem to be of much use here.

Hu Xiaoyao looked at her, waiting for her to continue, but saw that her mouth was already closed. "That's it?"

What can he possibly glean from just a name?

Wan Ai Zhaoyao raised her chin and said, "That's right, what else do you want to know?"

"Your status is not something you can inquire about."

After Shu Jianyue learned that he was the second son of the Guihai family and had a father-in-law, she lost interest in him. She looked at Wan Aiyichen and said, "Thank you for your hospitality today, Patriarch Wan Aiyichen. We will go and rest now. You can have a good time together as a family. We will set off after you have finished speaking."

Wan Aiyi stood up. "Your Excellency is too kind. I will have my wife take you to rest."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Hanqiu stood up. "Venerable One, please."

Hua Hanqiu didn't give Hu Xiaoyao a single glance the entire time, acting as if he didn't exist.

Seeing that Shu Jianyue was disrespecting him like this, Hu Xiaoyao became somewhat embarrassed and angry, and directly blocked Shu Jianyue's way, "Elder Shu, why are you in such a hurry to leave? There are many fun places in Duohu City. I'll have Li'er take you to have some fun tomorrow."

Shu Jianyue flicked her finger, and Hu Xiaoyao was pulled aside by a force. "Good dog, don't block the way."

Unable to move at all, Hu Xiaoyao was completely stunned!

He was at least at the Mahayana stage of cultivation, yet he was completely powerless to fight back!

Not only him, but also Wan Aiyichen and Hua Hanqiu next to him were stunned.

"Madam Vanie, let's go." Shu Jianyue said and walked out first.

After everyone left the waiting room, Hu Xiaoyao was still unable to move, her face flushed red.

Looking at the courtyard in front of her, Shu Jianyue nodded in satisfaction. It was indeed a lot of effort put into it.

Hua Hanqiu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

If she had previously thought Wan Aiyichen was being too cautious, now she wouldn't dare to be slow at all.

Once Shu Jianyue entered the courtyard, she released Hu Xiaoyao. As for whether he would dare to cause trouble again, she wouldn't mind helping Wan Ai's family clean up any stones that might cause them to stumble.

Hu Xiaoyao indeed dared not cause trouble, after all, that was something that someone with a slightly higher cultivation level couldn't do.

He knew that Wan Ai Zhaoyao had gone to the Eight Desolations, but he didn't expect her to bring back such a powerful person.

However, they're leaving tomorrow, so there will be plenty of opportunities then.

He had coveted the position of city lord for a long time, but the Wan'ai family occupied it. As long as their family was not destroyed, he would have no chance to obtain the position.

So he set his sights on Wan Ai Zhaoyao, since she was the only daughter in the Wan Ai family.

As for the adopted one, he didn't care about him at all.

As soon as Hu Xiaoyao left Wan'ai's house, he immediately sent a message to his daughter, who had married into the Guihai family, asking her to whisper in his ear and see if they could ask the Guihai family to deal with this person.

Early the next morning, Shu Jianyue and the others prepared to set off.

Wan Aiyichen and Hua Hanqiu escorted them to the outskirts of the city.

Upon seeing Hu Xiaoyao waiting there, Wan Aiyichen's face immediately darkened.

Hu Xiaoyao acted as if he hadn't seen her at all, and smiled at Shu Jianyue as if nothing had happened yesterday: "Venerable Shu, this is my son Hu Chongli, Yao's fiancé."

"We originally planned to have them get married, but we were about to leave so soon, so we thought we'd let them travel together so they could develop their relationship."

"Bullshit! Who is he? Who in our family has acknowledged him as their fiancé?" Wan Ai Zhaoyao jumped up immediately.

"Your Hu family is truly shameless and invincible. You just say whatever you want, as if you are the law of heaven."

Hu Xiaoyao looked at her with an indulgent smile, making outsiders think that Wan Ai Zhaoyao was throwing a tantrum and had no manners.

"Yao girl, you think you can just abandon our Li'er just because you can't get close to this venerable one?"

Hua Hanqiu pulled back Wan Ai Zhaoyao, who was about to jump up again, and looked at Hu Xiaoyao, saying, "Patriarch Hu, everything must be based on evidence. Our Wan Ai family and the Hu family have never had any dealings."

"Six years ago, after your Hu family daughter married into the Guihai family, you started keeping an eye on our Wan'ai family."

"My daughter went into hiding in the Eight Desolations to avoid trouble. Now that she has finally returned, you want to use the same trick again. What, do you really think that the Wan'ai family has no one left and can be manipulated at will?"