A few seconds after Tang Xuemei left, Yan Chiyu received a message from Wen Yao. He stood up, looking apologetic: "Excuse me, I need to go outside to take this call."
The silence lasted for another three seconds.
Wu Juemin suddenly revealed a strange expression, raising his thick eyebrows: "My dear Yueyue, I think our family is quite wealthy, so you don't need to try to climb up to an even wealthier family."
Wu Yue paused in her action of dismantling the chopsticks, three question marks flashing through her mind.
"Dad, do you have some misunderstanding about us?" Besides, does she look like the kind of person who's short of money? Would she cling to Yan Chiyu for money?
Every internet user in the entire galaxy knows she's afraid...
Hmph, anyway, Father's thinking is way too twisted.
"Then he..." Mother Wu glanced at the door of the private room out of the corner of her eye, winking and trying to get a few words of the truth from Wu Yue.
"This is the first time I've heard about the Guojinge incident." Wu Yue said this with utmost sincerity.
The girl thought of Fuzhu and the guardian beast of the Wu family, realizing that her father, who was sitting at the same table as Wu Cunxu, was probably familiar with these things: "Dad, do you know the famous feng shui family Yan family in Songcheng? Yan Chiyu is from their family. He is different from ordinary people."
"!"
Mother Witch covered her mouth in shock.
Wu Juemin was stunned. "Yueyue, my darling, you...you really believe in these things?"
The reason he hasn't reconnected with the Wu family for so many years is that he doesn't want his daughter to get involved in these supernatural events. He hopes she can grow up like an ordinary person, get married, have children, and live a peaceful life.
Wu Yue raised her eyes, making no attempt to hide her feelings.
"I know about the existence of the guardian beast of the Wu family, and I also know that Wu Nian can see things that ordinary people cannot see."
She has always believed that family members should trust each other, and now that she has the ability to protect them, there is no need to hide anything from them.
"And what about you?" Wu Cunxu couldn't help but ask.
For some unknown reason, over the years, only women in the Wu family have been said to be able to see ghosts and monsters. Aside from the men chosen by the guardian beast, the rest are only allowed to focus on their careers.
The daughters of the Wu family have always been of small stature, which means that they are treated like princesses from birth and are the darlings of the family.
However, they also faced countless troubles, both big and small.
That's why my second uncle and his family of three left back then. And before they left, they even had someone seal away Wu Yue's ability to see ghosts.
I never expected that she would find out about these things now.
When exactly did the seal begin to disappear?
Wu Nian crumpled the chopstick wrapper and, for the first time, spoke up amidst everyone's astonished stares: "My aunt and I saw that thing at Grandpa Song's house last time."
She pouted, half complaining and half aggrieved: "Unfortunately, no one believes me."
Wu Cunxu silently rubbed his forehead: My dear daughter, it's normal that no one believes you. It's already a kindness that no one has sent you to a mental hospital as if you were crazy.
Wu Juemin and his mother turned their gazes toward Wu Yue, as if trying to glean some information from her face.
Wu Yue thought she should prepare a bottle of quick-acting heart medicine; couldn't she see that her dear father was about to faint?
"Yueyue, your father left home to live a hard life so that you wouldn't have to come into contact with these things." Wu Juemin's fingers trembled, and tears welled up in his weathered eyes, making him look like he was about to cry. It was as if he had suffered too many grievances for Wu Yue.
Wu Yue tilted her head, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets in surprise.
Poverty? Feeling wronged?
How come she never knew her adoptive father was such a drama queen?
"Dad, forgive my bluntness, but haven't you and Mom been looking for my brother abroad these past few years? When have you ever taken care of me or suffered for me? Look at your figure, is that what a disciplined middle-aged man should look like? You're eating way too well! Please don't insult the word 'frugal'!"
"Pfft—" Cheng Pingxi was the first to burst out laughing, and the laughter spread to Wu Cunxu next door, even Wu's mother, who was worried, laughed.
"Hahahahaha..."
“Dad is very wronged, but he doesn’t say it.” No one is as upset as Wu Juemin. He gave up his status as a rich second generation for his daughter and became a self-made man, which was already very difficult. And these people are still laughing at him. Is there no justice in this world?
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