Xie Wei, the eldest son of the Xie family, is not someone who is easily moved. However, he couldn't bring himself to refuse Xu Daiwei's request.
After listening to Xu Daiwei's words, Xie Wei didn't know what kind of feelings he had for her. 'Let nature take its course,' he thought. It's only when you're powerless that you say "let nature take its course."
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully changing the fate of the important female supporting character, Xu Daiwei. Reward: the recipe for the Beauty Elixir and the spiritual cultivation technique 'Red Dust'." Xie Wei was lying on the bed, listening to the system's long-absent voice, and smiled bitterly.
"They've already fallen for me, how can my fate not change?"
As for "Red Dust," Xie Wei glanced through it in his mind and found that it contained strange and incomprehensible sentences. He wondered if the system was trying to trick him.
The system only replied, "The 'Red Dust' is the best spiritual cultivation method in the world. As for its mysteries, you will understand them after you experience them more." It left behind this vague statement and disappeared. No matter how Xie Wei asked, it did not speak again, and the matter was left unresolved.
After more than three months away, the capital of the Dragon Kingdom was tinged with white as a man and a woman emerged from the airport.
The man and woman were Xie Wei and Xu Daiwei. Xie Wei, nearly 1.9 meters tall, wore a black turtleneck sweater under a black robe-style coat. His long legs, about 1.2 meters long, were paired with black casual trousers and black and white casual shoes. Combined with his handsome face, he caused the girls who came to pick him up at the airport to scream frequently. No, it wasn't just girls.
But seeing Xu Daiwei standing next to her, who is only about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a white turtleneck sweater underneath a white cotton coat to conceal her impressive figure, and beige trousers with white chunky sneakers that accentuate her long legs, everyone sighed that handsome men are indeed someone else's.
She seemed to be dressed deliberately, one in black and the other in white, and she was holding Xie Wei's arm, looking like a young couple, which made any interested men stop in their tracks.
Xie Wei and his group had their luggage taken to Xie Wei's villa near Qiyuan by Zheng Qi and his group, who had returned earlier.
As soon as Xie Wei got in the car, he received a message from his father that his grandfather wanted to see him. Xie Wei was very obedient to his grandfather and immediately agreed to see him today.
After sending Xu Daiwei to the villa, Xie Wei felt uncomfortable being taken care of by servants. He felt that doing things himself was what life was all about, so apart from the weekly cleaning, there were hardly any servants at the villa.
The villa here is very large, with three floors. The first floor has a living room, dining room, study and a storage room. The second floor is a resting place with five rooms. Xie Wei has not yet made any plans for the third floor, so it is unused.
Xie Wei showed Xu Daiwei around the villa, explained that her grandfather wanted to see her, and then drove away.
Xie Wei arrived at the Xie family's main residence. This Xie family was different from the Xie family in the capital. The original Xie family was actually a reclusive family. Unlike other reclusive families, which would choose one or more families in the real world as their agents, the Xie family had its own ideas. Since they had to find agents, why not be their own agents? So they sent Xie Wei's father to do business, his eldest uncle to go into politics, and his youngest uncle to join the army.
The Xie family, now a top-tier family in the capital, is the result of mutual support among the three. Outsiders only know of the Xie family as a top-tier family, unaware of the Xie family as a reclusive family. This unique way of existence of the Xie family is known as semi-reclusive among reclusive families.
As soon as Xie Wei entered, Uncle Fu greeted him, "Young Master Wei is back! The head of the family is waiting for you in the main hall." Uncle Fu was the Xie family's old steward, having served the Xie family patriarch since childhood and responsible for all the miscellaneous affairs of the Xie family. Don't underestimate this old man just because he's a steward; it would be disastrous to look down on him.
Xie Wei followed Uncle Fu to the main hall, where a sprightly old man was drinking tea in the main seat. His air of authority indicated that he was the current head of the Xie family and Xie Wei's grandfather.
Seeing Xie Wei arrive, he put down his teacup and said calmly, "I heard from your father that you've reached the early stage of the Acquired Realm?"
"It's mid-term," Xie Wei said somewhat solemnly.
Upon hearing this news, the old man simply nodded. "Then there is indeed no one more suitable for that position than you in this generation. Do you understand what that means?"
Xie Wei replied in the same tone as before: "Understood!"
"Sigh, since you've made up your mind, I won't ask you anymore. Let's see what your second uncle has to say then," the old man sighed. "Then I'll decide that your eldest brother will sit in my place."
The position the old man was referring to was the guardian of the entire Xie family. Xie Wei's second uncle was the guardian of this generation, while the old man's position was that of the family head.
Every reclusive family has a patriarch and a guardian of the Dao. The only difference is that the Xie family's patriarch and guardian are usually chosen from the next generation. The guardian is chosen from among the strongest cultivators, while the patriarch is selected from among the disciples who have not yet reached the Acquired Realm, based on their excellent character and ability to lead the Xie family's disciples. Xie Wei's eldest brother, the son of Xie Wei's uncle, was one of the best chosen by the patriarch.
Generally speaking, the patriarchs of reclusive families have very low cultivation levels; they mainly focus on physical fitness and overseeing the family's development. The Guardians, in simple terms, are there for fighting; they are free at other times, only stepping forward to resolve problems and protect the family during times of crisis.
Xie Wei nodded to indicate that he understood, and then saw his grandmother come down the stairs. Why does the Xie family, with its large fortune, only have one woman as the matriarch? Firstly, the old man is quite faithful; secondly...
The Dragon Kingdom government has a rule that ordinary people can only have one wife, while cultivators can have multiple wives as long as they pay money. This is because cultivators' physiques are much stronger than ordinary people's, and they have only a very small chance of having offspring. However, once they have offspring, their physiques will be much better than ordinary people, hence this unwritten rule.
His second uncle's lineage had no descendants, while the old man's lineage had Xie Wei's eldest uncle, Xie Wei's father, and Xie Wei's youngest uncle, and each of the three had a son: Xie Wei's eldest brother, Xie Wei's second brother, and Xie Wei himself.
"Oh dear, Xiao Wei's back!" Xie Wei's grandmother rushed over and grabbed his hand gently when she saw him. "I was just chatting with the old woman from the Su family about the arranged marriage this morning. Now that you're here, why don't you go see the Su family's girl?"
"Huh?" Xie Wei exclaimed in confusion, then looked at his grandfather.
"Ahem," the old man coughed lightly. "There was an agreement I made with the old man of the Su family before. I just wanted you to help me check on things. Your eldest brother is busy dealing with family matters, and your second brother, like your second uncle, chose to join the army. He doesn't have time to come back."
The Su family, like the Xie family, is a reclusive family and is especially close to the Xie family. In particular, by the time of Xie Wei's grandfather, they were brothers who had fought together. Therefore, Xie Wei did not doubt the authenticity of this matter.
"I understand, I'll find some time to go and take a look," Xie Wei could only verbally agree to appease his elder. In his heart, he was complaining, 'I haven't even resolved Xu Daiwei's matter yet, and now this arranged marriage is all over me. Speaking of which, the Su family girl they're showing me isn't Su Tang, is it? No way!'
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