"Where is the living map?"
Guan Wuji turned the space combat kit upside down but couldn't find a live map.
"Gone." Zhu Guanshan trembled with rage, the shackles on her hands and feet clanking loudly. She demanded, "Where is my eldest sister? Was she really beaten to death by that filthy thing?"
"Hmph, no, she's alive and well. If I didn't say that, would you have obediently fallen into the trap?" Guan Wuji laughed. "My dear daughter, be good. This time I've found you a good husband who will surely ensure our Guan family continues to be wealthy."
"Tui—" Zhu Guanshan spat at him.
Guan Wuji frowned, took off his dirty coat, threw it aside, and gestured with his chin toward the door: "Lock up the Third Miss properly, don't let her escape again."
Two people beside her each grabbed one of Zhu Guanshan's arms and dragged her out.
As they reached the door, Zhu Guanshan called out, "Who is he?"
"Stop." Thinking of his marriage partner, Guan Wuji's mood improved again, and he couldn't help but boast, "The Lu family is going to change its head of the family, but unfortunately the new head of the family is fond of men, so I found her younger brother."
"Disgusting," Zhu Guanshan commented coldly.
Having regained his "tradeable goods," Guan Wuji ignored the insults hurled at him and waved for everyone to leave, in a good mood.
So what if I'm insulted or looked down upon? Money and power are things I've actually obtained.
The eldest son-in-law's family provides the technology to power his factory's production and sales. The second son-in-law's family has soldiers to ensure the stable operation of Five Star Company.
Once he's won over his third son-in-law, he can get the Lu family to help him capture the traitors among the canaries and remove the disloyal ones. Then those canaries will still obediently provide him with information and supplies.
Humming a little tune, Guan Wuji swayed to the dressing room to pick out new clothes, even forgetting his displeasure at losing the live map.
Where else could a living map go but in Taotie City?
Once Lu Yunzhao takes power, he will definitely not let Taotie City go. At that time, we can rely on the influence of our third son-in-law to get the living map back.
Just after changing his clothes, Guan Wuji received two messages, one good and one bad.
The good news is that the people sent to the Cape base unexpectedly captured Li Yue, the traitor among the canaries.
The bad news is that Sister Guan suffered domestic violence again, crying her heart out and insisting that Guan Wuji send someone to pick her up and take her home.
Guan Wuji first praised the messengers at the base, and then notified all the canaries to return to the upper-level birdcage hall within three days.
He wanted everyone to witness the consequences of betrayal.
Then, he waved away the Shen family's driver: "I won't see him, I won't pick him up. I can't be bothered with the young couple's affairs. Let her learn how to please her husband!"
Last time, it was the two daughters who ran back and caused chaos at home, which gave the youngest son the opportunity to steal the living map, run down to the underworld, and stir up a lot of trouble.
This time, before the youngest son gets married, the eldest and second daughters can forget about coming home.
Speaking of his children, Guan Wuji also had a headache.
Guan Wuji's next generation consists of four daughters and two sons. The three daughters who rank first and third have very poor abilities. Apart from the ability to be immune to supernatural harm, which is common among the upper class, they have no stronger abilities.
Guan Wuji further instructed that his son was also a good-for-nothing.
Only his fourth daughter inherited his ability to poison people without them noticing.
It's a pity it's a daughter; I'm always worried about having her marry into the family. Men are often untrustworthy; what if I end up with a heartless one? It'll be hard to handle.
Fortunately, my daughter is still young, so there is plenty of time to nurture her.
Guan Wuji is in his prime. Although he looks sickly on ordinary days, he is actually in good health and may be able to find a more satisfactory successor in the future.
...
"Did Dad really say that? Even if I were beaten to death, he wouldn't care?" Guan Yitang roared in despair upon hearing the news brought back by the driver.
She grabbed the driver by the collar: "Are you going to watch me get beaten to death? Why won't you help me? All I need is a knife, just give me a knife!"
Guan Yitang's hand slowly loosened, and he slid to his knees. His angry roar turned into a desperate plea: "I... I will never... let anyone know that you gave me the knife..."
The driver is a man without illness, a man who is intoxicated.
Guan Yitang knew he wouldn't help her, and no one in the vast Shen family offered her a helping hand.
But she couldn't help it, pleading again and again, hoping to move someone's heart so that she could have the weapon to fight back and avoid being beaten to death.
Shen Zui is a useless man, but the head of the Shen family is ruthless and meddlesome enough to interfere in the affairs of the young couple, and ruthless enough to lock Guan Yitang in a soft and comfortable room, not giving her any chance to come into contact with weapons.
Even when the nanny brought her meals, the only cutlery provided was gloves; she wasn't even given chopsticks, let alone knives and forks.
The clothes in the room were of such high quality that they were impossible to tear; she wouldn't even have had a chance to strangle Chenzui with strips of cloth.
...
The Shen family not only guarded against her killing Chen Zui, but also against her committing suicide.
Her only purpose in living is to maintain the marriage alliance between the two families involved in the immersed tunnel project.
...
"Here you go." A gleaming dagger was handed to Guan Yitang.
Guan Yitang recoiled as if burned, the dagger falling to the soft ground with a soft thud.
She suddenly snapped out of her daze, lay face down on the ground, and pressed the dagger down tightly, fearing that the driver would change his mind.
“It’s yours now that I’ve given it to you,” the driver said.
Guan Yitang looked up at him, and the gaze that met her was no longer cold, but full of gentle encouragement.
“You, you’re not him.” Guan Yitang keenly noticed the driver’s unusual behavior.
The driver nodded without hesitation: "I am not him."
The driver told Guan Yitang a story about an older sister who made a scene and cried, while the second sister clung to her relentlessly, all to create an opportunity for the third sister to escape.
"I want to know whether my eldest and second eldest sisters' behavior that day was intentional, or whether my third sister was just lucky to be there."
Guan Yitang concealed the dagger and calmly said, "Initially, it was just that the third sister was lucky enough to run into her two older sisters returning home at the same time. But when the eldest and second sisters made eye contact and then looked at the third sister, it turned out to be a deliberate act."
It seems that on the day Zhu Guanshan escaped, Guan Yitang and her second sister deliberately created an opportunity for her to prevent her from falling into the same fate as them.
The driver nodded: "Actually, I suggest you wait a little longer, wait for a better opportunity. If you kill him now, how will you explain it to Guan Wuji and the Shen family? They will want your life."
"I'll take someone down with me even if I die!" Guan Yitang gritted his teeth.
"Your third sister doesn't want you to die."
Guan Yitang asked in a low voice, "Who exactly are you?"
"Save your third sister and your people."
"Third sister...didn't she escape down there, far away? How come..."
In a few words, the driver explained that Guan Wuji had used Guan Yitang's death as a trap to lure Zhu Guanshan into a scheme, and that he had now taken her home and would soon arrange a marriage between them.
After a moment of silence, Guan Yitang asked, "What are you going to do? How long do I have to wait before you can make a move?"
I can't tell her what I need to do.
The driver chuckled, "Three days."
Xia Chuhe thought that three days would be enough for them to figure out Guan Wuji's relationships and then make their move against him.
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