Chapter 441 Illusion, it must be an illusion!
Tan Chi's voice was calm, "I have already had the mechanical insect send the electronic version and video to your email. If you don't believe me, you can get it authenticated."
With suspicion, Aaron picked up the documents on the table. As line after line of text appeared, along with images taken from surreptitious angles, the color drained from his face...
The documents detail the cruel abuse that Hader inflicted on female insects in private, as well as several scandals that the Thomas family used money and power to suppress.
The gruesome details and the victims' pitiful state made Aaron's stomach churn.
A strong feeling of nausea surged up, almost making him vomit on the spot.
Aaron slammed the file down on the table, the veins on the back of his hand bulging slightly from the force.
He never expected that the male insect who was rated as the most desirable male insect for female insects to marry on the StarNet would be so disgusting to insects in private!
Aaron realized that his previous illusions about Hader were simply a pipe dream!
He took several deep breaths to barely suppress the physical discomfort. "Why is Your Highness telling me all this?"
Tan Chi pursed his lips, and asked in a still indifferent voice, "Major General Aaron, do you still want to marry Hader now?"
A bitter smile appeared on Aaron's face. He raised his hand to rub his temples, looking extremely tired. "Even if I don't want to, this is a marriage alliance between two families. I have no right to refuse the family's arrangements, and my wishes have never mattered."
Even knowing he was about to jump into a fire pit, he had no choice.
But that was before.
He always felt that Tan Chi's presence here today was not just to tell him about Had.
Aaron hesitated for a moment, then asked with a glimmer of hope, "Your Highness, if I say I am unwilling to marry Lord Hader, can you stop this marriage?"
Without any hesitation, Tan Chi nodded slightly, "Of course I can."
His words were resolute and full of confidence.
Aaron's heart skipped a beat. He stared intently at Tan Chi and continued, "So, what do you want from the Smith family?"
He didn't believe in free lunches, especially not from royalty.
Aaron hesitated for a moment, then added, "Or rather, what would you like me to do for you?"
He was just a female soldier and couldn't replace the Smith family, so that was all he could guess.
Tan Chi shrugged. "I don't have any demands. I just can't stand the Thomas family and want them to lose the Smith family as an ally."
“Assistance?” Aaron was even more confused now. “Your Highness, you may not know much about us… Our Smith family is far smaller than the Thomas family, and our assets are not substantial.”
Moreover, the Thomas family is currently the best marriage partner their family can secure.
Otherwise, his family wouldn't have gone to such lengths to bring him and Hader together.
He couldn't think of any decent help his family could offer the Thomas family.
Aaron even thought that Tan Chi might have made a mistake in his investigation, which was why he interfered with their marriage.
Tan Chi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Not having assets now doesn't mean you won't have them in the future. You just need to decide whether or not to cooperate with me."
Aaron looked at Tan Chi's small face, hesitated for only three seconds, and then gritted his teeth and agreed.
He felt that nothing was worse than marrying Hadd.
If so, that's his own decision.
"I agree! Your Highness, I am willing to cooperate with you."
Tan Chi seemed quite satisfied with his decisiveness.
He nodded slightly. "Since it's a collaboration, to celebrate the Smith family's participation, the royal family will grant your Smith family a sales right for natural plants after some time."
Aaron was taken aback. "Sales rights for natural plants?"
When did the royal family start selling natural plant products?
He paused for a moment, as if he had suddenly thought of something.
"Your Highness, if the royal family wants to discuss cooperation with our family, they don't need to go through me at all..."
After all, she was a female soldier, and she couldn't get involved in the family's business affairs.
“You’re very smart, I admire that,” Tan Chi’s lips curled up. “So, let’s talk about the real conditions.”
Aaron: "???"
No, are all the royal male insects this precocious now?
He inexplicably felt that the oppressive aura emanating from Tan Chi even surpassed that of the Insect King.
It's an illusion, it must be an illusion!
Tan Chi rested his chin on his hand as he looked at Aaron. "Major General Aaron, do you want to... personally take control of the entire Smith family?"
"What?!" Aaron was completely stunned; he even doubted whether he had misheard.
To control the entire Smith family?
He's a female soldier! Can he also take control of the family?
According to family tradition and imperial practice, it is absolutely impossible for a female insect to succeed the position of family head!
This is simply a fantasy!
Tan Chi seemed to see through his thoughts before slowly explaining, "It's not about making you the head of the family, but about giving you absolute say in the family."
It doesn't matter who is the head of the Smith family, as long as the entire Smith family obeys his orders.
This was inspired by the Reeves family.
Reeves doesn't concern himself with family affairs, but Hines, despite being a female soldier, completely controls the entire Reeves family.
Why can't Aaron do that?
Aaron looked at Tan Chi, his heart pounding wildly.
This proposal is too bold and too outrageous.
But for some reason, looking at the little male insect's strategic and commanding gaze, he felt a strange urge to believe him.
This was the intuition he had honed on the battlefield.
The fact that the royal family could send a young male insect to discuss this matter shows that, to the royal family, this little guy is no ordinary creature.
Aaron took a deep breath. "Your Highness, I am willing! As long as you can help me take control of the Smith family, I, Aaron Smith, will be loyal to you from now on and follow your lead without question!"
However, Tan Chi shook his head, "You don't need to be loyal to me. You only need to be loyal to my elder brother. I'm helping you simply because I don't like the Thomas family."
This reason left Aaron speechless, but it perfectly suited his current little bug-like mentality.
Aaron pursed his lips. Whatever the Second Prince's true purpose was, the conditions and prospects he offered were tempting enough.
Tan Chi glanced at Aaron and, seeing that he accepted it well, spoke again, "To show my sincerity, this is for you."
As Tan Chi spoke, he handed him a miniature map the size of a memory chip. "This is an asteroid I photographed anonymously today. It contains a high-grade silver mine. The reserves are enough to give you absolute power within the Smith family."
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