Chapter 3: Fate cannot be changed, calamity cannot be avoided.
The next day, Su Yuyao was still locked up at home by Madam Su and forced to copy Taoist scriptures.
As she copied, she cursed inwardly, "Bastard! You stinking bastard! You stole my money! And you made me get beaten up! One day, I will definitely... Ouch! That hurts!" Su Yuyao winced and twitched her bottom.
"Yao'er! Don't be lazy!" Madam Su always managed to appear at the right moment when Su Yuyao was slacking off.
"Ah? Mother... I didn't slack off! It's just... it hurts so much!" Su Yuyao said, pouting as she lowered her head.
Looking at her adorable daughter, Mrs. Su couldn't bring herself to be angry. She stepped forward, hugged her daughter, and said, "Who told you to sneak out and cause trouble? You need to be taught a lesson!"
"Mother, I won't dare to do it again, please don't make me copy it..." Su Yuyao buried her head in her mother's chest and said coquettishly.
"No way! You can't miss a single word! When I come back to check, if you miss a single word, you'll get another beating with the cane!" Madam Su said, pinching Su Yuyao's little nose.
"Mother! Where are you going?"
“We have visitors coming, and your father wants them to stay for dinner. Green Ivy and I are going to buy some groceries. You stay home and do your homework!” After saying this, Madam Su called Green Ivy, who had finished tidying up, and headed towards the courtyard gate.
Su Yuyao felt a little dejected. If she hadn't sneaked out yesterday, she wouldn't have gotten into trouble and been beaten, and she could have gone out with her mother today...
Suddenly, she remembered something, quickly got up, rubbed her bottom, and limped after her, calling out, "Mother! Mother! Buy me a candied hawthorn!"
"Okay!" Madam Su responded from afar.
When Su Yuyao heard her mother agree, she immediately felt relieved. She could eat candied hawthorns again!
She looked up at the blazing sun and stretched her back beautifully.
"Miss Yao'er! Your injury... is it alright?" It was that scoundrel's voice!
Su Yuyao turned around abruptly, "Ouch..." Her butt hurt again from being stretched!
She rubbed her backside and looked at Qi Men and Xuan Feng, who stood behind Qi Men with an icy expression, and said irritably, "Why are you here again?! It's true that I tore up your summons, but you also stole my money and made me get beaten up! What more do you want?!"
"First, we didn't steal your money; we just returned the money we found to its rightful owner. Second, we didn't cause you to get beaten; you got the beating yourself! If you had stayed home obediently, none of this would have happened!" Qi Men said with a smile.
Su Yuyao was very unconvinced!
She put her hands on her hips and glared angrily at Qimen. "First, you didn't return the money to its owner because it didn't reach me. If you found my money, you must hand it over to me! Second, your summons is clearly a trap. You ostensibly recruit spirit mediums, but in reality, you're trying to recruit talented and extraordinary people. What secrets are you hiding that make you act in such a shady way?!"
"Interesting..." Xuanfeng said slowly with a cold smile, "You brat, how did you know?"
"Stinky? Girl? Head?" Su Yuyao blushed and rushed to Xuanfeng with her hands on her hips. She tilted her head back and straightened her body as much as she could, but she only reached Xuanfeng's chest.
"You bastard! How dare you curse me?!"
"You brat! Haven't you stopped cursing me?" Xuan Feng lowered his head, glared at Su Yuyao's round eyes, and said coldly, "Yesterday, how many times did you call me a bastard?"
"Huh?" Su Yuyao was stunned. "How did you know..."
Su Yuyao looked at Xuan Feng, who had a contemptuous expression on his face, and realized that she had let something slip again!
Her momentum immediately weakened. She realized that if she continued to argue, she might get beaten up, so she decided to retreat and cut her losses in time!
"You can leave now. My father has guests today and they're staying for dinner. He doesn't have time to entertain you!"
“We…” Xuanfeng pointed smugly to himself and Qimen, and said leisurely, “are guests.”
"What?!" Su Yuyao was shocked. She didn't understand why her father wanted to keep these two people for dinner.
Ignoring the pain in her bottom, she rushed into the study, calling out, "Father! Father!"
Su Yuan was naming his neighbor's newborn baby when his daughter rushed in. He quickly asked, "What's wrong, Yao'er?"
Seeing the neighbors present, Su Yuyao smiled somewhat embarrassedly, tugged at Su Yuan's sleeve, and whispered in his ear, "Daddy, why did you keep those two for dinner! They're not good people! They have a bloodthirsty aura! Besides, they're secretly gathering extraordinary people; it's definitely not going to be anything good..."
"Yao'er!" Su Yuan looked at Su Yuyao in surprise, "How do you know all this?"
“Me? I could tell!” Su Yuyao stared at her father with wide eyes.
Su Yuan looked at his precious daughter in surprise. He had originally thought that teaching her some Plum Blossom Divination and casting hexagrams to predict some minor matters would be a fun thing for her to do. He never expected that his daughter would actually inherit his talent!
"Father, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Oh, it's nothing. You go out first, Father will talk to you when he's done with his work." Su Yuan coaxed Su Yuyao out, but he couldn't calm down.
Because he revealed too many secrets of heaven, Su Yuan and his wife never had children when they were young. It wasn't until they were over fifty that they received the good news that Su Yuan's wife was pregnant.
Su Yuan secretly vowed that as long as the mother and child were safe, he would retire from the business and never again pry into the secrets of heaven.
After his daughter was born safely, Su Yuan immediately retired from his life of crime as he had vowed. However, when he held his daughter in his arms, he discovered that his precious daughter would face a life-threatening ordeal when she came of age. Therefore, he secretly vowed that he would not hesitate to give his own life if he could help his daughter get through this ordeal safely!
Su Yuan gazed at Xuan Feng and Qi Men outside the window, pondering, could their appearance be the inescapable fate that his daughter would face upon reaching marriageable age?
He frowned deeply and sighed. If they discovered Yao'er's talent, things would be terrible!
The neighbor holding the baby tensed up immediately, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, asking in a tearful voice, "Mr. Su, is there something wrong with this child...? Please... just tell me..."
"Oh, sorry, I was just daydreaming," Su Yuan quickly changed his tune and said with a smile, "This child has a full forehead; he's definitely a promising talent!"
Su Yuyao reluctantly walked out of the study, looking at the two men in front of her who seemed like troublemakers. Suddenly, she remembered that she hadn't asked their names yet, but... given how dangerous they were, it was better not to know their names!
Thinking of this, Su Yuyao turned her head away and walked towards the bedroom; she still had to write as punishment!
"Lord Xuanfeng, I think this little girl is quite good too!" Qimen said with a smile. "Would you like to consider her?"
Xuanfeng rolled his eyes at Su Yuyao's retreating figure and said helplessly, "Master Qimen, you have Mr. Su readily available, why are you eyeing this brat?! I don't have time to raise her! If you've taken a liking to her, just take her in as a disciple and teach her whatever you want!"
Qi Men looked at Xuan Feng and smiled without saying a word.
Mrs. Su and Green Ivy are finally back!
Su Yuyao hurried out to greet her and saw that Green Luo had two candied hawthorns in her hand, so she snatched them both away and said, "They're both mine!"
"Ah? Madam! Miss is bullying me again!" Green Ivy was indignant when she saw her candied hawthorn being snatched away and went to complain.
"Yao'er! You and Green Ivy each get one!" Madam Su said as she walked towards the kitchen. "I'm going to cook. You two are not allowed to fight!"
Su Yuyao chuckled and stuffed a candied hawthorn into Green Luo's hand, saying, "You're already angry? And you're even tattling! How petty!"
Green Ivy took the candied hawthorn and licked the sugary taste bit by bit, reluctant to open her mouth to take a bite. Su Yuyao, on the other hand, ate her candied hawthorn in no time.
She smacked her lips and looked at Green Ivy, who was still licking the candy, and said, "Why are you eating so slowly?! Share one with me!"
After saying that, she reached out and snatched the candied hawthorn from the green ivy tree, then turned and left.
Green Ivy was enjoying licking her candied hawthorn when Su Yuyao suddenly snatched it away, and she immediately burst into tears.
Su Yuyao, without any hesitation, munched on the candied hawthorn skewers from the green ivy tree and said, "Don't cry! Next time I'll eat slower and save one for you, okay? Let me have one more this time!"
"You brat! Give it back!" That voice is so annoying.
Su Yuyao turned around, holding the candied hawthorn, and cursed, "You stinking bastard! What's it to you?!"
Xuanfeng said coldly, "Just because you called me a stinky turtle, I can make you get another beating! Do you want to get beaten up or give the candied hawthorn back?"
Su Yuyao was so angry that her little belly bulged, and she reluctantly handed the candied hawthorn to Green Ivy.
Green Ivy accepted it like a precious treasure, slightly curtsied, and said, "Thank you, sir."
Lunch was very lavish. Su Yuan sat in the main hall with Xuan Feng and Qi Men, eating and chatting. Madam Su distributed some dishes and sat in the courtyard with Su Yuyao and Green Ivy.
Su Yuyao was sulking because of the candied hawthorn incident. She didn't even want to open her mouth to take the food that Madam Su fed her, which made Green Ivy restless and afraid to eat.
Madam Su assumed the two children had quarreled again and said, "What did you quarrel about this time? Eat first, and after you finish eating, I'll settle your dispute! Green Ivy, eat quickly! Yao'er, open your mouth!"
It's all because of that bastard! He actually had the nerve to stay at my house for dinner! Su Yuyao cursed inwardly, glancing back into the living room.
Xuanfeng was facing the door, watching Su Yuyao throw a tantrum with great interest.
You brat! You're calling me a bastard in your mind again!
Su Yuyao met Xuan Feng's unpredictable gaze, and her heart pounded. "Won't that bastard tell on me?"
Xuan Feng's eyes narrowed, and Su Yuyao was so frightened that she trembled all over.
Xuanfeng couldn't help but find it amusing to see Su Yuyao's frightened expression. He suppressed his laughter and glanced at the spoon in Madam Su's hand before frowning and glaring at Su Yuyao.
Seeing Xuan Feng's expression, Su Yuyao's face flushed with anger, but she dared not vent her temper. She could only take the spoon from Madam Su's hand and start eating her meal, bite by bite.
You brat! You think I can't handle you?!
"My lord, what... are you laughing at?" Su Yuan asked, puzzled.
Xuanfeng then realized that he had inadvertently laughed out loud. "Oh, it's nothing."
He cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "What Mr. Su meant just now was..."
Xuanfeng's attention was completely drawn to Su Yuyao, and he didn't hear what Su Yuan was saying at all.
Qi Men was also somewhat puzzled, as slacking off was not something Xuan Feng would do.
Qi Men picked up the conversation with a smile and said, "Mr. Su, you just said that we are in the open, while they are in the dark, and our every move may be under their surveillance. Then, I would like to trouble you to give us some guidance on how we should conduct ourselves?"
"Lord Qimen, in terms of mind reading, you are superior to me; in terms of cultivation, you have already transcended the cycle of reincarnation; in terms of strategy, you are even more so your immortal master. Why bother to ridicule me?" Su Yuan said sarcastically.
“But we’re deeply entrenched in this situation, and we can’t cut our own blade with our own knife…” Qi Men sighed and said, “What’s more, the enemy is extremely powerful. Even if we make the most thorough preparations, we can only save our lives. That’s why we’ve recruited many people, just for one last gamble! If you’ve already figured something out, feel free to speak up.”
Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Alright, then I'll be frank. Since it's a conflict between two sides, the other side will definitely do everything in their power to eliminate those around you, sir. The first one will likely be someone with supernatural abilities. Whoever it is, those who enter the hall first will definitely be cannon fodder! Therefore, the people you recruit now are easily silenced by the other side! Furthermore, since the other side is so powerful, you can't openly confront them. You must do the opposite. To contract something, you must first expand it; to weaken something, you must first strengthen it... Therefore, the weak overcomes the strong!"
Xuanfeng nodded and said, "However... Yi Mu has already made her move to get rid of me. Do I still have time?"
“My lord… if someone wants to get rid of you, it means you pose a threat to them. If you were not a threat, would they go to such lengths to eliminate you? After all, you are the eldest son of the Mother of Limitless!”
"What do you mean, sir?" Xuanfeng seemed to be deep in thought.
"Only by adopting a humble attitude can you survive, and only then will you have the space and time to accumulate enough capital to unleash your full potential!" Su Yuan said, tapping the table. "A tree that grows a hundred feet tall must have roots that run ten thousand feet deep!"
After lunch, Su Yuyao returned to her room and reluctantly continued copying the Buddhist scriptures. Looking out the window, she saw Xuanfeng bow deeply to his father outside the gate before turning and leaving with Qimen.
She breathed a long sigh of relief. That bastard is finally gone!
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