Chapter 872
"Absolutely understand."
Meng Chao said, "And absolutely support it."
"I knew you'd understand and support me. That makes this easy!"
Lü Siya said happily, "Look, given my circumstances, finding a suitable marriage alliance partner is truly difficult. I have my own requirements too!
"My ideal marriage alliance partner should preferably come from a simple background, without the tangled web of interests behind the Nine Great Families that would force me to waste enormous time and energy on meaningless Palace Intrigue Drama.
"But at the same time, I want my marriage alliance partner to possess a certain degree of strength, to play the role of a 'virtuous helper within the home' well, to lend me a hand instead of dragging me down.
"On top of that, it would be even better if both sides were intelligent people who could communicate calmly. We needn't share the same aspirations, but at least we should be able to speak freely.
"Finally, and most importantly, my marriage alliance partner must possess formidable combat strength—because formidable combat strength represents excellent genes, and only sufficiently excellent genes are worthy of combining with mine to breed an even more powerful new generation to inherit everything I have.
"The problem is, among the third generation of the Nine Great Families, there are no true powerhouses at all. They're all golden jade on the outside and rotten cotton inside. If I got serious, they probably couldn't even last three minutes—you tell me, how could I let the trash genes of these good-for-nothing wastes contaminate my own outstanding genes?"
"..."
Meng Chao was silent for a long while before he could only force out one word. "Yes."
"Such a candidate is really hard to find!"
Lü Siya sighed, her gaze refocusing on Meng Chao's face as she smiled. "Meng