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"And that Su Yue from the Su Family..." Fang Qianyi brought up the matter again.

Fang Che immediately displayed the attitude of his former self, firm and with a hint of impatience. "Mom, don't interfere in this. Su Yue is my good brother, my good big brother. Are you not even going to let me have a few good friends?"

"Good friends? That Su Yue clearly has ulterior motives..."

"I'm not listening, I'm not listening..."

Fang Che shook his head like a rattle-drum.

Fang Qianyi let out a deep sigh.

She only felt that her son was still that same foolish boy as before, and he still could not understand reason.

She could only keep a close eye on things for him in the future.

"What a worry."

Early the next morning.

Fang Che was practicing.

Fang Zhenghang had personally gone to Guardian Hall to submit this month's Fang Family contribution task and report that his nephew had taken a master without permission.

As for Fang Qianyi...

Fang Qianyi had been awakened by her own stink.

After dinner last night, she had taken a bath and gone to sleep. She had kept feeling sticky all over and scrubbed herself several times, but after drifting about outside for so long, she had truly been exhausted. Returning to her own home had made her feel incomparably at ease, and she had fallen asleep shortly after getting into bed.

When she opened her eyes that morning, she discovered that her bedroom had practically turned into a latrine.

Her entire body was coated in a layer of foul-smelling mud.

"Oh heavens..."

She hurriedly had the Maid help her wash up. By the time she emerged in fresh clothes, she could hear the sound of Maids vomiting behind the house...

Her face could not help turning red.

Before her embarrassment had even passed, she felt earth-shaking changes in her body.

She felt lighter, her mind was more nimble, and her sensitivity toward the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had increased severalfold.

Of course, most importantly, when she looked in the mirror, her skin had improved considerably.

Fair with a rosy glow, soft and taut—she looked even better than she had as a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl.

"Oh my..."

In an instant, Fang Qianyi was glowing with vitality.

When she came out and saw Fang Che, she could not help lifting her skirt and spinning in a circle. "Che'er, do you see what has changed about me today?"

"???"

Fang Che blinked, somewhat bewildered. But after turning his mind over just a little, he immediately began praising her lavishly. "Mom, you've become young again overnight!"

"Hahahaha..."

Fang Qianyi was delighted beyond measure. In high spirits, she burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, she suddenly asked, "Become young again? Was I very old before?"

Fang Che wore an utterly sincere expression. "Mom, absolutely not. It's merely adding flowers to brocade—you're getting younger by the day."

Fang Qianyi nodded in satisfaction. She took a small mirror from her arms, looked herself over, and said happily, "That was a fair assessment."

"Of course. I've been worrying about something lately."

"What are you worrying about?"

"Finding a wife. My mom is so beautiful, so I can't possibly find a wife who's too ugly and bring shame upon our family. But finding one by even half of your standard, Mom, isn't easy."

"Goose Goose Goose..."

Fang Qianyi let out a strange laugh.

Then, looking pleased and relaxed, she said, "You've always been muddleheaded all these years. You never knew how to talk, not one bit like your father. I wondered for so long how I gave birth to a son who did not take after his father."

She breathed out happily. "Today, I can finally rest easy! Your skill at talking nonsense with your eyes open to coax girls has at least thirty percent of your father's charm."

Fang Che: "..."

Just how much of a scoundrel was my father?

Then Fang Qianyi went out in high spirits. The Lineage was discussing matters, but she had not attended. None of that was important.

What mattered most now was finding a few close girlfriends to gather with.

All the people in charge of the Su Family had disappeared.

This news was finally confirmed.

After waiting these past few days, the Fang Family began to make its move. Their old rival of so many years had fallen—how could they not take a share of the spoils?

Everyone voiced their opinions, full of excitement.

Even the Fang, Lü, Zhang, and Wei families were visiting one another and secretly making connections.

In the small courtyard.

Sun Yuan was already thinking of leaving.

There were some questions from his disciple that he could no longer answer.

He could barely find any faults in his disciple's cultivation anymore. Everything he knew, even disguise techniques, deception, and gambling skills, had been squeezed out of him clean!

"I've never seen a disciple like this, nor a master like me!"

Sun Yuan was deeply melancholy.

"Disciple, cultivate well and prepare for the grand competition to enter the Martial Academy. Something has happened on the Su Family's side, so I need to go take a look."

Sun Yuan said.

"Huh? Something happened to Brother Su's family?"

Fang Che immediately grew nervous. "What happened to my big brother?"

Sun Yuan knew perfectly well that Su Yue had guided and used Fang Che. He had even been the one to give Su Yue the Five Elements Spirit Gu to plant in Fang Che, so naturally he knew Su Yue's true face.

Seeing Fang Che still so deeply loyal and devoted now, he could not help rolling his eyes inwardly.

Before this, Sun Yuan had naturally stood with the Su Family. After all, that was a family developed within the sect, one of their own.

But now, Sun Yuan's backside had long since tilted toward his own disciple! This was the inheritor of his mantle. The Su Family... what was that? "Che'er, you... in the future, when making friends, you must keep your eyes open. That Su Yue is no good person, and he certainly bears you no good intentions."

"How could that be!"

Fang Che said earnestly, "Brother Su cares deeply for me and thinks of me in everything he does. He is not a bad person. He is my good big brother!"

"Good big brother..."

Sun Yuan stopped talking.

He only felt that his disciple was good in every way, except perhaps a little too honest.

"He still lacks a beating from the cruel world."

Sun Yuan sighed inwardly.

"Master, what happened to the Su Family?"

Fang Che asked anxiously, "We absolutely must help them."

"How can we help when they're all dead?" Sun Yuan rolled his eyes.

"All dead? Were there bodies?" Fang Che looked as if he had been struck by lightning, grief-stricken beyond measure.

"No bodies were seen."

"If there were no bodies, then Brother Su definitely isn't dead! Brother Su Yue is such a good person. He won't die!"

Fang Che said firmly, "Master, we cannot stand by and do nothing."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Even if Brother Su cannot return for a while, we must protect his family estate."

Fang Che said righteously, "As Brother Su's brother, protecting his estate and watching over it is something I ought to do! We are brothers—I must do something for Brother Su. Master, you have to help me!"

Hm? Sun Yuan blinked and turned to look at his disciple, feeling that something seemed off.

Yet all he saw was fervent sincerity, urgency and righteousness written all over Fang Che's face.

Fang Che was loyal to the core and filled with righteous indignation, looking as though he would take a knife in both ribs for his brother.

"Protect his estate... What do you intend to do?"

"Brother Su Yue once said that he is the Su Family's only heir, and the entire Su Family should belong to Brother Su Yue. What else is there to do?" Fang Che said.

Sun Yuan stroked his beard and could not help baring his teeth.

The only heir?

The entire Su Family belonged to your big brother?

You wanted to help your big brother protect his estate?

Sun Yuan scratched his head, feeling as though his mind was in a muddle.

My disciple is still young. Surely he does not mean what I think he means? Perhaps he truly only wants to help his big brother protect the family estate?

Protect the assets?

"You're still young. How can you take over so many of the Su Family's businesses?" Sun Yuan frowned.

"Master, you're confused. If we liquidate everything, won't I have it in hand? When Brother Su returns, I can simply give him the money."

Fang Che put forward a demand that would be very easy to carry out.

"That makes sense..." Sun Yuan frowned and pondered for a while. He felt that this matter... hiss, it aligned with the One Heart Sect's interests. So he said, "I'll handle it."

"Master, you must hurry. Don't let those Wolf Heart and Dog Lungs people pick up a bargain."

"Mm... What about the Su Family's people?" Sun Yuan asked.

"Master!"

Fang Che said sorrowfully, "Brother Su Yue once told me that because he was the family heir, the others were all jealous of him. Their relationship was terrible, and many of them even wanted to kill him! His mother was persecuted to death too, and he has no other brothers or sisters... Master, Brother Su Yue is very pitiful. In this world, I am his only family."

Sun Yuan nodded. "I understand. You want all of it."

"We must preserve Brother Su's assets intact, so that when Brother Su returns, he can rebuild his rivers and mountains and rise again from the ashes."

"What you say... seems to make sense?"

"Yes, Master. It cannot be touched while it is in my hands, but if Master wishes to use it, I believe Brother Su would not object either. Besides, my surname is Fang. When selling off the businesses, it would only be proper to give the Fang Family some consideration..."

Fang Che said, "Between brothers, there is the duty of sharing wealth."

Sun Yuan left the Fang Family's small courtyard with his head swimming in a muddle.

Even after walking far away, he kept turning back to look, his eyes full of confusion.

This... what exactly... Why can't I make sense of it? What exactly does this boy mean? But thinking it over, the Su Family had originally been a subordinate developed by the sect. The Su Family's property was effectively One Heart Sect property, and it was only right for his disciple to inherit it.

If the One Heart Sect wanted to take it for itself, it would be even harder than Fang Che taking it.

Besides, wouldn't it be better in his disciple's hands than being divided up by others? This matter... was perfectly reasonable.

But actually accomplishing it would not be easy. He would need to think of a way.

Sun Yuan immediately went to handle it.

He was no fool. Fang Che might perhaps have selfish motives; it was not as though he had not suspected that. But that was his disciple! Was it not only natural for his disciple to get a little benefit?

In fact, if Fang Che truly foolishly helped Su Yue "protect" the assets, he would instead curse this disciple for being stupid beyond redemption!

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