Ding Family Patriarch no longer had the strength or desire to argue. His whole body felt heavy and muddled, and he remained silent for a long while. In the end, he tacitly accepted this reality, though he still viciously cursed Meng Zhao in his heart.
Meanwhile, after Chen Siyuan returned to the small courtyard at Meng Family Manor, Fu Fei soon came to his room. He shut the door tightly and asked with concern,
"Mr. Chen, how did it go? Did that woman from the Ding Family agree?"
Chen Siyuan looked terrible. Shaking his head, he recounted without reservation everything he had experienced at the Ding Family today, thoroughly shattering their previous fantasies.
After listening, Fu Fei viciously spat several filthy curses under his breath, presumably all directed at Ding Zhanyun, before saying,
"I told you long ago that we should make preparations on both fronts. If tempting her with profit failed, we should switch to coercion. It still isn't too late."
As he spoke, he fixed Chen Siyuan with bright, piercing eyes, desperately hoping for his approval and help.
They could not speak of tempting her with profit; coercion naturally referred to the rotten idea Fu Fei had proposed.
Chen Siyuan repeatedly shook his head and waved his hand.
"No, no, absolutely not. How about this? I'll go try the Xun Family and the Zhuo Family again. In any case, we cannot take risks."
Fu Fei's expression darkened as well. He glanced at Chen Siyuan but said nothing more.
Over the next two days, Chen Siyuan visited the Xun Family and the Zhuo Family in turn.
Yet, to Fu Fei's surprise, these two families were even harder to deal with than the Ding Family.
Old Master Xun called the shots in the Xun Family. Though he treated Chen Siyuan