The middle-aged man sighed and leaned against the wall. "Daughter, you know your father has no grand ambitions. Your grandfather lectured me countless times when he was alive, and I always said the same thing."
"People spend their whole lives fighting over everything. It's so pointless. We were born into this world to enjoy ourselves."
"Sure, those people look down on me. So what? I have you, don't I? Hahaha! Who among them can compare?"
Lu Siyu sighed deeply and gazed up at the sky, murmuring to herself, "But I want a great hero for a father."
The middle-aged man patted Lu Siyu on the head. "Silly girl, sometimes you're far too formal with your father. We're father and daughter—what's yours is mine. If your wish doesn't come true, isn't it just as good for your father's wish to come true instead?"
"What's your wish, Father?" Lu Siyu asked curiously. She'd never heard that before.
The middle-aged man turned solemn. "Your father's wish is to have a daughter who brings home wealth and good fortune." With that, he ran off while Lu Siyu stared at him in a daze.
Lu Siyu was furious. "You—you're too much, Old Lu!"
"Hahahaha..."
As his laughter faded into the distance, Lu Siyu shook her head, then found herself smiling too.
The maids came in, all smiling. "Miss, Master really is like a child. It's nice, though. Look at Lu Bi, the West Lin Sword Gate's leader. He wears a gloomy face all day long, and his daughter has it rough. How many times has she even smiled in all these years?"
"Exactly," another maid chimed in. "The North Lin Sword Gate leader's son drowns his sorrows in wine every day. I hear he gets scolded all the time."
"Master has never forced you to