Douluo Chat Group: They're All Addicted to Gossiping

Li Yuan saw the message, and his first reaction was:

Is this person having a seizure?

Wasn't what she said yesterday about defeating Tang San?

Isn't what she's describing just the most basic requirement for any organization?

[Li Yuan: ??? (Metro old man looking at phone meme)]

[Child Without Parents: Isn't that what it means?]

[Li Yuan: ...]

[Child Without Parents: Oh, I get it! I understand now!]

[Li Yuan: ...What did you "get" this time?]

[Child Without Parents: You mean that as long as we in Martial Soul Hall sweep away these cockroaches, we can recruit wild experts on a massive scale, and Martial Soul Hall will be able to grow strong and create new glories, right? (Full of confidence)]

Li Yuan held his forehead, his face a mask of despair.

I finally understand why Qian Renxue couldn't outplay Tang San... It's probably not just because of her "love-struck brain," her logic is truly one of a kind...

On the other side.

Qian Renxue scratched her head, looking at the string of speechless ellipses from Li Yuan, and muttered, "What's wrong with Li Yuan? Why did he stop replying? Could it be that he was stunned by my suggestion?"

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and a confident smile curled the corners of her lips: "That's right, it must be! My idea is definitely correct!"

[Li Yuan: Bullshit! Garbage! I finally understand why you three big-breasted, brainless women couldn't outplay Tang San even when you teamed up!]

Qian Renxue's delicate brows furrowed, her teeth biting her lip: "Me? Big-breasted? Brainless?"

She subconsciously looked down at the proud curves on her chest.

Well, they were indeed quite big.

Big and white, truly magnificent!

She not only admitted this, but she had to emphasize it—not only big, but white.

But she would not accept being called brainless.

She, Qian Renxue, possessed profound strategy and had been lurking in the Heaven Dou Empire for years; how could she be a brainless person?

Just as Qian Renxue was about to retort, Li Yuan's message popped up again.

[Li Yuan: I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry.]

[Li Yuan: Do you think the decline of an organization can be changed just by cleaning up the middle and lower levels? (Soul-searching question.jpg)]

[Child Without Parents: Isn't it? Isn't the future decline of Martial Soul Hall because these people are incompetent, corrupt, and greedy? (Righteous indignation.jpg)]

[Li Yuan: Naive! Let me ask you, can these middle-level people change the future direction of Martial Soul Hall? If you want to change Martial Soul Hall, you have to strike from the top. Understand? (Hitting the nail on the head.jpg)]

Qian Renxue's heart skipped a beat. Upon closer reflection, it seemed... there was indeed some truth to it.

The grand direction and fundamental policies of Martial Soul Hall were determined by the Pope and the Elder Hall. No matter how rotten the middle and lower levels were, it was merely an issue of execution. If the decisions and ideologies of the top were not changed at the root, even if all the "cockroaches" below were swept away, it would only treat the symptoms and not the disease; a new batch of parasites would just breed again in a few years.

But the problem was... if she had to strike from the top?

Wouldn't the first target be her own mother, Bibi Dong?!

[Child Without Parents: That's my mother, you know. I can't possibly take action against her, right?]

Li Yuan curled his lip. It seemed it was time to give Qian Renxue a shock from "past-life history."

As the saying goes, Li Yuan had no great sons, and Li Shimin had no elder brothers.

Nod yes, shake no, serve heaven and purge the court, go go go!

Come is come, go is go, a double kill at the Xuanwu Gate!

Capable monarchs never play by the rules of succession; if you love your mother, see you at the Xuanwu Gate.

What does a birth mother matter?

Send her to me; I'll keep watch for ten months and guarantee she'll be obedient through "stick-based education."

Cough, cough, cough... I've gone off track.

Li Yuan hurriedly purged the distracting thoughts from his mind.

[Li Yuan: She is your mother, that's true, but that's no reason for her to hinder the development of Martial Soul Hall. How can you run Martial Soul Hall well while staying with this bunch of vermin?]

[Child Without Parents: If they are vermin, then what am I?]

Qian Renxue pouted. Wasn't this just a roundabout way of scolding her?

Bastard Li Yuan!

[Li Yuan: Don't interrupt. I'll tell you a story, and you'll understand.]

[Li Yuan: Once upon a time, there was a man who came to buy melons named Liu Huaqiang—ah, pfft, pfft, pfft, I meant, once upon a time there was a man named Li Shimin... (Starts story mode)]

An hour later.

Qian Renxue felt deeply shocked, her worldview seemingly reshaped.

Did the second son really kill his own older brother and younger brother just to seize the throne?

Did he even "voluntarily" invite his own father to become the Retired Emperor, effectively placing him under house arrest?

What's even more outrageous is that a country of such magnitude, having undergone such massive upheaval, not only failed to decline but instead leaped forward to become the strongest empire in the world at the time.

It even ushered in the golden age known as the "Reign of Zhenguan"?!

This... even in her wildest dreams, Qian Renxue wouldn't dare to pull off something like that!

This strategy is simply heaven-defying!

[Li Yuan: Alright, I've said my piece. Now it's time for you to make a choice. Will you let this sliver of mother-daughter affection hold you back, or will you choose to preserve Martial Soul Hall and... your mother's life?]

Qian Renxue swallowed hard, her gaze gradually hardening as an unprecedented sense of resolve surged in her heart: "Damn it! Li Yuan is right! How can I ever run Martial Soul Hall properly if I stay with this bunch of vermin?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she froze, her pretty face flushing red as she spat:

"Pah, pah, pah! Why did I just curse? It's all that bastard Li Yuan's fault. I've been chatting with him for so long that I've almost been corrupted by him!"

[Child Without Parents: You're right, I've decided. I'm going to become Qian Shimin! (Firm and decisive)]

[Li Yuan: Huh? Wait, what? (Nearly chokes on his own saliva)]

[Child Without Parents: Is there a problem?]

[Li Yuan: No, none at all... I think this is a fantastic proposal!]

"Pfft, hahaha..."

Li Yuan couldn't hold it back anymore.

As everyone knows, Shimin was the son of Li Yuan.

So, if Qian Renxue wants to become Qian Shimin... wouldn't that make Bibi Dong, by extension, Li Yuan's?

Although the Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty wasn't the same Li Yuan as him, that didn't affect the logic of the relationship.

Li Yuan was still quite happy to accept the outcome.

As the saying goes: pick the fruit from another man's garden, tease the child while thinking of the mother.

On the other side.

Qian Renxue naturally knew that such a major undertaking couldn't be started in haste. At the very least, it would require years of planning, and she would need to secure the support of her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, without Bibi Dong finding out, otherwise, success would be nearly impossible.

Therefore, for the sake of caution, she decided to consult Li Yuan first.

[Child Without Parents: Then what do you think my first step should be?]

Chapter 46: Kind Master, Filial Disciple

[Li Yuan: It's simple. Start with the two henchmen by your mother's side. Ghost and Yue Guan were the direct subordinates of your late, born-to-die father. You can try to reach out and see if you can win them over.]

[Child Without Parents: ?? Are you being polite? What did my father ever do to you?]

[Li Yuan: He didn't do anything to me, but he did 'secret-room' Bibi Dong! Even I haven't had a taste of a brand-new, untouched Bibi Dong, so shouldn't I be cursing him?]

[Li Yuan: Such a top-tier, pristine Bibi Dong, turned into a 'nine-out-of-ten-new' item with minor defects... tell me, shouldn't I be cursing him?]

"You bastard!!! Li Yuan, I'm going to kill you!"

Qian Renxue was so angry she slammed her brick onto the ground, her silver teeth gritted.

This Li Yuan, he really had no good intentions!

He claimed to be offering her strategies, but in his heart, he was still coveting her mother, Bibi Dong!

Why is there always some scumbag who wants to be her father?

Is her mother really that alluring?!

One after another, they all have their eyes on her!

"Hmph, Li Yuan, don't think that just because you're giving me advice, you can covet my mother. Once I become a god in the future, I'll settle the score with you!"

"Don't you like secret rooms? When the time comes, I'll find ten beautiful dancers just for you and lock you in a secret room every single day, let's see if you dare to covet my mother again!"

Qian Renxue "cursed" viciously for a while before she could barely suppress the agitation in her heart. After calming her emotions, she began to coolly consider the feasibility of Li Yuan's suggestion.

Contact her father's direct subordinates, Yue Guan and Ghost?

But she had almost no interaction with those two; she hadn't proactively reached out to them in over a decade. Would it even work if she tried now?

She feared it might be Ghost and Yue Guan.

Ghost, Yue Guan: "Not at all, please don't misunderstand! Don't look at us as being in the Eastern Camp; our hearts have always been with you! We are people of the Qian family in life, and ghosts of the Qian family in death!"

"Forget it, I'll give it a try. Even if it doesn't succeed, there's no real loss."

Qian Renxue took a deep breath and made her decision.

She took out paper and a brush, wrote a letter, and prepared to have it delivered to Ghost and Yue Guan.

The content of the letter was also very simple.