Sikong Jing's gaze narrowed slightly as he asked blandly, "The family head's reward for me is a table of food and wine?"
Of course, he understood it was not that simple, but that was what he said on the surface.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yuyue chuckled softly. It was as though that smile lit up the entire gloomy nineteenth level. She raised her wine cup and drained it in one gulp before saying, "Of course it's not just that. My grandfather also wants to... reward me to you."
Ling Yuyue's words made a cold glint flash through Sikong Jing's eyes.
But he immediately understood what was going on.
It was the classic beauty trap—making him devote himself to them or obey them, while also obtaining his Imperial bloodline inheritance and the like.
Drawing a quiet breath, Sikong Jing smiled faintly. "The family head hopes I will become his grandson-in-law?"
Ling Yuyue poured herself another drink. Only after draining it did she continue...
"Yes. Though my grandfather is truly very dissatisfied with what you have done and thinks you are far too disobedient, he still wishes to try making you one of the family. He hopes a genius like you can truly consider the family's interests."
"The old man truly cherishes your talent."
After two cups of wine went down her throat, a faint blush had already appeared on Ling Yuyue's face. Her eyes rippled like waves as she gazed at Sikong Jing, but she immediately poured herself a third cup and drank it...
A trace of pitiful sorrow appeared on her face as she gave a miserable smile. "For the old man, for our branch of the family, I must become your woman. From now on, we must share hardship and fortune together."
As she spoke, she drank a fourth