After snatching that scroll from his daughter's hands, Gu Yuan tossed it somewhere without the slightest hesitation.
For over a thousand years, he finally managed to have a daughter, only for her to be subjected to whatever mess these elders had cooked up.
It was time to put an end to days like this.
Thinking about what the elders in the clan had been discussing recently, plus his daughter being forced to study all day long, he felt he could scheme a little within it all and reach a win-win outcome!
That was to make that matter succeed while also giving his daughter a happy childhood!
At this thought, Gu Yuan couldn't help breaking into a smile.
"Father, what are you thinking about?"
Watching her father first stop her from studying, then sink into deep thought, and finally break into a smile, Gu Xun'er felt her father was acting very strange today.
Extremely, twelve-parts strange!
"Xun'er, Father is going to ask you a question, and you must answer me honestly."
Gu Yuan looked at his daughter with unusual seriousness and spoke.
"Alright, Father, go ahead and ask. I'll definitely tell the truth!"
Gu Xun'er's small head nodded earnestly.
"Do you like days spent studying like this all day?"
Gu Yuan asked.
...I don't want to.
Hesitating for a moment, and thinking of what she had just said, Gu Xun'er still shook her head and voiced her true inner feelings.
Hearing her daughter's heartfelt words, Gu Yuan smiled.
"Good! Father will give you a happy childhood!"
Gu Yuan said with a firm tone.
"Father, what are you going to do? I don't want to see you arguing with those elders. If it comes to that, I'd rather continue studying!"
Truth be told, Gu Xun'er still inherited a portion of Gu Yuan's