The Gu Family Clan Grounds.
Gu Xuanting's consciousness had barely left the Virtual World when he picked up the tea before him and gulped down a mouthful.
The next instant.
"Pfft!"
He spat the tea straight onto the floor.
"Bah!"
"Do they think I'm such a pushover?"
"Does everyone want to steal my son-in-law?"
The more Gu Xuanting thought about it, the angrier he became.
Just then, the door swung open.
Lu Qinglan looked at the furious Gu Xuanting, puzzled.
"What happened?"
"What else could it be?"
Gu Xuanting snapped.
"That old fellow Han Chao suddenly invited me to meet him in the Virtual World."
"I thought something had gone wrong with the Han Family's plan to purchase pills from our Gu Family."
"But after all that fuss... it turned out his daughter had fallen for Yang Fan!"
"He actually wanted to use me as a way to arrange the match!"
Gu Xuanting looked utterly speechless.
"Does he think he's Lu Yanran? Why should I do him that favor?"
At that, Lu Qinglan couldn't help laughing.
"Our daughter really did find a treasure."
"Recently, our son-in-law has developed close ties with Han Jue of the Han Family, Sima Tianci of the Sima Family, and Qin Zhen of the Qin Family."
"He's even taken a prodigy like Lu Mingshi under his wing, and the two have become the closest of friends."
"According to our daughter, our son-in-law is probably far stronger now than an ordinary Third-Order God."
"You could scarcely find a handful of geniuses outside the great families like him in the entire Human Federation over the past thousand years. It's only natural that people would set their sights on him."
Even after hearing that, Gu Xuanting remained displeased.
"That still depends on who they are!"
"I can accept that