The old man's head ached. What could be sadder than children who did not understand their father? Only his wife showed him any consideration. She conjured hot water and a warm towel, wiped his face, and massaged his temples.
Once the old man left, his children remained. Those with families of their own saw the matter more practically. The five eldest discussed it for ages before finally deciding to give Luo Qian a gift!
If Old Man Lu found out, he would probably cough up blood in fury.
Their reason was simple. To these Immortals of modest means, Luo Qian was the richest man in the Immortal Realm. Surely he had no desire to become a captain at the Immortal Apprehension Office. If Luo Qian deliberately lost, their father would stay in that thankless post, and the Lu Family would never get ahead.
So they had to give him a gift and beg him to take the job, no matter what.
But that raised another problem: what gift could move the richest man in the Immortal Realm?
"Once the belly's full and the body's warm, thoughts turn to lust..." The eldest sister-in-law's startling remark drew everyone's eyes. Blushing, she fell silent and nudged her husband forward. The eldest brother coughed to cover for her. "She has a point." Everyone looked toward their youngest sister at once. Old Man Lu had a face frightening enough to scare a clock to death, yet he had fathered a lovely youngest daughter. With her oval face, delicate nose, and lips like red jade, she had the charm of a pretty girl from a modest home.
"Why... why are you all looking at me?" Their father doted on the youngest and never made her do anything, leaving her far more innocent than her brothers and