Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 146 Failure in Selling Father
After leaving the principal's office, Yan Yu met Chen Lingyun at the entrance of the administrative building.

Princess Xie had already changed out of the down jacket she wore in the Northeast. She was now wearing a white shirt, a pleated skirt, and small leather shoes, revealing her arms and calves as white as jade.

She wore an exquisite velvet hat on her head and held a parasol in her hand. She stood gracefully under the shade of a tree beside the flower bed, waiting for someone to return.

"What kind of Jianghai socialite outfit is this?" Yan Yu showed a somewhat irritating expression and took a few steps away from her. "Which nightclub's private room princess is this?"

"Dear." Chen Lingyun smiled and said, "I don't expect you to have a high taste in clothes, but at least you should learn to recognize brands... So what did my father tell you?"

"Nothing." Yan Yu sighed deeply. "We talked about why this secret realm had to be kept secret, and then we tested the relationship between us."

He walked forward with an impatient look on his face, and suddenly his vision darkened - Chen Lingyun was walking side by side with him, and the parasol also blocked the scorching sun from above his head.

"This is indeed his habit," Chen Lingyun said slowly. "He is measuring your value and assessing the potential risks you may bring."

"The hidden danger is that he's worried that I might kidnap you." Yan Yu said nonchalantly, "But at least it shows that he values you like a treasure."

"Yeah, of course my father likes me very much." Chen Lingyun smiled.

"I think it's more than that," Yan Yu said sarcastically, "Your way of thinking and your values are exactly the same as your father's. It's obvious that he is training you as his successor."

"After all, I am the only daughter in the family." Chen Lingyun kept smiling.

"In other words," Yan Yu continued, "the reason you became so despicable, apart from your own part of the responsibility, the remaining 99% can be attributed to your father."

"I'll just take it to mean 'excellent,'" Chen Lingyun said with a smile. "Thank you for the compliment."

"You're welcome." Yan Yu replied, "I've also made my position clear to your father."

"You'd better not play tricks on him," Chen Lingyun reminded him, "He's very good at judging people."

"It doesn't matter." Yan Yu said disdainfully, "Even if he's unhappy with me, what can he do? Fire me?"

"It's impossible to fire you." Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "But he has ten thousand ways to make you uncomfortable, so I suggest you don't deliberately provoke him."

"You're trying to scare me, aren't you?" Yan Yu sneered a few times and said, "Your father doesn't care about my attitude towards him at all. He only cares about whether I'm beneficial or harmful to him. As long as I can still lead the team to achieve results, he will tolerate all my offenses."

"Not really." Chen Lingyun put away her smile and said dimly, "You also said that he is training me as his successor. So he doesn't see his son-in-law as a chess piece to be used, but as another junior he needs to train - or at least to satisfy him."

"I know, but what does it have to do with me?" Yan Yu said nonchalantly, "Shouldn't he choose a son-in-law from one of those political families?"

"Don't you have confidence in yourself?" Chen Lingyun covered her mouth in surprise.

"Don't assume anything. We're discussing your father." Yan Yu said impatiently, "When your father chooses a husband for you, he's definitely going to look for someone from Jingye's circle, right?"

"No." Chen Lingyun shook her head and smiled, "We should look for people in our circle."

Yan Yu:?
"You mean... monks?" he asked uncertainly.

"That's right." Chen Lingyun said lightly, "After all, the future belongs to the era of cultivators."

"No." Yan Yu frowned and recalled, "Your father had just reached that level. In order to consolidate his position as quickly as possible, he should have chosen to form an alliance with other factions, and marriage is the best way to form an alliance."

"You're right." Chen Lingyun didn't deny it. "But don't forget, I'm not only his only daughter, but also his successor. Would he be willing to trade my future for that little bit of political leverage? In fact, don't forget that compared to factional alliances, there is another more effective and direct way to get what he wants." "You mean..." Yan Yu suddenly understood, "the violence wielded by the monks?"

"It's a deterrent," Chen Lingyun said slowly. "Just like a nuclear weapon, its greatest power isn't when the mushroom cloud blooms, but when it's lying on the launch pad."

"So this is why your father holds such a radical stance." Yan Yu suddenly realized, "Because only a sufficiently chaotic and turbulent situation can be the best ladder for him to continue his rise! The monks will bring about the changes he wants. All he has to do is muddy the waters!"

"Can you please stop reading political novels?" Chen Lingyun couldn't hold back any longer and sighed, "The spiritual energy revival wasn't caused by my family. Dad just chose to go with the flow."

"He chose to go with the flow because his own daughter is a top cultivator," Yan Yu said sarcastically, "If you were a mortal who couldn't cultivate, he would definitely have a different attitude."

"I'm not qualified right now." Chen Lingyun didn't hide it, but said frankly, "To be a humanoid nuclear bomb, I must at least have enough strength to be able to defeat an enemy country."

"He's dreaming." Yan Yu sneered again, "A great cultivator who is powerful enough to rival a nation, he can find any woman he wants. Why does he have to marry her to him and recognize him as his father?"

"Of course not now." Chen Lingyun smiled again. "It hasn't been long since the spiritual energy has revived. He has plenty of time to make long-term investments."

"So I'm also his investment target, right?" Yan Yu said with a chuckle, "Father-in-law Angel Fund, right?"

"One of them," Chen Lingyun corrected him. "In his opinion, you should be the most valuable investment target at the moment, but not the only one."

"Anyway, if I were you, I would do my best to demonstrate my worth to him. As for who will eventually become his son-in-law, that's all in the future. For now, let's first reap enough benefits from the 'Father-in-Law Angel Fund.'"

"Well, what you said makes sense." Yan Yu touched his chin and thought.

"Why not take advantage of something that's free?" Chen Lingyun's smile grew sweeter. "Right?"

"But I refuse!" Yan Yu suddenly said in a loud voice.

"Don't try to be so funny." Chen Lingyun's smile faded from her face, and she frowned unhappily and asked, "Nong Ze A Que Xi? Why not? Do you think your current advantages are too great and want to make the rest of your life more difficult?"

"That's not the case." Yan Yu shook his head and denied it. "I'm just worried that this is a trick of yours. If I accept too many benefits from your father, I'll be forced to marry you in the future, which will be troublesome."

"What?" Chen Lingyun laughed again, "Can I tie you up and take you to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register?"

"I'm not unfamiliar with the tricks a rich loli like you uses to play with men," Yan Yu said with disdain. "They use sufficient benefits as bait, start by saying we're just friends, and then start playing with ambiguity, like sleeping together because you're afraid of the cold at night, or wanting to cuddle after a nightmare... In short, they try to trick a man into making a mistake, then feign innocence and hold him accountable, completely trapping him for the rest of his life!"

"Is this how I captured you in my previous life?" Chen Lingyun looked strange.

This is not my style... Could it be that some other rich loli has attacked him?
"Don't talk nonsense." Yan Yu immediately shook his head and denied it. "You don't have to be cheated to understand the scammers' tricks. The Internet is so developed now, what scams can't be found? In the final analysis, as long as you don't covet small profits, you will never be deceived and regret it for the rest of your life."

Chen Lingyun was speechless for a moment, and then said:

"Do you really need to be so defensive of me? Is being with me wronging you?"

The moment she blurted out this question, she immediately regretted it: Why did I give him the opportunity to attack her face...

As expected, Yan Yu quickly revealed an arrogant and indifferent expression, as if he was asked an extremely stupid question, and snorted coldly:
"What a joke! Are you worthy of this?"

(End of this chapter)