Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

The most troublesome thing about the North Continent is that the winters are too long, and sometimes there are several days of heavy snow, making it impossible for even horses to travel, let alone cars.

Because of the distance, sometimes when information needs to be transmitted, it cannot be transmitted due to blizzards, and by the time the message is received, it's too late.

It has taken the Davis family many years to barely stabilize the current situation.

But the federal government is different.

The Federation governs the people of the entire North Continent, but the current Federation is in chaos.

The mayors and sheriffs of each city act like local bullies, and they may not even listen to the federal president. Moreover, they are not afraid of fighting if a conflict breaks out.

Although these people will eventually listen to the four major families, there is one important thing to remember—the president of the federal government has to support a lot of people!

Besides public officials like mayors and police chiefs, if you want the people to be on your side, you also need to give them some preferential treatment from time to time. In addition, what about the annual weapons expenditure?

The Davis family's own army costs billions of dollars annually; if they were to support a federal army as well, the military budget would only double.

Currently, the four major families pool their resources to support the Federation, but they don't contribute too much, because they're afraid that if they feed the dog too much, it will bite its owner when it has nothing better to do.

If Noah becomes president of the Federation, Daphne can already foresee the other three families being unwilling to donate money to the Federation.

Noah had considered the situation Daphne was facing, but faced with her earnest persuasion, Noah remained calm: "Aunt, the more you say that, the more I want to try and see if I can be both a good federal president and a good head of the Davis family."

Noah's attitude of facing difficulties head-on left Daphne speechless with anger.

Noah smiled slightly. "Aunt, don't be angry. I have prepared a sum of money for you all. If the Davis family is gone, that money will allow you to live comfortably for the rest of your lives."

"Who cares about money? Noah, I'm also a member of the Davis family. What I want is for the Davis family not to die in front of me!"

“Aunt, if you’re worried about this, why don’t you come with me to deal with Uncle? Uncle is my biggest threat right now. If he doesn’t die, the Davis family is very likely to die.”

Daphne raised an eyebrow, looking at Noah with disbelief. "With so many troops and military force under your command, is it really that difficult to capture him?"

“It’s difficult.” Noah sighed. “The North Continent is so big, and it’s winter right now. Many roads are covered by snow. It just so happens that when my uncle and his men were escaping, they encountered a heavy snowfall, and their tracks were covered by snow. My men searched for a short while before they didn’t know where to look anymore. Most importantly, when I was still drinking milk, my uncle had already been secretly making arrangements and cultivating his own people. I am not as good as him in this respect, which is why he has been able to keep running for so long.”

As he spoke, Noah looked at Daphne, his eyes seeming to say: You know something, so just confess.

"Although I am his peer, he has always been meticulous and would not easily let others reveal their trump cards. I still do not know how much power he is hiding."

Daphne wasn't lying to Noah; she genuinely didn't know how many more tricks Ryan had up his sleeve. Furthermore, because she was a girl and often overlooked, she didn't have much money to support herself. Helping Noah find Ryan was a pipe dream.

Noah sighed deeply and turned his head to look at Qi Yuan, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, with a pitiful gaze.

Qi Yuan noticed his gaze, but simply looked at him quietly without saying anything.

Qi Yuan gave Noah plenty of face on this occasion, acting as a quiet and beautiful vase, not participating in any topics, so that unsuspecting outsiders would think that Noah could keep Qi Yuan in check at home.

Qi Yuan didn't care much about the superior-subordinate relationship of who was in charge. In private, it was enough that Noah listened to him. In this kind of situation, he was happy to let Noah be the boss.

Seeing that Qi Yuan was so well-behaved, Noah didn't say anything more and said, "Let's eat. There are fewer annoying people at today's family gathering. I hope this will be a very pleasant family gathering for us."

With no one constantly trying to kill you and no lecturing elders around, this family gathering was truly wonderful.

After the family gathering ended, they parted ways with Daphne and Lydia and got into the car to go back to Davis's house.

Little Petty, unable to resist her sleepiness, was fast asleep in Qi Yuan's arms. Noah looked at the two of them, one big and one small, and asked softly, "You're not angry that I let you attend this month's family gathering without telling you?"

"A little angry."

Qi Yuan spoke in a flat tone.

Noah was startled. "Honey, don't be angry. I was just busy and didn't explain to Kyle before I went to pick you up. I only remembered it when I got to the banquet venue. It wasn't intentional."

"What angers me is that you said last month that you were wronged at a family gathering."

“You were wronged,” Noah said seriously. “Honey, you don’t think that just because I won the argument, it doesn’t mean I was wronged, do you? It’s not the same thing. Even if you win an argument, the hurt you suffer during an argument is real.”

Qi Yuan suddenly realized that Noah must have been a lawyer in his previous life. How could he be so good at sophistry? No matter the situation, he could always come up with something to defend himself.

"Uncle, are you being affectionate again?"

Petty was awakened by Noah's voice and looked at him with sleepy eyes.

Noah gently rubbed the little girl's cheek. "Go to sleep. When adults are talking, children are not allowed to interrupt."

"Hmph! I don't like my uncle anymore!"

Petty's temper flared up immediately. "I spoke up for you in front of your second great-uncle, and now you're talking back to me! I'm not talking to you anymore!"

Noah recalled the scene of the little girl helping Qi Yuan confront Turner, pinched the little girl's chubby cheeks, and looked at her with a hint of affection, "Little girl, did your uncle and aunt's affair really not cause any misunderstanding in your gender identity?"

What is gender identity?

The little girl said she didn't understand when she first heard such a professional name.

"Exactly, other people's aunts-in-law are women, but yours is a man. Don't you find that strange?"

Noah had never imagined that the person he liked would cause trouble for the child until tonight when Qi Yuan asked Petty about gender. Only then did he realize that the biggest victim in his relationship with Qi Yuan might be Petty.

Petty is at an age where she should be learning and absorbing knowledge from the outside world. Because of her special status, she can only study at home with a tutor and has never interacted with other children her age.

Noah didn't know if raising children this way was the right thing to do.

“What’s so strange about it? The titles are just to make it easier to distinguish who is who, not to label anyone. My aunt is someone my uncle likes, and someone I like too. It’s enough that we like each other. Why must we stipulate that my aunt is a woman?”