Chapter 594: Chapter 69 Mother-in-law Receives, Father-in-law Stays Overnight_3 Chapter 594: Chapter 69 Mother-in-law Receives, Father-in-law Stays Overnight_3 “How long do you plan to stay this ti?” Chen Tianming asked, signaling that the previous topic had concluded.
“Just half a day,” Yan Yu replied. “It is a critical mont in advancing to the Hua Mansion stage; I still need to perform Breathing and Energy Refining in the Mysterious Realm tonight.”
“Hmm,” Chen Tianming followed up, “how much longer do you think it will take for you to reach the Hua Mansion stage?”
Yan Yu imdiately realized that Old Taishan was actually trying to ask just that, but asking directly seed too utilitarian, showing that he only cared about his son-in-law’s cultivation strength. Thus, he had first made a pretext by deliberately asking how many days he wished to stay—what focus should we cultivators have during this period; do others not know, you too couldn’t be unaware?
Once I ntion cultivation, he can pretend to casually inquire and probe my cultivation progress!
Lucky for I knew you from my previous life; otherwise, I might not have seen through your rhetoric!
Yan Yu sneered inwardly, but verbally he said:
“It should be within this week. Li Zhaojiang on the other hand might advance in two or three days, but I doubt I can make it into the top five.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Chen Tianming said calmly, “as long as you can advance to Hua Mansion soon, the order of ranking isn’t important; we are not competing in the Olympics here.”
Although he said it didn’t matter, Yan Yu who knew him better, imdiately guessed that he originally did have such thoughts, but pretended not to care once pointed out.
Ha, Old Taishan! Even with your deep cunning, you couldn’t guess that I had many dealings with you in my past life and know you extrely well, could you? Hahahaha!
He saw his father-in-law looking very pleased. Chen Tianming felt quite satisfied with this son-in-law as well, thinking that he indeed had a clever mind, and probably wouldn’t be bullied when with his daughter.
Chen Tianming knew his daughter Chen Lingyun’s personality very well, recognizing her brilliant intelligence and her dislike for boredom. Even if you were the top cultivator in Lu Country, if she could easily see through your thought processes and manipulate you at will without you being able to resist, she would likely lose interest in you quickly.
Being smart is better.
Chen Tianming, growing more appreciative, continued to speak with him:
“We don’t insist on ranking, so missing a day or two of cultivation doesn’t matter either. Why don’t you stay a few more days? Your mother-in-law also wants to talk more with you.”
Yan Yu had no objections, as in his previous life Mrs. Chen was also a major point of interaction for him; from initially being disliked for not being a cultivator, to later being tacitly permitted to be with Chen Lingyun, he had made significant efforts! Now replaying this “second round,” he knew her personality like the back of his hand, so where could there be any trace of insecurity?
Laughable, watch how I easily handle her!
Yan Yu took his leave from the study, while Chen Tianming continued to look out the window until a butler ca over and whispered to him:
“Madam plans to let them stay in the sa room tonight.”
Chen Tianming frowned slightly. He did not misunderstand Mrs. Chen’s intention, which was nothing more than hoping the two would make irrevocable progress quickly, thus allowing her daughter to legitimately ascend to her position.
Yan Yu indeed held such value to be won over, but he was overly clever and perceptive, likely to see through Mrs. Chen’s purpose at a glance, possibly backfiring.
However, if he were to stop her arrangents now, he would have to explain why it shouldn’t be done, risking a misunderstanding that he didn’t like this son-in-law, which would also be troubleso.
After a brief consideration, Chen Tianming smiled again.
In any case, considering his daughter’s high emotional intelligence, she should be able to smoothly handle the situation, without causing any real grievances in Yan Yu’s mind.
“Just do as she says,” Chen Tianming instructed.
Once the butler received the orders, he left with his own calculations.
Since the master was willing to let the two stay in the sa room, it ant that he did not regard the guest rely as his daughter’s boyfriend but genuinely as his future son-in-law.
Therefore, the preparations for the night must also be thorough. It wouldn’t do to find at the last mont that sothing essential was missing and then have to send soone to buy it… That would spoil the young lady’s mood, certainly unacceptable.
Being a butler ant that one should prepare everything properly without the master having to worry about it!
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