Chapter 350: Bound to the Child-Bearing System and Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 351: Passerby Strives to Live (19)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

'System, you're finally awake!'

Shen Yao's confidence in guaranteeing to Liu Jingyan's face that Liu Xiuwen and Liu Jingsheng were unharmed came entirely from the system's cheat.

Good grief, she'd already borne two children in this world, and the system could finally help out a bit.

'Nonsense, when you weren't human before, didn't I help a lot?' How could it be said to be useless; it had something to offer.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao rolled her eyes at the indignant system, thinking to herself, You're useful? Coming to this lousy place almost sent her packing directly.

'Let's not discuss right and wrong for now; just considering the present, where are Liu Xiuwen and Liu Jingsheng? When can they come to Yingchuan? Liu Jingyan can prop up such a large family business for a short time, but over a long time he can't hold out.'

Although Yingchuan was a small city, as the saying goes, a strong dragon can't crush a local snake; the Liu family's glory was given by Luojing, and once that gilding of Luojing was gone, the several native families in Yingchuan wouldn't be honest.

Liu Jingyan was just a young upstart who had just made a name for himself; what could he resist?

'Host, don't rush; Liu Jingsheng is currently bringing the clansmen over here, and he should definitely arrive within a month or two.'

'As for Liu Xiuwen, he's still at the front line; this person is quite smart,' actually pretending to be injured to hold back his strength.

The system felt that the old fogies of this world were all sinister and cunning; it had been gone so long, the host was truly in danger.

'If he weren't smart, how could he protect the Liu family's wealth? The Liu family has existed since the early days of Wei State and hasn't fallen in so many years; the several family heads of the Liu family all had real talent.' Liu Xiuwen had more or less some minor flaws, but for the family he was indeed a qualified head of the family.

Liu Jingsheng was currently being cultivated in this direction too; it was just unknown how much of Liu Xiuwen's skill he could learn, and whether he could maintain the Liu family's wealthy life.

'Host, this place is very dangerous,' the system said, while conveniently explaining it wasn't that it didn't want to wake up, but that the Heavenly Dao of this world was too overbearing and tyrannical, and as an outsider it could do nothing against the other party.

Shen Yao snorted, 'From day one I knew this place was dangerous,' otherwise she wouldn't have paid a huge price to disguise herself as a human, nor would she have chosen Liu Jingyan to directly bind the two of them.

'Have you seen the children? They're very talented,' Shen Yao's eyes turned, tempting the system to bring out good things, 'Perhaps if we work hard, we can earn more.'

System:...

The system told its host not to mess around; this wasn't other worlds, 'The Heavenly Dao doesn't distinguish right from wrong, do you dare cause trouble?' Not afraid of heavenly thunder striking them dead.

Shen Yao rolled her eyes; of course she was afraid, so wasn't she inciting the system?

'Can't we negotiate well with this Heavenly Dao? Strange demons and monsters shouldn't appear in the mortal world,' now these things were practically running all over the map, their threat level was off the charts.

The system was weak and powerless, 'Unable to communicate; the Heavenly Dao has lost its ability to judge,' they were outsiders, strictly speaking still black households.

Regretting countless times why her luck was so bad to fall into this world? The system's operating procedure almost crashed.

'First help me check the risk distribution around Yingchuan; this is a place we'll live for a long time in the future,' so it couldn't fool her.

The system muttered, 'Rest assured, I will definitely protect you and the children's safety.'

The overall environment was bad, but performance related to one's own interests still had to be done; the system had self-awareness, it was currently making up for the loopholes of its previous absence, striving to speed up the host's mission progress.

The system stingily took out many more pills, all used on the children, good things that could maximize their own potential.

Shen Yao teased while feeding, 'I don't have anything of equal value to compensate you,' anyway even if she had she wouldn't give it.

Shen Yao's main approach was to harvest wool without mercy; the system was a big spender, not lacking these treasures.

The system grudgingly expressed it didn't need host compensation, 'As long as our mission is completed smoothly,' everything else could be put off.

After experiencing many things, even intelligent life learned to think and compromise.

Shen Yao mocked the system for knowing today would come, why bother back then. She herself turned around and cozily comforted the suddenly pressured Liu Jingyan.

No way; Liu Jingyan had to deal with outsiders during the day and family at night, and in just a few days he had genuinely aged several years.

Tired in heart, leaving Liu Furen's residence, Liu Jingyan stretched out his hand and rubbed his face; the first thing upon returning to the small courtyard was to rest.

Shen Yao heartache-ly brought over the nourishing supplements she had simmered, spoon by spoon feeding him.

'Don't go out for these two days; I think once Eldest Young Master settles down he'll send a letter back,' missing it would be too much of a pity.

Liu Jingyan had a bitter smile, 'Fortunately I have you,' he alone couldn't hold out.

Shen Yao put down the soup bowl, leaning against Liu Jingyan's embrace with a gentle voice, 'A Yan, once Eldest Young Master returns, we'll move to the manor outside the city.'

The manor could already be lived in; many of the Liu clan's clansmen had gone there one after another, only they still lived in the ancestral home, waiting for news of Liu Jingsheng and Liu Xiuwen.

Father Liu was currently safely and steadily serving as an official in his post; the matters of Luojing and the front line temporarily couldn't affect him, so Liu Jingyan had long excluded him.

It was just plastic feelings; when in front they could still put on a show, but now separated in two places, Liu Jingyan was truly impatient with these things.

'Yao Yao, you need to look after Mother's side more,' Liu Jingyan could do nothing about Liu Furen, and could only hope in his heart that Liu Jingsheng would quickly send a letter of safety, first stabilize Liu Furen.

Unexpectedly, before Liu Jingyan had finished hoping, he turned his head and received a thick stack of letters.

The envelope bore the three large characters Liu Jingsheng, causing Liu Jingyan's whole body to tremble.

Impatiently tearing open the letter, upon seeing that Liu Jingsheng was safe and sound and was bringing people to Yingchuan, Liu Jingyan let out a huge sigh of relief.

Turning to head to the main courtyard, Liu Jingyan didn't care whether Liu Furen had a headache or not, directly telling her the good news.

Liu Furen sat up from the couch with a whoosh, her eyes bright, 'Is this true?'

Liu Jingyan made two affirmative sounds, not forgetting to pull out the letter of safety separately and hand it over, 'Personally written by Eldest Young Master, it definitely won't be false.'

Liu Furen also recognized Liu Jingsheng's handwriting; seeing it was indeed written by her son's own hand, she laughed out loud, her words full of immense relief.

'As long as he's alive, as long as he's alive,' not knowing what she had imagined these days, Liu Furen changed her depressed mood and became lively and cheerful.

By the time Shen Yao came over during the day to visit Liu Furen, this person could already joke.

'... Jingsheng is all well, it's just a pity about Jingsheng's wife, she's too ill, destined but not united with my Liu family.'

Liu Jingsheng's letter said that Wei Zhaoling was frightened when leaving Luojing, and with her body not yet recovered, she directly passed away.

Because they still had to hurry to Yingchuan, Wei Zhaoling's corpse couldn't be brought back and could only be placed locally, even the memorial tablet was very simple.

Shen Yao couldn't say much about this; she wasn't close with Wei Zhaoling, and whether Wei Zhaoling really died of illness was still undecided; who knew what was going on.

Lady Liu was in high spirits and once again took interest in decorating her daily life.

The ancestral home needed no repairs, and the manor was all taken care of; they only waited for Liu Jingsheng to arrive before they could go together.

Liu Jingsheng did not make them wait long; a month after the letter arrived, the dust-covered Liu Jingsheng appeared at the doorway of the Yingchuan ancestral home.

Lady Liu looked at her eldest son with tear-filled eyes, opening her mouth with heartache and regret.

Liu Jingyan and Shen Yao stood by Lady Liu's side, and neither had many chances to speak.

Fortunately, Liu Jingsheng knew what he had to do; he quickly soothed the emotionally unstable Lady Liu, then turned and went to the study with Liu Jingyan.

No one knew what the two brothers said, but Shen Yao could clearly feel that Liu Jingyan's mind was much more relaxed, no longer tense and stiff as before.

Indeed, professional matters should be left to professionals.

Liu Jingyan was truly carefree and lighthearted, even playing around with Shen Yao at night without regard for the hour.

Shen Yao:...

What a shameless young master of a great family.

"Did Eldest Young Master mention anything about Grandfather's side?" Shen Yao lay in Liu Jingyan's arms; having just gone through a tryst, she could barely lift her arms.

Liu Jingyan touched Shen Yao's cheek, "He did. Grandfather is safe, but the other few families in Luojing have all suffered damage. Eldest Young Master feared the Liu Family would easily become a target if they didn't leave, so he took the clansmen and left secretly."

Though it was said to be secret, Liu Jingsheng still found an excuse before leaving.

"As for Eldest Sister-in-law, Eldest Young Master said she cares for the imperial family, the two of them do not get along, and each is well on their own."

So they parted ways before even leaving Luojing, each going their own path.

Why Wei Zhaoling left Liu Jingsheng had nothing to do with Liu Jingsheng; it was entirely the imperial family killing with red eyes and losing all humanity.

After murmuring a few words to Shen Yao in his arms, Liu Jingyan, as he touched her, grew restless again.

Previously busy with outside matters and without the heart to think of these, now that Eldest Young Master was back, if Liu Jingyan did not resolve it, he feared he would have to become a Buddha on the spot.

Previously busy with Outside matters, I had no mind to think of these; Nowadays Eldest Young Master has returned, if Liu Jingyan does not resolve this, I fear he will Achieve Buddhism right on the spot.

Shen Yao was thus led by Liu Jingyan to enjoy life, sleeping late and rising late every day, their small days at home passing in unknown comfort.

Once they all moved to the manor outside the city, Shen Yao was even more relaxed.

Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei also spent their first birthdays in Yingchuan.

The first birthday celebration was grand and imposing; they each clung to a manual of arts and would not let go, receiving all the flattering words they wished for.

Even Liu Xiuwen, still on the front line, had someone send gifts back.

But this gift also deterred some ill-intentioned people in Yingchuan.

Liu Jingsheng's cultivation realm was not much higher than Liu Jingyan's; the two brothers were now merely borrowing the tiger's might, and the only thing Liu Jingsheng could bring out that Liu Jingyan could not was his status as Eldest Legitimate Son.

However, this title could only be used for a time, not relied upon for a lifetime; Liu Xiuwen still needed to hold the fort for the Liu Family to completely absorb Yingchuan.

"How many more years until Father's term ends?" This was assuming everything went smoothly; if anything went wrong during that time, Father would have to return in dejection, and all previous efforts would be wasted.

"Father's side still needs several years before his term ends," this is still assuming everything goes Smoothly; if any mishap Appears during this period, Father Liu can only return Grey-faced, and all previous Effort will have been in vain.

"Marriage alliance."

After much thought, Liu Jingsheng still felt that taking the path of marriage alliance was the most convenient and quickest.

Liu Jingyan disagreed, "Eldest Sister-in-law just left; the imperial family's face must be given."

Liu Jingsheng naturally knew, but this did not stop him from first spreading the word.

"From the decision to the wedding, three years is neither long nor short," Liu Jingsheng said, as if he were not talking about his own marriage.

Liu Jingyan was choked enough, "Eldest Young Master, do Father and Mother know? Most importantly, have you informed Grandfather on the front line?"

The elder brother is the future Family Head; the choice of wife is not made casually.

Liu Jingsheng smiled to soothe him, "Rest assured, I'm just saying it first; I have it figured out."

It was not yet time to seriously make up his mind; he was not in a hurry to expose it and displease others.

Liu Jingsheng wrote down the several grandee families of Yingchuan, drew circles and pictures for a long while, and finally settled on the Ning Family, the Wang Family, and the Xiao Family.

Liu Jingyan did not expect his elder brother to act so swiftly; they had only been back a few days, and indeed they were vastly different.

Turning to tell this matter to Shen Yao, Liu Jingyan sighed that he could not make the sacrifice his elder brother did, even using his wife as a bargaining chip.

Turning Back to tell this Task to Shen Yao, Liu Jingyan sighed that he could not make the System sacrifice of a real elder brother, even able to use his wife as a Transaction Chip.

Shen Yao reached out and poked Liu Jingyan, "What? Are you reluctant? Does it pain you?"

Liu Jingyan nodded obediently and then shook his head, "Eldest Young Master has enjoyed many benefits from the Liu Family; contributing more is only right." He was not pained, just felt it was strange.

If he had not met Shen Yao back then, and if the two of them had not run into trouble by mistake, perhaps Liu Jingyan would have married a wife of similar standing; their feelings might not be as good as they are now, but treating each other with respect should not be difficult.

"This matter should have been arranged by Grandfather long ago," Liu Xiuwen must have thought a lot before leaving; Liu Jingsheng proposing marriage at this time was indeed the simplest way to integrate, and from then on the Liu Family would be firmly bound to the Yingchuan Clans; even if Liu Xiuwen met with misfortune, they could preserve the spark and go on living.

Liu Jingsheng proposed the marriage alliance, and next was to spread the word outward.

With Lady Liu personally selecting a bride for Liu Jingsheng, the Liu Family was indeed lively for a while.

The weather rose and fell; Liu Jingsheng's marriage was settled, the two little ones, Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei, could already speak a few words at a time, and Liu Xiuwen, still on the front line, finally sent back word of his return.

"Not easy; if the Emperor doesn't leave, the Princes of Luojing won't be enough to die."

The situation in Luojing these past two years could only be described as chaotic: Princes died, Royal Consorts died, ministers died, and there was no one who could not die.

Since the Emperor's personal expedition began, he had stayed on the battlefield contending with the Demon Race.

Both sides seemed to be holding a breath they could not let go; even when they fought, it was punch to flesh, looking like there was not a trace of perfunctoriness.

Liu Xiuwen was frightened by this situation, wanting only to shrink back and preserve himself as much as possible.

Now that the water in the Emperor's head had finally drained clear, and he intended to set off for the capital, Liu Xiuwen wept with joy, lacking only firecrackers to drive away ill luck and celebrate.

Oh, it should also be mentioned here that Liu Xiuwen originally could not come to Yingchuan, after all he served in the Court and took orders from the Emperor.

But who made Liu Xiuwen get injured on the battlefield? Though the injury could heal with rest, Liu Xiuwen was simply getting old.

Declining the Emperor's kind attempt to keep him, Liu Xiuwen used his own advancing age as an excuse, and with a single pole propped himself back home to spend his elderly years.

Declining the Emperor's kind entreaties to stay, Liu Xiuwen cited his own advanced age as reason and packed himself off Home for Elderly Care.

As for his absence, the younger generation has not yet entered official service — who else can serve the Royal Family and share its burdens? Isn't Father Liu still here, this fine son?

Liu Xiuwen sold off his son without the slightest hesitation, going for a quick, decisive finish.

By the time Liu Jingsheng and the others received definite news, Liu Xiuwen was already on the Road rushing over.