Chapter 831

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Something everyone else can see, yet the Lu Family does not know.

Or perhaps it is not that the Lu Family does not know, but that Lu Jin is greedy to the extreme, unwilling to believe.

In the study

The Sima Clan's people spoke very impolitely, obviously not putting Lu Jin, let alone the Lu Family, in their eyes; even more so for Lu Yan, who on their side could only count as a tool or a chess piece.

"Lu Family Head, is what you said all true?" The Sima Clan's people spoke directly, not caring how ugly Lu Jin's face looked after hearing it; he looked Lu Yan up and down, just like appraising a piece of lifeless goods, "Pardon my poor eyesight, I truly cannot see that your young master has such a miraculous background.

Could it be that the Lu Family Head wants to deceive our Sima Clan, deliberately fabricated?"

As his words fell, no matter how ugly the faces of the Lu Family members in the study were, the Sima Clan's people were all calm, as if what they had just said was perfectly ordinary.

Lu Jin controlled his expression, his tone somewhat stiff as he explained his words were not false; after all, he wanted the Lu Family to advance further, not seek a suicidal path — Lu Jin would have to be crazy or stupid to dare set a trap for the Sima Clan in this matter.

"Hard to say, Lu Family Head, it's not that our Sima Clan doesn't believe the Lu Family.

During this period, not only Floating City, but even the surrounding other cities have had quite a few aristocratic families like the Lu Family take the initiative to surrender and offer sincerity.

Our Sima Clan cannot possibly accept them one by one; what if there is a Xuan Yuan Clan conspiracy inside?" They, the Sima Clan and the Xuan Yuan Clan, have not yet determined a winner; the Xuan Yuan Clan is not a soft persimmon to be pinched, the Sima Clan has to be on guard.

Lu Jin: ……

What does that mean? Suspecting their Lu Family's sincerity, afraid there might be some conspiracy or scheme in this?

A monstrous injustice!

To hook up with the Sima Clan this line, the Lu Family has cast off the Xuan Yuan Clan; how could they secretly defect to the Xuan Yuan Clan and deliberately frame the Sima Clan?

However, speaking of it again, if they truly could bet on both sides, it would not be impossible to consider.

Lu Jin had not thought of these things before; now hearing the Sima Clan's people mention this, he suddenly felt that pulling an open repair of the plank road while secretly crossing at Chencang would be quite good.

After all, Lu Jin's ultimate purpose is all for the Lu Family to advance further; as for whether this further step relies on the Sima Clan or the Xuan Yuan Clan, to the Lu Family it is not that important.

Even compared to the outsider Sima Clan, the local Xuan Yuan Clan is more convenient; Lu Jin thought beautifully in his heart, completely forgetting the danger of being a double agent, and even felt his ability could play these people.

"My lord, how could our Lu Family be that kind of family that doesn't know what's important?"

Lu Jin righteously declared their Lu Family is loyal to the Sima Clan; today, risking danger to contact and trade with the Sima Clan is precisely to show determination.

The Sima Clan's speculation just now truly hurt people; their Lu Family is not that kind of family.

Sima Clan: ……

Lu Yan: ……

Speaking of which, does Lu Jin know when he speaks he likes to blink his eyes and dart his gaze?

He doesn't even believe himself; the Sima Clan can't be stupid enough to not see through this, right?

Lu Yan thought in her heart: even selling her own family's people, she can't sell them clearly; the Lu Family is truly beyond saving; when she makes her move later it should also be very simple, no need to be too conflicted.

"Oh? The Lu Family Head speaks well; I believe the Lu Family Head also would not play tricks with our Sima Clan.

You should know our Sima Clan, when dealing with traitors, has never been soft-hearted; the Lu Family Head also wouldn't want to see the scene of the Lu Family disappearing, right?"

The Sima Clan's people revealed a sinister smile, then looked at Lu Yan for a moment, only saying the person will temporarily stay in the Lu Family; when there is need, the Sima Clan will come over.

'Host, what does this mean? They're not taking Lu Yan away?'

Then what has the Lu Family been busy with these days? It feels like Lu Yan isn't very important in these people's eyes, or rather, dispensable.

Tsk tsk tsk

The System and Shen Yao stayed together in the small courtyard watching what happened in the study, commenting as they watched; especially when the Sima Clan's people left the Lu Family, just Lu Jin's face constantly changing was enough to make one not know what to say.

Shen Yao: ……

'The literal meaning, System; don't gloat so obviously.

The Sima Clan never cared much about Lu Yan to begin with; the Lu Family thinks too highly of itself, only they themselves think Lu Yan is important.'

Actually, the Sima Clan doesn't care about Lu Yan's origin and its relation to Jin Jue City at all; what's most important to them right now is to seize time and crush the Xuan Yuan Clan still entrenched in Floating City; only when the Xuan Yuan Clan completely loses Floating City, loses control of the Central State, will the Sima Clan have the mood to gloss over peace.

That's right

Until now, the Sima Clan doesn't feel they did anything wrong in the Jin Jue City matter; at most, an accident in execution exposed something originally hidden well.

But who can pat their chest and guarantee they truly don't pursue longevity?

The Sima Clan merely did a thing all other aristocratic families want to do; they are not wrong; the wrong is that this thing was not hidden well.

Fortunately the Sima Clan has a rich family foundation that can withstand squandering; as long as this time they completely crush the Xuan Yuan Clan who cooperated then turned hostile, holding the Central State and Chen Zhou, the Sima Clan can write history however they want, not worrying at all about Jin Jue City's old accounts flipping out and being pinned on their heads.

Therefore, Lu Yan's usefulness is not at this time, but later.

Tapping the tabletop, Shen Yao smiled faintly, 'The Lu Family's abacus is well-calculated, a pity it's not used in the right place; in the coming period, the Lu Family will have plenty of liveliness to watch.'

System: ……

Liveliness? What liveliness?

Host, why is your speech always the same, leaving half for it to guess?

Shen Yao didn't want the System to guess; she just wanted to give the System more things to do, because in the coming time, she and Lu Yan would often go out.

When the two of them are not here, whatever happens in the Lu Family needs timely feedback; this job suits the System perfectly, helping her honestly keep an eye on the Lu Family.

System: ……

Fine then

Actually, doing this kind of thing, the System is still very willing to serve; after all, it also needs gossip to fill its empty inner heart; so what if it's an intelligent life? Can't intelligent life have its own hobbies? It's not a workaholic, not a career brain, and won't harass the host without reason; the System expresses that it is the most worry-free among its peers; the host landing it is a blessing.

The blessed Shen Yao pursed her lips and smiled, not continuing to argue with the System on this; waiting until Lu Yan entered from the doorway, she went up to meet her, asking about the situation in the study.

Lu Yan raised her beautiful eyebrows, "It has nothing to do with me; rather, the Lu Family Head, I'm afraid he was angered by the Sima Clan's people's attitude, who knows what stupid thing he'll do."

After all, when people's heads get hot, they easily make mindless decisions; by the time they react, it's already too late.

Lu Jin isn't a clever person, and the Sima Clan even more so wears their arrogance on their sleeve; the two sides' meeting and talk went very unpleasantly. Lu Yan didn't mind much, but he feared Lu Jin might actually harbor the stupid idea of playing the traitor.

Tsk.

Lu Yan suddenly felt a bit of a headache; Lu Jin's performance truly made him sigh.

Shen Yao raised her hand and patted Lu Yan's shoulder, thinking to herself that she and the System had watched the whole process from the side, so of course she knew Lu Jin's inner journey.

Lu Jin originally wanted the Lu Family to advance further; he didn't expect he was pushing the Lu Family toward destruction. Did the Lu Family ancestors know there would be such a fool becoming the Lu Family Head? If they knew, they probably wouldn't have let Lu Jin rise to power no matter what.

"No need to think so much; in the end, the Lu Family is still decided by Lu Jin and the others.

The two of us are just passersby in the end; once this trip ends, we'll leave."

They have many places they can go; they just won't stay in the Floating City.

Besides, this time they returned to settle old matters; Lu Yan already had a clear measure in his heart; no matter what he does, it's all predetermined.

"Right, this rotten account between the Lu Family and the Sima Clan still has to be resolved by themselves in the end.

But for now, we can relax a bit," Lu Yan raised his head and glanced behind him; that was the direction of the Lu Family Gate. They'd been in the Lu Family for some time, and finally they could go out and stroll around the Floating City.

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"Where's Lu Yan?"

"Young Master Two, the Eldest Young Master went out early this morning and hasn't returned yet."

"Hmph! Who gave the order letting him leave? What if he runs away?"

"Young Master Two, this is Steward Lu's instruction, saying it's the Family Head's arrangement."

"……"

Young Master Two went to find Steward Lu in a huff, was blocked back with the same words; this person still didn't give up, ran to find Lu Jin, and was scolded back by Lu Jin with harsh words.

Young Master Two: ……

Don't know why his birth father is so irritable, but what kind of person is Young Master Two? The most clueless fool of a spoiled scion who never reads the room. Getting scolded by his birth father and getting scolded by others — are they the same? Young Master Two quickly soothed his own displeasure and continued pressing Lu Jin on why he was acting this way.

Lu Jin: ……

Looking at his good-for-nothing son who understands nothing, who was sent away but still stays in front of his eyes as an eyesore, Lu Jin rolled his eyes in annoyance, "Stupid! Right now Lu Yan is clearly not valued by the Sima Clan side; what benefit is there in us rushing to stick to them?"

Lu Jin wants to latch onto the Sima Clan's Golden Thigh, but that requires the Golden Thigh to cooperate; clearly the Sima Clan currently doesn't look favorably on the Lu Family. Lu Jin could of course discard his own face and keep sticking, but Lu Jin also has to find other methods. What does Lu Yan going out count for now? Lu Jin wishes Lu Yan would wander outside every day and fish up a few Big Fish.

Lu Jin, who had already treated Lu Yan as Fish Bait, wasn't willing to tell these things to the Second Son; he just waved his hand telling this person to hurry out if he had nothing to do. The Study is his workplace; what use is this person swaying around here? Before Lu Jin dies, everything of the Lu Family belongs to Lu Jin; no one should even think of taking it.

Young Master Two: ……

No wonder they say a birth father knows his birth son; Lu Jin raised this thing himself, how could he not know? The Lu Family fundamentally has no father-son family affection; what exists is only various bogus warm feelings.

Smiling, he left the Study; Young Master Two had just stepped out the door when he directly changed his face.

Hmph!

Old undying thing!

He actually still guards against me!

Birth mother was right; for the Lu Family to get things in hand, we still have to rely on ourselves; birth father's words fundamentally don't work.

Young Master Two felt 'since you're not benevolent, don't blame me for not being righteous'; he turned and started hooking up with outside forces on his own, simply bypassing Lu Jin to sell Lu Yan.

Shen Yao: ……

"Say, do these Lu Family people have some kind of saying? How come each and every one likes selling Lu Yan so much?"

Lu Yan's identity isn't a secret; after all, back when Lu Yan's mother entered the Lu Family, it caused a sensation in a small scope; some forces couldn't help but investigate. This isn't because they're interested in the Lu Family, but their instinctive reaction at work.

Right now the Lu Family uses Lu Yan as a trump card; Shen Yao had anticipated this in her heart, but she didn't expect that Lu Yan's several brothers and sisters would also use Lu Yan as a trump card. This — is the Lu Family specifically targeting Lu Yan for frame-ups? Lu Yan's mother's choice back then really had some problems.

System: ……

"Host, perhaps it's because the Lu Family can't get on the stage in the Floating City; only Lu Yan can be utilized by them." It's not Lu Yan's problem; it's the Lu Family's problem.

The System sharply pointed out the Lu Family's own uselessness; they entirely rely on eating the flesh-and-blood buns of Lu Yan and his mother to achieve things. Such a clan will sooner or later be destroyed. When Lu Yan later waits to retaliate, he'll be even more ruthless.

"Actually, this also counts as a good thing?" The whole Lu Family, top to bottom, has no good people; Lu Yan also doesn't need to be conflicted about anything. No matter how he uses or retaliates, he won't have a psychological burden.

Shen Yao: ……

Lu Yan originally had no psychological burden anyway; after all, living in the Lu Family from childhood, if Lu Yan could live a decent life, he wouldn't have wanted to return to the Floating City to settle old grudges.

She sighed; during this period, she'd been active inside the Floating City. Shen Yao had seen many aristocratic families; although each family has its own schemes, Shen Yao still probed the Floating City's latest progress from the side.

What the Sima Clan said in the Lu Family Study before had no issues; they indeed received much sincerity from other aristocratic families.

Compared to the Lu Family sending Lu Yan, other aristocratic families — those with money have money, those with goods have goods, those with people have people — they're better than the Lu Family by who knows how many times.

The Sima Clan looking down on Lu Yan is very normal; because they fundamentally don't lack scapegoats. Even some scapegoats — if not for Shen Yao personally experiencing the Jin Jue City incident — would be believed to a degree.

Under such a big background, the role Lu Yan can play is very small. At least the Sima Clan and Xuan Yuan Clan need to decide a winner first before they'll care about how to throw off the pots on their bodies. Otherwise, there's fundamentally no need to care about reputation, because once the family is gone, everything is gone; the years won't record these things.

"System, how's Lu Yan been lately?" The two of them were acting separately.

Lu Yan tried to contact his personal connections; Shen Yao circled the Floating City investigating everywhere. Occasionally the two would huddle together to exchange some intelligence, but more often they each did their own things, not interfering with each other.

"Pretty good. Already contacted some aristocratic family juniors; both sides have a clear cooperation direction." The System couldn't figure out what Lu Yan wanted to do. Couldn't really expect these juniors who haven't yet received their own family authority to oppose a Pangran Giant, right? "Always feel like it's useless effort."

These words were spoken a bit bluntly and dishearteningly; looks like the System truly doesn't believe Lu Yan can succeed.

"System, you have to remember: sometimes, juniors are often more likely to succeed than elders."

"Why?" Can't be that juniors are smarter than elders.

"Because they don't know the heights of heaven and depths of earth; they have guts and drive; they don't think too much, don't consider things comprehensively enough, and won't be scared by possibilities."

Most importantly, it's still that they're fearless out of ignorance; easiest to hoodwink.