Chapter 607: Broly: Crap, He's Coming for Me?! (6k)

However, she hadn't been tailing for long before Isayama Meifu discovered her and blocked her at a corner.

"So, this is the reason you've been following me?"

Broly had noticed, but he couldn't say so.

"Mei-nee, is it not allowed~"

Isayama Huangquan pinched the hem of her clothes with both hands, tilted her head slightly, and looked at Isayama Meifu with clear eyes, asking in a trembling voice.

Isayama Meifu: "..."

The scene of a pretty girl acting cute to ask, even for herself as the same sex, was a bit hard to bear.

"Fine, but there's no need to sneak around following me; you can openly return home together with me."

Isayama Meifu sighed.

"Great!"

Isayama Huangquan cheered.

And what was originally a situation of returning alone had now become returning home bringing a group of people.

"Meifu, why did you bring so many people back?"

Isayama Yu was waiting for his daughter to return home, but upon seeing the group of people following behind his daughter, he opened his mouth wide and asked his daughter.

"Father, I heard you want to arrange a marriage meeting for me; after my cousins found out, they decided to come over to help me vet the candidate."

While explaining, Isayama Meifu welcomed everyone into the house; Broly, following Isayama Huangquan and the others, called out "Uncle Yu," and then saw this old man who bore some resemblance to Isayama Naraku smiling a bit forcedly.

And after having the family maids serve snacks and tea to everyone, he beckoned to Isayama Meifu, taking his daughter to another room to talk.

"What is it, Father?"

Isayama Meifu felt somewhat baffled, feeling her own father was being rather mysterious.

"The marriage meeting is fake; the truth is I heard Elder Brother intends to let you become the Jianshan Family Future Head. How come you even brought that girl Isayama Huangquan to our home?"

Isayama Yu did not like Isayama Huangquan, his elder brother's adopted daughter; in Japan, a formal adopted daughter has inheritance rights. His elder brother was alone in the world; if not for Isayama Huangquan, the Isayama Family's assets and the Family Head position would in the future belong to his own daughter.

"Ah, Uncle Nara wants me to be the future Jianshan Family Head; how would I not know about this matter?"

Isayama Meifu was a bit dazed, not knowing why her father would say this.

"Elder Brother might be testing you, so he hasn't told you yet."

Isayama Yu said.

"Father, where did you hear this news from? Could it be you were deceived by someone?"

Although Isayama Naraku had been busy recently, he still returned home several times; and when eating together, Isayama Meifu hadn't felt her uncle had any intention of letting her inherit the future Family Head position. She suspected whether her father had been tricked by someone.

"This is news from the Iinaga Family side; the Iinaga Family Head said he had already probed my elder brother's intentions, and Elder Brother has no intention of passing the Family Head position to that adopted girl Isayama Huangquan."

"That also doesn't necessarily mean it will be passed to me."

Isayama Meifu suddenly thought of Broly, but she didn't tell her father about the matter of her uncle's family gaining an adopted son.

"It's definitely you; because the Iinaga Family Head even proposed a marriage alliance with our family. That profit-seeking guy, if he hadn't gotten exact news, how could he possibly come running over to form a marriage alliance with our Isayama Family branch? Isn't it just that he sniffed out benefits, smelled meat, and eagerly leaned over?"

Isayama Yu spoke with certainty.

"So, the marriage meeting Father mentioned on the phone is actually real?"

Isayama Meifu lowered her head slightly, her expression somewhat obscure.

"The Iinaga Family Head sent quite a few gifts, saying he could let his second son become an obligate son-in-law. I've seen the photo; he's a handsome young man. I also had someone investigate his information; the other party has a not bad Exorcist talent. If he can become an obligate son-in-law, he can definitely bring you no small help, so Father agreed to the marriage meeting..."

Speaking to here, Isayama Yu seemed to only then notice his daughter's expression held no joy, and hurriedly changed his tune: "Of course, if Meifu you look and don't like the other party, just directly refuse."

Isayama Yu was not a forceful father; after Isayama Meifu grew up and gradually revealed outstanding Exorcist talent, some family matters he actually listened to his daughter more.

Although this person harbored some selfish motives, for example wanting to inherit the Isayama Family Main Family through his daughter, as a father, he was good.

And Isayama Meifu herself, compared to Isayama Huangquan, had an advantage: that her body flowed with Isayama Family bloodline. Even without relying on marriage alliances with relative families, she could sit securely in the Isayama Heir position, and would not draw criticism from relative families.

So, whether to form a marriage alliance or not was completely an optional matter.

"Alright, I'll go meet him once."

Isayama Meifu nodded, and asked the time of the marriage meeting.

"One hour later, the other party is at the Shanglila Hotel side, has booked a private room."

"Then daughter will go freshen up now; for the guests who came to the house, I'll trouble Father to entertain them."

"Good."

Isayama Yu hurriedly nodded; there's a saying that guests are guests. If Isayama Huangquan didn't constitute a competitive relationship with his daughter, he wouldn't be hostile toward her either.

Even when Isayama Huangquan was small, Isayama Yu had bought toys for her; it was only after learning Elder Brother intended to cultivate her as the Family Heir that this person's attitude changed.

After Isayama Meifu freshened up and came out, what she saw was her own father in the living room chatting and laughing with her cousin, a complete picture of benevolent elder and respectful junior.

And the reason for her father's attitude change, Isayama Meifu could also guess; probably because he felt the cousin would become her support in the future.

Worldly affairs are just like this; once positions change, a person originally displeasing to the eye, the next moment can also become very pleasing.

Isayama Meifu vaguely remembered when she was small, Father brought her to Uncle's house, and still told her to properly take care of her cousin and play with her cousin.

It was only after Uncle expressed his stance that Father's attitude changed; fortunately, now her relationship with her cousin was also good again.

"Father, I'm prepared; we can depart."

Isayama Meifu wore a pink kimono with cherry blossom patterns, wore light makeup on her face, hair pinned up and fixed with a hairpin, a dignified appearance of a classic Yamato Nadeshiko.

"Then let's go; Huangquan you all go too, properly check out the marriage meeting candidate for Meifu."

Isayama Yu called out; the car had four seats, not easy to squeeze 7 people.

Fortunately, excluding the driving Isayama Yu, of the remaining six people, three were children.

"Broly, you sit in my lap."

Isayama Meifu called out.

Just right, Huangquan held Kagura, Setsuna held Jingliu sitting in the back row; she held the boy sitting in the front passenger seat.

Broly did not refuse, and obediently sat in Isayama Meifu's arms.

Just for some reason, the girl behind him embraced him today with movements that seemed more intimate than usual.

【Maybe it's because she's nervous about the matchmaking date.】

Broly thought so, not knowing that Isayama Meifu, who was holding him, was currently thinking of things that would corrupt their feelings.

"It's about time, Noriyuki, you go down and welcome your Uncle Yu."

At the Shanglila Hotel, Izuna Sadayuki glanced at the clock in the private room, then instructed his son beside him.

"Understood."

Izuna Noriyuki replied indifferently, but his face showed no spirit; he had no interest in coming to a matchmaking date, but as the family's second son, he could not defy his father's arrangement.

Lighting a cigarette, Izuna Noriyuki stood at the hotel entrance in a sloppy, unserious manner, striking a pose that was out of tune, lowering the matchmaking partner's initial impression of him — this was the only resistance he could manage against his father's haphazard matchmaking arrangements.

And just as he finished his second cigarette, doing an unsightly Asian squat, Isayama Yu's car finally arrived at the entrance of the five-star hotel.

"Uncle Isayama……"

Izuna Noriyuki hurriedly tossed away his cigarette and stamped it out, pretending his true colors had been discovered, hastily switching to a gentle and refined appearance to greet him, but the next moment his voice caught in his throat.

"So it's Senior Izuna who's going on a matchmaking date with my cousin?"

Iwayama Huangquan, inside the car, called out a greeting to the youth outside.

【Nani, how many people are in this car of yours?】

Watching a whole group of people stream out of the car, Izuna Noriyuki's forced smile nearly cracked.

"Huangquan, you know the Izuna Family's Young Master?"

"Uncle Yu, don't you know? Senior Izuna is also with the Countermeasures Bureau, and while I was in the Countermeasures Bureau, I heard his luck with women is very good."

Hearing this, Isayama Yu's face darkened; good luck with women, wasn't that just saying the other party is a playboy?

Izuna Noriyuki's face also darkened; although his luck with women was indeed not bad, it wasn't his fault — he just had good bone structure, and could get hit on just by going out for a drink.

Sakurai Ikki was another big mouth; after running into him drinking with different women, he spread some strange rumors, saying things like being jealous and envious that he had different women accompanying him every night.

Damn it, didn't they know that as someone who raises a pipe fox, what he can't stand most are heavily made-up women spraying a bunch of cheap perfume.

Moreover, most of the guys who came to hit on him, besides the perfume smell, also carried the scent of multiple men.

Fine, his reputation had always been ruined, but fortunately with Iwayama Huangquan's assist, his first impression on Isayama Yu, the Isayama Branch Family Head, was absolutely rock bottom — which was exactly what he was happy to see.

"Father, we still need to meet with Uncle Izuna."

Isayama Meifu said from the side, making Isayama Yu suppress the thought of turning around and leaving, because he still wanted to get more definite information from Izuna Sadayuki's mouth.

And so, Izuna Noriyuki led the way in front, followed by the black-faced Isayama Yu, and Iwayama Huangquan and the others chatting and laughing.

The Izuna Family Head saw Iwayama Huangquan had also come, and was somewhat surprised; before he could beat around the bush to ask about Isayama Yu's situation, he heard Isayama Yu say: "My niece and the others are here to help vet things for their cousin; Meifu is my daughter, her happiness is very important, hope the Izuna Family Head doesn't mind."

"Don't mind, don't mind……"

Izuna Sadayuki said so with his mouth, but hesitated in his heart; he also hadn't expected the Isayama Family to be unexpectedly more united than imagined.

After exchanging greetings and the sumptuous dishes were served, the matchmaking date formally began.

"Miss Meifu is the most beautiful woman among the many women I've seen."

Izuna Noriyuki blew a wave of flattery first; in front of his father, he was always obedient.

"Thank you for the praise."

Isayama Meifu simply thanked him, then served food to the boy beside her.

"Thank you, Sister Meifu."

Broly thanked her; although he didn't know why Isayama Meifu was so enthusiastic toward him today, he was still very happy.

Mhm, eating very happily; this hotel's dishes are not bad, he decided to buy some later and put them in the Crystal Palace.

"Many women, so I suppose the worthy nephew has dated many girlfriends?"

Isayama Yu took the lead in opening fire.

Izuna Sadayuki was stunned, looking at his son.

"No."

Izuna Noriyuki hurriedly denied.

"But I heard Huangquan say your reputation in the Countermeasures Bureau is that of a playboy."

Iwayama Huangquan: "……"

She definitely didn't say it that bluntly.

Izuna Sadayuki's face darkened, he glared at his own son, looked at Iwayama Huangquan with some suspicion, then asked Isayama Yu: "Head Yu, is there some misunderstanding here? I know my son; he's never messed around with other women. Our family's pipe fox is very sensitive to smells — is someone slandering my son?"

Isayama Yu naturally knew the other party was alluding to Iwayama Huangquan slandering him, but since the marriage alliance with the other family wasn't that important to begin with, he didn't give face: "He's your son, not my son; how would I know if he messes around outside."

Izuna Sadayuki's face darkened further: "Isayama Yu, what do you mean?"

Jino Setsuna looked at the tense scene before her, and couldn't help but lean toward Iwayama Huangquan and ask: "Huangquan, your Uncle, is he really here to give your cousin a matchmaking date?"

The former Cursed Forbidden Way Girl found it somewhat incomprehensible; a matchmaking scene that starts by smashing things up the moment they arrive — she had really never seen one.

"Uncle Izuna, please don't be angry; I believe Mr. Noriyuki should not be a playboy; it's just that my father used some improper wording."

Isayama Meifu took the initiative to ease the atmosphere; it had an effect, Izuna Sadayuki's expression relaxed, but the next moment he heard the girl say: "However, regarding today's matchmaking matter, there is one thing I don't understand, and I ask Uncle Izuna to enlighten me."

"Niece, just speak freely."

"Your son is handsome; I heard Father say his Exorcist talent is also very good — why would he stoop to wanting to marry into our Isayama Branch Family?"

【Of course it's for the Isayama Main Family's connections and assets!】

Such a blunt truth could never be spoken; Izuna Sadayuki could only answer tactfully: "That's naturally because Uncle I look favorably on your future."

"Uncle Izuna jokes; I'm just a branch family girl, what good future could I have."

Izuna Sadayuki fell silent; he first glanced at Iwayama Huangquan beside him, who looked like she was eating melon seeds watching a show, and suspected this was the Isayama Branch Family wanting to properly knock down the Main Family's adopted daughter's pride; after pondering, he feigned a surprised expression and said: "Niece, could it be you don't know?"

"Know what?"

"That would naturally mean Mr. Naraku intends to let you take charge of the Isayama Family's Main Family affairs in the future."

"Ugh, cough cough cough..."

Hearing this, Isayama Huangquan was choked up, but then coughed violently.

"Sister Huangquan, are you alright?"

Tsuchimiya Kagura hurriedly helped pat her back, and Broly also leaned over with concern to stroke Isayama Huangquan's back.

On the other side, Iinaga Noriyuki looked at his father beside him with a face full of shock, then looked at the coughing Isayama Huangquan opposite, then looked at Broly beside the girl. If he remembered correctly, Isayama Huangquan had said before that a boy would become the future Isayama Family Head.

"Father, did you get it wrong?"

"What did I get wrong?"

Iinaga Noriyuki hesitated, but didn't mention the boy's matter, instead pointing at Isayama Huangquan and saying: "Everyone knows that Head Naraku favors Miss Huangquan, how could it suddenly become Miss Meifu?"

"Heh, this you wouldn't know. I heard it with my own ears from Head Naraku. He said he wouldn't hand the Isayama Family over to an adopted daughter..."

Iinaga Sadayuki spoke with full confidence about what happened that day, after the emergency Retirement Demon Alliance Council concluded.

Hearing this, Isayama Yu was very excited, feeling that her big brother still valued family ties and had no intention of handing the Isayama Family to an outsider.

Isayama Meifu, however, remained calm as ever, and asked the other party: "Then has Head Iinaga ever personally heard my Uncle Naraku say he would hand the Isayama Family over to me?"

"That I haven't heard, but if Head Naraku doesn't hand the Isayama Family to you, this niece, who else could he hand it to?"

Under the circumstances of not intending to hand it to the adopted daughter, Iinaga Sadayuki felt this logic was sound.

"So, you think I can inherit the Isayama Main Family in the future, that's why you had your son come for matchmaking?"

"That's exactly right, and this is a good thing for both our families."

Iinaga Sadayuki nodded in acknowledgment. A branch family daughter inheriting the main family head position, having a relative family to back her up is the best situation.

He was willing to pay the price of his second son's marriage, letting his second son marry into the Isayama Family as a live-in husband. Other families' people might not necessarily be able to do this, sending their outstanding children to be live-in husbands for other people's families.

"But it seems you don't know that my Uncle adopted another adopted son, right? Is there a possibility that my Uncle intends to hand the Isayama Family to the new adopted son?"

"Huala~"

As Isayama Meifu's words fell, Isayama Yu stood up, the chair legs scraping against the ground with a sound.

"Meifu, is this true?"

"Whether it's true I don't know, but I think this younger cousin should know the situation."

Isayama Huangquan had already caught her breath. Seeing everyone looking over at her, she thought about her current strength and felt she should be able to protect her good little brother, so she nodded and acknowledged: "Yes, I know. And my father's meaning is exactly that. The future Isayama Family Head will be this child, Broly."

Speaking, the girl even picked up the boy beside her and let him sit on her lap.

Broly was somewhat dazed, while Isayama Meifu revealed an unsurprised expression.

"How is that possible?"

Head Iinaga didn't believe it.

"This is what my father personally told me. And the reason is simple. This child Broly's talent is extremely astonishing, better than me, so he is also even more suitable to inherit the Isayama Family position."

"Sister Huangquan, how come I didn't know about this?"

"Father felt your childish nature might be affected by excessive praise and impact your growth, so he had us keep it from you. But you've been my little brother for so long now. Sister believes you're not the kind of kid who gets carried away just because you're outstanding, so there's no need to keep hiding it anymore."

Isayama Huangquan said with a smile.

"How about it? How does it feel to know you're actually a genius?"

Broly: "..."

So his ordinary persona was shattered from the start?

"But Sister Huangquan, you had the Family Head position snatched away by me, don't you feel unwilling?"

He thought of something and hurriedly asked.

"Hmm, at first there was a bit of unwillingness. But now, who told you to be my good little brother?!"

Broly: "..."

So why did he do all this? Creating the Black and White Dual Ninja, making them sing a double reed to train the girl?

Broly recalled, then looked at Iinaga Noriyuki opposite. It was this person who told him about Isayama Huangquan being under pressure, valuing the Family Head position very much.

Iinaga Noriyuki, seeing the boy look over, smiled at him, then said: "I came to have a matchmaking meeting with the future Isayama Family Head. Since you, Little Brother Broly, are the future Isayama Family Head, that means today I'm actually having a matchmaking meeting with you!"

His joke made quite a few people's faces turn black. Isayama Huangquan even hugged the boy on her lap into her arms, looking at him with a face full of vigilance.

"No, I was just joking. I'm not gay, and I don't have a priest fetish either!"

Iinaga Noriyuki discovered that the people present didn't seem to hear the joking intent in his words, and hurriedly began to explain.

But the suspicious gazes did not lift because of his explanation.

"Best keep it that way."

Isayama Huangquan gave him a warning look.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, then let's not do this matchmaking."

Head Iinaga stood up with a black face. If he'd known earlier that the Isayama Family's branch daughter wasn't the future Isayama Family heir either, why the hell would he do this matchmaking.

"Head Iinaga, don't forget to pay the bill."

Isayama Yu reminded him, but her face was also black.

"I have to go ask Big Brother what exactly he's thinking."

A matchmaking session ended on an unhappy note.

The only harvest was probably packing up the uneaten food.

Broly's hands were a bit itchy, but looking at the packed food, he decided to spare that guy who fed him false intel.

Of course, the more important reason is that although the intel was false, causing him to do some hit-or-miss Exorcist girl training plan, in this process, whether it was Isayama Huangquan or Tsuchimiya Kagura, both were happy. Just look at the happiness values on them already exceeding three digits.

"Achoo~"

Iinaga Noriyuki sneezed. His reputation might be harmed again, making him a bit helpless, but for now he should just go back to the Countermeasures Bureau and work.

With no matchmaking to speak of, Father drove straight to find Uncle; Isayama Meifu hailed a taxi and sent Isayama Huangquan and the others home before returning himself.

In the evening, as expected, his own father came back with a black face: "I simply cannot believe it, my elder brother, your great-uncle, actually still wants to hand the Isayama Family over to an outsider."

"Father, you need not be so angry."

Isayama Meifu came behind him and began kneading his shoulders.

"How could I not be angry? Although I shirked my duties as an Exorcist when I was young, did I not still raise you?"

"My elder brother actually does not consider you, his own niece; from now on, the Main Family of the Isayama Family will bear the name Isayama Family, but in actuality have nothing to do with our Isayama Family, becoming outsiders with outsider blood flowing in them."

"How could that be?"

"How could it not?"

"Father, do not forget, the one who inherits the Isayama Family is a boy, while I am a girl."

Isayama Meifu increased the pressure of his hands and said faintly.

"What's wrong with that……"

Isayama Yu's voice suddenly paused.

"What do you mean?"

He felt he understood his daughter's meaning.

"Even if I inherit the Isayama Family I would have to take in a son-in-law, but now I need not take in a son-in-law, as long as I can marry the future Isayama Family Head, and the child born from my belly will also be a child with Isayama Family bloodline flowing in them."

"Uh, but won't you feel wronged, Meifu?"

Isayama Yu asked somewhat hesitantly.

"Wronged? Not at all; that child Broly is quite cute, and during this time I've gotten along with him, and do not dislike being with him."

The only thing to say is probably slapping one's own face; clearly I previously thought my female cousin's bone-deep affection and such were abnormal, but now I myself must also have bone-deep affection.

Fortunately, I did not directly mock my female cousin and them for their bone-deep affection before, so it is not too embarrassing.

Isayama Yu stood up and paced several circles in the living room, feeling his daughter's idea was truly excellent.

If I cannot become the future Isayama Family Head, then I will become the wife of the Isayama Family Head.

The meat has all rotted in the pot; one family does not speak two families' words.

"No, I must go find my elder brother and talk about this matter again."

The marriage alliance has not failed, it just changed partners!