[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone":3,"chapter-shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-197":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Shut Up, Young Lady, Obediently Hand Over The Money And Don't Confess!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1798400,2397,"Chapter 197 : If There’s A God Who Doesn’t Like Her, Then That God Is Wrong","shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-197",197,"\u003Cp>The moment the door opened, Felyn felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those hands didn’t look like they belonged to someone in their forties or fifties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as the man stepped into the room, their eyes met for a brief second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn blinked. Had the world gone mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro… you must’ve walked into the wrong box.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It washim—the guy who had just been chatting with him earlier, the one who'd encouraged him to marry five women at once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father. It’s been a while.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daiyi stood up and respectfully bowed to the man at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man gave her a quick glance, but his gaze settled immediately on Felyn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was bad. He was absolutely being treated like some sleazy playboy now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That look in his eyes—it was basically murder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You were literally encouraging me to elope with a harem just minutes ago. Why the hell are you giving me that death glare now?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nice to meet you. I’m Felyn,” he said, stepping forward and offering a polite greeting, testing the waters to see how this man would react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man gave a slight nod at Felyn’s \"Nice to meet you,\" but said nothing. His eyes drifted elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was soft, but Felyn could feel a pressure that hadn’t been there when they met outside the venue. The man gestured to the seats nearby, motioning for them to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be nervous.” Daiyi gently patted Felyn’s back, sensing his discomfort and unease. She slipped her hand into his, holding it reassuringly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… Miss Daiyi, your father already met me earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw me surrounded by girls and even encouraged me to run away with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he knows that one of those girls… is you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great. I'd been worrying about how to act like a proper delinquent boyfriend, but now there's no need to act at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that’s left is to figure out where I’d like to be buried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Felyn, I’m Aurilean. Daiyi’s father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurilean gave a formal self-introduction, his expression stern—completely different from the smiling, easygoing man Felyn had met earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flicked to the hands Felyn and Daiyi had intertwined, making Felyn squirm in his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Aurilean, you look incredibly young,” Felyn said, scrambling to find a topic to lighten the mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m pushing fifty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifty and you look like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obvious where Daiyi got her looks from. Aurilean had a calm, clear-cut face untouched by age or human warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for taking care of Daiyi while she’s been in Saiwa.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You flatter me,” Felyn replied. “Daiyi’s helped me a lot in life. I’ve never met anyone as capable and intelligent as her. I still have so much to learn from her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurilean snorted, still staring at Felyn without once glancing at Daiyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t learn too much. There are things about her that shouldn’t be emulated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn felt Daiyi’s grip tighten around his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If she were truly clever, she wouldn’t have done something so foolish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he could really see how strained the relationship was between father and daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurilean, you were joking around like a young man earlier—now you’re suddenly acting like an old-fashioned lecture-happy dad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension in the room thickened. Felyn stood up to pour everyone some water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This water’s sweet. It’s… uh, like sweet water. Haha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the soundproofing seal on the box, nothing could be heard from outside. The only sound was water trickling into the glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half a year ago, Daiyi told me she’d fallen in love. I didn’t believe her at first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurilean’s eyes followed the rising water level in his glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But everyone around her confirmed that you two were indeed in a relationship. I came here today to meet you, Mr. Felyn. And now… I must say, you’re quite the accomplished young man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn nearly choked. Accomplished had never sounded so much like an insult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the pitcher back in place and prepared himself for the grilling that was surely coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aurilean didn’t ask anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d actually prepared a whole list of questions—he wanted to thoroughly vet the man his daughter claimed to love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after getting lost earlier and encountering Felyn, after seeing the girls around him and learning his name, he already knew nearly everything he needed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daiyi. Have you told Felyn… about that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurilean turned to his daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of panic flashed across Daiyi’s face. She hadn’t expected her father to bring that up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No?” Aurilean repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You two aren’t in a real relationship, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a single jab from him, and Daiyi’s carefully constructed lie was falling apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were truly lovers, then they should be honest with each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant that should’ve been disclosed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because of her research onThe Gods Do Not Existthat she’d been exiled to Saiwa. The people who once admired her now treated her like something to be feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daiyi knew she was someone the world had turned its back on—and she had no intention of changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now… if she told Felyn… would he leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most likely, yes. The very notion that \"the gods don’t exist\" was taboo in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn would only feel disgust, maybe even fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Now’s not the right time,” Daiyi said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, she would leave Saiwa and officially become the Divine Child of the Church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn would be the last person to see her as she truly was, in full consciousness, without the shackles of divine duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So just for now… let her lie to him a little longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let her have these fleeting moments of peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Very well,” Aurilean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn, who had been trying to follow this cryptic exchange, felt like he was missing something big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Felyn,” Aurilean said suddenly. “What do you like about my daughter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there it was—the first real question of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d stuck with his original plan and said, “Her money, her looks, and her body,” he’d never walk out of that box alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daiyi is… different from everyone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn sat beside her again and gently took her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even when the world is against her, she still holds fast to her own beliefs. That takes incredible courage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even when the road ahead is harsh, I’ve never seen her complain. I really admire her for that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered her advice earlier: Stick to the truth whenever possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these words truly came from his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what if the gods don’t like her?” Aurilean pressed. “What if the gods reject her? Would you still be with her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that the gods disliked Daiyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, they had chosen her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones who rejected her… weren’t divine at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn glanced sideways to gauge her reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her emerald eyes had dimmed slightly. Black hair fell over her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If there’s a god who doesn’t like her, then that god is wrong,” Felyn said calmly. “And honestly, I don’t think the gods like me much either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daiyi’s eyes slowly lifted from their joined hands to Felyn’s profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That familiar face she’d seen so many times lately now looked softer than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…That’s not the answer I expected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurilean was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t thought Felyn would so naturally say something like “Then the gods are wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that conviction was real, then maybe Felyn was exactly the kind of person Daiyi needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Still, that’s not enough to prove you’re really in a relationship. If you two—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, Felyn suddenly felt a cool arm wrap around his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the scent of Daiyi’s perfume drifted up to his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And next… the soft touch of her lips pressed against his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held him gently by the neck, leaning in for the kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips were soft and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the corner of his eye, he saw her lashes trembling slightly. A pink flush had crept up her ears—something he’d never seen on her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few seconds, she slowly opened her eyes and pulled away, ending the sudden kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does that prove it?” she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up a tissue and gently wiped the spot on his cheek where she’d kissed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those emerald eyes were right in front of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felyn searched them for some hint of emotion—but as always, she looked like a distant goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm. Composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And impossible to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1400,"2026-06-09T04:36:14.213Z",1,"novelbin.me","567d9b206c8388e47256fa0a1a8b8322e8aae11149d4832772116ef35114ad69","shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-198","shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-196",727,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-cover.jpg"]