Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 240 - 201: There Is Only One Boss in the Qian Family Mansion

"What exactly... happened?"

When the father and daughter finally shook off everyone around them and were able to have a quiet conversation, Qian Long asked wearily.

"You seem to know all about Qian Ye's affair, so tell me about it; my mind was a mess just now, and I can't figure many things out."

Qian Yue, however, tilted her head with a look that said, "I don't want to talk to you."

Qian Long shook his head, then pulled out a small purple-gold bag from his sleeve and handed it to Qian Yue. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Inside are five thousand spirit stones..."

Qian Yue waved her hand, brushing the purple-gold bag aside as if swatting away dust.

Qian Long pursed his lips, sighed, and pulled out a talisman: "This is a real estate I purchased in Heaven-Reaching City three years ago..."

"Fine." Qian Yue unceremoniously took the talisman and then said, "Let me make it clear first: you must have already thought of the truth but just didn't want to admit it. Therefore, after I reveal it, you might bring up various reasons to object and argue, but I won't accept any of that, nor will I return the property. Got it?"

Qian Long nodded in silence.

"Then I'll say it. The matter is simple. You prepared the wrong trump card for Qian Ye, and he chose the wrong strategy in the competition, revealing that trump card at the wrong time, against the wrong opponent, leading to a disastrous result."

After speaking, Qian Yue smiled at her father: "I know what you want to ask, like why did Li Wanqing seem to know everything in advance, persistently provoking Brother Ye to expose his trump card? It's simple because Sister Wanqing has that kind of personality. On a life-and-death battlefield, it might be different, but in a ring, she likes to compete with strong opponents. Before the Cyan Cloud competition, she had many betting duels with Mr. Wang Jiu, lost every time, but still enjoyed it immensely. She really doesn't care as much about winning or losing as she seems."

Qian Long blinked in surprise. To many people, the flamboyant and arrogant Li Wanqing seemed always accompanied by victory, so how...

"She wins a lot because she's indeed strong and never challenges opponents that are far too strong meaninglessly. But if she regards someone as a worthy opponent, win or lose doesn't matter to her. Before she went to Yuqing Mountain, she also sparred with Brother Ye and lost a few times too."

Qian Long slowly nodded.

Qian Yue continued: "Regarding Brother Ye's Golden Bloodline, I indeed hinted a bit to Sister Wanqing initially, but that was to restrict her strategic choices, making her more inclined to face Brother Ye head-on. But as for things like Flawless Golden Body or igniting heart blood to achieve the Three States Combined, I truly knew nothing. So there was some misunderstanding. When Sister Wanqing used provocation to force the opponent to reveal their trump card quickly, the idiot revealed a blood sacrifice instead of the Broken Sword Technique..."

Hearing this, Qian Long's eyelids began to twitch, showing his extreme discomfort. Qian Yue's words were indeed unsettling. Because from another perspective, it was Li Wanqing fighting upfront, while the Qian Family messed up their trump card, losing without a fight... It's ridiculously foolish and disgraceful.

"Moreover, when Sister Wanqing was interviewed after the match, she actually intended to help cover it up. She deliberately made the facts vague, really putting her reputation on the line, shouldering half the blame for us, and yet, haha, I won't say more."

Qian Long found it even more painful to hear. Someone like Li Wanqing showed responsibility in such a situation, but the Qian Family's elder-level figures, including himself, couldn't discern the weight of the situation due to shock, acting foolishly. Without his daughter's timely intervention, the situation could have been even more embarrassing.

Thinking of this, Qian Long sighed deeply, looking up at the high ceiling of the Aozora Martial Arts Arena, suddenly feeling a sense of powerlessness about the fleeting nature of youth. He feared he truly was old.

Qian Yue noticed her father's sentiment, smiled, and said, "Dad, everyone ages and dies, which is why there are children to carry on."

"Ah, yes." Qian Long felt even more moved, looking at his daughter's cute and beautiful face, momentarily dazed, then doubting himself: had he been too rash in ignoring her intelligence and choosing Qian Yu as the heir just because she was a daughter?

But then Qian Yue added: "So, I've been thinking about when I can have a child with Mr. Wang Jiu..."

Qian Long's mood instantly dropped, his face fell: "Enough! One more question: according to you, Li Wanqing didn't know much about the Flawless Golden Body before the match, so how could she speak of it so knowledgeably just now?"

Hearing this question, Qian Yue also became serious: "Because Mr. Wang Jiu told her. After the match, it wasn't just us puzzled by the outcome; Li Wanqing herself also wanted to figure out what happened. So she contacted her temporary teacher through the Communication Spirit Stone, and then Mr. Wang Jiu, just by listening through the Spirit Stone and looking at Li Wanqing, explained the reason."

"You're saying Mr. Wang Jiu saw through the Flawless Golden Body? But how would he..."

"Because he has a keen eye, unmatched by many. Dad, do you really think your daughter is the kind of woman who'd be swayed by just any handsome guy?" Qian Yue said this part with some pride, puffing up her chest, "Before meeting Mr. Wang Jiu, I always suspected I might be gay..."

Qian Long, hearing this, showed a slight smile.

Indeed, before meeting Mr. Wang Jiu, Qian Yue rarely got close to boys, and this generation of the Qian Family was mostly male, making her somewhat aloof. This low-key demeanor also somewhat influenced Qian Long when considering the heir.

Qian Yue said: "But now that I've met Mr. Wang Jiu and Sister Wanqing, I think I might be bisexual."

Saying this, Qian Yue covered her chest with her hand, blushing slightly.

Qian Long felt he had once again run into a ghost.

Qian Yue quickly said: "Dad, don't worry. I'm not that impulsive. Right now, Mr. Wang Jiu still holds the most weight in my heart, so back to the previous topic: since men like Wang Jiu are so rare, I think we should seize every opportunity to bind him, and having children is one of the most classic and effective ways..."

"Enough! No need to continue!" Qian Long also held his chest, his face turning pale.

Ever since Qian Yue met Mr. Wang Jiu... every conversation with her felt like a heavy burden on the heart.

"I've understood today's matter. Indeed, we old guys were hastily ambitious, almost making a grave mistake. Without your timely reminder, things might have gotten even worse. This Cyan Cloud competition has been a good lesson for all of us."

Qian Yue giggled: "Dad, how much did the family lose this time?"

Qian Long's eyelids twitched a few more times, then he said: "About seven hundred thousand. I minimized the losses in time, rationally allocated funds, made accurate investments, so the total loss wasn't as much as expected."

"Dad, don't give me the numbers you use for external announcements to fool me. I looked at the accounts yesterday, and our family lost at least one million seven hundred thousand. With the investment in the Lu Family, almost all our liquid assets are gone. That's why you old folks are particularly unsettled over Qian Ye losing to Li Wanqing."

Qian Yue mercilessly exposed her father's vain lie, making Qian Long jump out of his skin on the spot.

"How did you see the accounts!?"

"Hmph, trade secret, I'm not telling you. I can only say there's not much in the family that I can't see if I want to."

Qian Long just felt a little creepy, then shook his head: "You girl, since you've already seen the account books, why ask me?"

"To see if Dad would tell the truth, if you dare face your own mistakes. You were blindly confident in Qian Ye at first, issuing financial products with great fanfare. Then when Mr. Wang Jiu surprisingly appeared, you hastily cleared positions at losses. When Mr. Wang Jiu withdrew, and Qian Ye showed his talent in the Golden Bloodline, you considered having him take the championship again... Dad, this Cyan Cloud competition, your decision-making was so dumb it makes one want to cry."

"..." Qian Long's facial muscles didn't move, but his complexion visibly turned a shade greener.

While there are various reasons to explain this, ultimately, it boils down to one word—stupid.

Qian Yue said: "It's fortunate I didn't expect any smartness from you all from the beginning, so, well, this is all I can help with."

After speaking, Qian Yue tossed her father a ledger.

Qian Long took it, and just a glance was enough for his gaze to be fixed on it.

After a while, he tremblingly closed the ledger and asked, "Where did you..."

Qian Yue chuckled lightly: "Trade secret, Dad, it's better you don't know."

Looking at his daughter's smiling face, Qian Long truly felt that he indeed... was too old.