"This Old Fang, he really knows how to pick his moments. It's deliberate, isn't it?" Young Master Lei grumbled, his teeth itching with anger.
"Get lost. This is my house. My dad comes whenever he wants," Sister Xiaoyu shoved Wan Lei aside and gave him a glare, her charm making Young Master Lei's beastly heart stir once more.
After tidying up Wan Lei's clothes, Fang Xiaoyu went to open the door.
"Old Fang, what's up?" Fang Xiaoyu was not polite at all.
"You ungrateful brat, I'm your father," Old Fang glared at his daughter, who was becoming more and more audacious. Who did she learn this from?
Glancing at Fang Xiaoyu's face, still flushed, and then at the impatient Wan Lei, the experienced Old Fang immediately understood what they had been doing and why Fang Xiaoyu wasn't polite.
"Hmph!" Old Fang snorted. No matter how outstanding Wan Lei was, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable seeing his 'cabbage' being 'plowed'.
Alas, when he first met this brat, he should have just slapped him to death.
"Father-in-law, please come in and have a seat." Young Master Lei continued his pretense, offering a seat and pouring tea.
"What's with you acting like you're the owner here?" Old Fang felt even more displeased.
"Are you taking my politeness seriously? What's the matter?" Young Master Lei sat in the seat he had offered and drank the tea he had poured.
Old Fang took out the nanmu ruler from his storage bag and placed it on the table.
"Old Madam said she saw your filial piety and praised you as a good child." Old Fang paused and glared at Wan Lei again.
Although Old Fang couldn't see anything good about Wan Lei, his mother, wife, and daughter all said he was good. There was nothing he could do when the three generations who could control him the most all thought Wan Lei was good. This brat was also smart, knowing how to please women...
"I also think I'm a good child," Young Master Lei agreed wholeheartedly.
"...Your grandmother said that this good thing would be wasted on her. You are still young and are easily targeted by powerful enemies when you are out. If you get injured, you can rely on this to recover and have a greater chance of survival. You guys are always wandering around, causing trouble everywhere. Don't expect any peace wherever you go..."
"You added those last two sentences yourself, didn't you?" Young Master Lei saw through him immediately.
"Whether I added them myself or not, the point is, Old Madam is quite satisfied with you. She has given you face and reputation, and outsiders have seen it. You can take this back."
"I don't want it. Give it back to Old Madam." Wan Lei shook his head.
"Come on, I know you're greedy for money and only know how to accumulate wealth for yourself. Those three people who came to the Fang family to tell us you were back were arranged by you, weren't they? And you swindled me out of two million spirit stones. Do you think I don't know?"
Mentioning this, Young Master Lei chuckled sheepishly.
"One thing at a time. Money earned through skill is comfortable to hold. Similarly, once I give something away, there's no reason to take it back. Today, the whole world saw me present the nanmu ruler to Old Madam as a filial gift. If I fight someone tomorrow and bring it out, wouldn't everyone know that I was just putting on a show, or that the Fang family and I were acting for outsiders? What would people think of our family then? They'd probably laugh their heads off. Moreover, this thing isn't very useful to me. For restoring vitality, my Wood Lightning is enough. Lightning can not only restore vitality but also recovery of cultivation, thanks to the Innate Lightning Body. You know this. This thing is not as useful as Wood Lightning."
Wan Lei knew Old Fang was aware of the Innate Lightning Body, otherwise, he wouldn't have sent the cultivation method for it. It was just the three of them here, no outsiders, so he wasn't afraid to mention it.
"Keep it to nourish Old Madam's body. Perhaps it will help Old Madam live for another thousand years. Maybe one day Old Madam will break through to the Mahayana stage, and her lifespan will greatly increase. This nanmu ruler doesn't belong to me alone. The Master of the Nanmu was killed by Xiaoyu and me together. This nanmu ruler is also ours. Consider it our joint birthday gift to Old Madam."
"It's rare for you to do something decent. Fine, then you can keep it. Leave it at the Fang family for now. If you need it for anything in the future, you can come back for it. I'll reward you with other things later."
Saying this, Old Fang paused and reached out as if to pat Wan Lei's shoulder, but then stopped. He hesitated, wondering if doing so would give this brat too much face.
Wan Lei saw Old Fang's awkwardness and quickly smoothed things over. "You don't have to force yourself if you don't want to pat it. I also find it quite fake and disgusting."
What a convenient excuse he provided.
"Hmph!" Old Fang snorted, picked up the nanmu ruler, and left. "Tomorrow, you two go to the Sky Array Pavilion. Have Fang Jufeng escort you."
"Are you sure he's escorting us? Not the other way around?" Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, having broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, were incredibly confident, almost feeling like they could walk sideways through the Central Domain.
After Old Fang left, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu settled down. They sat on chairs, the atmosphere not awkward at all. After all, only strangers sitting together in silence would feel awkward. These two were incredibly familiar with each other.
"From now on, you can't keep saying you owe me money, right?" Fang Xiaoyu took a sip of tea, a playful smile on her lips as she looked at Wan Lei.
"Why?"
"You've given a gift worth hundreds of millions. Calculating it, my family owes you money. My little bit of money means nothing compared to that."
"It's different. Your family is your family, and you are you. Moreover..." Young Master Lei stood up, took Sister Xiaoyu's small hand, and looked at her with deep affection, "Now, you are my family."
"Since you're my family, then the money is also your family's, right? That means you don't owe me anymore."
"No, what's owed is owed, and it must be repaid. But I'm poor, and I can't repay it."
"Then what do you suggest... we do?" Sister Xiaoyu's smile grew more mischievous.
"I'll cook delicious food for you every day from now on, and fatten you up. How about that?"
"Tch, then tonight, I'll eat you first."
"Enjoy your meal."
*Thump!*
"Ah!!"
"Go sleep on the floor."
...
The next day, the two woke up, got dressed, and strode out of the room. Today was the day to go to the Sky Array Pavilion. The people from the Four Great Sky Pavilions were already waiting for them outside. Recalling that time when Young Master Lei, who never liked to be a sucker (though he was a bit of a sucker when setting up formations for Yin Yang Sect and Kui Lian Sect), borrowed ten million spirit stones from Sister Xiaoyu to set up a teleportation array for the Wan family, and was heavily gouged by the Sky Array Pavilion (though their prices were just their prices), he had always held a grudge about it. Now, he finally had the chance. Sky Array Pavilion, you scammed my money, it's time to pay up.