18: Chapter 18 The Celestial God Family, the Huangfu Family!

"Uncle Yan, what do you mean by that?" Fang Chuan faintly sensed that what came next might be the main point of the evening.

Uncle Yan piloted the flying car, remaining silent for a moment as if organizing his thoughts.

The night breeze blew in through the half-open window, carrying a hint of chill.

"Fang Chuan, Uncle sees that you are a good kid, and Yan Lili... she also values you as a friend. There are some things that I shouldn't tell you, but I've thought about it, and you still have the right to know."

Uncle Yan's tone became serious.

Fang Chuan sat up straight and held his breath.

"Yan Lili has had an engagement since she was young. The other party is a top-tier noble family from Yanjing, and our two families have been friends for generations. Our entire family moving to Yanjing this time is mainly for her to fulfill this engagement."

"An engagement?" Fang Chuan's brows furrowed instantly.

What era is this? Are they still doing arranged marriages?

He suddenly recalled Yan Lili's forced smile at the dinner table, as well as the trace of sorrow deep in her eyes when she saw him off at the door just now.

So, that was why.

"Then she... isn't willing?" Fang Chuan asked tentatively.

"It's more than just not being willing." Uncle Yan gave a bitter smile. "She ran away alone to a small place like Qinghe City to attend school just to avoid that fiancé. Otherwise, with our family's background, she should have been enjoying the best educational resources at the Deity Academy in Yanjing long ago."

Fang Chuan's heart sank abruptly.

He had always thought that Yan Lili was just a rich girl who liked to play pranks. He never expected that beneath her carefree exterior, she was hiding such helplessness.

"Then... since she isn't willing, why do her parents still force her?" Fang Chuan asked, somewhat confused.

"Sigh, this isn't something we can decide." Uncle Yan sighed. "This was decided by her great-grandfather's generation. It concerns the alliance and interests of two families, and the implications are too vast. As parents, we are powerless."

Fang Chuan fell silent.

He could understand that marriages between such top-tier noble families are often backed by massive interest exchanges, which are simply not something that individual will can influence.

"Then with her going back this time, isn't it..."

"That's right." Uncle Yan's voice carried a hint of heaviness. "Once she returns to Yanjing, it will no longer be up to her."

The atmosphere inside the flying car became incredibly oppressive for a moment.

Fang Chuan felt a tightness in his chest.

He didn't know what to say to comfort her, nor did she need him to comfort her; regardless, he was an outsider.

What right did he have to discuss the family affairs of a top-tier noble family?

Just then, Uncle Yan suddenly changed the subject.

"Actually, the reason Yan Lili is in such a hurry to go back this time, besides the family's urging, is another reason..."

He paused and glanced at Fang Chuan through the rearview mirror.

"It is also to protect you."

"Protect me?"

Fang Chuan was completely stunned, his face full of confusion.

"This... where does this come from, Uncle Yan?"

He was a grown man, and although his strength was lacking, he shouldn't need a girl to protect him, right?

Besides, he was just an ordinary high school student; what kind of danger could he be in?

Uncle Yan switched the flying car to autopilot mode, then turned around and said to Fang Chuan:

"Fang Chuan, do you know that you have already been targeted?"

"What?" Fang Chuan said, surprised.

"Yan Lili has been too close to you during these two years in Qinghe City." Uncle Yan's voice was very low. "This matter reached Yanjing. That noble young master who is engaged to Yan Lili is very unhappy."

Fang Chuan's brain buzzed.

He felt like he was listening to some melodramatic soap opera about wealthy family feuds.

Just because he was friends with Yan Lili, he was being held a grudge against by some bullshit young master far away in Yanjing?

This was too ridiculous!

"You don't understand the world of high-ranking deities. In the eyes of those Celestial Families in Yanjing, lineage is the law."

Uncle Yan's voice turned cold, as if stating a cruel fact,

"Yan Lili is their designated marriage partner. You, an F-ranked ordinary person, shouldn't even have the right to look directly at her, let alone be friends. It's like a fly buzzing around a dragon's mate; for the dragon, the simplest action is to swat it to death."

Fang Chuan's expression instantly turned ugly.

He understood.

This was blatant class discrimination.

Because he came from a humble background and his strength was weak, he didn't even have the right to be friends with Yan Lili.

A nameless rage surged up from the bottom of his heart.

"So... what do they want?" Fang Chuan's voice became somewhat icy.

Uncle Yan looked at him deeply and slowly spat out four words.

"Make you disappear."

Boom!

In Fang Chuan's mind, it was as if a thunderbolt had exploded.

Disappear?

These two words were light, yet carried a chilling scent of blood.

He knew that for those top-tier noble families, making an ordinary person with no power or influence "disappear" from this world was probably easier than crushing an ant.

In an instant, a bone-chilling cold rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his skull.

"Yan Lili must have sensed the danger. That's why she decided to return to Yanjing early." Uncle Yan continued, "On one hand, she wants to go back and negotiate with the family to see if the engagement can be annulled. On the other hand, she also wants to use this method to remove you from that person's sight, making him think that you are no longer a threat."

"She... she didn't have to do this." Fang Chuan said, somewhat pale.

Fang Chuan's eyes darkened.

He had always thought that Yan Lili was a troublesome person he couldn't shake off, but he never expected that beneath that carefree smiling face, she was hiding such heavy pressure.

Her returning to Yanjing early, although partly due to family pressure, was indeed shielding him from disaster.

But when did it become Fang Chuan's turn to have a woman compromise herself to protect him?

"Damn it!"

Fang Chuan cursed under his breath, his fists clenched instantly.

He had self-awareness; he knew that he and Yan Lili were not from the same world, and he had never had any improper thoughts about her.

But!

This didn't mean that he could tolerate some guy he had never met, just because of ridiculous jealousy and so-called "face," wanting to kill him!

If you like a woman, go pursue her yourself!

If you can't win her over, find a way to make her like you!

What's the point of coming to mess with me, an outsider?

Taking your anger out on others, what kind of skill is that?

An unprecedented rage burned fiercely in Fang Chuan's chest.

He wasn't angry at that bullshit young master.

He was angry at his own weakness!

If he were SSS-rated right now, if he also had a ninth-tier deity grandfather behind him, would that so-called noble young master still dare to be so arrogant?

He would only run over and lick his boots like a pug!

In the end, it was because he wasn't strong enough!

"Uncle Yan." Fang Chuan suddenly raised his head, his eyes icy. "What is the name of that noble family? And who is that young master?"

Uncle Yan looked at the burning rage in his eyes and, far from being afraid, revealed a trace of admiration.

He had guts; he was a real man.

Unlike those noble young masters in Yanjing who had their bodies hollowed out by wine and lust.

"Yanjing, Celestial Family, the Huangfu Family."

"That young master is named Huangfu Aotian."

"Celestial Family? The Huangfu Family?" Fang Chuan carved this name deeply into his heart.

A Celestial Family, as the name implies, is a family that has deities at the Celestial level, and not just one.

As expected of a top-tier family; the strongest person in the Dragon Kingdom is currently only an Upper Celestial Deity.

To be able to marry into a Celestial Family, the Yan family must be on par.

"Yes, the Huangfu Family is one of the four great families of Yanjing." Uncle Yan's tone also carried a hint of wariness. "Their family has produced more than one Celestial Deity. The current head of the family, Huangfu Zhantian, is even a Middle Celestial Deity, holding an important position in the military, with overwhelming power."

"Huangfu Aotian is the grandson whom Huangfu Zhantian dotes on the most."

Fang Chuan's heart sank little by little.

Celestial Deity, Middle Celestial Deity family head, important military position... Every single term was like a mountain.

It was indeed a behemoth.

"Fang Chuan, I know you are unconvinced." Uncle Yan patted his shoulder and said earnestly, "But right now, the only thing you can do is endure."

"Stay away from Yan Lili, forget her, and forget everything I told you tonight. Study properly in Qinghe City, graduate, and then find an ordinary job to live out your life."

"This is what Yan Lili hopes to see the most, and it is also the best protection for you."

"As long as you no longer have any entanglement with Yan Lili, a family of the Huangfu Family's scale will likely not pay any more attention to a small character like you."

Uncle Yan's words were very realistic and very cruel.

But what he said was the truth.

In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, any unwillingness and anger are meaningless.

The flying car slowly stopped below the apartment building where Fang Chuan lived.

"We're here, go back now." Uncle Yan's voice carried a hint of exhaustion.

"Uncle Yan." Fang Chuan didn't get out of the car. He was silent for a long time before suddenly asking, "Does Yan Lili... like that Huangfu Aotian?"

Uncle Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"How could she possibly like him? That Huangfu Aotian relies on his family background and is notoriously arrogant and domineering in Yanjing. He has played with at least eighty or a hundred girls. Yan Lili hates this kind of person the most."

"The reason she has been avoiding him all this time is simply because she doesn't want to marry a scumbag."

Hearing this, Fang Chuan's heart actually calmed down.

He pushed the car door open and walked out.

"Uncle Yan, thank you for telling me all this."

He turned around and bowed deeply to Uncle Yan in the car.

"Please also tell Yan Lili to rest assured. I, Fang Chuan, am not a person who looks for trouble."

"However..."

His voice paused, and he raised his head. His dark eyes were startlingly bright in the night.

"I am also absolutely not a person who is afraid of trouble!"

After saying this, he didn't linger any longer, turned, and walked into the apartment building.

Uncle Yan watched that straight back, not moving for a long time.

He lit a cigarette, and amidst the swirling smoke, his brows furrowed slightly.

"The pressure of a Celestial Family didn't make him show fear?"

He recalled the youth's eyes, which were as deep as an abyss just now, and a chill inexplicably flashed through his heart.

"This kid... is he really just a madman who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, or is he really hiding some trump card?"