Chapter 254 Return to the Great Qian

After breakfast the next day, Chu Weiguo and Nie Yunxia did not go to work. Instead, they formally called Gao Yuan and Chu Xi into the study.

"Xi Xi, your mom and I have thought about it. It's not impossible for us to go over there with you..."

"Really!"

Seeing his daughter's excited look, Chu Weiguo almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. The saying that a daughter's heart is always with her husband's family was truly no joke.

"Ahem, listen to your father first. Going over there isn't impossible, but have you thought about what we should do with our family business here? This isn't just a small amount of assets."

Chu Xi was stunned; she really hadn't thought about these things, so she could only turn her gaze toward Gao Yuan.

At this moment, Gao Yuan didn't know what to do either. He still had a lot of money left unspent. Not to mention whether the Chu family's industries could be disposed of in a short time, the main issue was that the System Warehouse couldn't hold any more.

Just then, the System suddenly spoke up.

"The Host need not worry. As an omniscient and omnipotent system, I can help you convert all remaining funds and industries into System Mall tokens."

"Wait, that's their money. If you convert it into tokens, what will they do?"

"We'll all be one family soon, with no distinction between yours and mine."

"Get lost!"

Although he cursed the System in his mind, Gao Yuan still voiced the idea.

"Chu Xi, Uncle, Auntie, I can take over all of your property. However, once we're over there, I'll have to pay you back in installments. After all, it's a massive amount of money..."

Chu Xi immediately understood the source of the solution Gao Yuan gave after his brief daze.

"The System told you?"

"Yeah, it said they can be exchanged for System Coins."

"Then it's settled!"

The girl looked at her parents with a beaming smile.

"Mom, Dad, all the concerns are solved now. Why don't you..."

Nie Yunxia also looked at her husband, waiting for his final decision.

Chu Weiguo finally took a deep breath and made the call.

"Fine, fine. Since you've already made your choice, if I keep opposing it, wouldn't I just end up all alone?"

"Yay!"

Having received her parents' support, Chu Xi jumped up in excitement and hung onto Gao Yuan like a koala.

"You stinky man, I'll have no way back from now on. If you ever dump me, I'll die right in front of you."

"Don't worry, I won't. When we get back, I'll discuss with Zhao Xiyaos informal address about bringing you into the family."

"That's more like it."

Looking at their daughter, who was so excited about becoming a man's concubine, Chu Weiguo and Nie Yunxia felt a complex mix of emotions.

In the evening, Chu Yue learned the news after returning from school and was also very excited.

"I finally don't have to go to school every day! Hahaha!"

Her reaction made Chu Xi lose her cool, and she pinched the little girl's tender pink ear.

"After all that, this is your only ambition?"

"Ouch! Sis, it's not like you don't know. I'm just a bad student. Sitting in a classroom every day listening to lectures that sound like gibberish is torture, okay!"

"You... I'm telling you, Chu Yue, don't think you won't have to go to school over there. Just wait, I'll find an even more formidable teacher for you then."

The little girl's face immediately turned pale with fright.

"It won't be some old scholar holding a ruler and chanting 'Confucius says' all day, will it? I don't want that, I really don't!"

Gao Yuan roughly guessed who the formidable teacher Chu Xi was talking about was, and he reached out to rub the little girl's head.

"Don't worry, it's also a beautiful older sister."

The little girl breathed a sigh of relief and patted her flat chest.

"Scared the baby to death. That's fine, then."

Over the next few days, Gao Yuan and Chu Xi began to brief the two elders on the situation over there.

The most important thing was to prepare identities for the elders and Chu Yue. After all, in that timeline, Yang Xin's father was Yang Zhao.

In the end, Gao Yuan made the decision: the Chu family would keep their original names, and Nie Yunxia's identity would be Yang Xin's wet nurse.

In a feudal society, supporting a wet nurse as if she were one's own mother was not only not out of place, but was also seen as a manifestation of filial piety.

"Mom, Dad, once we get there, would you consider becoming officials?"

Now that his relationship with Chu Xi was established, Gao Yuan naturally changed how he addressed the two elders.

Chu Weiguo thought about it but ultimately shook his head.

"Your mother and I are getting old. Our ability to adapt isn't as good as you young people. We'll just help Xi Xi manage the business."

Nie Yunxia also nodded.

"That's right, Xiao Yuan. Nepotism isn't a good thing. It's better if we avoid any suspicion."

Gao Yuan knew the elders had misunderstood and quickly explained.

"Mom, Dad, you should know that Southwest and South of the Ranges were remote places of exile in ancient times, so talent is scarce."

"To be honest, I have enough people under me to lead troops and fight wars, but I'm truly lacking talent for local administration."

"So, if you two could help, it would be the greatest assistance to me."

The two elders looked at their daughter with questioning eyes. Seeing Chu Xi nod, they finally agreed.

"Fine, in that case, these old bones of mine will help you stir things up."

"Dad, you're not even fifty yet. You're in the prime of your life."

In the following days, the family began visiting relatives and friends everywhere, serving as a farewell of sorts.

Their public story was that they were emigrating overseas with their daughter and son-in-law.

Gao Yuan, meanwhile, began a final check for any missing items. After all, who knew if they could ever come back?

He brought along all the data he could, and stuffed in as many crop seeds as possible.

He also brought as much gold, a hard currency, as he could.

After a final sweep, Gao Yuan really did find some previous blind spots.

All kinds of maps: world maps, regional maps, resource maps, topographic maps, and so on.

There were also essential sea charts for going out to sea, and he bought over a dozen crates of books on navigation.

He stuffed in as many binoculars, compasses, and sextants as he could.

At the very end, Gao Yuan also bought a dozen diamond necklaces with stones as big as pigeon eggs in one go.

Regardless of whether diamond prices would crash later or if they could be lab-grown...

At least in the time of Great Qian, these dazzling gems could definitely be sold for astronomical prices.

By the thirty-eighth day, the ordered armor and plates arrived, and Gao Yuan's system space was finally filled to capacity.

To prevent the portal from dumping him in the location of modern-day Shanghai in that world...

Gao Yuan had specifically asked the System. The System's reply was that it would return to the location where the portal was last opened.

This saved a lot of trouble; otherwise, the whole family would have had to run to Yangcheng to open the door.

On the fortieth day, the family finished packing their luggage and stood in the middle of the villa's living room, feeling a mix of emotions.

"Take one last look. Once we go, we probably won't be able to come back."

"Yeah, we're suddenly leaving!"

"Sister, when we get there, you have to arrange the biggest room for me. Otherwise, there won't be room for all my dolls."

The little girl's eyes were red, and her small hands tightly gripped a huge cloth bag filled with various compressed plushies.

Chu Xi pinched her little face.

"Don't worry. When we get there, you'll live in the biggest courtyard, and I'll arrange a few maids to wait on you."

"Mhm, then I'm relieved."

After touching everything in the house one last time, the family returned to the living room.

Gao Yuan looked at the four of them and asked one last time.

"Is everyone ready?"

The four looked at each other and nodded together.

"We're all ready!"

Seeing their determined gazes, Gao Yuan nodded slightly.

"Good, then we're setting off."

"Let's go!"

"System, use the Spacetime Portal to return to Great Qian."

"Host is using the Spacetime Portal..."

Just like last time, a glowing ring of light appeared before everyone.

At this moment, all the elders' doubts vanished. Holding hands, the family took a deep breath and stepped into the ring of light together.

Immediately, everything before their eyes turned white. A moment later, things returned to normal.

What appeared before them was a natural landscape they had never seen before.