I'll kill you, and you'll thank me.

Lu Yuan, who had just raised his head, lowered it again.

It was almost as if he were pointing at his nose and cursing.

Lu Yuan's seven wives.

Gu Qingyin, Zhuang Yumian, Liu Sangning, Li Youyan, Song Qingyu, and Shen Ruozhi could not hide the disappointment in their eyes.

Only Su Yunian looked at Lu Yuan with eyes full of heartache.

"This elder brother, can you please stop blaming Big Brother Lu? Big Brother Lu didn't want it to be this way, it's just that he..."

Chu Xinghe patted the non-existent dust off his body.

He turned and left.

Su Yunian began to panic.

She had not expected Chu Xinghe to leave directly.

"Yinian, you two haven't even bowed in marriage yet; you shouldn't be butting into some matters."

Gu Qingyin spoke up.

"That's right, Yinian. Just listen quietly. You might not care about your father's life or death, but we cannot afford not to."

"You don't understand these things yet, so just listen quietly."

Su Yunian lowered her head, knowing she had said the wrong thing.

Lu Yuan patted Su Yunian's head.

"Don't blame Yinian; she also did it for my sake."

Hearing this, the several wives looked at the now tough-acting Lu Yuan.

For some reason, they felt a bit displeased inside.

He could only be tough in front of them?

And yet he was timid and submissive in front of others?

"Big Brother Lu, does this mean you don't care about our families?"

Shen Ruozhi looked at Lu Yuan and said.

"Ruozhi, how could you think of me like that? Don't you know what kind of person I am? Your Family is my Family; of course I'm worried."

"Big Brother Lu, but your behavior just now didn't look like you were worried."

"We know Sister Yinian's Family situation is not good, and we pity her, but she should be more sensible. Does she not even know what should and shouldn't be said?"

"Anyone who didn't know better would think she was wishing for our families to die."

"She hasn't even married over yet, and is she already afraid that the power backing our children will be stronger than hers, preventing her children from inheriting the Family property?"

Su Yunian was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

That was not what she was thinking.

The other women's expressions were somewhat unkind.

They looked at Su Yunian, sizing her up from head to toe.

Chu Xinghe watched the show from the side.

He sighed in his heart.

Good heavens.

The way these women's minds work is truly terrifying.

He had heard before.

They might not remember the good things done for them.

But they could remember the bad things for a lifetime.

"Stop it. That's not what Yinian meant."

Lu Yuan's temper also flared up.

Seeing that Shen Ruozhi was about to cry.

He wanted to apologize and explain a few words.

Chu Xinghe could not let him get his way.

I went to such trouble to stir up this conflict.

"Stop arguing, all of you."

"Calm down and do as I said earlier."

"For the sake of your safety, you can also have your Families remove you from the clan genealogy; that is also one of the measures."

"Lu Yuan, Lu Family Old Ancestor, the two of you, come with me."

Lu Yuan and the Lu Family Old Ancestor followed Chu Xinghe forward.

Shen Ruozhi couldn't hold back her grievances, and tears fell.

She was the daughter of a prince from an Imperial Dynasty.

She had never suffered such grievances since she was a child.

Now, Lu Yuan was actually scolding her for an outsider who hadn't even married into the Family yet.

He had previously said he would always love her.

It turned out it was all a lie.

The other few women hurried to comfort Shen Ruozhi.

Su Yunian lowered her head, looking a bit at a loss.

However, the other women looked at Su Yunian, feeling that she was feigning weakness.

She was just a white lotus.

If such a person were to marry Lu Yuan.

Could their household still be peaceful?

Chu Xinghe stood at the very front.

"I spoke a bit harshly just now; please don't mind it."

Lu Yuan and the Lu Family Old Ancestor had not expected Chu Xinghe to apologize.

"I don't blame you; it is I who lack the ability."

Lu Yuan also knew that Chu Xinghe was sincerely wanting to help them.

He could have completely left just now.

They didn't have anything on them that Chu Xinghe needed, either.

Someone was working so hard to help you.

And it ended up with him apologizing in turn.

This made Lu Yuan and the Lu Family Old Ancestor feel a bit embarrassed, even a little awkward.

"There were some things I wasn't convenient to say directly just now, but we are all men."

"Lu Yuan, actually, you should have a special Physique, it's just that it requires specific conditions to be unlocked."

"I don't believe that a dignified ancient clan like the Lu Family cannot even produce one talented Disciple."

The Lu Family Old Ancestor did not speak.

When Lu Yuan was born, there were indeed strange phenomena, but they disappeared very quickly.

They had always been puzzled by this.

Lu Yuan also did not speak.

"Some things cannot be said too clearly. You can trust your wives, but I cannot. I don't know if they truly love you."

"I came out this time because of a favor owed by a Senior in my Family."

"It is also to preserve the last bit of lineage for your Lu Family."

"As for how to choose, it ultimately depends on you."

"Lu Yuan, there is nothing wrong with men liking women, but too many can sometimes not be a good thing."

"Instead, they will become your burden and your shackles."

"Take your wives' clansmen for example—should you save them or not?"

"If you save them, what method should you use?"

"If you don't save them, will your wives hate you?"

Lu Yuan opened his mouth.

Thinking about these problems made him feel a bit suffocated.

He wanted to subconsciously avoid them.

"The methods I mentioned just now were only the most desperate options."

"I can tell you one thing clearly: neither I nor the people behind me can possibly go all out to save your wives' clansmen."

"We can save them once, but what about the second time?"

"We cannot afford that price."

"Even helping you now, both I and my clansmen are bearing huge risks."

Lu Yuan clenched his fingers tightly.

This is the helplessness of having no strength.

The Lu Family Old Ancestor's eyes also held complexity.

How glorious the Lu Family was before.

Now they were like stray dogs.

"You have already done your best; regardless of the outcome, you are my, Lu Yuan's, benefactor."

Chu Xinghe had his back to Lu Yuan.

See that? This is what a qualified villain is.

I frame you, I want to kill you, and yet you still have to thank me.

"Young Master, if we add the Tantai Family, could that make those people wary?"

Lu Yuan suddenly spoke up.

Chu Xinghe turned his head and looked at him with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"You are quite smart. Are you afraid to suspect, or do you not want to suspect?"

Lu Yuan fell silent.

The Lu Family Old Ancestor's expression darkened.

No wonder nothing happened before; it was only after Dantai Jingyue found them that trouble started.

Even when they were being hunted down, the Tantai Family turned a blind eye.

Lu Yuan's expression also darkened.

He hadn't expected it; it really was her.

Why would she do this?

Chu Xinghe took out a piece of paper.

"I can only tell you this much; as for the rest, you will have to rely on your own guesses."

"By the way, the Tantai Family's Imperial Scripture has developed a problem."

Looking at the paper floating in his hand.

Lu Yuan and the Lu Family Old Ancestor hurriedly looked at it.

It was written with the news that the Heavenly Dao Sect was hunting down the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Body, Wen Rushui.

The Tantai Family had intervened to relieve Wen Rushui.

Combined with the problem with the Imperial Scripture.

Lu Yuan's fingers curled together.

The paper in his hand became twisted.

"That small bell should be in your hands, right?"