Chapter 80 : Chapter 80

Chapter 80. So You Brought Lin Wan Here to Humiliate Me? Have You Lost Your Mind Too?

“If he will not accept it, then forget it. Give it to Lei Zhen instead. His arm was severed, and if it regrows, his strength will rise by a huge margin.”

Jiang Yichen sighed helplessly and put the Fountain of Life back into the System’s storage space.

Su Linyu nodded in agreement. She was not entirely certain whether the Fountain of Life truly had the effects Brother Yichen claimed, but she was willing to believe him.

It was just a pity... her father had refused to try it.

After finishing the delicious breakfast, Jiang Yichen went with Su Linyu to the Jiang family estate.

“Brother Yichen, take this. And this as well...”

Along the way, Su Linyu handed over all the gifts she had spent a long time carefully preparing.

Jiang Yichen was a little dumbfounded. “You prepared these gifts yourself, so why are you giving them to me?”

Su Linyu smiled sweetly. “Brother Yichen, if you give them to your parents, they will definitely be very happy. They will look at you in a whole new light.”

Jiang Yichen could not help sighing inwardly. This girl really had thought everything through for him.

“When are you ever going to think about yourself?” he asked, looking into her eyes.

She shook her head and blinked with a smile. “I am thinking about myself. As long as Brother Yichen is happy, I’ll be happy too.”

“...” Jiang Yichen closed his eyes slightly. Someone as wholehearted in love as she was could not be reasoned with.

They talked and laughed along the way, and before long, they arrived at the Jiang family estate.

Its garden-style layout made it look grand and imposing.

“Linyu, Xiao Chen, you’re here.”

In the main hall, his mother, Shen Qingyue, sat upright with a graceful smile, every movement composed and proper. She looked nothing like the relaxed woman who had casually eaten noodles at the noodle shop.

“Auntie, hello~ Brother Yichen prepared gifts for you and Uncle. He put a lot of thought into them.”

Su Linyu held Jiang Yichen’s arm and led him forward, setting the gifts in front of Shen Qingyue.

Shen Qingyue, dressed in a silver-white evening gown, arched her brow when she heard that.

Has this boy really changed? He had even prepared a gift for her?

A trace of doubt appeared in her eyes as she opened the necklace box, and then she immediately understood.

The silver-white necklace and the jewelry all perfectly matched her tastes.

The only person who could have understood her preferences so clearly was this child, Linyu.

“Xiao Chen, did you really prepare this gift for your mother?” Her eyes narrowed slightly.

Jiang Yichen’s expression stiffened, and he was just about to shake his head.

But Su Linyu quickly explained, “Yes, Auntie. Brother Yichen was very thoughtful about it. He even asked me what the two of you liked, and yesterday he went to several shopping malls just to buy this necklace for you.”

“The truth is, Brother Yichen really does care about you both very much.”

Looking at Su Linyu, Jiang Yichen could not help feeling that she was almost too considerate.

Shen Qingyue gazed at him for a moment and found it hard to say anything more. She simply tapped Jiang Yichen on the forehead with one finger.

“With a fiancée like this, you should count your blessings in secret.”

Jiang Yichen smiled and nodded, then changed the subject. “Mom, where’s Dad? Isn’t today his birthday? Why haven’t I seen him yet?”

Shen Qingyue sighed. “After you gave him that pill last time, he went into seclusion to cultivate. He’s still in cultivation right now. He said he’ll come out once the banquet begins.”

“Your father is just as unserious as you are. He knew his birthday banquet was coming, and yet he still went into seclusion and dumped everything on me. Hmph!”

“He keeps talking about breaking through beyond the Martial God realm, but he has tried several times already, and not once has he succeeded.”

“You two should head to the banquet first. I still have to receive guests from the other families. It’s such a nuisance.”

Though she was complaining, she still did not shirk her responsibilities. She hurried out of the main hall at once.

Jiang Yichen looked thoughtful. He had only casually mentioned it to the System, telling it that if his father worked hard and broke through beyond Martial God, he would be able to suppress everything.

He had not expected his father to actually go into seclusion to cultivate.

The Fortune-Seizing Creation Pill could give a person the potential to reach the Emperor Realm. Breaking through beyond Martial God should be effortless, should it not?

In his previous life, he remembered that the Zhou family head had been the first to break through beyond Martial God and grasp the power of laws.

Unfortunately, his fleshly body had still been too fragile to withstand the power of laws, and in the end, he had stopped at the Demigod realm.

By the time his old man emerged at noon, he would probably make quite the display.

“Brother Yichen, let’s go.” Su Linyu lifted the hem of her dress and pointed toward the banquet venue ahead.

Jiang Yichen nodded and walked forward.

But as they drew closer, a familiar figure appeared before them.

Hm? Lin Wan?

Jiang Yichen stopped in his tracks and frowned.

Lin Wan stood there in a white swan gown, holding a wineglass with a calm smile on her face.

Why was this woman here?

Guests needed an invitation to attend a banquet at the Jiang family estate. There was no way Lin Wan could have slipped in on her own.

While Jiang Yichen was still thinking about it, Lin Wan noticed him and Su Linyu as well. A trace of disdain flashed through her eyes.

There was none of her former pleading left, none of the way she had once begged Jiang Yichen to keep fawning over her.

She lifted her chin high, as though she now considered herself noble.

She had become a member of Young Master Jiang Feng’s team, and she had even been specially invited to attend the Jiang family patriarch’s birthday banquet. That alone showed how much Jiang Feng trusted and cherished her.

And once Young Master Jiang Feng won the Huaxia Team League championship half a month from now, he would become the Jiang family’s heir.

As long as she held tightly to Jiang Feng, her future would be bright.

She had no need at all for Jiang Yichen—that petty, selfish bastard who had not even come to see her after she was injured.

Lin Wan withdrew her gaze, ignored the two of them completely, and walked past.

As Su Linyu watched Lin Wan’s departing figure, a trace of disappointment flashed through her eyes.

Brother Yichen really still could not let go of Lin Wan after all. The fact that Lin Wan had been invited to Uncle Jiang’s birthday banquet was proof enough.

She bit her lip lightly, then shook her head and thought to herself, It’s all right. Brother Yichen is already treating me better than I could ever have hoped for.

Before, he would ignore me completely for Lin Wan’s sake. But now he not only lets me stay by his side, he holds my hand and eats with me...

As she recalled everything that had happened recently and compared it with the Brother Yichen of before, a sweet smile slowly rose on her lips.

Yes. That’s right. I cannot be greedy. As long as Brother Yichen gives me even a little of his love, I’m already completely satisfied.

That was the only way she could deceive herself.

“Brother Yichen, I’ll go find my dad first. You two... talk.”

Su Linyu looked in Lin Wan’s direction, her voice lacking all confidence.

She seemed afraid—afraid that Brother Yichen would become like he used to be, when he could not even be bothered to acknowledge her.

Jiang Yichen came back to himself. What had this girl imagined now?

He grabbed Su Linyu by the wrist. “Do not overthink things. She and I have already broken up. You are my fiancée now, understood?”

At those words, Su Linyu froze, and joy filled her eyes.

But very quickly, that joy gradually faded away again.

If they had broken up, then why had Lin Wan still been invited to the birthday banquet?

She hurriedly shook her head. It seemed she was being too sensitive. Would Brother Yichen dislike her for that?

Just as Su Linyu did not know what to say, Jiang Feng strode over in a custom-tailored suit, dressed with flamboyant ostentation.

Lin Wan, lifting her white dress, walked at his side. The two of them stopped in front of Jiang Yichen and Su Linyu.

Jiang Feng lifted his chin slightly, revealing a jawline as sharp as if it had been carved with a blade. One arm circled Lin Wan’s slender waist as he smiled smugly.

“Did you see this, man? The woman you liked for four years is nothing more than one of my playthings now.”

The moment those words were spoken, Jiang Yichen immediately understood why Lin Wan had appeared here.

So that was it. He had brought her here to humiliate him.

Jiang Yichen smiled, and at that very moment, the System’s voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

【Ding! A laid-back choice has been triggered...】