Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 850 - 254: Midnight

Chen Yan still personally greeted them at the door and then led them inside.

Lu Sisi looked at her father, who was visiting again, with a calm expression, but her attitude towards her younger brother was quite gentle.

The boy seemed a bit clumsy and also had a bit of a timid feel to him.

His gaze was evasive, looking somewhat lacking in confidence.

Lu Sisi proactively took her brother’s hand, accompanying Yang Jiaming upstairs to Lu Xiuting’s room.

Chen Yan walked at the back.

When the family "reunited" in the room, Chen Yan didn’t forcefully stay like last time but stood at the door, giving Lu Xiuting a subtle look.

The meaning was to warn Lu Xiuting not to mess things up again this time.

Then Chen Yan left the room, leaving the space for the family of four.

He went downstairs, sat in the living room, took out his phone, and browsed online shopping information—after venturing deeper into the Domain Realm, the supplies in the Storage Jade Pendant were somewhat insufficient, so Chen Yan restocked some items during this return.

After a while, Lu Sisi came downstairs with her younger brother.

Lu Sisi was very kind to this younger brother, pulling him to sit on the sofa, even took out snacks, unpacked them, and put them into her brother’s hand.

"Don’t worry, Dad and Mom will talk it through." Lu Sisi comforted gently.

The brother nodded woodenly, took a bite of chocolate, and then as if suddenly remembering something, said, "Sis, I’m not worried."

"Hmm?"

"Dad talked to me before. If he and Mom divorce, I’ll live with Dad, stay in the same school, won’t have to transfer, and won’t need to move." The brother shook his head, then picked up a bottle of juice, unscrewing it, speaking in a flat tone: "Anyway, Mom doesn’t spend much time with me on normal days. I thought about it carefully, and it seems it won’t really affect me."

Lu Sisi opened her mouth.

Previously, when she heard about their parents’ divorce, this brother of hers willingly chose to live with their father—at that time, she indeed felt a tiny bit of resentment towards this brother.

After all, her mother carried him for ten months, and even though Yang Jiaming doesn’t care much about the Gu Family, the brother still chose the father...

But now, it turns out it really can’t be blamed on him.

Yang Jiaming doesn’t care about the family, does Lu Xiuting then?

Her daily life mostly consists of beauty treatments, working out, shopping, and afternoon tea in the wealthy ladies’ circle...

These activities filled her life; how could she have the mind and energy to get close to her child?

It’s kind of funny to think about.

If one were to say, in this household, with whom does the brother have the best relationship...

It’s neither Dad nor Mom, and of course not this sister who keeps her distance since childhood.

But rather...

The housemaid, Aunt Hu.

·

This time, Yang Jiaming stayed in Lu Xiuting’s room for an hour. When he came out downstairs, his expression was still not great, but at least it wasn’t as filled with anger as last time.

Evidently, these two grudging partners finally had a talk.

Yang Jiaming didn’t say much, but after coming downstairs, he called his son, nodded at Chen Yan.

However, before leaving, he rarely walked over to Lu Sisi’s side.

"Sisi... all along, it’s been Dad who has neglected you too much. And it’s all thanks to you taking care of your mom during her illness this time. No matter how you look at it, Dad owes you a lot."

He whispered, "I deposited some money into your bank account. It’s not compensation, and you don’t need to refuse me—you’re not yet independent, haven’t graduated, and it’s right for Dad to give you living expenses.

And... with your mom staying here, it wouldn’t be good for your boyfriend to always cover the expenses."

Lu Sisi pursed her lips, not speaking.

Yang Jiaming also knew that his daughter was estranged from him for so many years, and this attitude was normal.

He didn’t say much more but turned to glance at Chen Yan.

This time, after a moment of hesitation on his face, he finally nodded and said in a low voice, "Mr. Chen Yan... thank you for the trouble this time."

Chen Yan gave a faint smile.

The father and son left, but before they went, Lu Sisi’s brother turned his head and waved at the two.

"Goodbye sister! Um... goodbye brother-in-law!"

This address of brother-in-law made Chen Yan see the boy in a more favorable light.

After they had left, Chen Yan returned home and smiled at Lu Sisi: "Among the three in your family, your parents and your brother, your brother seems like the decent one."

Lu Sisi smiled, lowered her head to think for a moment, and said, "Chen Yan..."

"Hm, what is it?"

"My mom has been staying here these days, are you not too happy about it?" Lu Sisi said softly, "I know you don’t like her. I think, since her health is much better now, maybe we should find a hospital and send her there to recuperate."

Chen Yan looked at Lu Sisi with some surprise.

Lu Sisi pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Chen Yan... I, I’m not someone who can’t distinguish right from wrong."

She took out her phone, slowly saying, "I just checked, Dad transferred 150,000 to my account, enough to find a hospital and provide my mom with good recuperation conditions. This is your home, your house, I shouldn’t let my mom keep eating and living off you... Plus, you don’t like her."

Chen Yan smiled, "It’s okay, let her stay for now, and we can talk about it when she’s in better health."

·

This time Lu Xiuting didn’t mess things up again.

After another two days, she actually went out.

This time, she even took Lu Sisi along, saying she had arranged to meet Yang Jiaming and her son.

The family of four, having a meal together.

The reason being... it was Lu Sisi’s brother’s birthday.

However, Lu Sisi secretly told Chen Yan that her brother’s birthday wasn’t really due, but Lu Xiuting somehow calculated a lunar birthday that supposedly fell in the recent days.

As for the exact day, and whether the date was accurate... It didn’t matter.

Such matters were clear to Lu Xiuting; Yang Jiaming pretended to be confused but understood.

They simply used the excuse of the child to find a way to reconcile and improve their relationship.

That evening, Lu Sisi brought Lu Xiuting back home.

That night, Lu Sisi informed Chen Yan of something: Lu Xiuting decided to move back home in the next few days.

The reason being... her son’s health wasn’t good recently and he missed his mom, so Lu Xiuting decided to return home to properly accompany her son.

Chen Yan smiled without saying a word.

Into the midnight, Chen Yan and Lu Sisi lay on the big bed in the master bedroom. Lu Sisi was already sound asleep.

Originally, Chen Yan was in meditation but suddenly felt his hair standing on end!!

He gently exhaled, slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze was calm, sweeping gently across the room, and then seemingly nonchalantly, closed them again.

But upon closing his eyes, Chen Yan’s heart skipped a beat!!

Because just moments ago when his gaze swept across...

He saw, in the corner of the room, a semi-transparent figure, standing there, coldly staring at him on the bed!!

The figure, the face, was clearly a replica of Lu Sisi!!

Only, the body appeared in a semi-transparent state, faintly visible!!