When the three people finally arrived, Old Master Luo was already impatiently waiting in the yard.

"What happened to you all? Why are you so late?" Old Master Luo saw them coming and put on a stern face, directing his question at Luo Shufan.

Qhianqhian quickly stepped forward, taking hold of the old man’s arm: "Well, my friend’s juniors were leaving today, so I brought my brother along to see them off. After all, they’re our guests."

Indeed, since they’re family, explanations are easier, unlike with guests where it’s not easy to explain away things.

"Have you had breakfast?" Upon hearing that Qhianqhian was seeing someone off, Old Master Luo quickly asked, and seeing Qhianqhian shake her head, he immediately showed a face of reproach: "You youngsters don’t take breakfast seriously at all, Shufan, go bring something for Qhianqhian to eat."

Luo Shufan blinked, apparently he hadn’t eaten either, why are the boys in their family so undervalued?

Luo Xinyue felt even more aggrieved. He had come early in the morning to accompany the old man to show respect, but while the old man was eating, he was busy boiling water for tea on the side, leaving nothing for him to eat, and he was too embarrassed to say anything...

Now his daughter arrived so late and yet was cared for this much, he suddenly felt unbalanced, convinced that his daughter was the true grandchild, and he was like a pick-up.

But thinking it over again, it was true, the little girl often skipped breakfast, claiming she could lose weight by eating only two meals a day when getting up late.

Immediately, he looked at Qhianqhian with a gaze of reproach.

Qhianqhian noticed the gaze and stuck her tongue out playfully at Luo Xinyue, her face full of liveliness: "Dad, are you jealous of Grandpa caring about me? No worries, your daughter cares about you too, I’ll share half of my breakfast with you later."

Although she was on her own turf, there were outsiders in the Nine Heavens Pavilion, so she kept her spiritual power at an external state, naturally noticing Luo Xinyue’s growling stomach.

Old Master Luo, hearing Qhianqhian’s words, was momentarily stunned, then looked at his third son.

It seemed, coming that early, breakfast was indeed not yet ready, and later when he ate, he assumed Luo Xinyue was going to eat too. Thinking carefully, the boy just came here for a day, with his son and daughter absent, how would he know where to eat here?

"Are you the compassionate one? What, am I like some old monster who doesn’t feed people?" Old Master Luo immediately put on a stern face and expressed dissatisfaction to Qhianqhian.

Qhianqhian widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief: "Of course not, even if you were a monster, you’d be a pink one with a big bow, the kind that kids would rush toward." Her earnest look made Old Master Luo unable to maintain his stern expression.

Everyone just felt thunderstruck, what sort of monster is a pink one with a pink bow? Is this a joke?

"Besides, my brothers haven’t eaten either. It doesn’t really matter, I have food... ah? No, Second Uncle, throw me a bread." Qhianqhian winked at Luo Xihan.

Luo Xihan, under Old Master Luo’s gaze, silently took out a bread and tossed it to Qhianqhian, his face stiff.

Back then, when Qhianqhian took off the ring, he had told his brothers honestly, almost being overwhelmed by their resentment, and now she was asking him for food... isn’t this pushing him into the spotlight?

Not fair to put Second Uncle in a tough spot, even to help out your dad, you can’t let him take the fall.

Watching Luo Xihan throw out the bread, everyone’s expressions were strange, especially Luo Xisi, harboring the most resentment.

Qhianqhian calmly took the bread, noticing the old man’s puzzled expression, she spoke up: "By the way, Second Uncle represents us at the Nine Heavens Pavilion, he must be convincing to do business, right? So I generously lent my storage ring to Second Uncle, and should say it’s borrowed, whoever takes over when Second Uncle retires will get it."

Qhianqhian smiled brightly at the old man: "Right, Grandpa, we can’t let the Nine Heavens Pavilion be underestimated."

Old Master Luo bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Qhianqhian makes sense, then you..."

"Me? Hehehe, the wise have their tricks." Qhianqhian winked at Old Master Luo.

Luo Xihan froze, not expecting Qhianqhian to bring this up to make it a matter of common knowledge, making it rightful, but back then it seemed...

Feeling distressed for Qhianqhian, he couldn’t help but give Luo Yanran a hard kick. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Luo Yanran was puzzled, merely lost in thoughts about his wife and kids, could this be noticed too?

But seeing his father’s obviously warning gaze, he was even more confused.

"From now on, whatever Qhianqhian says goes, you’re not to bully her."

Luo Yanran was more puzzled, isn’t it that way now? His status had already fallen below Xiao Tian’s, hadn’t it?

But seeing Luo Xihan’s warning gaze, he quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, Dad, whatever you say is right."

Luo Xihan rubbed the ring on his finger, looking regretful and guilty.

Luo Xinyue frowned slightly, was there something happening unbeknownst to him? Were these two brats going to become wily?

Luo Shufan naturally wouldn’t bring just a little food, having guessed that Luo Xinyue hadn’t eaten either, he returned with a huge food box.

Everyone sat down and looked at the old man, and Qhianqhian, who was enjoying her meal while sitting next to the old man.

Old Master Luo looked at Qhianqhian: "You continue eating, it’s okay." As he spoke, he coughed lightly and looked at everyone: "Today, except for the women... well, Qhianqhian isn’t counted, everyone is here." Seeing Qhianqhian’s eyes widen, Old Master Luo remembered the child was also a girl.

Qhianqhian pouted, is it saying that she isn’t counted as a woman or that she isn’t counted among the women of the family?

Why does it feel so cramped? Easily became a genderless being?

"With the third one back, our family’s assets... belong to Qhianqhian and Shufan, they’re the ones who built this place, so once I’m gone, don’t think of fighting with the siblings over anything. We’ve settled this beforehand."

Qhianqhian widened her eyes and hadn’t spoken yet before Old Master Luo continued: "Of course, don’t think that just because the assets aren’t yours, you won’t contribute. Do what you ought to do, Qhianqhian hasn’t lacked anything from any of you."

"Grandpa, stop joking." Seeing Luo Shufan anxiously stoking the fire without daring to speak up, Qhianqhian quickly swallowed her food to interject.

"I don’t deny I have selfish motives, but we’re family, I wouldn’t be so ruthless, okay? One-fifth of the Nine Heavens Pavilion belongs to my brother, I don’t want anything, the other four-fifths, everyone present will have a share, none will be treated unfairly, we’re family, why talk of fighting? Grandpa, are you underestimating our Luo family’s bloodline? Second Uncle, Haoran’s huge place was tossed to me, are you the type to argue over tiny things with me? Don’t speak of things that would alienate our relationship, okay? Plus, the sisters-in-law aren’t here, this has ours and their children’s shares, the reason I gave my brother so much is because I want nothing, and he’s still protecting the An Family. And this is not dividing the family, why split it so clearly? Promoting Nine Heavens Pavilion needs our collective effort, Grandpa, you don’t even want to draw the big picture?"

Old Master Luo nearly choked by Qhianqhian’s words, realizing her speech was more effective than his own, he was momentarily speechless: "Hmph, you’re the one who knows how to talk, huh?"

"That’s because Grandpa taught me." Qhianqhian laughed, pouring tea for Old Master Luo: "You drink tea, rest assured, my brother won’t treat anyone unfairly, we’re family."