Invincible Dad

She hung up.

Ruan Jin laughed in anger. Did Ruan Tang still not understand the situation?

It was Xu Lai who had been gravely injured by Daoist Dongfang Xun, and it was she and Ruan Lan who were supposed to be begging him, Ruan Jin, to be merciful! Yet this was the attitude he received?

Ruan Tang, Ruan Tang… I was only going to make you kneel and beg, but now your attitude has left me extremely dissatisfied.

Rage blazed in Ruan Jin's heart. He had already thought of ten thousand ways to torment his cousin.

「On the other side.」

Wan Yan and President Liu both furrowed their brows, unsure what game Ruan Jin was playing.

"Ruan Jin, even if you feign madness, you still have to pay back this money," President Liu said coldly.

"President Liu, a person should always look at the bigger picture."

Ruan Jin shook his head in disappointment. "But you? Even as a bank president, all you can see is money."

President Liu scoffed. "Then tell me, as a banker, if my eyes aren't on money, should they be on you?"

With his hands clasped behind his back, Ruan Jin said nonchalantly, "My Ruan Family has connected with Daoist Dongfang Xun and will soon soar to new heights. There was no need for today's unpleasantness. It's just a few hundred million, after all!"

"Dongfang Xun?" Wan Yan exclaimed in astonishment.

"That's right."

Ruan Jin spoke with an arrogant expression. "Brother Wan, I had originally planned to get acquainted with Daoist Dongfang through you. However, I took the initiative yesterday and earned his trust. He just left a moment ago."

Wan Yan was speechless. What more could he say? That charlatan Dongfang Xun had coughed up all his money just yesterday. There was no doubt he only came to the Ruan family to swindle them before making a run for it. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

Sure enough, they heard Ruan Jin say indifferently, "My Ruan Family gave Daoist Dongfang one hundred million. Although I can't tell you what the money is for just yet, let me assure you—my Ruan Family is on the verge of rising!"

Wan Yan said nothing. He returned to his car, took out his wallet, and stuffed the only three hundred yuan in cash he had into Ruan Jin's pocket.

He then patted Ruan Jin's shoulder and said earnestly, "Don't spend this recklessly. Keep it hidden somewhere safe."

"Thank you, Brother Wan," Ruan Jin said with a smile, though he was sneering internally.

He managed to resist the urge to slap the money onto Wan Yan's face. After all, the Wan Family still called the shots in East Sea City, so some face had to be given. However, Ruan Jin didn't know that this three hundred yuan would be his food money for the next several days. Oh, wait. That's not quite right. It was the food money for his family of three, plus his grandfather.

"Since the Ruan Family is about to rise, make sure you repay the bank's loan on time," President Liu said coolly.

"Don't worry, we certainly will!" Ruan Jin replied, brimming with confidence. When the time came, he just needed to sell a small portion of the shares in his Above the White Clouds Company to easily earn five hundred million.

President Liu gave a cold laugh and turned to leave.

Wan Yan shook his head. The old saying goes that fools have their own fortune. This man was certainly a fool, but Wan Yan couldn't see any fortune in sight.

「Haitang Court」

Having taken the call and hung up, Ruan Tang stared at Xu Lai, looking him up and down.

Xu Lai, who was in the middle of breakfast, asked in confusion, "Is there something on my face?"

"No."

Ruan Tang shook her head. "Ruan Jin just called. He said your life is in his hands and that if I don't go crawling back to the Ruan family, you'll die."

"...Well, he's pretty impressive then," Xu Lai remarked.

"Honestly, you," Ruan Tang rolled her eyes. "Someone is cursing you to death, and you're actually happy about it? Can't you at least pretend to be angry?"

Xu Lai just smiled and said nothing.

Let's not even talk about the distant Milky Way. Just among the top one hundred clans in the Immortal Domain, at least sixty feigned respect on the surface. In truth, they wished for nothing more than for Emperor Qingfeng to drop dead at any moment.

If he were to expand the scope…

For every person in the entire Immortal Domain who revered him as the Supreme Emperor, there was another who wanted him dead. If he got angry at every single one of them, Xu Lai figured he really would die of anger.

"Dad, hurry, hurry! We're going to be late for school!" Xu Yiyi, having already finished her meal, stood by the door and called out in her sweet voice.

Qian Xiao's head drooped. He was listless, not having slept well the night before, and was still terribly sleepy.

"Alright!"

Xu Lai quickly finished his breakfast and wiped his mouth with a napkin. "I'm full. Let's go!"

"Let's go!" the two little ones shouted in unison.

Watching Xu Lai act like the king of the kids, Ruan Tang shook her head helplessly. "You're a grown man, but you still act like such a child."

Yet her eyes were filled with tenderness.

She wasn't working today and planned to take the day off, so she waved. "Xu Lai, drive safely."

"We're not driving today. If we leave now, we'll get stuck in traffic."

"Oh, right."

Ruan Tang nodded in understanding. At this hour, only the subway would avoid the congestion. Galaxy Kindergarten was a direct seven-stop ride. From there, it wasn't far to Dongli University either.

"We'll travel by cloud. There's definitely no traffic up there."

Xu Lai closed the door and, taking his daughter and Qian Xiao with him, departed directly on a cloud.

In the sky, watching East Sea City grow smaller and smaller below, Qian Xiao exclaimed with excitement, "Uncle Xu, how are you so amazing?"

Although it wasn't his first time riding a cloud, every trip felt like a new and super-exciting experience.

Xu Lai smiled.

He glanced down and saw that, sure enough, the main roads of East Sea City were gridlocked. Flying through the sky was ridiculously fast.

In less than two minutes, they arrived at Galaxy Kindergarten.

Xu Lai waved his hand, and the figures of Qian Xiao and Xu Yiyi vanished from the cloud.

As for him, in a flash, he reappeared in front of the infirmary at Dongli University.

Pushing the door open, Xu Lai saw his sister-in-law, Ruan Lan. She wasn't in a classroom or the library studying, but was sitting at his desk!

Liu Nanwei was doing stretches to relieve the back pain from sitting for too long, and her voluptuous figure made Ruan Lan's eyes burn with envy.

She grumbled, "What man could possibly resist that? My brother-in-law had better not cheat, or I'll hit him with my Descendant-Ending Kick."

Since she was facing away from the door, his sister-in-law didn't notice that Xu Lai had already walked up behind her. He tapped her on the head without a word.

THUMP!

Ruan Lan clutched her head. "Ow, ow, ow! Which bastard..."

Turning her head, she saw it was Xu Lai.

Ruan Lan instantly went quiet and forced a smile. "Brother-in-law, you're finally here for work!"

Xu Lai said nothing, simply staring at his sister-in-law, waiting for her to speak first.

When has anything good ever come from listening to my sister-in-law? Not listening is the best strategy.

"Hehe..." Ruan Lan chuckled sheepishly, then began twisting a strand of her long hair as she spoke in a soft, gentle voice, "Brother-in-law, you know I've been staying at school studying hard these past couple of days, right? I have something to tell you."

"Can I choose not to listen?"

"..."

Ruan Lan pouted. "Just hear me out!"

Xu Lai shot her a sidelong glance.

She looked around the room. Other than Liu Nanwei, who was still stretching, there was only Zhou Feng, who was propping up his chin, lost in deep thought.

Ruan Lan grew nervous. She pulled Xu Lai by the hand into the inner room of the infirmary. "Brother-in-law, come with me."

After they entered, Ruan Lan not only locked the door but also lifted her shirt, revealing her snow-white stomach. It was perfectly flat without an ounce of fat—the kind of body every woman dreams of.

This action shocked Xu Lai so much he spun around, his face dark with exasperation. "What do you think you're doing?!"