The middle-aged man almost spat blood. How can I be at ease with these kinds of things? Are you young people really playing this big and this flamboyant now? As Yu Yao's elder, even though there are some frictions between Yu Yao and Bu Tingyue, the relationship between their elders and the Celestial Craft Workshop is quite pleasant.

The relationship between these two forces isn't exactly intimate, but at least they're business friends with a kind of partnership.

Neither side would think that a conflict between the younger generation could interfere with the business dealings between the two families. They'd just laugh it off.

But now?!

If Yu Yao wins, then Yuchi, as Bu Tingyue's brother, with such a high status, would be directly brought into their family.

Then, with his heel grinding against the face, and stepping on it until there are screams, mind you, this is not the feet of a Courtesan on his back, at that time the look from Yu Yao would be very disdainful.

So how do I explain this to the Celestial Craft Workshop in this situation?

Simply say that Yuchi likes being stepped on? That makes no sense at all.

But if Yuchi's side wins the competition, then Yuchi can directly take two million.

This is two million, and that's no small amount. Indeed, their family is quite wealthy, but liquid assets and cash like this are different. This two million is the marrow within the bones, it's not something you can recover from in a hundred days lying down.

So they can tolerate a loss of two million in business, but they cannot tolerate this kind of two million disappearing into thin air, that's already a huge sum!

In their family, to understand what two million means, it's like the family having one hundred taels of silver, and this two million is twenty taels of that silver, directly taking up twenty percent of all cash. That's quite exaggerated.

"No, I can't let you go to the competition directly. No matter if you win or lose, our family will be shamed following you, and I can't let you do this, otherwise the consequences will be unbearable for you alone."

The middle-aged man directly stopped her.

Yu Yao wasn't happy: "I won't lose."

"It's not about whether you win or lose, it's that such a situation shouldn't exist at all! And you won't lose? How can you be sure you won't lose?" The middle-aged man asked directly, and when Yu Yao was about to assertively respond, he said helplessly, "My dear, you don't think our family is the strongest in the world, do you? If you're fighting Bu Tingyue, that I can understand."

"After all, you two know each other well, and you understand who your opponent is."

"But do you know who Yuchi is? Do you know what his status is in the Celestial Craft Workshop? Why are you sure that only you who devoured Elixirs can have a body as strong as one in the Qi Cultivation Realm or even the Foundation Establishment Stage, why can't he do the same?"

"Not to mention that as Bu Tingyue's brother, and being able to bring Bu Tingyue out to play, do you think such a person, whom even Bu Tingyue listens to, could be just ordinary? Would it be possible for him to agree to a fight with you without knowing what's going on?"

"You and Bu Tingyue are about equally wise, so in the face of a figure who's obviously your elder and brother, you really shouldn't think of the opponent so simplistically. You shouldn't use your own strength as an excuse for victory. To win, you need to know how weak the opponent is, what capability they have."

"All those years of doing business, were they in vain? Such things you can't judge; you're making me very worried about your future."

"You're being led by your emotions, and that's a very dangerous move."

Yuchi can't hear this middle-aged man speaking, but if he could, he might appreciate the middle-aged man's insight. At least he has some basic judgment; their family didn't rise just from explosive growth — there's a logical process in handling many things.

But the question is whether Yu Yao will listen now?

No way.

If Yu Yao listens to her father now, how would she go back and speak to Yuchi and Bu Tingyue, admitting she can't get the money and waiting for their ridicule?

Then she'll never be able to hold her head up high again, nor be able to live in Cuncha City, it would mean leaving Cuncha City!

"I won't lose the competition. My current strength is very powerful, and I see Yuchi doesn't seem like he can fight at all; he's just an ordinary person."

Yuchi: Hmm... I am indeed just an ordinary person.

"Then when I win the competition, I'll just not bully him at most, I'll just annoy Bu Tingyue a little and then let Yuchi go directly. You don't have to worry about the relationship between the two forces, you can continue doing business together in the future."

"And because I yielded a step, wouldn't the Celestial Craft Workshop respect us even more? Wouldn't it elevate our status?"

"Moreover."

"I have a dowry worth a million, I would just take out my own million and then borrow another million. I can earn over a million in business myself, I'm just taking out my own gold and silver, why can't I decide for myself?"

Yu Yao said angrily.

She's determined not to swallow her pride today, she has to defeat Yuchi!