"It’s impossible."

Chu Keqing shook her head and said, "That day, since things went awry with that one kneel, it means this blessing is not something your Yang Family can bear. Since you cannot accept it, you shouldn’t force it.

Moreover, alas, what a pity.

If Sisi had met me back then, I might have been able to set up an altar and cast a spell to resolve it, using a method to include her fate into the Yang Family, allowing her to join the Yang Family.

But unfortunately, now as time passes, she is already over twenty years old. By twenty, if she hasn’t entered the clan, the blood ties have thinned. The cause and effect are set at this point, and doing any spell is useless."

Mr. Yang Sr. was not willing to give up, "Is there really no way?"

"It’s hard to say. Perhaps after I return, I’ll consult the ancient texts of the sect to see if there’s a way to save her." Chu Keqing didn’t shut the door completely.

After all, she had talked with Chen Yanting and knew Chen Yan’s attitude: he looked down on this Port City Yang Family a lot.

Since Yang Jiaming, Chen Yan has been filled with disdain for the Yang Family behind Lu Sisi.

She speculated about Chen Yan’s intentions, believing he probably didn’t favor the Yang Family and didn’t want Lu Sisi to join the Yang Family. He looked down on them!

Yet, Chu Keqing didn’t dare to be absolute, so even though she rejected Mr. Yang Sr.’s request, she still left a glimmer of hope.

Mr. Yang Sr. sighed deeply, his face filled with disappointment and regret, giving Lu Sisi a deep look.

Somehow, when he first saw Lu Sisi today, he didn’t feel much, but after Chu Keqing’s words, Mr. Yang Sr. found the girl before him increasingly pleasing to the eye.

His heart ached greatly, as if witnessing a precious treasure slipping through his fingers.

"Old sir, you need not be so conflicted. Matters of fate cannot be forced.

Although Sisi cannot temporarily enter the Yang Family, she is from the Yang Family after all. Her good fortune and luck are somewhat connected to the Yang Family. I advise you, sir, to treat Sisi well in the future."

Hmm?

Mr. Yang Sr.’s eyes lit up.

Chu Keqing smiled slightly, "Kinship, kinship. Without closeness, where does fate come from? The ties between the young girl and the Yang Family are weakening, also because the Yang Family hasn’t been kind enough to her."

The result of this affair was that day, Lu Sisi stayed at the Yang Family’s Old Mansion!

This privilege wasn’t even given to Yang Jiaming—originally, he was to stay and serve Chu Keqing, but it turned out that Lu Sisi got along better with Chu Keqing, so he was no longer needed.

Moreover, after this incident, Mr. Yang Sr. called Yang Jiaming alone to his study to inquire in detail about Lu Sisi’s upbringing from childhood.

Yang Jiaming didn’t dare lie, partly because of Mr. Yang Sr.’s intimidating influence, and partly because Lu Sisi was at home. If he lied, he feared she would immediately expose him.

Forced, Yang Jiaming had to tell everything frankly about Lu Sisi’s destiny being tumultuous and how he neglected and mistreated her.

After listening, Mr. Yang Sr. remained stunned for a long time and finally slammed the table in anger!

"Perhaps it’s not this girl’s fate bringing disaster, but rather that she was born into the Yang family, and we couldn’t handle her blessing, leading to her tumultuous fate from childhood!

No wonder, over these ten-plus years, our Yang Family has gradually withered and declined! Probably because we mistreated Fuxing, causing the loss of fortune!"

Upon saying that, the old man glared fiercely at Yang Jiaming and scolded angrily, "And you! How can you, as a father, treat your own flesh and blood with such neglect and harshness, utterly disgraceful!"

With that, he lifted his hand and delivered two hefty slaps to Yang Jiaming’s face, leaving his cheeks swollen red and the man speechless.

Inside, he couldn’t help but curse!

Now you’re saying I mistreated my daughter! Wasn’t it you, the old man, who led the decision not to let her into the family? It was also you who gave the direct order not to bring her back to Port City or home.

Weren’t these all your own decisions and orders?!

But these grievances remain unsaid in his heart, knowing he dared not voice them.

·

"So you’re now considered a guest of honor in the Yang family? Your dad, mom, and brother were sent to a hotel, while you stayed at the Yang Family’s Old Mansion?"

On the phone, Chen Yan couldn’t help but chuckle after hearing Lu Sisi’s account of her experience, "It seems you’ve become quite the sought-after person in the Yang family."

On the other end, Lu Sisi sighed helplessly, "I don’t want this. Living here isn’t interesting; I don’t have freedom in my actions. The old mansion is full of relatives I don’t recognize, most of whom I’ve never even met.

Yet, the old man seems to enjoy having me by his side these past two days. Relatives coming to visit? He wants me to meet them, one by one: uncles, aunts, and all sorts of cousins and in-laws.

I meet so many people every day, but I can’t match their faces with names and I don’t bother to. I even have to pretend to be gentle and courteous, greeting with a smile until my face stiffens."

Lu Sisi’s complaints to Chen Yan were in fact a guise; she was mostly acting spoiled to her long-lost boyfriend.

Knowing Lu Sisi’s nature, she was one call away from leaving the Yang family, rushing to the airport to catch the earliest flight back to Jinling to see Chen Yan.

But Chen Yan calmed Lu Sisi down explicitly.

After all, they went to Port City to celebrate the old man’s birthday. Becoming a guest of honor didn’t mean she should skip the birthday celebration. That would be disrespectful to the Yang family and unnecessary.

After some comforting words from Chen Yan, Lu Sisi reluctantly agreed to stay until after Mr. Yang Sr.’s birthday banquet before taking her leave.

Chen Yan gave a few reminders for Lu Sisi to stay safe, but with Gui Geng by her side and Chu Keqing present in the Yang family, there shouldn’t be many in the world who could pose a threat to Lu Sisi under such circumstances.

"Gui Geng has been accompanying me and is staying in the Yang Family’s Old Mansion too, with special permission from the old man. Moreover, the old man is courteous to Gui Geng because Dean Chu mentioned that Gui Geng is your person. The old man even met with Gui Geng personally and spoke with him, seeming to probe into your background."

Lu Sisi giggled, "The Yang family arranged Gui Geng to stay in the annex of the old mansion, where the housekeepers and servants live, but they gave him a room of his own.

This morning, I saw him and heard that the Feng Shui fish pond in the courtyard is just below his windowsill.

I guess he probably sneaked out last night to eat fish from the pond. I just don’t know how many of those expensive Feng Shui fish he managed to eat."

After chatting with Chen Yan for a while, the girl reluctantly hung up the phone, repeatedly promising to hurry back to Jinling after the birthday banquet.

As Chen Yan hung up and set the phone down on the table, he hugged Big White and petted it madly, causing Big White to purr contentedly.

Chen Yan pondered for a long while, then suddenly smiled.

He looked up, scanning the empty hall of his house, and suddenly sighed softly, saying, "So, back then, Lu Sisi’s life chart was stolen, and a decade of calamities followed—this in itself was part of the Tribulation Crossing?

And I intervened to relieve her misfortunes; was that actually ruining your plans?

Do you blame me for interfering?"

In the empty room, naturally, no one answered.

Chen Yan didn’t mind, seemingly smiled, got up, dumped Big White onto the sofa, and then turned to leave.