Chapter 167
Chapter 167: They Want to Find This Tree Spirit a Fiancé? Fine, Fine, Such Courage
“Right, right, right, Sis, you’re absolutely right. As long as we use Cheng Xiao Ting and his parents well, it’s the same as us bringing Jiang Tea Tea home.”
“We made mistakes at the academy, and Dad and Mom refused to come handle it. They cut off our allowance and told us to bring her home over break. Now she is on the same ship and under the same planet space station as us. No one can deny that we brought her home.”
“Hurry, hurry and call Dad and Mom. Ask them to come pick us up. If they don’t come, they can’t blame us later.”
“Wait, wait. Think through what we’re going to say first. When we call them, our story has to be watertight so Dad and Mom believe us and do not realize how terrible our relationship with Jiang Tea Tea actually is.”
“Okay, okay. Let’s talk it through…”
The three Wolf Xin Rui siblings were triplets. When one of them had an idea, the other two quickly agreed.
After a few minutes of discussion, they called their dad and mom and repeated the lines they had decided on.
In the private room, each of Jiang Tea Tea’s group of eight wore an invisible earpiece that could not be seen with the naked eye.
Their earpieces were full of Wolf Xin Rui and her brothers’ voices, full of schemes. Jiang Tea Tea listened and was the first to speak, showering praise on Cheng Xiao Ting without holding back: “Cheng Xiao Ting, nice work. You got all three listening devices on them.”
Cheng Xiao Ting did not take the credit. Instead, he pointed at Zhang Ting Zhou: “I only tossed them out. The biggest credit goes to our Brother Octopus and his latest modified listening devices. They’re tiny, super mini, and the way they pick up information is top notch.”
Zhang Ting Zhou also refused to take all the credit: “I only made a few small changes to the listening devices. The main work was done by Yan Yu, our intelligence guy. He got accurate info on Wolf Xin Rui and her brothers’ plans.”
Yan Yu hurried to be modest: “No, no. You can find their schedule with a simple search. It has nothing to do with me. The real credit goes to Sister Tea. As soon as they heard Sister Tea was here, they threw their shame away and started scheming right away.”
Sui Xuan Chu slapped his thigh and summed it up: “Exactly. Sister Tea is the bait, the medicine guide. You guys are the main heroes, and she’s also a main hero. Huang Da Zhuang, Orange Sparrow, Cheng Lin Yue, and I are just A, B, C, D, the support who clap our hands. Come on, hurry up and clap for them.”
To match Sui Xuan Chu’s words, Huang Da Zhuang and Cheng Lin Yue really did start clapping, their hands going crack crack crack.
“Hey hey hey, hold on, hold on.” Zhang Ting Zhou spoke up to stop their clapping: “Listen to Wolf Xin Rui and her dad. It sounds like they want to find a male fiancé for our Sister Tea!”
They were going to arrange a fiancé for their Sister Tea?
This could not be allowed.
Huang Da Zhuang and Cheng Lin Yue stopped clapping at once and pricked up their ears, listening closely to Wolf Xin Rui and her dad’s conversation.
Sui Xuan Chu glanced at Jiang Tea Tea and listened more seriously than anyone else. [Good grief. His uncle had not even carried his roommate back home yet, and someone else was already eyeing her.]
He had to admit the Lang Family Estate was really fierce. There was a reason his uncle used the Lang Family Estate as their first mission.
“Dad, isn’t this a bit too fast?”
Wolf Xin Rui heard her dad Wolf Yin Feng say that he would bring an unmarried male along to pick them up at the port and introduce him to Jiang Tea Tea, then set their relationship after they got familiar. She did not agree at all.
“Jiang Tea Tea is not familiar with us yet. She doesn’t feel any sense of belonging to us. If you do this, you’ll only push her farther away.”
Over the communicator, Wolf Yin Feng answered her with force: “Our Lang Family Estate doesn’t raise freeloaders. Since Jiang Tea Tea is someone of the Lang Family Estate, she has to follow the rules of the Lang Family Estate.”
Wolf Xin Rui quickly agreed: “Yes, yes, yes. Our Lang Family Estate doesn’t raise freeloaders. But she was lost for eighteen years. We didn’t raise her for a single day and didn’t spend a single coin on her.”
“Now that we bring her back, we turn around and give her a fiancé right away. She definitely won’t agree. What if it backfires, makes her angry, and she turns on us, Dad?”
Wolf Yin Feng sounded impatient: “I only said I’m finding her a fiancé. I’m only bringing a male to pick her up and letting him know that he can possibly become her fiancé in the future.”
“When I said I would set their relationship, I was talking to the three of you, not saying it in front of her and forcing her to admit this fiancé.”
“She is a mutant level S plant type healer, the only one in all of interstellar space. Her rarity is worth more than the ten or so brothers and sisters you have put together.”
“I know how precious she is. Finding her a fiancé is just an idea and a reason. I am telling you this so you can act as a go between later and have some sense.”
[Truly stupid like a pig and not using her brain. How could he be dumb enough to actually marry Jiang Tea Tea off as soon as she came back?]
Jiang Tea Tea was a mutant level S plant type ability user. He could not bear to let her marry out. If she stayed in the White Wolf Tribe her whole life, then the White Wolf Tribe would become the strongest and richest race.
When Wolf Xin Rui heard this, she understood. Her dad wanted to use Jiang Tea Tea as bait, to let the other side know that they could become her fiancé and partner in the future.
From that she could also tell that her dad wanted a deep cooperation with that male’s family, or maybe even to swallow them up.
Only profit could push her dad to move so quickly and to throw away all surface courtesy, only thinking of cashing in fast.
When Wolf Yin Feng saw that Wolf Xin Rui was silent, he kept his fatherly tone and gave her an order: “You said Jiang Tea Tea is traveling with seven of her schoolmates and also Black Wolf Family’s Cheng Xiao Ting. I understand.”
“I’ll have your mother get ready right away to come pick you up. We’ll also invite Cheng Xiao Ting’s parents and her teammates to come to our home as guests. You and your two younger brothers need to watch what is happening and have some sense.”
Wolf Xin Rui answered “Okay” and quickly took the chance to say: “Dad, my two younger brothers and I want to buy parts for making mecha armor. From level one up to level ten, I think…”
Before she finished, Wolf Yin Feng cut in: “Got it. Your performance at the academy this time was poor. You got a major demerit. But if you can bring your younger sister home, that is pretty good performance. I’ll transfer one million star credits to each of you.”
“You should spend it carefully. Once your younger sister truly feels she belongs with us, I’ll give each of you another one million.”
Wolf Xin Rui said: “Alright. Thank you, Dad. Goodbye, Dad.”
When the call ended, Wolf Xin Rui looked at Wolf Xin Ping and Wolf Xin Chong and spoke very seriously: “Dad and Mom have put all their focus on Jiang Tea Tea now. To them, she is worth more than the ten or so brothers and sisters we have combined.”
“Right now we are lying to them, and they don’t know it, so they still treat us kindly. If they find out, they definitely won’t want us anymore. They’ll cut ties and stop giving us any resources.”
“I just fought for one million star credits for each of us. From now on, that money will be our lifeline.”
“This time when we go home, we should put all the valuable things we bought before, or that others gave us, into our space buttons and hide them well. In case Dad and Mom really cut ties with us and we haven’t graduated yet and can’t survive, we can sell those things…”
“Sis, you’re being too pessimistic…”
“Shut up and let me finish.” Wolf Xin Rui cut Wolf Xin Chong off sternly, her eyes fierce as she stared at him.
Wolf Xin Chong was startled: “You say it, you say it…”
Wolf Xin Rui lowered her voice: “The most important thing is this: from now on, we should stay far away from Jiang Tea Tea. If we can avoid contact, we avoid it. If we can avoid talking to her, we avoid it.”
“We understand Dad and Mom’s temper. We have to learn to protect ourselves. Xin Chong, you’re the impulsive one. You need to rein yourself in. Don’t blame me for not warning you later.”
“The one million Dad will transfer to each of us later might be the last lifeline we ever get from him.”
“You two need to be careful and hold tight to your money. If you waste it, once it’s gone, I will not give you a single coin from mine.”
“Wolf Xin Rui really does understand her dad and mom.” Cheng Xiao Ting could not help sighing after hearing her: “They are already planning to hold back and get more money.”
“According to the info we have,” Yan Yu, the intelligence division’s half beastman male from the canine family and fox tribe, added, “the White Wolf Tribe’s clan leader Wolf Yin Feng and his partner Wolf Luo Feng are a pair of strong people. Both of them are level S speed type ability users.”
“Whether in the business world or in the tribe, the two of them have absolute power. They raised more than ten children. Except for Sister Tea, all of them have been excellent and obedient since they were young.”
“Even though the first three children are already married with kids, Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng still have absolute control over them.”
Cheng Lin Yue asked, confused: “Control?”
Yan Yu nodded and explained: “Yes, control. Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng control their children. From when the children were small all the way until now, from what they eat and wear to what they study, what work they do, and which partner they marry, everything is arranged by their parents.”
Huang Da Zhuang let out a cry: “That kind of suffocating fatherly and motherly love, and they didn’t go crazy? That’s a miracle.”
Yan Yu reached out and patted Huang Da Zhuang on the head: “They didn’t go crazy because they don’t dare. As soon as they act out even a little or try to resist, their parents cut off their money and resources so they learn how dark human hearts can be and how hard it is to move a single step.”
“Exactly.” Cheng Xiao Ting also patted Huang Da Zhuang’s head: “Now you know why this dazzling and handsome younger cousin doesn’t want to play with them. Their home is too suffocating.”
“But there is one thing. Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng are very good at putting on a show. They always smile and seem kind. People who don’t know them would never guess they are a couple with extreme control issues.”
“Especially you, Sister Tea. Right now they see you as a precious treasure and a big little darling egg. You need to be careful.”
[I am a proper great demon stage cultivator. Even that old mud eel Chong Ming could not buy me. Two little wolves are nothing to fear.]
Jiang Tea Tea said fearlessly: “Careful of what? I’m not going to be careful at all, and you guys don’t need to be careful either.”
“Six hours from now, when we get off the ship, if they come to pick us up, everyone remember this: first we act fake and polite. Then we say we want to go to the shopping mall to buy things and spend their money. If they want to give us gifts, we accept everything without refusing any of it.”