Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 446 - 42: Children are the Best Wingmen

Chapter 446: Chapter 42: Children are the Best Wingmen

The decor in Su Yunjin’s family home seemed not too different from that of Li Minghu’s—a typical layout with three rooms and a living room… Of course, it might be that all the residences in the Military Manor follow this style.

Yun Jin’s parents were sitting in the living room, chatting with the aunt’s family. Her cousin, who was still in elementary school, was pestering Yan Yu with all sorts of questions.

“Cousin-in-law, how long have you been dating my cousin?”

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“Did you teach my cousin her swordsmanship?”

“Will the children you have in the future also be Cultivators?”

“Zhang Zixuan!” The aunt quickly called her son to stop, “Don’t bother your brother, come here!”

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Mrs. Su offered an embarrassed smile from the side and kept signaling Mr. Su with her eyes, urging him to quickly think of a solution.

What could Mr. Su do? He could only hurry and take little friend Zixuan to the study, and start an animated movie for him to watch on the computer.

“Sorry about that,” Mrs. Su explained embarrassingly to Yan Yu, “Children are clueless and just saying things in jest…”

Of course, Yan Yu didn’t mind and laughed it off with a loud “haha”.

Su Yunjin silently stared at Mrs. Su until Mrs. Su also felt immense pressure and stopped her rambling explanations out of embarrassment.

Mr. Su came out of the study and joined the uncle in striking up a conversation with Yan Yu. The three men began discussing current affairs, from the South Sea to the Southern Border, from Chongying to Miti, enjoying the simple pleasures of depicting strategies and directing battles from afar.

Mrs. Su and the aunt, on the other hand, were somewhat speechless, dragging Su Yunjin to the balcony for a casual chat.

“How come you’ve gotten even thinner?” Mrs. Su looked at her slender daughter with concern, saying, “Cultivators are supposed to practice Fasting, but how can you survive without eating? You’ll starve and get ill.”

“Mom, I’m fine,” Su Yunjin reassured her mother with a smile, “Fasting doesn’t mean we can’t eat, it just means we won’t get sick if we don’t eat. We can absorb energy from the environmental Spiritual Energy, so we don’t rely entirely on food anymore.”

“Ah,” Mrs. Su still sighed, “I should never have let you become a Cultivator in the first place. Where’s the sense in a girl joining the military?”

The aunt pursed her lips, thinking to herself that with a Cultivator’s exaggerated salary, how many people desperately want to get in but never have the chance! There you go, with a daughter who has made you proud, yet you want to block her path.

But sisters know each other well; she knew that Mrs. Su has always been proud and disdainful to talk about money. Even if Su Yunjin earned a lot, it might not satisfy her. In Mrs. Su’s eyes, the ideal son-in-law should be a high-level intellectual engaged in academics, preferably from the circles of the husband or herself, or students recommended by a known colleague. This would mean they fully understood each other’s backgrounds, and with a match of equal status, it would be less likely for conflicts to arise after marriage.

Of course, judging by Yun Jin’s insistence on bringing the “Divine General Dinghai” home for dinner, she probably had already made up her mind to not let Mrs. Su meddle in her own love life…

If I could help bring these two together and persuade Mrs. Su to let go, wouldn’t that endear me to Yun Jin? She has been smart and sensible since she was young, and with strong convictions, she would surely remember the kindness of this aunt.

With this in mind, the aunt immediately decided to betray her sister and switch allegiance to her niece, saying with a smile:

“Actually, there are some benefits. If Yun Jin hadn’t become a Cultivator, how could she have had the chance to meet the Divine General Dinghai, Yan Yu?”

Su Yunjin, being incredibly astute, immediately sensed the aunt’s tacit approval and quickly smiled and winked at her.

Well done! Auntie!

“What’s the use of meeting him?” Mrs. Su glanced nervously at the living room behind her, seeing that the three men were still talking, and complained, “The result is that we had to move into this Military Manor, and even going out to buy groceries on the weekends requires registration at the guardhouse. Isn’t that troublesome?”

“Then I’ll install a grocery shopping app for you,” Su Yunjin pulled out her phone and said indifferently, “From now on, you can order groceries on your phone and have the delivery guy bring them to you.”

“That’s what I mean.” The aunt chimed in from the side, “Yun Jin’s made so much money for the family, and you’re still going out to buy groceries all the time?”

“My daughter’s money isn’t my money!” Mrs. Su stubbornly retorted.

“Hey, Yun Jin, your aunt wants to ask,” the aunt, not wanting to listen to her nonsense, smiled and asked Su Yunjin, “What’s your relationship with your captain now?”

Upon hearing this, Su Yunjin began to ponder.

To spin lies about a matter that hadn’t even started was not her style. But if she honestly said there was no relationship at all, her mother would probably be bolstered in resolve, as stopping two people from dating is much simpler than breaking up a couple.

“The captain and I are both single right now,” Su Yunjin cleverly responded, “We get along very well with each other. However, due to our busy military duties, we haven’t thought about dating yet.”

The implication was that although they were not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, they were compatible enough to become a couple anytime they wished.

Mrs. Su immediately felt displeased again and rambled on with complaints like “I knew I shouldn’t have let you go” and “All this military business has delayed my daughter.”

The aunt caught on to another layer of meaning: Who doesn’t want to date? Is it him who doesn’t want to, or is it you?

If Yun Jin didn’t want to date, then why invite the Divine General Dinghai over to her home for dinner? So it must be Divine General Yan Yu who isn’t currently thinking of dating. But he must not dislike Yun Jin; otherwise, he wouldn’t have visited her home during the New Year.

In other words, if I could give Yun Jin a little push…

When lunchtime came around, everyone got ready to head out for a meal.

Little Zhang Zixuan ran ahead, chatting up Yan Yu and Su Yunjin, while the aunt from the Su family quietly fell behind, discussing the situation with her husband in hushed tones.

“It doesn’t seem right,” the uncle said with a frown, hesitating. “Have you asked Yun Jin what she thinks?”

“Does Yun Jin’s opinion need asking?” the aunt found it absurd, whispering into her husband’s ear, “Having brought him home for New Year’s to meet her parents, could Yun Jin be uninterested in him?”

There was no arguing with that, so the uncle continued:

“What about your sister and brother-in-law? I remember they don’t seem to like their daughter being with this Divine General of Dinghai.”

“They don’t dislike him, they are just worried Yun Jin can’t match up to him and will end up hurt and upset,” the aunt murmured to her husband, “But I think there’s no such thing as being unworthy. Young people Yan Yu’s age care most about free love, regardless of family background or status… It doesn’t matter! As long as there is love, nothing else is important.”

The uncle sighed, no longer objecting.

Actually, as the parents of Su Yunjin, the Su couple was obviously well-off, with living in the military district’s courtyard being the best proof of that.

As Mrs. Su’s sister, the reason the aunt brought her whole family to visit during the New Year was not only for the typical holiday mingling but also to maintain a close relationship with them. Yet, what better way to curry favor directly with Yun Jin than to maintain sisterly affection with Mrs. Su?

Even better, if Divine General Yan Yu really married Yun Jin, as the aunt who facilitated their union, would Yan Yu treat her poorly?

“So what are you planning to do?” the uncle asked.

“Simple,” the aunt answered, “After we eat, we will find a way to get my sister and brother-in-law out of the way, then have Yun Jin take Yan Yu out to have fun and let Zixuan tag along.”

“Why should our son tag along?” the uncle was puzzled.

“Oh, come on!” the aunt showed an exasperated expression that said “Isn’t it obvious?” “Kids can say anything they want without being blamed. Don’t you get it?”

The uncle truly didn’t get it, but after his wife explained it that way, he started to catch on.

So it’s about assisting those two? My son can do that?

“Don’t be silly.” The aunt said, “You’re not home to see how clever Zixuan is. Just wait and see.”

She called out to “Zixuan” a few times, and her son came running back with a “thump thump thump.”

“Son,” the aunt lifted him up and asked, “What do you think of your cousin Yun Jin and Yan Yu? Do they make a good pair?”

“I think cousin Yun Jin obviously has a crush on big brother Divine General,” little Zhang Zixuan gave his mother a sideways glance and shook his head, “But big brother Divine General clearly enjoys the ambiguity between them more and isn’t in a hurry to establish a relationship.”

The uncle standing by was flabbergasted: Who is this? Where’s my son?

“Is there a way to bring them together?” the aunt asked.

“Isn’t that inappropriate?” Zhang Zixuan started to hesitate. “Their love life is their own business, not ours.”

“Go ahead and try whatever you can think of,” the aunt said. “Your dad and I will take the responsibility. If it works out, I’ll buy you that game console.”

“No need for a game console,” Zhang Zixuan replied, “I can give it a try. Success or not, I keep all the lucky money I receive this year to myself, you two don’t touch it.”

“It’s a deal!” the aunt laughed right away.

Only then did the uncle breathe a sigh of relief: Thankfully, there’s no written agreement. Kids will be kids. This time, let the wife teach him a lesson. The adult world isn’t that simple.