"But then he drowned before he even turned four. Ever since you two were born, your mother took care of every aspect of your lives. She prevented you from talking to strangers or walking close to water and stones… Still, we could not save our child."
As Liu She spoke, his eyes filled with despondency, madness, and hate.
"Lanting, women in the house may appear timid and gentle, but their hearts can be colder than that of snakes and scorpions! Do not underestimate them!"
As she listened, Jiang Pengji analyzed the information. The two brothers of Liu Lanting had been killed by a woman in the house. Liu She knew who it was, but he could not take revenge. Perhaps it was because she was too powerful. Liu She was restraining himself from avenging his loved ones.
But what were the motives behind the plots? Did the woman kill them out of love for Liu She or jealousy of Gu Min?
Jiang Pengji took a glance at her dad, who was much more mature and charming than the teenagers she had met.
Yet if it had been a crime of passion, why hadn't she killed Gu Min directly? Instead, she had let her die of physical and mental suffering after the deaths of her children.
Dizziness caused Liu She to squint his eyes.
"My daughter will not be like those short-sighted women, competing for one man's heart all her life."
Jiang Pengji listened in silence. She had no intention of discussing anything with a drunk man.
"… It should be the men competing for her instead!"
She almost choked and spewed out her wine.
He should not encourage his daughter to cause misery to his fellow men.
"Feng Jin is pretty, but he is too stubborn and cold-hearted for you. He also has a wife and concubines at home."
Jiang Pengji glanced at him. According to her own observations, Feng Jin was not married yet.
"Xu Xiaoyu is good looking too, but he is too rebellious and headstrong."
Jiang Pengji thought her father cared too much about men's appearances.
She waited for Liu She to continue, but he paused for a moment and turned abruptly to her with an intense gaze that flickered like fire. If she were a coward, she would have been scared by his sudden move.
He looked at her with blurred focus. "Lanting, what do you think about Cheng Youmo from Langye? He is a few years older than you, and he is temperate and discreet."
Who is Cheng Youmo? His recommendation confused her. Yet given his comments on Feng Jin 's and Xu Ke's appearances, Cheng Youmo was no doubt another pretty boy.
"Who's that? I'm not interested."
"Then… maybe Han Wenbin from Langye? Young, handsome, clever, and principled."
Was he trying to find a match for her? Jiang Pengji began to feel sympathetic for the guys he had mentioned.
After all his suggestions were declined, Liu She sighed. "Why don't you like them?"
"Perhaps because… they are not beautiful enough?"
Although she had never seen them before, she was certain those boys would not be stunning enough for her. Both Jiang Pengji and Liu She loved good looking people, and Jiang Pengji was even pickier than her father.
"Beautiful…" Liu She moved his head to one side as he scanned through a list of names in his mind. His selection for a son-in-law had begun when his child was little.
There was no way he would let her leave the family for her husband's!
He would never, never, never let that happen!
Chapter end
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