reasonable, I wouldn't have to put so much effort into planning for myself. I would find a way to retreat unscathed. You don't need to worry about anything else. Even if you hear something, please don..."Father, let me go first!"

Ripples spoke calmly.

"You speak, I listen."

Wu Yishan nodded.

"Father, last time I was wrong. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's because I lost control of my emotions. I hope you aren't angry."

Ripples lowered her eyes and said.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yishan let out a sigh of relief. It was a good start that his son could realize his own mistakes, so he softened his tone as well. After all, he was his own son.

"I know your mother's passing has deeply hurt you, and it wasn't the right time to say this. But Lian Bo is also your brother, and if he continues to stay in that environment, he will waste his talent."

At this point, Wu Yishan seemed to have realized something. He immediately paused and looked at Lian Yi's expression. As expected, the other party raised his head, his eyes slightly red, and said to him:

"Father, you don't need to remind me over and over. I know I am a failure and I'm aware of it. I didn't want to stop my younger brother from returning to the Wu family. Rationally, I can accept it, but emotionally, I can't accept them. After all, it's only been a little over a month since Mother left."

Wu Yishan heard this, a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face, and he immediately soothed in a soft voice:

"Even if your brother returns to Wu's family, you are still my son."

"I know, that's why I came to talk to you today. Wu Guanjia should have told you that Xue Wenjing came to see me today and threatened me in front of the housekeeper, asking me to agree to her marrying you. She also said that the future Wu family would be weak if I didn't cooperate, and warned me to know my place, or else I wouldn't have a good life."

Ripple repeated Xue Wenjing's words in a flat tone.

Wu Yishan frowned, thinking this woman was rather foolish. If not for Lian Bo's birth, he wouldn't have chosen her. After all, their feelings were already a thing of the past.

"Don't listen to her nonsense."

I thought about it and realized that although her words were harsh, they were also true. So I compromised. She just wants to marry into the Wu family and bring her dowry back with her. She wants to wait three years before...

This time has been enough for me to calm down and find a way out. I can't go to the battlefield to inherit my father's legacy, but I don't want to be a useless person and disgrace the Wu family either.

If my father disagrees and wants me to marry Xue Wenjing now, I will follow your wishes. However, I can't live under the same roof as them. I would move out, and then my maternal grandfather would come to take me away.

Wu Yishan's pupils constricted after hearing Lian Yi's words. He thought that with his son's personality, he wouldn't take the initiative to contact the Du family. Unexpectedly, in order to prevent Xue Wenjing from entering the door, his son sought help. There was no loud argument, but he had indirectly caused him embarrassment.

If word got out, that after his wife's death, he banished his legitimate son to his maternal home just a month later, all for the sake of his more gifted illegitimate son, and brought the latter back to the Wu family... what would people say about him

Even if everyone knows the reason, if the fig leaf is pulled away and the Du family is angered, it won't benefit him at all.

"Three years is something Xue Wenjing can wait for, but your younger brother cannot. After all, this is a crucial period for him to unleash his potential. If he misses it, it will affect his future."

I promise to marry Xue Wenjing in three years, but your younger brother Lianbo must move in and live with us first. He won't change his surname for now, and everything will wait until after three years.

Wu Yishan spoke in a low voice.

"Father, I understand. Give me three days to prepare."

Ripple knew that continuing would be pointless, so she gave a deadline and then left the study.

Wu Yishan felt that the conversation between him and his son was very successful this time. Both parties made concessions, and then he used his smart brain to dial a video call, wanting to tell both mother and son the news. Mainly, he wanted to see his son and appease Xue Wenjing by the way.

And leaving the study, she rippled a smile towards the old butler who stood guard at the door, then returned to her own room.

The old butler looked at the other person's expression and knew that this conversation between father and son should be going well. So, a smile of satisfaction appeared on his face.

The ripple returning to the room directly summoned his own neural network:

"Ian, block Wenjing Wu and Lianbo Wu's phone signals. For now, don't let their father contact them."

"Yes, Master."

Ian responded immediately.

On the other end, Wu Yishan's video calls went unanswered. He tried twice, but no one picked up. Just then, a video call from the military came in, so he put that aside for the moment.

"Master, it's done. I've modified General's neural network backend. As long as these two people try to video call him, he won't receive them. Calls from these two will also be directly diverted to a dead number, and they'll never get through."

"I got it! Thanks for your hard work, Ian."

It is Ian's honor to serve his master.

Ripples walked around her room for a bit before opening the purple crystal on her wristband. It was a storage space, and the largest one at that, a colossal one thousand square meters. Inside, the things she kept were only in a tiny corner.

At this time, Wu Yishan hurried away from the mansion and boarded the flying car that came to pick him up. There was an important meeting waiting for him to attend. Before leaving, he only explained two things to the old butler.

Ripples passed through the window glass, and he saw Wu Yishan leaving. His eyes were full of sarcasm and disdain. Then, he turned and went to his bedroom, where there were still things left by his original mother, which were later taken advantage of by Xue Wenjing.

Before his transformation, he had never left the shadow of losing his mother, so he had never gone into his parents' bedroom and naturally hadn't sorted through his mother's belongings there.

Taking advantage of Wu Yishan's departure, he took away all the things in the bedroom that belonged to his original mother. Only when he was collecting a black iridescent crystal sculpture did he encounter a slight problem. The purple crystal space couldn't accommodate this ink dragon-shaped ornament.

This is the original's zodiac sign. Du Yi personally sought out the materials and carved it by hand, preparing it as a coming-of-age gift for the original. It hasn't been completely finished to this day.

Since the storage space cannot hold it, it proves that this black iridescent crystal should also have a spatial property, which is why it cannot be stored.

The ripple's eyes flashed, and she directly took the small ornament in her hand and walked away.

During dinner, the butler brought a tube of low-grade nutrient fluid and soothed ripples:

"Young Master, I know you haven't been feeling like eating lately, but you still need to maintain at least some nutrition. You must drink this nutrient solution, otherwise, when the General returns, I won't be able to explain myself."

"I understand. I won't make the housekeeper uncomfortable."

The ripples in her eyes flashed, she took the nutrient solution and drank it under the butler's watchful gaze.

Only then did a smile appear on the Butler's face, and he took the empty nutrient solution before leaving Ripples' room.

As a qualified butler, if the young master said he wasn't eating, he should make more of the dishes the young master liked and persuade him to eat some, instead of sending him off with a tube of low-grade nutrient solution. After all, nutrient solutions only supply the body with the bare minimum it needs to survive.used!Ripple, with tears streaming down her face, said something that eased the enthusiasm of Elder Liu. She sighed and walked away, though she regretted missing out on the matchmaker's fee, at least s...