Chapter 1417 — The Goings-On of Each Family, Part 2
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"Wei Zhao? Wei Zhao and the Chen family..." Liu Tianyi froze for an instant, then said: "That's right — the Chen family's little granddaughter, Shen Yushu, is the best friend who lives with Gu Mengyao, and her ties to Wei Zhao do seem quite close..."
"Wei Zhao's protectiveness of his own is known to all the world. Anyone who dares touch the people close to him ends up dead or crippled — never mind the Yu family; even the hidden Pi family and the hidden Zhao family are given not a scrap of face," Liu Jinghan said. "If Wei Zhao truly took this matter in hand, then the Chen family would most likely come through safe and sound."
"Wei Zhao... yes, if Wei Zhao intervened, this matter would indeed become a great deal easier." Liu Tianyi nodded, voicing his agreement. "What Jingjing means is that Wei Zhao is very likely to take up the Chen family's affair?"
"Not likely. If Shen Yushu opened her mouth, it would be a hundred percent certain," Liu Jinghan said. "As far as I know, the bond between Shen Yushu and Wei Zhao is absurdly close."
"Then what of the Wu family... Ah, I see — it's Wei Zhao again!" Spurred on by Liu Jinghan, Liu Tianyi had worked several things out for himself. "Word has it that Wu Chengtian has taken one of Wei Zhao's underlings as his boss. In that case, Wei Zhao will naturally not sit idly by while the Wu family's affairs unfold..."
"Exactly. So right now the most exposed family is our own. Fortunately, the Kang family has already fallen on hard times, and has now turned enemies with the Xiao family. If the Kang family sought promotion among the great families, the first to object would surely be the Xiao family. The Yu family will not offend the Xiao family — riding the high tide as it is, with the backing of the hidden Pi family — over that; so the Kang family poses no great threat to us." Liu Jinghan paused. "But neither may we drop our guard. Who knows what tricks the Yu family might play?"
Liu Tianyi and Liu Tianli both nodded in agreement, and old Master Liu Zhenhu finally spoke: "Is it all clear now? Do your own duties as you ought. The Liu family, in theory, is in no danger this time — though unknowns remain. Still, as Jingjing has said, if Wei Zhao truly intervened in the Wu family's and the Chen family's affairs, he might not decline to concern himself with ours either. Recently, on Jingjing's advice, relations between our Liu family and Wei Zhao have been in their honeymoon."
"Understood!" Liu Tianyi and Liu Tianli both nodded...
Meanwhile, only Old Master Chen wore a shadowed look upon his face. At this coming clan assembly, the odds were truly stacked against him. How was he to answer it? But whatever the case, attend he must. Not to go would mean voluntarily surrendering the family's name as a great house — and would that not suit the Yu family's wishes to perfection?
Chen Yuxuan's proposal had genuinely tempted Old Master Chen as well: let Shen Yushu and Wei Zhao be joined in marriage, and the Chen family's present crisis could naturally be defused. With Wei Zhao in his current ascendant posture, even if the Yu family ground its teeth in fury, there was nothing it could do to him!
Yet the key problem remained the ancient sect. Old Master Chen did not dare dissolve the betrothal with the ancient sect. Once he took it upon himself to betroth Shen Yushu to another man, and the ancient sect truly came to call him to account, the one blamed would not be him alone — Shen Yushu would suffer too.
For now, at worst, they would lose their standing among the great families, while the Chen family's lives and fortunes stayed secure. And in the future, should the ancient sect once more come to propose a match, the Chen family would recover its former glory. So for the sake of the Chen family, Old Master Chen had no choice but to adopt a conservative course and endure in silence for the time being.