Chapter 2692 — Happy Again
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"A good-for-nothing? Precisely because he is a good-for-nothing, resentment is what builds up, is it not?" the Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor said flatly. "Yu Yi, play them the recording of the call with the Zhao family's Old Mian..."
"Yes, sir!" Yu Yi answered, then drew out a voice recorder and began to play the call recorded inside.
"Qibing has already confessed. It was because Yu Shan hated Wei Zhao that he laid this trap..." Old Mian's voice came from the recorder.
"Impossible, that's impossible! Zhao Qibing knows nothing about Yuning and Wei Zhao..." Yu Shan shrieked. "And it wasn't me who set the trap—it was him, he told me to do it, I have a recording of the call too, I kept the evidence!"
"Yu Shan... you..." Hearing Yu Shan's words, Yu Xiaozhong knew it was over. Whether or not Yu Shan had laid the trap, he had certainly taken part—he was an accomplice in this kidnapping, and this time there was truly no escape for him.
"Yu Ba, take him away and keep him under watch. I don't want to see him again!" The Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor asked nothing further about the details, but waved his hand and had Yu Ba take Yu Shan away. It was enough that Yu Shan's involvement was confirmed; whether the scheme had been Zhao Qibing's idea or Yu Shan's no longer mattered. "Put him under house arrest for now. Feed him nothing but the cold leftovers from the servants' meals each day—just enough that he doesn't starve."
"Yes!" Yu Ba nodded in assent.
Yu Shan was led away, seething with unwillingness. Had the scheme succeeded—had Wei Zhao been made to weep and the Yu family brought low—he would not have minded; even death would have been a death worth dying. But now... he could not accept it!
Yu Xiaozhong's face was the color of ashes. He sat there in silence.
"Eat, the rest of you. I have no appetite left. I came here only to bring you this news. Yu Xiaozhong, from now on you need not concern yourself with the family's affairs either—just cultivate in peace!" The Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor waved his hand and spoke indifferently.
"Yes... Father..." Yu Xiaozhong knew his standing in the Yu family was finished; that he could keep his former cultivation resources was already more than he could hope for. He could only sigh—it seemed his branch of the family would have no chance of competing from now on.
"Yuning, come with me." With that, the Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor rose to his feet.
"Oh..." Her mind unsettled, Yuning followed the Old Ancestor out of the banquet hall and into a small room nearby.
"Xiaoning, sit." The Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor gestured for her to take a seat. "Let me talk to you about Wei Zhao."
"Mm..." Yuning nodded, turning expectant eyes on the old man.
"You surely understand yourself that there can be no future between you and Wei Zhao. Setting aside the fact that your own future lies along an extraordinary path—even as things stand, Wei Zhao already has several wives. Do you still mean to join the fray?" The Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor meant to cut off all dealings between Yuning and Wei Zhao through this conversation. He had come to see clearly enough that damming a river is worse than dredging it, and in any case it could no longer be dammed—with Wei Zhao's strength, he was no longer someone the old man could bend to his will.
"Grandfather, don't you have several wives yourself? What is improper about it?" Yuning blinked in puzzlement and asked curiously.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Only then did the Hidden Yu family's Old Ancestor recall that Yuning had grown up within the Hidden Yu family and, apart from training excursions, had never set foot outside. Having seen and heard such things all her life inside the Hidden Yu family, she would never think twice about it. He had miscalculated!