262 Criminal Couple (2/2)

Li Yuan raised a brow and smirked, ”So was the man you wanted your daughter to marry.” He rolled his eyes and swatted his hand as if shooing a fly, ”It's trivial, really.”

Master Lu sneered at his face, ”You want me to pretend that the girl who was an imposter to my daughter is my adopted daughter. For what? To save face?”

At once hearing his statement a smug look appeared on Li Yuan's face and it didn't take long for Master Lu to realize the blunder his words had caused.

The fact that was ringing loud was that Lu Xinyi was the one gaining the most from the deal. Her security was being ensured and if her sister was associated with the Li's it would double the weight of her if something were to happen.

Not only that it would ensure the Li's would be out of their hairs for good. Lu Xinyi's reputation was in jeopardy because of her immoral stay at an unmarried man's house for months without awareness of her whereabouts.

If he was to declare or people were to know the girl who was living with them wasn't his daughter, people will question where had she been. If he was to announce that she had been missing people in the high society will disturb her mentally, her life would be subjected to disruption not to mention people will question her chastity.

The sharp socialites and feminist women will ridicule and make her life a living hell for having been a leftover of the heir of Li Household.

His little Pumpkin was too innocent and delicate for the criticism and harshness of the brutal worlds of vultures and snakes.

”Save face? Yes.” His smile dropped so did all the humor, all left was coldness and indifference, ”But…if you are doing anyone a favor, it's yourself and that dear daughter of yours.”

He was right and the most acute of men in the room knew that. They could feel the heightened tension. Both men were set on having the upper hand out of this.

Though wounded but Master Lu was a man of pride, but even the tallest of pagoda fall for their successors. For your blood, a man could drop to the lowest he ever had. He could beg and he could grovel.

His shoulder dropped and his sharp eyes assessed the man on his promise. He knew it in his heart that anything he did or said was just for show and his amusement. This conference room was just a ruse. If he wanted he could very well force it out of him.

”Are you threatening me, Young man?” His voice was more pensive with curiosity than clouded with rage.

Li Yaun scoffed and looked away, ”Eloping, scandalous dalliances with her fiancé's cousin, I have enough to ruin her,”

He took a pause for his words to register and then smirked, ”But for the sake of conversation assume otherwise. What do you think will happen if things were to be 'unharmonious' and left with a loop in this meeting. I can easily shut any mouth and you or government for that matter is not that inviolable. Besides, there are hundreds of families willing to be the family to my next fiance.”

It was his 'courteous' way of showing that he was doing them a favor.

Yes, he could and on a saner note, he would too then why? Why? Why bother to make sure his ex-fiance was well seated in the arrangement? It wasn't gratitude, he had repaid more than he took years ago...

With an unreadable expression, Master Lu gazed into his eyes, looking for something. ”When can I meet my adopted daughter?”

”You don't get to,” His expressions again faded to indifference, ”I prefer my fiancé to have little to no relatives.”

Master Lu stood up and so did Li Yaun, they shook hands to finalize their deal.

”It was a pleasure doing 'business' with you.”

”Pleasure…it was.”