C331 This life is enough (1/2)
The Qingming Villa under the night sky became cold and cheerless with the guests' hasty departure. A gentle breeze blew at the broken entrance of the Manor, causing the entire place to look extremely desolate.
At this moment, only the Fang family's people remained in the flower hall of Qingming Villa's rear flower garden.
The commotion ended, and the patriarchs of the Nangong Family and Ouyang Family did not linger. They said their farewells to Fang Hanshan and left, Xue Qingming and his grandsons did the same. Although the little girl Xue Ningshuang wanted to search for traces of Ye Qian, in the end, she gave up.
As for Liu Mingmei and her sister, they had originally wanted to return with Ye Qian on the same route. However, after searching for a few times, he still could not find any trace of Ye Qian, so she finally left by herself.
Even though the Fang family did not suffer any substantial losses, and had even made the Tian family fall apart, according to the current situation, the Tian family would not be able to turn the tide for at least twenty years. But as the master of the family, Old Master Fang Hanshan did not feel the slightest bit of joy.
With his back leaning on the sofa in the parlour, Fang Hanshan pinched the center of his brows, looking as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
Behind Fang Hanshan, Fang You De stood there respectfully, while Fang You Wei sat opposite of Fang Hanshan. However, Fang Jinlei seemed to be fine.
Fortunately, my brother-in-law was brave. Otherwise, our Fang family would have suffered a huge loss this time! ”The bastards of the Tian Clan really aren't people to be trifled with.” Fang Jinlei stuck out his tongue and teased.
However, Fang Youwei immediately turned his head and glared at his son, scaring Fang Jinlei to the point that he immediately shut his mouth, not daring to speak again.
”Ye Qian, Ye Qian, hehe, hehe!” Old Man Fang Hanshan murmured a few sentences, but the last two laughs sounded extremely helpless!
Fang Youde sighed with an unwilling expression, ”What a pity, what a pity. ”Who knew that in the end, it would all be for naught. If the three brothers of the Tian Clan are able to stay here tonight, then it would be for the best!”
Fang Youwei then interrupted, ”Lao Er, you can't force anything. It's not like you don't know about the connection between the Tian Family and the Yanjing. The Linhai is such an important strategic location. So no matter what happens, they will intervene in order to strike a balance in the situation! ”
Fang Youde nodded as if he understood something. Then, he looked at his old man with an inquiring gaze, ”Father, the Tian Clan has already suffered heavy injuries. We can't make a comeback for a short period of time. What should we do next?”
Fang Hanshan was startled, then laughed bitterly: ”What do we do? Is that all we can say? ” Fang Hanshan then pointed to the ceiling: ”That depends on what it says!”
Fang Youde sighed helplessly, but didn't say anything. Although the Fang family had existed for a hundred years, it was still the fate of being a chess piece. In the end, it was also a kind of sadness. But then again, how many people like Ye Qian existed in this world?
After he laughed out loud, Fang Hanshan continued, ”This old man isn't really concerned about the situation with the Linhai. With the ability of the family up there, even if the Tian Family falls, they can push a new family out of the Linhai at any time to replace the Tian Family.”
”Compared to all of these, this old man is more concerned about that brat Ye Qian …”
The expressions in Fang Youwei and Fang Youde's eyes flickered as they looked at each other.
”Good point. Do you still think that kid is a fool?” Fang Hanshan squinted his eyes and turned to look at his son.
Fang Youde's face turned red. He held back two sentences but was unable to say a single word.
Fang Hanshan chuckled twice again, ”I'm afraid that Ye Qian is the biggest variable with his current Linhai. With a wave of his hand, he easily crippled the Tian Clan. This matter will probably spread to capital before long. When those old fellows from capital heard about it disappearing, I really wonder what kind of expression they would have! ”
”Father, about the marriage of Miao Ge and Ye Qian, we …” Fang Youde looked at his father nervously.
Hearing Fang You De's question, Su Qianhong, who was at the side, started to become nervous.
After tonight's battle, Fang Youde and his wife's opinion of Ye Qian had changed by 360 degrees. Although Ye Qian was someone who was a little arrogant, whether it was compared to Shi Ting or compared to him, Ye Qian was still thousands of times stronger than them.
In the Linhai, there really wasn't anyone at Ye Qian's age that could be on par with a bunch of old fellows.
However, Fang Miaoge's status in the Fang Family was extraordinary, he was the candidate to be the next Patriarch of the Fang Family, so her marriage was naturally arranged in a cautious and prudent manner.
”Sigh!” Fang Hanshan let out a long sigh, ”Let's let this matter rest for now. The marriage contract is not clear, everything depends on fate!”
Fang Hanshan's words left a lot of room for manoeuvre, but Fang Hanshan never thought that his ambiguous attitude would once again push the relationship between him and the Fang Family even further.
After letting out a long sigh, Fang Hanshan's gaze swept across the entire parlour once more. In the end, his throat choked up a bit: ”That's right, where's that girl Xue Wu?”
When he mentioned Fang Xuewu, Fang Youde's heart instantly ached. Fang Youde's eyes turned wet as his voice turned hoarse. However, he did not say a single word.
”Xue Wu, Xue Wu …” Fang Youde sighed helplessly.
Fang Hanshan laughed bitterly, lowered his head, as if he was an aggrieved old man: ”I know, all of you blame me for being too cold-blooded in my treatment of Xue Wu. However, all of this is for the Fang Clan, and for the future of the Fang Clan. ”
Giving Fang Wugen a fierce stare, Fang Hanshan continued: ”That's right, don't think that the position of Patriarch is so easy. Sitting in this position requires one to know how to choose and how to give up, simply acting emotionally will drag the Fang Family into a deep abyss!”