Chapter 635 - Leaving The Min Family (1/2)

”Haha… I must be dreaming. There's no way he'd be here.” Min Li released a low laugh before shaking her head and returning to staring outside the window.

”Who's dreaming?” Yuan asked her.

”...”

After a moment of silence, Min Li turned to look at him again, her eyes wider than before.

”A-Are you real? Am I not asleep? Are you really Disciple Yuan?” Min Li asked for confirmation.

”Why are you still calling me Disciple Yuan? I am no longer a disciple of the Dragon Essence Temple. Just call me Yuan, Disciple Min.” Yuan said with a gentle smile on his face.

And he continued, ”Also, I am here to fulfill my promise.”

Min Li's body visibly trembled when she heard his words.

Meanwhile, Min Yide stared at Yuan from the side with a look of disbelief on his face.

'Y-Yuan? He can't be! Impossible!' Min Yide refused to believe that he was the same 'Yuan' who dominated the Mystic Realm— the same Yuan that they have been desperately trying to recruit.

'Why is he here?! I thought Min Li failed to recruit him!' Min Yide cried inwardly.

”Dis— Yuan!” Min Li jumped out of her seat and pounced at him with her arms wide open, embracing him tightly when she was close enough.

”You really returned for me! I thought you wouldn't make it!”

”I made a promise to you, after all.”

”...” Min Yide watched as his youngest child embrace the current number one genius in the Lower Heavens with intimacy, his eyes and mouth as wide as saucers.

”W-What is going on here…?” Min Yide mumbled in a low voice after snapping out of his daze.

Yuan turned to look at him and spoke in a calm voice, ”I promised Min Li that I'd climb the Stairway to Heaven for her, so she might not be able to attend the marriage. Do you have any problems with it?”

”Hmph! I never even agreed to this marriage in the first place! They tricked me into returning home and locked me in this room for the past week! All because I failed to recruit you into the family!” Min Li coldly snorted.

”I kind of figured that was the case.” Yuan sighed.

He then turned to look at Min Yide and said, ”Forcing your children to do something so ridiculous and then punishing her with even more ridiculousness… If this is how the Min Family operates, I do not wish to join it.”

Min Yide subconsciously opened his mouth to make some kind of excuse, but he ultimately decided to remain silent, as he was certain that they'd lost all hope in recruiting Yuan to their family.

'If only we treated Min Li better… If only we waited just a little longer…' Min Yide sighed inwardly.

He then said, ”What about the Gu Family? They have long been spreading news of your marriage with Gu Tao. If you don't show up for the wedding, it will not only ruin our reputation, but we'll also be a laughing stock for years to come.”

”Hell, the Gu Family, our closest ally, will most likely cut all connection with us afterward.”