lcionline Chapter 249: The Head of the Family
Chapter 249: The Head of the Family
"So, Xiaoyu, you've had this idea for a while now, haven't you?" Fan Qingyin asked knowingly when they returned to their room that evening.
"Xiao Yu had already planned to bring the Lu and Lan families into her business project, and she even thought of the model and details, but I had no idea about it at all."
Fan Qingyin changed into a comfortable and light nightgown and sat on a chair by the window, her gaze filled with a hint of resentment.
Jiang Yu quickly sat down on the chair next to him, grabbed his hand and hurriedly explained, "Oh dear, I have indeed been thinking about this matter. Actually, only the general framework has been developed. I didn't know if Lu Shuang and Lan Yu would be interested. I only decided to continue to finalize the details now that they have agreed."
“I’m afraid the plan will fall through. If there’s no need to go into more detail, you’re already busy enough. Why would I bother you with this?”
Jiang Yu truly believed this. Unfortunately, Fan Qingyin was still not completely comforted.
Fan Qingyin sat in the large chair, unusually not maintaining a proper and upright posture. He sank into the soft backrest, holding a cushion in his arms.
Jiang Yu wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but even though Fan Qingyin didn't seem to have any expression, she felt that he looked a little pitiful and wronged.
Instead of asking Qingyin directly what was wrong, she first recalled the details of her time with Qingyin that day.
We quickly found some results.
"Is Qingyin a little unhappy because of Lu Shuang's outspokenness?" Jiang Yu couldn't help but smile. She thought Qingyin would never care about such things.
Fan Qingyin turned her indifferent eyes to stare at Jiang Yu, a layer of grievance slowly rising in them: "Xiao Yu guessed it right away."
Jiang Yu pulled the pillow out of his arms, knelt down on the carpet next to him, and leaned her head intimately on his knees, letting out a satisfied sigh.
"I've already told you, I love your red hair and red eyes so much, why do you still care about what other people think?"
Jiang Yu muttered softly, "Besides, they didn't say anything. I think Shuangshuang was just a little surprised."
“But Xiaoyu, you really liked my old hair color.” Fan Qingyin pursed his lips. Xiaoyu loved to hold his hair in her hands and watch it fall like snow through her fingertips. She had kissed his silver hair many times when he wasn’t looking. She would even blush when she saw Fan Qingyu with the same silver hair and ice-blue eyes.
He knew that his sister looked a lot like him.
“Red hair or silver hair,” Jiang Yu looked up at Fan Qingyin, “I like your hair color because I like you. As long as it’s you, that’s all that matters.”
Fan Qingyin had anticipated his wife's attitude, but still narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, "I know Xiaoyu likes me, so..."
"Am I the one you like the most?" He asked softly, but his eyes were serious. He seemed nonchalant on the surface, but his heart was heavy and stubborn.
For a long time, Jiang Yu only loved him. He could sense that compared to her limited affection for Lin Yi, the scales of her feelings had tipped heavily in his favor.
But now Lin Yi is becoming more and more important, and there's another Moya.
While this is a good thing for family harmony, this seemingly fairer balance is actually depriving him of more of the emotions that once belonged to him.
Fan Qingyin did not hide her loneliness, showing it all to her wife who was kneeling on her knees.
Jiang Yu was stunned. Then she knelt between Fan Qingyin's legs, reached out and pulled her husband's head down so that he could look her in the eye.
Fan Qingyin's gaze, as mellow as red wine, pierced straight into her heart, leaving it moist and soft.
"No matter when, I like you the most, I love you the most."
She also liked Lin Yi and Mo Ya. But the first person to open her heart on this strange continent, the first person to hold her in their hands and embrace her with love that was gentle and subtle, was Qing Yin.
Therefore, she sincerely and earnestly hoped that Qingyin could see her own heart reflected in her eyes.
Fan Qingyin's eyes seemed to have turned even redder, a shimmering red that could drown Jiang Yu. His cold, snow-white face, paired with that color that seemed to burn everything to ashes, was like the best aphrodisiac in the world.
He then kissed her passionately, his kiss lingering and intense. Fearing that Jiang Yu would be uncomfortable kneeling, he quickly scooped her up from the ground and pulled her into his arms.
He was unusually enthusiastic today, and couldn't resist leaving a few small marks on Jiang Yu.
As the rain subsided, Jiang Yu nestled in Fan Qingyin's arms, drifting off to sleep, when she heard his gentle voice.
"Xiaoyu, when you're ready, let Yi go and collect the fertility fruit first."
Jiang Yu was instantly wide awake and looked up at Fan Qingyin in a daze, but the other woman just looked at her with great affection: "Of course, I hope you can wait two years before making this plan. You are still too young."
Jiang Yu didn't say anything, but buried her head back in Fan Qingyin's arms, hugging him tightly.
"Next year, we can focus on your marriage with Moya. In addition, the royal family of the Ocean Empire still owes you a favor, so they should stop pressuring you."
Fan Qingyin continued, "Then you decide on the right to give birth to the first child, and the Jiang family and the Empire will have even less to say."
"Xiaoyu should decide on her partner according to her own preferences."
Hmm, her husband was discussing choosing other partners with her, and she still didn't quite know how to respond.
Qingyin would consider all aspects, thinking of her, Lin Yi, and even Moya. Even though he had once opposed Moya's joining, after she resolutely accepted Moya, he seemed to have completely let go of his previous reservations and brought him under his wing as well.
Qingyin is like the patriarch of their family.
"And what about you? Why don't you think about yourself?" Jiang Yu said sullenly.
A warm glint flashed in Fan Qingyin's eyes as she lovingly kissed the top of the head of the person in her arms. Her tone was gentle yet full of confidence: "Even if Xiaoyu wants to find a prince as her partner, I will not lose in the empire's assessment."
"But..." He hesitated for a moment, after all, it was something he hadn't decided on himself, but after thinking for a few seconds, he decided to say it.
"If there were a possibility in the future, would Xiaoyu be willing to live with me in the Aurora Empire?"
Jiang Yu raised her head in shock. Her territory was here, and if she were to settle in the Aurora Empire with Qingyin, there was only one possibility.
"Qingyin, do you want to be the Pope?"
The Pope of the Aurora Empire holds a far higher position than the other two empires, not only rivaling the royal family of the Aurora Empire but also subtly implying that he is above the royal family.
Divine authority is unassailable. If Qingyin becomes Pope, he will wield immense influence in all three great empires.
“His Holiness the Pope spoke with me in private, but I haven’t agreed yet.” Fan Qingyin nuzzled Jiang Yu’s nose, a faint smile playing on his lips. “I also want the right to protect you.”
"If the wife of an ordinary divine messenger can be harmed at will by the royal family, then what about the Pope's wife?"