The True Young Master Saves the Soul Pet World by Eating Melons – CH82

Chapter 82: Beating Around the Bush

The City Lord Yu insisted aloud that Yu Beixuan would never call City Lord Si “Father,” but deep down, he thought the same.

If he had to call him anything, it should be “father-in-law.” Why “father”?

But calling him father-in-law—Old Si would probably refuse. So what, should Xuanxuan call him “sir father-in-law”?

In short, father-in-law or whatever else was fine—but directly calling him “Dad” or “Father” was absolutely unacceptable.

He, Yu Lipu, was Yu Beixuan’s one and only father!

Thinking about how Xuanxuan had taken a liking to Old Si’s youngest son, City Lord Yu felt indignant, though his body was far more honest than his words.

He summoned several of his trusted aides and ordered them to thoroughly investigate evidence of the crimes committed years ago by Third Master Si.

He knew it was unrealistic to expect City Lord Si to personally kill Third Master Si. Originally, he had planned to do it himself. But now that his own son had set his sights on City Lord Si’s son, it would be inappropriate for him to take action.

After all, they were practically relatives now. Such matters were easy to do but hard to talk about—so borrowing someone else’s knife to kill was the safest method.

Thus, during this period, City Lord Yu had been tracking down evidence of Third Master Si cuckolding people all over the place. His efficiency was impressive—just look at how the bounty notices outside were multiplying by the day.

After reading the latest message sent by City Lord Si, City Lord Yu summoned Yu Beiming.

He showed him the contents of the message and smiled. “Mingming, take a trip to Lianshui City for me. There are things others can’t uncover—but you should be able to.”

“Bai Lianrou’s Mo Water Black Lotus is of a high grade, but your Heavenly Water Sacred Lotus is of an even higher tier.”

Yu Beiming nodded with a smile. “Rest assured, Father. I know what to do.”

“After I finish matters in Lianshui City, may I go to Central City?”

“I heard City Lord Si bought each of his three sons a large estate. Shouldn’t Father also make some gesture?”

City Lord Yu immediately lowered his head. “Do you think that’s possible?”

“Old Si doesn’t need to hide private funds. He’s got small treasury vaults everywhere, full of good things, and he can take from them anytime.”

“But my things are all managed by your mother, and I…”

Yu Beiming sighed. “Then Father should reflect on himself first. When you had money, what did you buy?”

“You spent one billion high-grade soul stones on a Snow Phoenix egg. It was dead.”

City Lord Yu immediately retorted, “But later your elder brother contracted an Ice Luan. After eating that Snow Phoenix egg, it evolved into an Ice Phoenix!”

Yu Beiming continued, “And you spent another billion high-grade soul stones buying me a Water Dragon egg. It turned out to contain a water snake.”

City Lord Yu said dejectedly, “It was still a high-grade soul pet. That’s not a total loss, right?”

“Didn’t Old Wang next door raise it quite well?”

Yu Beiming chuckled. “Losing five hundred million doesn’t count as a loss, I suppose? Who told Father to be so extravagantly rich?”

City Lord Yu muttered in dissatisfaction, “Isn’t that because you were picky? If you’d raised it, I wouldn’t have lost anything.”

Yu Beiming: “……”

But that egg simply wasn’t worth that price!

After a moment’s thought, Yu Beiming added, “You also spent one billion to buy Xuanxuan a pitch-black egg.”

“The black spider that crawled out did indeed carry the aura of a top-tier soul pet—and then it nearly tried to possess Xuanxuan!”

“If not for Xuanxuan’s special constitution, which allowed him to devour the spider’s power instead, you probably would have…”

This time, City Lord Yu’s head went straight under the table. He truly had no way to refute that.

After that incident, his Xuanxuan had run away from home, sob sob…

His wife had locked up all his treasury vaults too, using brand-new locks he didn’t even have keys for, sob sob…

Yu Beiming patted City Lord Yu’s shoulder helplessly. “If you truly care about Xuanxuan, then love him a little less.”

“Leave the loving-Xuanxuan part to us instead.”

City Lord Yu: I knew it—you scheming brat just want to steal Xuanxuan’s affection from me!

But he had no choice. He was in the wrong. After that incident, he hadn’t dared to face Xuanxuan again, always feeling guilty. He only dared to hide in the shadows and secretly take a glance whenever Xuanxuan returned home in secret.

City Lord Yu sighed. “I’ll ask your mother for funds—for you three brothers…”

Yu Beiming reminded him, “And little sister. You’re such a successful father—you must treat everyone equally.”

In Yu Beiming’s view, fatherly love could be uneven—but materially, it had to be equal.

After all, no one could quite endure City Lord Yu’s version of fatherly love.

Sometimes Yu Beiming even wished his father would redirect all that fatherly affection toward the fiend beasts outside the city walls. Maybe then they’d die a bit faster—and Xuanxuan wouldn’t have to suffer from paternal love.

After Yu Beiming left, City Lord Yu first went to request funds from his wife, then summoned his eldest son, Yu Beimo.

“Momo, Father has an important task for you!”

“What is it?” Yu Beimo was somewhat reluctant; he had been planning to find an opportunity to sneak off to Central City.

City Lord Yu stuffed a large pile of items into Yu Beimo’s hands—mostly soul stone cards and storage rings.

“Take these first, then go to Central City and buy four estates—one for each of you siblings.”

“For Xuanxuan’s estate, it’s best to buy one next to Si Er, understand?”

“Understood.” Yu Beimo immediately beamed. “Rest assured, Father. I can definitely handle such a small matter.”

What perfect timing—just as he was feeling sleepy, someone handed him a pillow. He had just been thinking about going to Central City, and now Father was stuffing him with money.

City Lord Yu added, “It’s best if the four of your estates are close together too, so you can look after one another.”

Yu Beimo smiled. “Don’t worry, Father. I understand.”

City Lord Yu patted his shoulder. “Eldest son, you’ve always been somewhat unreliable—but you are the eldest, after all. Father should be able to trust you, right?”

Yu Beimo couldn’t help twitching his lips. What did he mean by always unreliable? In what way was he unreliable?

“If Father has something to say, just say it. Why beat around the bush?”

And the way he was circling around wasn’t pleasant to hear.

City Lord Yu said, “Xuanxuan trusts you two older brothers fairly well. After buying the estates, you should remain in Central City and continue taking care of Xuanxuan.”

“Look, Si Yi has already moved there to live. We can’t lose, can we?”

Yu Beimo nodded with a grin. “Exactly. And Si Yi is quite wealthy—he must be buying things for his two younger brothers all the time. I can’t just stand by and watch, can I?”

“What others have, our Xuanxuan must have too, right?”

“You unfilial brat!” City Lord Yu raised the ice hammer in his hand. “If you want money, just say so. Why beat around the bush?”

“Isn’t what I just gave you enough?”

Though he said that, when he thought about City Lord Si and Si Yi’s wealth and generosity, he reluctantly took out all the private savings he had accumulated over the years.

No matter what, he absolutely could not let Xuanxuan lose face in front of the person he liked.

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