Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 467: Chapter 63 The New Year’s Holiday is Approaching, Huofeng Issues a Challenge
 

By evening, the girls had finally made their decisions.

Su Yunjin bought several dresses, Lin Ning bought some college-style shirts and pleated skirts, Xie Ruoxi bought lots of miscellaneous casual wear, and Zhao Yuanzhen bought many pieces of traditional Chinese Hanfu.

Chen Lingyun didn’t buy anything, not even trying on any clothes. In her words, why spend money on second-hand goods that have been shipped and returned so many times?

Yan Jing, on the other hand, had several bags packed so full that Yan Yu almost suspected she was deliberately supporting her aunt’s business.

“You sure there’s enough room at home for all these clothes?” Yan Yu asked with a frown.

“That’s not for you to worry about,” Yan Jing said with a shrug. “Just pay for me, deduct it from that two million.”

Yan Yu: ……

When everyone returned to the Yan Family house, it was already 8 p.m. The parents were not home; they must have gone for a walk after dinner.

Lin Ning went to the kitchen to prepare some late-night snacks while the others stayed in the living room, either watching TV or playing with their phones, giggling and laughing, which made Yan Yu unconsciously frown.

Do they really think this is Jinling Villa? This is my house!

You all should roll out!

“Wow, it’s already 8 o’clock!” He took out his phone, glanced at it, and said with feigned surprise.

“That’s true,” Xie Ruoxi said with a silly smile, staring at her phone. “A new episode of my show just got updated.”

“Stop rushing me, stop rushing me!” Lin Ning called from the kitchen. “It’ll be ready soon!”

“Having dinner at eight does seem a bit late,” Su Yunjin said seriously.

“But it’s perfectly okay if it’s a late-night snack,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

“One must have three meals a day, otherwise nutrition can’t keep up,” Zhao Yuanzhen chimed in, saying something so absurd that nobody understood.

Xie Ruoxi glanced at her chest and, as if possessed, nodded in agreement.

“Stop pretending!” Yan Yu burst out impatiently. “After dinner, all of you go home! Regroup in Jinling after the seventh day of the new year!”

“What the heck!” The girls protested in unison. “Who kicks out their guests like this?”

“Cut the crap! Do you really want to stay over or something?” Yan Yu sneered.

That didn’t sound entirely impossible… Some of them suddenly entertained the idea.

Of course, no matter who it was, at present they would only think about it, since the parents were expected to return, and their own parents would not agree.

After the late-night meal, the four girls bid their farewells and left.

Yan Jing saw off her sisters who left reluctantly, then turned to look at Zhao Yuanzhen, who was still sipping tea in the living room, and suddenly felt a pang of curiosity.

All these sisters are interested in my older brother, doesn’t Zhao Sister worry, fear, or get jealous?

With a sudden surge of reckless courage while her brother went to the bathroom, Yan Jing approached Zhao Yuanzhen and asked cautiously:

“Zhao Sister, do you really like my older brother?”

Zhao Yuanzhen burst into laughter and said cheerfully:

“I like him? What a joke!”

Then she quickly realized she was staying at his house and hastily corrected herself:

“Actually, it’s not that I like him, but that he loves me too much. He begged me to come home with him for the New Year, and I only reluctantly agreed… Don’t tell him or your parents though, I worried he’d lose face.”

Yan Jing: ……

That’s it.

How could Sister Zhao say such a silly thing that nobody would believe with such a confident expression and tone?

If you didn’t like my big brother, why did you get so angry when you heard about that Deputy Captain Ye? What was that about?

Yan Jing was an incredibly clever little girl and quickly realized that it wasn’t her big brother who was really concerned about face, but Sister Zhao — not even daring to admit she liked big brother and insisting it was big brother who liked her, her self-brainwashing symptoms were very serious, she needed to be sent to Gudang Hospital for a brain check, pronto.

However, this also explained why Sister Zhao didn’t get jealous of the teammates… because she had a problem in her head, still waiting for big brother to take the initiative to pursue her.

After coming out of the bathroom, Yan Yu was pulled onto the balcony by his sister Yan Jing, who asked:

“Big brother, do you really plan on starting a harem?”

“Me?” Yan Yu showed an are-you-joking expression, “A single guy like me, starting a harem?”

Yan Jing’s breath hitched instantly, thinking that big brother’s skill at playing dumb was on a par with Sister Zhao’s self-brainwashing.

“But it’s a fact that they all like you,” she didn’t play word games with Yan Yu, pressing on with her questions.

“Indeed,” Yan Yu nodded and sighed, “This handsome face of mine really has brought me too much trouble.”

“Big brother is starting to be shameless again,” Yan Jing said with a giggling smile, “I really want to record what you just said and send it to the sisters to see what their reaction would be.”

“I haven’t lied,” Yan Yu glanced at his sister, “It’s just how the old Yan family genes are, producing handsome men and beautiful women, beloved by everyone.”

“Indeed,” Yan Jing immediately responded seriously, “As much as it sounds arrogant, this fact is undeniable.”

“So you can understand why they would end up liking me,” seeing that his sister had finally accepted reality, Yan Yu asked leisurely.

“So how do you plan to deal with it, big brother?” Yan Jing, however, changed the subject, “Choose one from among them? Or keep them all hanging until you get tired of playing and then choose one? Or simply ‘I want them all’?”

“I haven’t thought about this issue yet,” Yan Yu replied, “By the way, you’re quite young, yet how can you say ‘I want them all’? Are your thoughts a bit dirty?”

“What’s dirty about that?” Yan Jing dismissed it casually, “No matter who becomes my sister-in-law, they’ll all have to please me. The more sisters-in-law, the better my life, the moral blame naturally falls on you, big brother, so of course I hope the more sisters-in-law, the better. Is there any problem with this logic?”

After pondering for a moment, Yan Yu couldn’t find any flaws and couldn’t help but remark that the blue is made out of the indigo but is bluer than it. Thankfully, Jingjing was his sister, not a brother, otherwise, she would have been great material for starting a harem.

And who knows who would be unlucky enough to end up dating her and being manipulated by her in the future.

Of course, Yan Yu, as a big brother, didn’t feel anything about his sister dating other men in the future, but Father Yan seemed very unwilling to face that reality. Mother Yan had once joked about it at the dinner table, which made Father Yan so upset that he couldn’t eat and went to the balcony to smoke in silence.

Mother Yan didn’t harbor the same “reluctance to let go” sentiment for her son, jokingly saying that if her son couldn’t find a partner when he grew up, she would arrange for him to meet distant relatives back in their hometown for a blind date, gloriously called “adding kinship to kinship.”

Now, it seemed there was genuinely no need for that.

After the girls left, the days kept passing one by one. Zhao Yuanzhen was still eating and drinking every day, watching TV, chatting with Father Yan, Mother Yan, and Jingjing, perfectly integrating into the Yan family.

Yan Yu would occasionally watch some live streams, check out what powerful Transcendents the opposing camps had, and compare them with the memories from his past life, or chat with fellow Cultivators like Anna, Li Minghu, Ye Jun, Tang Xiaolian, and Zhou Hongyu — Zhou Hongyu being an exception, as their chats usually consisted of him unilaterally flirting with Little Zhou, who couldn’t take it anymore and started cursing, thereby ending the casual conversation.

On the sixth day of the new year, he suddenly received a call from Li Weiguo:

“Speaking of which, Yan Yu, it’s been a long time since your team has participated in a simulation exercise, right?”

“True,” Yan Yu was washing dishes in the kitchen, wedging his phone between his ear and shoulder, “We’ve all been busy fighting real battles against foreign Transcendents. Who has the time for domestic competition?”

“Well, but the international situation has relaxed a lot recently, so you won’t face situations that absolutely require you guys to fight,” Li Weiguo continued, “There’s a Mysterious Realm in Qingzang Province next week, and the organization plans to send Zhenhai Team over to develop it, giving an explanation to the Cultivator Athletic League. It’s not great to be rated as a Grade A team but never join in the competitions.”

“Sure,” Yan Yu thought that it was just a military exercise, considering Cultivators were a military profession, regular exercises and training during non-combat periods were inevitable, “Who’s the opponent?”

“The Huofeng Team,” Li Weiguo said, “No need for other teams; they wouldn’t stand a chance against you.”

“Oh,” Yan Yu nodded, “Trying to save some face for the Pingxi Army?”

“You just make sure you secure the victory,” Li Weiguo said with exasperation, “Since the last time you fought, the power of Huofeng Team has greatly improved. Zhou Hongyu’s Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, Tang Xiaolian’s Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu… both of these you managed to obtain, you should be aware of their strength.”

“It’s because I’m aware that I can say with confidence that we are sure to win,” Yan Yu replied with a smile.

“Alright, alright,” Li Weiguo laughed, “Then I’ll be waiting for your good news.”