Chapter 147: A Peaceful Breakfast
"I have heard that both of you helped out with sorting this plan, which is similar to what I had in mind."
"Yes, that's right, but it was mainly because sister Yue helped out," An Zhihao agreed.
"Oh?" Xu Qianghua said as he looked towards Lin Yue.
"Family Head, actually, this plan was not ours to begin with. Instead, it is your own plan, but we perfected it," Lin Yue said.
"At first, I was just trying to see which position would be best suited for me and Hao'er, but something seemed to block my peeping, which made me unable to figure out anything," she continued.
"But then I saw the scene where all of you were talking and heard about the plan, so both of us went to Lady Meiying and Lady Lingyun to tell them about this plan we had modified," she said.
Hearing this, everyone except Xu Qianghua, Bai Lingyun, and Liu Meiying was stunned. They did not expect it to be like this.
'It must be because of the Imperial Serpent of Fate who induced her to watch this event,' Xu Qianghua thought as he quickly figured out the whole situation.
He thought of this because he knew that no Oracle Masters were able to peep into their fates due to the Imperial Serpent protecting both the family's fate and luck.
And when he says family fate, he means everything related to the family, including future scenes that will be hidden so that enemies cannot see their plans.
So Lin Yue's ability to see future events clearly shows that the Imperial Serpent did this.
But he did not think much about this as he knew that the Serpent would only help when it needed to, so it can be seen that his original plan had some flaws that he had overlooked.
And all of this was seen by the Imperial Serpent, so it helped him by letting the best helpers possible assist him.
'Thank you,' he said in his mind while looking up, where he could see the illusionary Serpent swimming in the clouds.
"Hiss-Roar," the serpent responded, but only he could hear this noise, so others did not react.
"I see, and you both were able to modify my plan?" Xu Qianghua asked.
"Yes, Family Head," Lin Yue said, "But since we did not make the original plan, we were unsure about some of the finer details, which is where Lady Bai Lingyun and Lady Meiying helped us."
"Don't worry. The talisman had the plan I made without asking anyone, and I can see that you guys did a good job," Xu Qianghua said, causing both Lin Yue and An Zhihao to relax.
"I see, then we will go through this plan and see what we can do to improve on it," he said and then turned to Bai Lingyun.
"Sister Lingyun, how long do you think we need for the whole plan to work?" he asked.
"Well, since a lot of the plan depends on how future events unfold, I am not completely sure, but I think we can start working on the Xu family army, and Xinyi will soon be able to expand her Imperial army, which will help her create her Empire," Bai Lingyun replied.
"Good, and I understand if most of the plan is not completed, as I had thought of this plan with future events in mind," he said.
"But as we are the only family-style player in the world, it would be hard to finish this plan, but I want us to get ready so that when the conditions are met, we can act," he said, which made everyone nod.
"Anyway, Xinyi and Yueyue, how are things going on your end?" he asked.
"Everything is going well; we decided to help each other expand and strengthen our forces," Huang Xinyi said with a smile.
She then explained how she helps Yan Yuehua recruit potential orphans in this city so that she is able to get more natives into the Shadow, which will help the original members and the family understand the ins and outs of the cities surrounding Jingzhong.
This is something that Huang Xinyi needs as she has already gained control of the city, as the army she built in the third City Lord challenge is with her to help whenever needed.
And because of this, all the native families have either surrendered or have been killed so that she can gain absolute control before she goes after other cities.
"Great job. Now we can start integrating into this city so that the citizens can accept us wholeheartedly," he said.
He said this because these citizens will be the main source of income for them, as they will be the main consumers of their products, which is an important source of income and something that Xu Qianghua can never ignore.
This is why many top families make sure that their main family is completely under their control, as any rival family coming in can limit their growth.
"Yes, we will be able to do that soon," Huang Xinyi said with a smile.
Then he talked to them some more as they ate, including Lin Yue and An Zhihao.
Xu Qianghua planned on bringing both of them into his inner circle as he intended to make them the heads of their branches while being the main advisors for him.
The other ladies saw this and then joined the two in their conversations to better understand these new arrivals.
Soon, an hour passed, and everyone in the room had already finished eating, and the maids had already cleaned everything.
But the ladies did not leave the room as they were all engrossed in their conversation.
Xu Qianghua, who saw this, had a peaceful smile as he saw everyone getting along.