LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 66 - Big Face
Ren Guang recalled the people who had said hurtful things that made Mira upset, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
He wasn’t unaware of the intentions behind those people’s words—they clearly aimed to create a rift between Mira and Lucy.
After all, Mira had stood by Lucy during her most difficult times, and Lucy should never forget that loyalty if she truly values their bond.
Now that Lucy has not only recovered but is also being groomed by Prince Arthur, with plans to send her to the Special Talent Training Center due to her biological father’s influence, the entire Blue and Black Empire knows what kind of heights someone from there can reach.
They can already foresee the high achievements Lucy is likely to attain.
So those who feared losing Lucy to another faction used the revelation of her hidden skills to provoke Mira, hoping to create discord between Lucy and their own faction.
During the time Lucy was away from the family and revealed her hidden potential, many in the family were shocked and, under the instigation of some, began to view her as scheming.
However, this is indeed a fact, and Ren Guang himself harbored such concerns.
After all, due to his mother’s indulgence and his frequent absences, his sister is genuinely naive. If Lucy wanted to deceive Mira, she would not only be fooled but would happily help Lucy count the money.
But when he saw the two young girls chatting and laughing together as they always had, his worries diminished significantly.
In noble families and high-ranking households, anyone with some ability inevitably has some schemes. Those without protection and without a bit of cunning often end up not even knowing how they met their end.
The people who criticize Lucy for being scheming are often themselves the most scheming. If Lucy weren’t so shrewd, she would have been crushed into mud long ago and unable to recover.
Would the clansmen become close to her and speak well of her simply because she is incapable and foolish?
No. The recent cyberbullying incident has already proven that those people would not only avoid stepping in but would simply watch coldly from the sidelines.
Of course, the cyberbullying incident involved a great deal of work from their great-aunt Zhao Fanni, and their cousin Erica, who recently returned to the family, also seemed to be involved in some way.
If the truth is that Lucy’s father intended for Lucy to be the daughter of the great-uncle and swapped the identities of the two children, then it’s understandable that the great-aunt and cousin Erica would dislike Lucy.
However, if that is not the case and the child-swapping issue was actually done by the great-uncle and great-aunt themselves, then their treatment of Lucy is truly repulsive.
What’s even more disgusting is that despite the situation escalating to this point, they still have the audacity to hope that Lucy will stay with them.
If Lucy had known about this when she was very young, given her limited power, all she could have done was to hide herself, especially since her biological parents were no longer around.
Ren Guang decided that, despite the disgusting behavior of the great-uncle and great-aunt, as long as Lucy didn’t direct her schemes toward his sister, he would definitely support her.
In fact, after his father became the new head of the family, their family and Erica’s family had already taken opposing sides. It would be beneficial for his father if Lucy could be brought to their side.
Ren Guang thought about the arguments in the meeting room before he left, and then looked at his eleven-year-old cousin, who was three years younger than him but already had a cultivation level higher than his own. A flash of excitement crossed his eyes.
Lucy didn’t know what her seventh cousin was thinking, but when she heard him say that the new head of the family and the elders were waiting for her in the conference room, she released her mental energy.
Unlike on Prince Arthur’s command ship, where she didn’t dare to use her mental energy openly, here in the family’s residence, she felt free to do so.
Before she entered the family conference room, she used her mental energy to “watch” a heated debate.
The conference room was in chaos. The elders supporting the new head of the family agreed to include Atom Si in the family tree and to record Lucy under Atom’s name.
On the other side, those opposing this decision insisted on maintaining the original status quo. After all, the Nigli couple had raised Lucy to this age; how could Lucy just disregard her parents?
Their excuse was that Atom was a bastard, and he hadn’t made any significant contributions to the family. Acknowledging him would tarnish the family’s reputation.
A cold smile appeared on Lucy’s lips. Nigri Xi truly dared to think that she was still the same soft target from before, allowing him and his wife to manipulate her.
At the door to the conference room, Mira released Lucy’s hand and whispered, “I’ll wait for you at home.”
Lucy patted her on the shoulder, and the young girl happily walked away.
Ren Guang accompanied Lucy inside. Before entering, he quietly told her, “With your current cultivation level, as long as your requests are reasonable, the head of the family will handle them for you.”
Ren Guang emphasized the word “reasonable” heavily.
Lucy looked at him and understood the meaning behind her seventh cousin’s words. She smiled at him in response.
Although Ren Guang’s words seemed aimed at winning her favor, she didn’t mind.
From the commotion in the conference room, it was clear that Yuandong Xi, the newly appointed head of the family, lacked significant authority within the family.
Ren Guang, as his son, wanting to use his position to win her favor is completely normal, especially with Arthur as a backing.
It was considerate of him not to use Mira’s feelings as leverage in front of her.
As for whether Lucy would accept the attempt at persuasion, it was a given. The two opposing forces inside were the new head of the family’s faction and the former head of the family’s faction.
In fact, Lucy didn’t even need to ask the family to recognize her father.
When she entered the conference room, the expressions on the faces of the new head of the family and the elders present, as well as those on the video call, were all complex. The arguments ceased immediately.
The elders who had insisted on keeping Atom Si off the family registry, believing that acknowledging Atom would only bring shame to the family and make them a laughingstock among the other nine great families, now showed expressions of helplessness and shame.
Seeing that the eighteen-year-old Lucy was already a level-six warrior and also a level-five psychic, all their objections became irrelevant in the face of such a monstrous talent.
Even if Atom is a bastard, so what? The fact that he fathered such a daughter as Lucy means that other families can only envy and resent the Xi family; they would never mock them.
If they allowed such a young genius to become estranged from the family for this reason, that would be the real joke.
After all, there had already been an unpleasant incident before. If it happened again, they believed she would turn her back and leave immediately. She was no longer the weak and helpless girl they once knew.