Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 585 - 585 166 The Heart of Parents in the World

Chapter 585: Chapter 166: The Heart of Parents in the World Chapter 585: Chapter 166: The Heart of Parents in the World The couple felt mentally drained.

They watched as a beautiful match filled with mutual affection was ruined by a single careless phrase from their daughter.

The couple knew their daughter, Dong Xiaoyan, hadn’t meant any harm with her words.

However, the way Ling Yunduan took it could be quite different.

Someone was confessing to you, and you responded by pointing out a toad.

If that wasn’t misinterpreted… unless Ling Yunduan was even more foolish than Dong Xiaoyan.

How is Ling Yunduan, a clean and pretty looking young man, equated with a toad?!

How could he maintain his enthusiasm after hearing that?

Anyone in his place would be disheartened.

No wonder it was widely rumored that Dong Xiaoyan, the gem of the Cloud Palace, was perfect in every way, except for her tongue that ruins everything!

Even Dong Canglan could hardly find words when he put himself in Ling Yunduan’s shoes.

Once he began retracing Feng Yin’s thought process, everything became clear –

When the girl asked me what kind of wife I want in the future?

I was delighted: She is testing me.

So I said, someone like you.

I was waiting for a blush, or a playful scold: You naughty rogue!

But she gave no response and just ran off.

What could that mean? No reaction is good news?

A few days later when we met again, I was still curious. Before I could finish my sentence about the ideal wife, she said: Here is a toad, look how cute it is.

My mind quickly interpreted: so, in your eyes, I am nothing more than a toad that dreams of eating swan meat. At most, I could only be a cute toad. But a toad is a toad, there’s no difference!

If this toad role is up for grabs, I certainly don’t want it.

The budding love in my heart was thus nipped in the bud, with no possibility of reconnection.

Then, I had to face her parents’ interrogation. What could I do? What else could I do?

She clearly has no feelings for me, do I need to please her parents then?

I get it; all I would get from licking boots would be nothing!

If your daughter doesn’t want me, why are you two questioning a toad?

Thus, the truth of the matter was clear.

The couple watched as their daughter laughed merrily, feeling both puzzled and helpless.

My goodness, what on earth did we do to deserve such a daughter?

It seems high time for us to reassess things!

Dong Canglan waved his hand weakly, ushering his daughter to rest.

“I’ll stay and chat with you for a while longer.” Dong Xiaoyan was enjoying the conversation.

Especially when it came to Feng Yin, she seemed quite enthusiastic.

The worn-out couple waved their hands: “We’re tired…”

“How could you be tired…” Dong Xiaoyan was displeased.

Lady Dong pushed her daughter out the door, as if she was pushing away a pile of dung, and closed the door with a resounding slam.

She then leaned back against the door and let out a long sigh.

“Ah…”

This sigh summed up her inexplicable sorrow.

“What to do? Let’s talk it over.”

The couple huddled together in discussion.

“Yan Yan’s injuries are mostly healed, not only fully recovered but also advanced her cultivation, quite rare.” Lady Dong said.

“Ah… you don’t need to tell me that, I noticed it at a glance.”

“Especially the face injury, it has healed well, it won’t even leave a scar.”

“I know all these things you’re telling me, what are you implying?!”

“What else could it be?”

“It’s all about her lifelong matter, dear!”

Dong Canglan sighed at the sky, his heart knotted with melancholy.

“Aren’t you the one who’s most reluctant to see our daughter married off? Isn’t she your adorable girl? You can keep her for life, why bother worrying about her lifelong affairs?” Lady Dong said mockingly, rolling her eyes.

“How could it be the same?”

Dong Canglan scrunches his face: “If she were slightly abnormal, how could I bear to see her get married? The problem now is not that I can’t bear to see her get married, but that I fear she’ll ruin all her good marital prospects!”

“Well, you should be worried that she may never get married in this lifetime!” Lady Dong retorted sarcastically.

“Isn’t that what I’m worrying about right now?! There’s this fine young man, whom she herself is keen on, and somehow she’s messed up the whole thing by herself!”

“There’s a difference between never getting married and missing the opportunity to get married, isn’t there?”

Palace Master Dong’s face filled with regret, his tone unusually disheartened.

“You should know, it’s one thing to be unable to get married when one doesn’t have a target, but it’s another thing to not be able to marry the man you are deeply in love with. This is a lifelong regret. You know our daughter’s temper, there’s a high chance she might choose to remain unmarried for a lifetime. Can you compare these two circumstances? More than that, her marriage prospects were ruined by herself. What would she think about it?”

At Dong Canglan’s words, Lady Dong began to worry as well.

“That is indeed the case.”

Dong Canglan said, “Although this Ling Yunduan looks average and isn’t very pleasing to the eye, his abilities, knowledge, progress, martial arts, physique are all just about good enough to match our daughter.”

“Ah… Elder Dong, what are you saying?”

Lady Dong’s eyes widened in surprise. She had high hopes for Feng Yin and felt guilty for her husband’s unjustified degradation of him: “Ling Yunduan is eight hundred times superior to your daughter!”

Dong Canglan grimaced, “What I mean is, although the boy’s not good enough for the first young lady of our Heavenly Sword Cloud Palace, there are few who can match Yan Yan in the whole world.”

“We just have to tolerate it and maybe cultivate him further in the future, isn’t that simple?”

“…” Lady Dong was rendered speechless. She could increasingly relate to the statement that fathers-in-law and sons-in-law are natural enemies.

“But now… that girl has made him unattractive, sigh…”

“It’s already like this, just tell me the solution directly, don’t I know the reasons?” Lady Dong had no idea what to do at this point, so she bluntly asked for advice.

But Dong Canglan was also silent, not speaking for a long while.

The earlier anger of ‘who dares to touch my cabbage’ had long been replaced with ‘what can be done if our daughter never gets married, it would be a lifelong regret’.

And moreover, a deep sense of anxiety had arisen: ‘what can be done with such a foolish and senseless daughter at home’.

“But having said that, this Ling Yunduan… can be considered a talent,” Palace Master Dong had the final say.

“He’s not just ‘considered’ talented, he is indeed talented. I find this young man quite good, very good, extremely good,” Lady Dong stated.

The couple, with their years of wisdom, rarely made mistakes in their judgement of people.

“Judging from his demeanor, fortune, foundation, and future prospects… all are top-notch, he’s obviously not your average Joe.”

Palace Master Dong had also experienced youth, despite his contrary remarks, he knew well in his heart.

In the eyes of experienced individuals like them, all the young people who caught their attention and did not die prematurely were bound to become influential figures in the future.

At this moment, the couple had acknowledged that Ling Yunduan was an excellent choice for a son-in-law!

Perhaps even… the only choice!

Of course, if Dong Xiaoyan hadn’t been so naive and foolish to commit such an unprecedented blunder, no matter how good Feng Yin was, they would still have to scrutinize him more carefully. But now it’s their daughter herself who has been irrational, or you could say, acted without thought— neither of the couple was willing for their daughter to experience the regret of unrequited love, a pitiful state which is harder to tolerate than facing the vast sea of sorrow.

That’s not to say, it’s not unusual that Ling Yunduan’s good looks have already won someone over.

If Wan Li has someone like that, what should we do?

“Our Yan Yan is naive, she needs someone more cunning, otherwise the couple might suffer later.”

“I see Ling Yunduan as very cunning and extremely strategic. It couldn’t be a better match.”

“I fear that if she is with him, our Yan Yan might be at a disadvantage…” Lady Dong worried.

“What are you talking about, how can one be at a disadvantage when it comes to husband and wife matters?” Palace Master Dong argued.

“That makes sense.” Lady Dong pondered thoughtfully, “So that’s why I unconsciously end up at a disadvantage?”

“What are you talking about? Isn’t it obvious right now that I am strictly controlled by you? We are talking about Yan Yan, you as a mother are much more shrewd than Yan Yan.”

“I won’t lie to myself, I admit I might have controlled you a bit too much…”

Lady Dong was worried, “But such an outstanding man, will surely have many beautiful women by his side, there will be many who will proactively pursue him and plan to win his heart.”

“I am indeed worried about the same issue, it’s hard for men to pursue women, but for women to pursue men, it’s too easy.”

Palace Master Dong deeply shared her sentiments, nodding repeatedly, “Once the trousers are off, it’s like a done deal, too simple.”

“Whack!”

Palace Master Dong’s head took a hard slap, seeing stars from the hit.

“Shut your foul mouth, you utter nonsense!”

Immediately, Palace Master Dong clamped his mouth shut, rolling his eyes to the ceiling, not uttering another word.

…

After a while, the Bai brothers, Bai Changhai and Bai Changshan, were summoned.

Lady Dong set up a sound barrier, while Palace Master Dong thundered in anger, pointing at their noses and cursely harshly, leaving no stone unturned.

The Bai brothers took the scolding with bowed heads.

Although they didn’t understand the situation, they were content listening to the scolding.

To be honest, they both felt aggrieved: In the forest, they saw their young lady leaning on Ling Yunduan after getting injured.

The way the two were messing around on the way here, something that has never happened with their young lady, they had seen it all.

After arriving here, during her recovery period, once their young lady could move, she would visit Ling Yunduan’s room every day, staying close with him… all of these things did really happen, didn’t they?

They had all become used to these things, okay?!

And now all of a sudden, everything was their fault?

What exactly… is going on here?