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Chapter 239 Engagement
With everyone's concerted efforts, Lu Jinyan's engagement was fully prepared four days later. During this period, Mo Xuan's father did not send any news, so after obtaining their consent, Lu Jinyan decided to hold an engagement banquet with Ruohan first.
As for Mo Xuan, he naturally hoped that Lu Jin Yan would get engaged to him first, but his father had not given him an answer yet, and he did not want Lu Jin Yan to know that he was not on good terms with his family, so he agreed.
Lu Jinyan has been extremely busy these past few days. Apart from her regular visits to Ruohan and Lingyuan to improve her relationship with them, she has been busy almost all the time. Although an engagement is not the same as marriage, it still involves many rules and regulations. Fortunately, with the help of Aunt Chun and the others, she has finally managed to prepare smoothly.
Ruohan's favorability rating has reached 98%, and Lingyuan's is 18%. However, Lu Jinyan finds it strange that Lingyuan has been hiding in the courtyard lately and not coming out. Moreover, apart from her own daily efforts, his favorability rating hasn't been increasing.
She felt that she had been too busy lately and hadn't had time to spend with him to improve their relationship. She thought that after the engagement was over, she would have to visit Lingyuan more often.
Qin Hao is recovering very well. He's been able to go out and move around on his own these past few days. He occasionally helps Lu Jinyan and the others with some things, but because of his poor health, everyone tries to prevent him from doing so.
As for his grudge, it had already been resolved three days ago. The bad guy had received his due punishment, and Qin Hao had finally avenged his great grudge, which relieved much of the pent-up frustration in his heart.
Lu Jinyan was also delighted. Seeing his health improve day by day, she felt that her efforts had not been in vain.
However, through her observations over the past few days, Lu Jinyan noticed something amiss. She sensed something was off between Qin Hao and Lin Churan—a hint of ambiguity, but she didn't want to point it out. After all, it was their business, and as an outsider, she shouldn't interfere.
On the 28th day of the first lunar month, Lu Jinyan and Ruohan held their engagement banquet. Although there were not many guests, the ceremony was full of ceremony. Boxes of betrothal gifts were carried into Ruohan's courtyard. At the moment the two signed the marriage certificate, the system's voice rang in Lu Jinyan's mind.
"Ding, Ruohan's favorability +1, current favorability is 99."
"Ding, Ruohan's favorability +1, current favorability is 100."
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully raised Ruohan's favorability to 100%, successfully completing the conquest mission. Rewards: x points, x demon crystals, 500 Mandarin Duck Stones, 200 mid-tier cultivation pills, 10 high-tier cultivation pills, 500 low-tier cultivation pills, 2 high-tier Star Moon Holy Robes, 2 mid-tier Golden Thread Holy Robes, 2 mid-tier Blood Shadow Whips, 2 mid-tier Wind Spirit Swords, 4 exquisite eight-treasure headdresses, 4 golden sparrow hairpins, 4 begonia beaded hairpins, 5 firefly beads, 2 white jade bracelets, 5 moonlight sands, 3 seven-colored feather robes, 3 flowing cloud robes, 3 brocade feather robes, 3 crimson sky robes, 3 cloud light holy armors, 5 azure sky spirit beads, 2 high-tier storage bags, and 50 mid-tier storage bags. We hope you will continue your efforts!"
The system's voice made this joyous day even happier. Ruohan's favorability rating had finally reached 100 points. More importantly, she actually had high-level items. It wasn't easy at all!
Since the system upgrade, the highest level she's ever managed to get from increasing favorability is mid-tier, never high-tier. The system said that with her current level, it's possible to get high-tier items, but nothing has happened yet, and she's starting to wonder if the system is lying to her.
Now that the marriage certificate had finally been issued, she was overjoyed. The two wrote the marriage certificate, signed it, and took it to the government office for stamping, thus officially formalizing the marriage. They were now just waiting for an auspicious day to hold their wedding ceremony.
Lu Jinyan was betrothed to Ruohan with the proper rites of a principal husband, so he was naturally Lu Jinyan's principal husband. Mo Xuan looked at the two of them with envy in his heart and eyes, but he was helpless. That night, after the guests had left, he went back to the Demon King's Mansion, but he did not see his parents. Aunt Bai said that his father had taken his mother out for a trip and had not returned yet.
Mo Xuan frowned. At this hour, his father was taking his mother out for a trip? Perhaps he didn't want to see him and didn't want to agree to the marriage? Mo Xuan wondered if he should just be honest with Lu Jinyan, but he didn't dare to say it for fear of upsetting her.
It wasn't until the third day that Mo Xuan finally received his father, Mo Yu, who came to visit in person. That day, Lu Jinyan happened to be out shopping with Uncle Mu and the others.
When Mo Yu arrived, he looked unwell, feeling guilty. He had promised Mo Xuan he would help persuade him to remarry, but he hadn't found a suitable opportunity. He had noticed his wife's distress over Mo Xuan's situation, noting she had lost a lot of weight. So, he decided to take her on a trip for a few days to help her relax, and entrusted the affairs to Mo Chen. He then took his wife out.
I was thinking of waiting until my wife was in a better mood before I could talk to her about Mo Xuan. After all, he is my own son, and I can't really disown him, can I?
But before he could even persuade his wife, he received a letter from Mo Chen saying that Lu Jinyan was engaged to another man, and that he was the legal husband.
Upon hearing this, the couple was furious and rushed back in a panic. Mo Xuan was their beloved son, and although Qing Yin was angry, she had already realized that her son's happiness was more important than anything else, and she didn't want to turn against him because of this.
Her son had grown up and had his own ideas. She couldn't control him forever; she just felt a little disappointed. Her son, whom she had painstakingly raised, had been snatched away by a little flower fairy. Anyone would feel terrible in that situation.
She had planned to agree to this matter after returning from this trip to clear her head, not wanting to truly disappoint her son. However, before she even got back, she heard that the woman had gotten engaged to someone else. Enraged, Qingyin immediately packed her bags and rushed back with her husband.
By the time the couple returned, Lu Jinyan's engagement banquet had already ended. Although it was normal for women to marry in the demon realm, and they were prepared for Lu Jinyan to marry many men in the future, their precious son hadn't even entered the family yet, and he was already engaged to someone else.
They were naturally unhappy, but dared not say much, for fear of upsetting their precious son. Qingyin couldn't bring herself to go to Moxuan, so Moyu stepped in.
When Mo Yu rushed to the Lu residence, Lu Jinyan was not there, nor was her newly engaged husband. There were only a few servants in the residence. Seeing his precious son living in such an environment, Mo Yu felt a little reluctant.
In the past, although Mo Xuan didn't have thousands of servants in his household, he still had many carefully selected servants to serve him. But now...