After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 60

Regarding his daughter’s situation, Dongfang Jue also felt extremely regretful.

His daughter wasn’t bad-looking either, very much resembling her birth mother—both were standard beauties.

It’s just that the person she liked was someone like Yan Ke, who was completely unmoved by anything.

Otherwise, he would probably already be a grandfather by now.

“Father, I just can’t understand why he doesn’t like me. In terms of looks, I’m not that ugly, so why doesn’t he like me? And he’s embarrassed me time and again. If he weren’t Yan Ke, I would have killed him with a sword long ago.”

Dongfang Jue shook his head.

What he thought was that matters of the heart were mutual—it wasn’t simply about appearance.

If one-sided affection could guarantee being together, the probability would be far too small.

Of course, arranged marriages by parents or childhood betrothals were another matter entirely.

He and Huairou’s mother had originally been together because of a childhood betrothal arrangement.

Although he couldn’t say he loved her deeply, at least they lived harmoniously and happily for a period of time.

It was just that Tang Rou had poor health and passed away after only two years.

Since Tang Rou’s death, Dongfang Jue had never thought about remarrying, and he even changed his daughter’s name to Tang Huairou to commemorate Tang Rou.

He never expected he would meet Mulan.

Although he later got together with Mulan and had a son, Wuchen, this didn’t mean Dongfang Jue favored sons over daughters.

Both Huairou and Wuchen were his children—what father doesn’t love his own children?

Now Tang Huairou, because of her infatuation with Yan Ke and unwillingness to settle, had stubbornly dragged things out until she was twenty-two years old.

To say he wasn’t worried at all would be a lie.

In this era, people generally married quite early, and twenty-two was indeed not young anymore.

After thinking it over, Dongfang Jue still gave Tang Huairou some instructions.

“Father knows you like Yan Ke. He’s currently staying in this manor as well, but you should still try to be polite and careful around him. If you directly anger him into leaving, it would be a loss for our manor.

There are too many people now trying to spy on our Mingyue Manor’s secret treasures—otherwise, Father wouldn’t have been so severely injured. Having him in the manor at least ensures our manor’s safety.

But previously, because of your pestering, he was always hiding and avoiding you. Now he’s only staying because there’s nowhere to hide in the manor. You must restrain yourself and avoid provoking him unnecessarily.”

Speaking of this made Tang Huairou angry.

She couldn’t help but complain. “Father, you don’t know—when I returned, the first thing I did was go to his courtyard to see him. Who would have thought he was there drinking tea with a servant! A servant in this manor actually had the audacity to sit and drink tea with a guest.

If I find out who it was, I’ll throw her out immediately. The most outrageous part was when I wanted to whip her with my whip, Yan Ke actually lectured me. Tell me, could he actually like some little maid in our manor?”

Dongfang Jue had no idea about this incident.

He knew that Yan Ke didn’t like being served by others, so he hadn’t sent anyone to attend to him in the first place.

The maids in the manor did indeed often steal glances at Yan Ke privately, but they shouldn’t be bold enough to sit and drink tea with Yan Ke, let alone provoke him to such anger.

This indicated that the woman was not a manor maid.

If she wasn’t a maid, then there was only one possible candidate at the moment.

Dongfang Jue suddenly remembered that his son had brought back a woman from outside some time ago.

That woman had been injured because of Wuchen, so Dongfang Jue had allowed Wuchen to keep her in the manor.

Only now did he realize that the woman Tang Huairou mentioned was very likely the one Wuchen had brought back.

“The woman you mentioned—did she look quite refined, wearing light purple pearl flowers in her hair?”

Tang Huairou didn’t know why her father was so clear about that woman’s attire, but she still nodded. “Does Father know who that woman is? Such a disobedient little maid recruited to the manor should be thrown out.”

After receiving the affirmative answer, Dongfang Jue already had another plan in mind.

He had originally thought Yan Ke was completely unmoved by anything.

But today, for the sake of someone called Yun Dan, he had clashed with Tang Huairou, which meant that woman was more appealing to him than his own daughter.

Dongfang Jue had always wanted to win over Yan Ke but couldn’t find a way to do it.

Additionally, since Yan Ke had no interest in his daughter, he had given up.

Now wasn’t this opportunity being delivered right to his doorstep?

But he still patted Tang Huairou’s hand, comforting her. “That woman is a guest brought back by Wuchen—she saved your brother’s life. So when you see her next time, give her some face and don’t clash with her, or your brother will be unhappy.”

How could Tang Huairou have imagined that someone she thought was just a little maid was actually brought to the manor by her own brother?

But thinking about it again, since she was brought into the manor by Dongfang Wuchen, didn’t that mean she had no relationship with Yan Ke at all, and was very likely someone her brother liked?

Or perhaps a friend of her brother’s?

Then she didn’t need to worry about this matter, since her brother should care more about it than she did.

After thinking this through, Tang Huairou’s mood seemed to improve considerably.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Dongfang Jue, she left.

After Tang Huairou left, Dongfang Jue leaned against the bed, thinking more and more happily, and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Haha, Heaven truly has eyes! I’ve been trying every way to win over Yan Ke, but this person is completely unmoved, so I haven’t found any way to win him over until now. Now the opportunity has been delivered right to my doorstep—it seems Heaven is helping our Mingyue Manor!”

No matter what Yan Ke was usually like.

But at least currently, his willingness to clash with his daughter for the sake of a strange woman meant his acceptance of that woman seemed higher.

If that was the case…

Although initially, when he first saw this girl Yun Dan, he thought that if Wuchen liked her, having her as a concubine wouldn’t be impossible.

After all, this was the first woman Wuchen had brought back.

But now Dongfang Jue had other ideas.

Since Yan Ke was unmoved by everything, why not let this woman called Yun Dan try?

He was curious whether this Yun Dan could attract Yan Ke and help him win Yan Ke over.

If Yan Ke truly had feelings for Yun Dan, he would adopt her as his goddaughter and then betroth her to him.

This way, Mingyue Manor would truly establish a connection with Yan Ke.

When Mingyue Manor faced any problems in the future, Yan Ke would have to help.

Moreover, Yan Ke was backed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, and he himself was very likely the next alliance leader.

In this way, wouldn’t the entire world ultimately belong to the Dongfang family?