Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 292: Just a Scheme?
Seeing the hesitation on Yue Ruoshui's face, as if she didn't know where to start, Shen Quelin swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "This marriage is for Fifth Qing to marry into the Yue family. Of course, this marriage was agreed upon from the beginning and was not changed later."

Chu Jianyan pondered for a moment before speaking, "That makes sense. Putting aside how rare healers are, given Miss Yue's status, it's unlikely she'd marry into the family. But... is the annulment of the engagement related to marrying into the family?"

"Smart!" Shen Quelin praised.

Chu Jianyan found it somewhat amusing. She took the duck leg that Lin Jinyao had placed on her plate, thanked him, and then said, "Let me make another bold guess. Could it be that his ridiculous pride has suddenly gotten the better of him?"

"Fellow Daoist Chu is truly amazing!" Yue Ruoshui exclaimed in amazement, her gaze towards Chu Jianyan filled with astonishment.

Is this the direct lineage of the Five Lineages?

awesome!
"This is based on my experience." Chu Jianyan spoke with the air of someone who had been there, which piqued Yue Ruoshui's curiosity.

Shen Quelin spoke to his cousin, "Like Sister Ruoshui, Fellow Daoist Chu also encountered the wrong person before."

Looking at the exceptionally talented and beautiful girl, Yue Ruoshui said without hesitation, "Then he's blind too."

How could you be so blind to waste such a wonderful girl?

When she first saw Yan, her eyebrows curved into a smile.

Qingya silently added a piece of food to her senior sister's bowl.

Upon first seeing Yan, he glanced at her and thanked her.

Qingya put down the serving chopsticks and continued eating.

"If I may ask, is this marriage based on mutual benefit or on feelings?" Wei Ningguang inquired.

Well, she understood Shen Youqing's temperament fairly well; she was a confident and flamboyant young lady.

Her temperament requires not only a good family background, but also a lot of love.

Given how the Yue family has treated Shen Youqing, there's no reason for them to mistreat Yue Ruoshui or use her marriage as a means of exchanging benefits.

“No matter the reason, Fifth Qing’s actions are problematic,” Mu Feibai said to his senior sister.

Wei Ningguang glanced at her sideways, "Of course I know that, don't disrupt my train of thought."

Mu Feibai lowered his head and ate his food.

"Feelings." Yue Ruoshui felt embarrassed to talk about it. It wasn't that she couldn't let go, but she felt like she was talking about her criminal record, which was shameful.

"He only proposed breaking off the engagement so close to the wedding date?" Shen Youqing narrowed his eyes. "Did he discuss this with Sister Ruoshui privately beforehand?"

Yue Ruoshui looked at Shen Youqing and asked, "Are you only referring to the issue of marriage?"

Shen Youqing nodded.

"Yes." Although Yue Ruoshui didn't understand why Shen Youqing asked this, she still said, "He wanted me to marry into the Fifth Family, but I refused."

How could other families compare to our own? Besides, she was representing the Yue family at that time. If she agreed to marry into the family, wouldn't the Yue family lose face because of her?
Shen Youqing asked again, "After Sister Ruoshui refused to marry him, did he bring a woman to break off the engagement?"

The moon is weak and the water nods.

Seeing the coldness on Shen Youqing's face, Yue Ruoshui asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Miss Yue, you are so naive," Liang Shimu said with a sigh.

If this little white rabbit were in their Hehuan Sect, it would definitely be devoured.

Yue Ruoshui felt that she was quite resourceful, so how could she be considered naive?

“Miss Yue is gentle and kind-hearted, much easier to talk to than Junior Sister, isn’t that right?” Liang Shimu asked.

Yue Ruoshui's gaze fell on Shen Youqing. After thinking for a while, she nodded and then shook her head. "Jinjin is very easy to talk to."

Is it possible that it's because you're her older sister?
"Let me say something rather disgusting," Liang Shimu said, giving Yue Ruoshui a heads-up.

Yue Ruoshui nodded.

"Back then, Miss Yue and Fifth Qing were mutually in love, and only when their feelings were at their peak did they sign this marriage certificate, right?" Liang Shimu glanced down at the extra vegetables in his bowl, then looked sideways at Lin Jinyao. Yue Ruoshui didn't want to admit it, but she had to.

"He initially agreed to the marriage proposal, but why did he suddenly change his mind?" Liang Shimu asked.

Yue Ruoshui still hasn't figured this out.

Fifth Qing only said that marrying into the family would make him lose face, and then they broke up because he disagreed with marrying into the family.

"Because he had no intention of marrying into the Yue family." Jiang Chenying's cold voice sounded so ruthless.

Yue Ruoshui stared blankly at it.

"If you didn't want to marry into the family, why didn't you say so in the first place?" Yue Ruoshui murmured unconsciously.

The young masters of several families not far away never expected that there would be such a naive person in the Yue family.

Why does that old fox Yue Xunzhu have such an innocent younger sister?

"Because of interests." Jiang Chenying didn't know how to be tactful; his straightforward words made Yue Ruoshui's face turn slightly pale.

“Another reason is that Miss Yue is easy to control,” Liang Shimu said slowly.

"Why did he bring it up so close to the wedding date?" Liang Shimu asked with a mocking smile.

Yang Yousheng continued, "Firstly, because the wedding date is approaching, he feels that the die is cast and there will be no changes; secondly, he is certain that Miss Yue, because you love him, you will persuade the Yue family head to agree to your marriage."

"But I didn't expect Miss Yue to disagree," Chi Guyuan said unhurriedly. "What should we do to get Miss Yue to agree?"

“That will only bring shame to Miss Yue and the Yue family, forcing you to agree for the sake of the Yue family’s reputation,” Qi Bumian said, picking up where his third senior brother left off.

Yue Ruoshui stood there blankly, holding her bowl and chopsticks, feeling as if there was a gaping hole in her heart, with the cold wind pouring in uncontrollably.

"As for why Miss Yue should marry into the family, one reason is to make it easier to control her, and the other is for personal gain," Xie Changyan said in a cold voice.

A healer is so rare and precious. How do they manage Yue Ruoshui in the Yue family?

If you want to have your way with Yue Ruoshui, you have to make her marry him.

After hearing the whole story, Fifth Lord said knowingly, "Fifth Qing is eyeing the position of young master, so it's understandable that he insists on having Miss Yue marry into the family..."

"He wants to become the young master of the Fifth Family?" Yue Ruoshui suddenly turned around to look at Fifth Lord. "He clearly told me that he had no interest in the position of young master and was willing to marry into the Yue family for my sake..."

Realizing what had happened, Yue Ruoshui laughed self-deprecatingly.

All that talk about love and affection was a lie!

She was so foolish as to think that this was the reason things had come to this because she refused to agree to marry him!
Thank goodness she didn't marry him!

Yue Ruoshui felt a wave of fear afterward, and while she was relieved, she couldn't help but feel sad.

Shen Youqing lowered his head and took a bite of the lion's head meatball.

Chu Jianyan gently patted Yue Ruoshui's shoulder, silently comforting her and telling her not to be too sad.

"So, this relationship was just a scheme from beginning to end?" Yue Ruoshui said with a self-deprecating laugh.

Wei Ningguang racked her brains to find a way to comfort her, "Maybe there really were some feelings involved back then?"

Yue Ruoshui suddenly glanced at Shen Youqing, who was eating with her head down, and then her wary gaze fell on the tall and strong Xiao Ke.

“Miss Yue, the simplest way to see if someone loves you is to look at where their money is,” Xiao Ke said calmly.

I've finally made some progress in my relationship with Qingqing, I absolutely can't let it all go back to square one!

“For cultivators, resources are very important. If someone says they love you, you should ask them for them. No, someone who truly loves you doesn’t need you to ask. They will offer them to you with both hands and beg you to accept them.”

After Xiao Ke finished speaking, he used a spoon to add a lion's head meatball to Shen Youqing's bowl.