Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 410: Choose one as a safety net, or have them all?
Qin Shuangjiang smiled and said, "Auntie, let me help you wash the vegetables."

When Duan's mother saw that it was her former first choice for daughter-in-law, her eyes narrowed with laughter: "Oh dear, oh dear, how can this be? Xiao Qin, you are a guest."

"It's alright, Auntie. I always feel especially close to you." A gentle smile appeared on Qin Shuangjiang's usually cool face. "Just like my mother, whom I've never met..."

Yan Qiuxi: ?

Keep pretending, Ah Jiang, you're clearly someone who never lifts a finger in the kitchen and can't cook at all, that's why you're trying to be lazy by washing vegetables!
I'm too embarrassed to point this out to you, since you've never even met your mother! You're clearly referring to your mother-in-law!

"Hehehe... Little Qin, you really know how to talk..." Duan Ma looked at the well-behaved Miss Shuangjiang and couldn't stop smiling. Who would have thought that such a cool and aloof girl would be so obedient in front of her...

The King of Qin's main motivation was to achieve a sense of conquest!
"Then... shall I help you clean?" Xiao Xie timidly raised her hand and said, "I can't cook..."

"It's okay, it's okay. If you don't know how to cook, just wait to eat something delicious... Oh my little Cangling... Why do you seem to have lost so much weight? Have you been bullied lately? Have you not been eating properly?"

Xiao Xie blinked her soft, cute eyes, thinking to herself, "I was indeed bullied by your son, but I was also fed by your son..."

"Me too! Me too!" Little Jiang the Great Demon King retorted, not to be outdone. "Aunt Yun, I can help with the cooking too..."

"Forehead…"

A hint of hesitation flashed across Duan's face as she recalled the trouble Xiao Jiang had caused in the kitchen since she was a child. In the end, she still spoke tactfully, "Well... Xi Yu... I think you should go and check if the TV signal is good, otherwise it will be inconvenient to watch the Spring Festival Gala tonight."

Xiao Jiang: ?
What's going on? They all say "okay, okay" to me, but when it comes to me, it's "go watch TV"... Isn't this bullying an honest person?

It must be because I hold a very special place in Aunt Yun's heart that she can't bear to see me so tired!

Even with the change of partners, Xiao Jiang's turtle-like nature still flared up quite surprisingly. She volunteered to help Xie Cangling clean the house. Even when Duan Huaige tried to intervene, she blocked him from doing so.

As for grocery shopping, Xie Cangling arranged for someone to deliver a large quantity of top-quality, fresh ingredients to their door.

In the past, during the Spring Festival, Duan's father would help Duan's mother in the kitchen while Duan Huaige would tidy up the dust everywhere. Now, with so much more labor available, Duan Huaige and his father have suddenly become much more relaxed, and they are not used to it for a while.

"Dad...should we go buy something?"

"No, Huaige, come, play a game of chess with me." As if he had suddenly thought of something, Duan's father said meaningfully, "It just so happens that I also want to talk to you about life."

Duan Huaige: ?

Although he didn't know what his father was up to, he still took the chessboard to the study and set up a game. The two players exchanged moves, placing black and white pieces on the board in turn.

Duan's father casually started chatting, "Huaige... was this behavior today intentional, or accidental?"

He was referring to the scene of the four women gathering today. The last time it was this lively was when Yan Qiuxi went south with the ultrasound report to capture the dragon... At that time, Duan's father had already vaguely sensed the atmosphere of a battleground.

Now that the battlefield has reached its peak, it's clear to everyone that a storm is brewing!

"Dad, if I said... I did it on purpose, would you believe me?" "Hehe, Huaige... I remember your mom and I asked you before which one you liked more... Do you remember how you answered?"

Duan Huaige pondered for a moment and said, "Of course, I said I like Qiuqiu's liveliness, Shuangjiang's coolness, Xiao Jiang's silliness... oh no, I mean her cuteness, and Cangling's cuteness. Each of the four has her own merits, and I can't choose which one I like better."

"Now that so much time has passed, do you have an answer in your heart?"

Duan Huaige was stunned when she heard this. So Duan's father came for this matter... Is he afraid that I will go down the path of a scumbag and be transformed into a yandere quintet by several girls one day?

The songs of Huai River reveal a horse's strength!
"Dad... to be honest, no, and I can't choose anymore." Duan Huaige sighed. "Qiuqiu is not only lively, but she's also the most compatible and understanding with me. Shuangjiang is cold and aloof, but beneath her proud nature lies a gentle and firm choice; Xiaojiang is cute and innocent, but every time she cries, my heart goes blank. As for Cangling... she's obedient and adorable, but also considerate... and a little mysterious..."

"Tell me, how am I supposed to choose?"

Duan's father: ?
You've really picked them... Could it be that after all this time, your feelings for each of them have grown equally strong?
Isn't there any genius girl who can step forward, sweep away all your goodwill, and end this chaotic battle royale?
And that last comment... Cang Ling is mysterious? How is she mysterious? You've made such a well-behaved and sensible girl sound so scary!
Mr. Duan felt it was necessary for him, as a parent, to step in and correct his son's flawed views on love. So he smiled slightly and said, "Son, I understand your current situation..."

"Dad, did you have many female confidantes when you were young?"

"..."

"That's not the understanding I meant!" the middle-aged man, Mr. Duan, said angrily. "What I meant was... you need to learn how to observe the game."

"As the saying goes, chess is like life. Look at the game we're playing now..." Duan's father pointed to the layout of the chessboard and said, "You don't want to give up this corner, you want to capture this piece of land, and you're still struggling in this battleground..."

"If you want everything, you'll end up with nothing!" Father Duan casually placed a coin down: "Look, this one coin has made all your previous efforts go to waste, and you've lost everything."

"But if you make a decision sooner, you can preserve your strength and at least avoid a complete defeat."

"Foolish child, have you understood?"

Duan Huaige raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that he hadn't expected his father's skills to improve so quickly in just a few days.
"Dad, did you secretly sign up for classes?"

"Ahem... It was only in Yanjing that I had the privilege of exchanging ideas with several masters through Qiuqiu's introduction." Duan's father said with a hint of pride, "Never mind that. I'm just asking you, have you... grasped the essence?"

"..."

Is it a complete loss, or should we keep a safety net? Is this a question we really need to start considering?
But... it seems like it's hard for anyone to give up, let alone find a backup plan.

Just as Duan Huaige was about to fall into deep thought, Qiu Xi's clear and melodious voice suddenly rang out from the side:

"Complete defeat? Not necessarily... Huaige, look here."

"If you land here, you can achieve your dream of having it all!"

(End of this chapter)