Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

Huo Xiangu narrowed her eyes and looked at Chen Yan: "You are truly terrifying."

Smiling at her, Chen Yan calmly said, "It's normal that you don't believe me, after all, I don't believe you either."

"However..."

Chen Yan looked at Huo Xiuxiu: "Huo Xiuxiu."

"Um?"

Huo Xiuxiu looked at Chen Yan, who said, "I'm asking you a question."

"Your grandmother and Huo Youxue died here, I'll let you leave."

"You'll die here..."

"I'll die here!"

Huo Xiuxiu chose the second option without hesitation.

"Xiuxiu! Don't talk nonsense!"

Huo Xiangu reprimanded Huo Xiuxiu sternly, while Huo Youxue laughed in exasperation: "I said, does anyone even care about me?"

Chen Yan turned his head and looked at Huo Youxue, saying, "Then why don't you choose? Choose one of the three, and only one of you can leave alive."

"I choose Huo Xiuxiu."

Huo Xiangu was stunned and looked at Huo Youxue. Huo Xiuxiu looked at Huo Youxue in shock: "Aunt, how could you...."

"Why can't I?"

Huo Youxue was actually the calmest one.

His tone was unusually calm, as if they weren't discussing who would live or die, but rather what to eat for dinner.

Looking at Huo Xiangu, he said, "I never felt that I did anything wrong before."

"At the Huo family's residence."

"The women of the Huo family are born to fight for power; none of them are born not to want to be the head of the family."

"I want to be the head of the family. I will stop at nothing to achieve it. I even went so far as to win over the supporters of the collateral branches who were suppressing Huo Xiuxiu."

"I don't think I was wrong."

"You've protected Huo Xiuxiu too well; she's not at all like the head of the Huo family."

Some people say that Huo Xiuxiu just needs time to grow up.

"But why should I give her time to grow and let her try to seize power from me?"

Huo Youxue grew increasingly angry as she spoke, then abruptly stood up and looked at Huo Xiangu, asking, "For so many years, I've always wanted to say this: aren't you being too biased?"

"Huo Ling is your daughter, your own daughter. I can't argue with her, fine, I admit it. After all, she's your biological daughter."

"But why can Huo Ling act like a naive young lady? I'm clearly the typical Huo family woman, yet you don't like me?"

"It's so hard for Huo Ling to be gone, but you look down on everyone else."

"Until Huo Xiuxiu appeared."

Huo Youxue's eyes stung as she spoke, "If you thought I wasn't capable, why didn't you tell me from the beginning that I couldn't become the head of the family?"

"Why did you make me a target, the one who blocks Huo Xiuxiu's view?"

"Do you know how much effort I put in to become the best among the branch families? Do you know how much effort I put in to defeat my rivals and complete the test you gave me?"

"You know everything, but you just watch and then, after I finally beat the other second-generation members, you tell everyone in the Huo family that Huo Xiuxiu is the young master you've chosen."

"And what about me?"

"Who am I?"

Huo Youxue's voice choked with sobs, as if she had lost all her strength, and she slowly sat down on the ground.

Her voice was full of incomprehension and pain: "I know I'm not capable enough, I've tried my best."

"If you're going to skip the second generation and hand over the Huo family to the third, why didn't you tell me from the beginning?"

"If you tell me, why would I compete with others? Why would I dislike Huo Xiuxiu?"

"Let me fight, allow me to fight, but when I was just one step away, you told me that you had already chosen your successor and bypassed me."

"Have you ever thought about what I am in the eyes of those collateral branches?"

Huo Youxue couldn't stop her tears from falling, dripping onto her clothes. She choked out, "Even if I know now, even if I know you have your reasons..."

"Now that we know Huo Xiuxiu, we must protect her well."

"But I still can't accept it."

"aunt....."

Huo Xiuxiu wanted to say something, but Huo Youxue suddenly wiped away her tears, looked at Huo Xiangu and said, "I don't accept your predicament."

"I am also a member of the Huo family."

"Women of the Huo family are born with this fate. This is my fate, and I accept it."

"With Chen Yan among the second generation, even if I become the head of the family, it's useless; I can't do anything."

"I don't care about this head of the family anymore."

Huo Youxue looked at Chen Yan: "I choose Huo Xiuxiu to go back alive."

Chen Yan had remained silent, simply watching Huo Youxue, before finally asking softly, "Why?"

"What?"

Chen Yan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Since you resent the Huo family head's actions so much, why are you still protecting Huo Xiuxiu?"

"She's dead, so aren't you the head of the Huo family now?"

Huo Youxue scoffed, looking at Chen Yan with disdain, and said, "What I want is the reward I deserve for all these years of hard work."

"Instead of relying on Huo Xiuxiu's soft heart and guilt to obtain the position of head of the family."

Huo Youxue looked at Chen Yan: "Chen Yan, I know you are capable, but the internal strife within the Huo family has nothing to do with you, an outsider."

"If you're thinking of using this opportunity to make a fool of the Huo family, you're dreaming."

"I'm not afraid of death, and don't even think about using me to force Huo Xiuxiu to her death."

"aunt."

Huo Xiuxiu bit her lip, looking at Huo Youxue with teary eyes. Huo Youxue said irritably, "Stop crying! Hold it in!"

"With your character, you think you can be the head of the family?"

Chen Yan laughed. Huo Youxue was about to say something when Huo Xiangu said, "Chen Yan, I've said it before, even if the women of my Huo family fight amongst themselves, it's none of the business of outsiders watching and laughing."

"Master Huo, you're amazing."

Chen Yan clapped his hands and said, "I have truly changed my opinion of the Huo family girls."

He looked at Huo Xiuxiu and Huo Youxue, who were clearly a little confused.

Chen Yan said, "Before, all my understanding of the Huo family made me think that the women in the Huo family were good at internal strife."

"But ultimately I admire Xie Yuchen more for his forceful suppression of all the collateral branches."

"Instead of the Huo family, although there is a lot of infighting, it is clear that some of their actions towards their own family members are too incomprehensible."

"After all, I can't understand the Huo family's method of raising their children like 'poisonous insects'."

Chen Yan looked at Huo Youxue with a smile: "Actually, to be honest, compared to Huo Xiuxiu, I actually think you are more promising."

"certainly."

Chen Yan looked at Huo Xiuxiu and said, "Huo Xiuxiu has been too well protected. Although that's an undeniable fact, in reality..."

"In my opinion, the leader of a tomb raiding family must be ruthless and ruthless when necessary, even to the point of being unscrupulous."

"Clearly, even if Huo Xiuxiu is given time, her true nature is still simple and kind. When necessary, she is definitely not as efficient and useful as you."

"So I've always felt that if it weren't for the protection of the Huo family head, and the same upbringing as Huo Xiuxiu, the Huo family head would probably have chosen you as the family head instead of Huo Xiuxiu."

"After all, Huo Xiuxiu's personality is more suited to being a young lady of a wealthy family than a head of a household."

Suddenly, Huo Xiangu asked, "President, why does what you're saying sound so strange?"

Chen Yan turned his head to look at Huo Xiangu: "What's strange about it?"