Seeing Lisa leading her precious children over, Fang Tianyun was smiling on the surface, but cursing internally.
What rotten luck...
The three people who were originally talking and laughing immediately plastered on grim faces the moment they saw Fang Tianyun walking towards them.
The atmosphere instantly turned cold.
"Greetings, Young Master, Miss, Madam." Fang Tianyun took the initiative to greet them with a smile.
In terms of outward appearance, he never gave others a chance to find fault.
Logically, he should have called her Mother and them Younger Brother and Younger Sister, but Lisa and her children refused to let Fang Tianyun address them that way.
The reason was simple: they believed this illegitimate son was unworthy and even felt ashamed of him.
But what they didn't know was that Fang Tianyun thought the same way.
He even less wanted to have any connection with this family.
In this regard, both sides mutually disliked each other, a two-way street.
It was just that Fang Tianyun hid it in his heart, while Lisa and her children displayed it brazenly on their faces.
"What are you doing here?" Lisa put her hands on her hips and frowned, looking like she was interrogating him.
She had absolutely no good feelings towards this illegitimate son, and at times, he was even a thorn in her side.
"Reporting, Madam, I am here to bid farewell to Lord Amos."
Bid farewell?
Lisa showed a questioning look.
"I plan to go to another city for studies." Fang Tianyun gave an explanation at the right time.
Upon hearing this, Lisa's fierce and cold face instantly thawed and brightened, her eyebrows lifted in joy.
This kid is finally leaving!
Given Lisa's status and disposition, seeing this bastard born from her husband's philandering always bothered her, so now that the other party chose to leave, she couldn't be happier.
Even though she was clearly the latecomer in the emotional sequence, unfortunately, this young lady of high status had no such awareness.
Seeing her look of unconcealed joy, Fang Tianyun sneered inwardly.
His nominal Mother was spoiled, willful, ill-tempered, lacked real ability, but had a lot of petty cleverness.
She was quite a match for his Father.
"Go elsewhere? You're quite sensible; with your 'three-no' level, there's really no need for you to stay in the Family."
The silver-haired Young Master Arthur sneered dismissively, the mockery in his words completely undisguised.
"That's right, how could I compare to you, Eldest Young Master? You passed the Martial Master test at such a young age, truly a model for the younger generation of the Family~"
Ah, yes, yes, yes.
Flattering words weren't worth anything anyway, if Arthur wanted them, Fang Tianyun didn't mind making up a few more.
Especially the words "Martial Master", he emphasized the pronunciation.
Arthur, who couldn't distinguish between sincerity and flattery, still found this buttering up quite enjoyable.
Influenced by his Mother, he also intensely disliked this half-brother.
But every time he was in a bad mood and wanted to pick a fight, this black-haired Young Master, two years older than him, would throw out a few flattering words, and he'd feel so lightheaded that his intention to cause trouble would simply vanish.
"Hey! Are you blind? You stepped on my skirt!"
The two parties had already passed each other, but a voice of disgust rang out again.
Seeing the gloomy, disdainful smile of the golden-haired Miss Eva, Fang Tianyun's heart turned cold, but he still smiled apologetically on the surface:
"Sorry, Miss, I'll help you wipe it clean."
As he spoke and was about to lower himself, Eva quickly pulled up her skirt and said with a look of disgust:
"Don't touch me with your dirty hands, hurry up and get lost!"
This Miss even took two steps back in disgust, making it easier to increase the distance.
Faced with such highly insulting words, Fang Tianyun didn't show the slightest bit of dissatisfaction and quickly left "with fear and trepidation".
"Alright, children, let's go. Our family of four has an important banquet to attend at noon."
Lisa hummed a tune and led the way forward, her mood couldn't have been better.
Arthur, on the other hand, didn't feel much; although he lived in the same castle as that illegitimate brother, it was normal for them not to see each other even once a year.
Their growth environments from childhood to adulthood were completely different, not in the same world at all, with virtually no points of intersection.
But Eva's expression was somewhat serious, as if she was thinking about something.
Arthur also noticed that his Younger Sister's state wasn't quite right and said:
"It was just one step on your skirt, and it didn't even look dirty. If it's really bad, just let the servants wipe it for you. There's no need to sulk over someone like that, besides, he's leaving right away."
"Idiot."
Glancing sideways at Arthur, Eva turned directly and entered her room, closing the door behind her.
"You..."
Arthur's face turned bright red; this Younger Sister of his was not only spoiled and willful, but her mouth was also unusually venomous.
Only in front of Grandmother would she restrain herself much more.
In the room, Eva's expression remained gloomy and uncertain.
Just now, that black-haired Young Master hadn't stepped on her skirt at all.
She was purely making trouble for no reason.
If the other party had argued with her, saying he hadn't stepped on it, she would have had many ways to make trouble for him and embarrass him.
But she hadn't expected this guy to take the blame and admit to a mistake he hadn't committed without hesitation.
"Does that Fang Tianyun really have no temper at all?"
Combining this with his past appearance of humble, fawning smiles, Eva's mind somehow fell into deep thought.
Was it cowardice and weakness, or...?
"Hmph, haha! What am I thinking!"
Patting her head, Eva shook off the jumbled thoughts in her mind.
That guy was just an Original Spirit Three Waste, a tiny existence in the Family with no resources whatsoever, meek and submissive. What else could he be but humble and honest?
The gap in strength on paper was as vast as a chasm, and her own brain must have short-circuited to actually speculate on the thoughts of someone like that for no reason.
Eva let out a scoff.
She was really crazy.
...
"Not old, but truly malicious."
In the corridor, recalling the situation just now, Fang Tianyun also smiled disdainfully.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, he raised his head. Ahead, a tall female Martial Master, armored and carrying a sword, was walking towards him face to face.
Marcia, forty-six years old, a Five-Star Martial Master, Lola's loyal personal guard captain, and also one of the Wilson Family's private guard instructors.
The strength ranks of Magicians and Martial Masters are divided into One to Seven Stars, from low to high.
As a Martial Master, this guard captain's strength was already very high; Arthur's martial arts were personally guided by her.
"Come with me, the Family Head is summoning you."
After reaching him, Marcia briefly stated her purpose, then turned and led the way, Fang Tianyun followed without a word.
Fang Tianyun wasn't too surprised by Marcia's arrival either.
Grandpa said yesterday that he planned to inform Lola in advance of his departure, and he had agreed to this.
But Fang Tianyun hadn't expected that his Grandmother would actually take the initiative to send a trusted subordinate to invite him over.
Lola Wilson, that Grandmother, could be said to be the only character Fang Tianyun was somewhat wary of in this Family.
Cap capable, resourceful, and ruthless enough.
When Lola married his Grandpa Fang Yingjie back then, it wasn't because of love; her strategy was to establish her own branch + asset mergers and acquisitions.
Lola also had two older brothers. After Lola married back then, she took some assets as dowry, and it was relying on these assets that she revitalized and took over the endangered Fang Family step by step.
As for her two older brothers, they fought over the Wilson Family's inheritance for nearly ten years, a life-and-death struggle.
But no one expected that when the two were locked in a fierce, evenly matched struggle, both having suffered significant losses, Lola made her move.
She revived the Fang Family, recuperated for many years, and then, taking advantage of the two tigers' exhaustion from fighting, she swallowed them all with the force of Lightning.
She remained silent only to astonish with a single move.