Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder - Chapter 413 - 413: Ch 413 - Yino, You Bastard!

Late night at the He residence.

That afternoon, Yino had already given the family elders a detailed rundown of recent events.

But with Xinyao there supervising, He Chensheng noticed his son seemed unusually restrained, speaking all formal and breaking out in cold sweats; hardly sounding like his real thoughts.

So when night fell, he decided to try knocking on the door.

Soon as He Chensheng started knocking, he heard scrambling and collision sounds from inside.

After several minutes, Yino emerged wearing only a towel around his waist, left hand hidden behind his back. Though his cheeks were clearly dotted with sweat from strenuous activity, he stubbornly insisted to He Chensheng that he’d just been unable to sleep and was exercising.

He Chensheng’s lips twitched. He stepped aside, trying to peek into the room, but saw nothing suspicious except for a small fox sleeping soundly on the bed.

Made him even more puzzled.

Was Yino exercising with a fox in the middle of the night?

Wait… Where’d this fox come from?

He Chensheng grew suspicious, but the moment he made eye contact with the little fox, his mind went blank. Suddenly forgot what he’d been about to say.

Actually, exercising late at night made perfect sense, after all, Yino was a cultivator now…

And keeping a fox as a pet made perfect sense too; the little fox was cute, and supposedly domestic foxes brought good fortune…

After a few moments of silence, He Chensheng decided these details weren’t worth making a fuss over.

With nothing wrong, he proceeded with his original plan to discuss yesterday afternoon’s conversation.

Once they started talking, He Chensheng discovered his son had definitely been hiding something!

Originally, he’d planned to bring Yino to his room for a private father-son chat.

But when Yino heard the suggestion, he immediately sucked in a sharp breath, like remembering something, and told He Chensheng that tonight’s matter was too important; he absolutely needed several family elders present.

What started as a simple heart-to-heart was beginning to sound increasingly mystical according to Yino.

No choice.

Tomorrow Xinyao would wake up again, and any father-son secrets needed handling swiftly under cover of darkness.

So in the dead of night, He Chensheng summoned several of the family’s mellower elders as requested.

But elders were still elders. Even the approachable ones weren’t thrilled about getting woken up in the middle of the night by some junior.

With everyone gathered, Yino could clearly feel the pressure from his relatives.

Their expressions screamed: We’re only giving you this chance because you’ve earned some merit, but if you don’t have something truly important, you’ll be sweeping the back courtyard tomorrow.

He Chensheng was equally nervous.

He’d trusted Yino enough to summon the elders. If his son dropped a bomb now, He Chensheng would definitely catch hell tomorrow too.

No choice left. Seeing everyone’s expectant faces, Yino took a deep breath and said quietly:

“Father, honored elders.”

“Please don’t be shocked by what I’m about to tell you!”

“The real reason I came home this time, aside from missing family, was to get your opinions on several major life decisions!”

At “major life decisions,” all the older adults sat up and took it more seriously.

Though Yino wasn’t blood-related to the He family, the boy had been personally brought by National Advisor Changli years ago. His major life decisions were definitely worth the He family’s attention.

“Speak freely. We’ve all lived over a hundred years. In all our decades, what haven’t we heard in this great He residence?”

“We may be old now, but we’re hardly gonna be frightened by anything our grandson’s generation has to say.”

The eldest stroked his beard with dignity and spoke with authority.

The other elders nodded in agreement.

Hearing this reassurance, Yino felt more confident:

“Here’s the situation! This past half year, Senior Sister Yuyan’s been teaching me cultivation and sharing her knowledge. Through several life-and-death crises in the Western Region, we’ve grown very close!”

“During our most recent encounter with the demonic abyss crisis in Western Province City, we saved each other’s lives and fought our way out together!”

Yino paused here, gathering his words, while the elders nodded approvingly with obvious pride.

Based on years of experience, they assumed Yino was saying his senior sister had treated him well at Wuji Sect, and he’d come home to help secure some merits and rewards for both himself and Yuyan.

No big deal; rewarding a cultivator with high-grade treasures and immortal pills was hardly a burden for the Grand Tutor’s wealth.

Just as the elders were chuckling knowingly, Yino suddenly continued:

“So! After spending day and night together for half a year, going through life and death situations, it was inevitable that feelings would develop between a man and woman, and we gradually fell in love…”

“???”

Wait, what?

It’d only been half a year; how’d the story suddenly shift to falling in love?

The elders’ heads filled with question marks.

But before they could interrupt, Yino pressed on:

“The main reason I came back was to bring Senior Sister home to meet our family elders… uh, probably in a few days. She’s preparing some gifts at Wuji Sect and should be coming to Luo City soon.”

“????????????”

What? Bringing her home… gifts…?

In the candlelit room, the atmosphere went dead silent.

The elders’ eyes bulged wide. They clearly remembered that about half a year ago, when that sword leader of Wuji sect named Yuyan first visited the He residence, she’d stood there with arms crossed, holding her sword with an icy, arrogant expression. If the He family hadn’t needed her help at the time, her condescending, dismissive gaze would’ve made the elders want to slam the table in anger.

Now, after just half a year, that previously proud and imperious female swordwomen was suddenly gonna become the He family’s granddaughter-in-law, coming home to meet them?

“And then… besides Senior Sister Yuyan…”

Yino continued matter-of-factly: “In a few months, I might need to make a trip to the Jiangnan Region, and while I’m there, I’ll bring back Miss Ruoning from the Liu family, we’ve been promised to each other since childhood, so I will bring her to meet all the family elders…”

“???????????????????”

“Oh, I’m just worried whether our household minds adding a few more place settings. If you really find it troublesome, I could always move out on my own!”

Seeing everyone’s silence, Yino pretended to backtrack nervously.

But this time, soon as he finished speaking, the elder who usually put on the most airs immediately lunged forward and grabbed Yino’s shoulders.

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no! That won’t do at all! Adding a couple place settings, our residence can definitely afford to feed two young ladies and house them properly!”

“Ma boy, your great-grandfather’s never liked asking favors, but this one time, with our family’s reputation at stake, you absolutely must ensure both young ladies make it home safely for dinner!”