After Luo Liansheng went to sleep, Luo Ziling also returned to his room to freshen up.

Just as he finished his shower and was about to go to bed, Ling Ruonan came into his room.

"Mom, why aren't you sleeping yet?" Luo Ziling was a bit surprised.

"I want to talk to you about something," Ling Ruonan approached Luo Ziling, gesturing for him to sit down and talk.

Ling Ruonan must have just showered as well; when she approached, a very pleasant scent wafted over.

She was only wearing pajamas, though the pajamas were a bit thick, hiding the graceful curves of her body.

"Mom, what do you want to talk about?" Luo Ziling also sat by the bed, smiling as he embraced Luo Ziling's arm, "Are you planning to give me some advice?"

"Why would I? You haven't done anything wrong," Ling Ruonan patted Luo Ziling's arm and after a sigh, said, "You must have noticed that Great Grandfather and your grandfather have different attitudes towards you, right?"

Luo Ziling countered, "There's one thing they're the same on, which is continuing to see me as the Ling Family's sharpening stone, right?"

"That's probably right," Ling Ruonan nodded, "but your grandfather still sees you as part of the family."

"Great Grandfather considers the bigger picture; he has to think about matters on a national level and a family level, so his thoughts are definitely different," Luo Ziling laughed, "I can understand their way of thinking, so regardless, I don't blame them. Over the years, they have treated you well, so even if they did something wrong by me, I wouldn't hold it against them."

Luo Ziling's words made Ling Ruonan relax a bit.

"You probably know there's an important meeting happening next week!"

"I roughly know," Luo Ziling nodded, "It seems many important arrangements and personnel changes happen after the meeting, right?"

"Exactly," Ling Ruonan nodded, "Therefore, the period around the meeting is very sensitive. Normally, during such sensitive times, people don't like incidents to happen. The actions of Yang Yunlin have very suspicious motives."

"Mom, I also understand why Great Grandfather and Grandfather treat us this way; they fear we'll escalate the situation, which would be detrimental to the Ling Family," Luo Ziling laughed, "I say, how could you dare to take Ling Haijun and directly confront Grandfather and Great Grandfather."

"In situations like this, not acting a bit tough is a wasted opportunity." Ling Ruonan sighed slightly, "I just didn't expect your grandfather to be so assertive, directly making such demands of Great Grandfather and your grandfather."

"They will be angry, right?"

"Certainly," Ling Ruonan nodded again, "but their anger won't affect the final outcome. Your grandfather's demands will certainly be met, at least for the next two years, the Ling Family won't trouble us, and they might even help us."

"That's good then," Luo Ziling sighed in relief.

"Tomorrow your grandfather is taking you to the Yang Family, likely with the same goal, to force the Yang Family to agree to your demands." Ling Ruonan's expression became slightly serious, "For the sake of his own life, Yang Yuanshan should meet your grandfather's demands, as long as they're not excessive."

After a pause, Ling Ruonan solemnly reminded, "But you can't bring up marrying Yang Qingyin. Let me be clear, under the current circumstances, neither Yang Yuanshan nor Yang Yunlin would agree to marry Yang Qingyin to you. If they agreed, it would be a slap in their own face. The Yang Family would be seen as incompetent, unable to avenge past grievances, even losing a woman. It's a very real issue, so you can't make that demand."

"Mom, I understand," Luo Ziling thought for a moment then nodded solemnly, "In any case, I won't use emotions as an exchange."

"If all goes as expected, after this meeting your dad will take a position in Yanjing," mentioning Luo Xusheng, Ling Ruonan's brow eased a bit, "During this time, let's try not to cause any issues to avoid variables. Many matters can just be endured for now, we'll decide after your father returns."

"I got it." Luo Ziling nodded again, then immediately made a joke, "When dad comes back, you can also plan your wedding."

These words immediately made Ling Ruonan's face show a bashful expression, "Let's not discuss this, it's not very important, we'll talk about it when your dad returns."

"How can it not be important? I think it's the most important thing in our lives, no contest. But when dad comes back, it'll be late April or early May, and things will be busy then. After a while, it'll be summer. Why not just hold your wedding in the fall? I think by then, many issues will have solutions, or will be resolved, so there won't be any big troublesome things."

"We'll see when the time comes," Ling Ruonan said as she stood up, "Alright, get some sleep, it's late."

Luo Ziling also bid Ling Ruonan goodnight.

As he walked to the door, Ling Ruonan stopped, again reminding Luo Ziling, "Actually, there's no need to hold a grudge against Ouyang Feifei, she hasn't done poorly."

Luo Ziling nodded without saying anything.

After Ling Ruonan left, Luo Ziling also lay on his bed to sleep.

Lying in bed, he didn't fall asleep immediately but began to think.

He seriously thought over the day's events, the words spoken by Ling Ruonan and Luo Liansheng.

After ruminating, he figured out some things he hadn't understood before; it became clearer to him that often, when it comes to conflicts of interest, familial bonds really have to take a back seat.

This is the helplessness of life, and an unavoidable reality.

While he was feeling depressed, he received a message from Yang Qingyin.

"Junior, are you asleep?"

"Not yet, just lay down, thinking about things." Luo Ziling replied honestly.

"What are you thinking about?" Yang Qingyin's message had several playful emojis at the end.

"Some things that happened today, and by the way, a certain beautiful senior."

"Which beautiful senior are you missing this much?"

"A certain senior who's pretending to be ignorant."

Fearing Yang Qingyin would dwell on what he was thinking earlier, Luo Ziling sent another message: "Tomorrow morning, my grandpa and I are planning to go over to help your grandpa with some treatment."

"Then I'll go too," Yang Qingyin immediately replied, "Have you talked to my grandpa?"

"I don't think so."

"If my grandpa has official duties, he won't be able to make time."

"Then we'll have to reschedule, for when we're free and he is too."

Understanding Luo Ziling's implication, Yang Qingyin quickly said, "I'll tell my grandpa's secretary to arrange it. I guess my grandpa isn't asleep yet. He's been sleeping late, dealing with lots of official work lately."

"Then go tell him!"

"Tomorrow, when your grandpa comes over, will he argue with my grandpa?" Yang Qingyin asked again.

"Probably, I think there will at least be some unpleasantness, perhaps even disputes over some important matters."

Luo Ziling's words made Yang Qingyin's heart sink a little.

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