Whispers of Love and deep plans

While the two of them go to a calmer and more solitary place, Chen Wei is actually quite nervous, not because he has to talk to a beautiful girl, but rather because of the identity of this beautiful girl.

Since family relations are very important in the clan system, he is sure that he will have to use his position of being married to Wang Mei to justify his future coup against the clan leader.

And considering the clan leader's opinion of him, Chen Wei thinks that his wife's opinion of him is even worse, which he would be right to imagine if this were the old Wang Mei, but the girl from another world in her body is now extremely dazzled with her situation, which he only saw in books or movies.

"... it must really be amazing, right? A ceremony where the most important people of the clan are honoring you," Chen Wei is brought out of his thoughts by Wang Mei's words.

"Well, a bit, but you know how it is for us children of important figures in the clan, even if we do the most mundane of things, there will be someone to applaud," he is careful as he speaks to Wang Mei since he is still testing her opinion of him.

"Yeah... I know how it is," although she has been in this world for just under a month, she hasn't had many interactions with people outside her family.

"Still, my father said you are very talented at creating, uh.... gu worms," she tries to keep the conversation away from the old Wang Mei or what it's like to be a daughter of the clan leader to avoid making too many mistakes.

But it's not as if Chen Wei hasn't noticed her nervousness and her constant blushing, but he attributes this to her being a 14-year-old girl on what would be equivalent to a date with her future husband.

"Well, she's acting quite awkwardly, but it makes sense since we live in a society with feudal values; I might even be the first boy her age she's been this close to," Chen Wei doesn't consider the possibility of her being anotherworldly demon like him, but no one would come to that conclusion just because someone is acting a bit strange.

So, the two of them talk for a while, getting to know each other better and also reducing the awkwardness between them.

At the end of the ceremony when he's saying goodbye to both her and her father as his family is leaving, Chen Wei politely bids farewell to both, but he notices that Wang Mei is extremely flushed as she tries to pretend not to look at him.

"The clan leader's daughter seems to have really taken a liking to my grandson; she couldn't take her eyes off you after you two returned," Chen Wang teases his grandson a bit, noticing how much the girl was blushing while looking at Chen Wei discreetly as they were leaving.

"Well, we both had a good time together; besides, it was at your suggestion that I'm trying to get closer to the clan leader's daughter," his grandfather nods in agreement as he begins to give Chen Wei tips on how to approach the girl since for him this will be an important part of putting his grandson in power in the future.

"I really have a good grandson; I'm sure he will be a great leader when he comes to power, maybe he can even become a Rank 5 and be in the same place as the great leaders of the clan" although coming to power through a coup may have a negative effect on a leader's reputation and control over the clan, in the past two great leaders came to power this way.

"In the end, in this world, despite everyone in the clan declaring justice and integrity, in the end, what matters is power!" Chen Wang recalls when he was young and the deplorable state of the Chen family because of his father's incompetence and mistakes, who was a weak leader for the family that at the time almost collapsed if not for Chen Wang saving it.

"I swore that my family would never be in such misery again, and now after just 50 years, look at everything I've achieved," the Chen family is the richest in the clan after the clan leader's family, besides having the most politically influential faction, so influential that he managed to use a life debt that the former clan leader had to arrange a marriage between the two families.

Which, through a mixture of luck, skill, and dedication, culminated in his extremely talented and willing-to-fight-for-his-family grandson being married to the innocent and easily impressed daughter of the clan leader.

Honestly, if his plans succeed, he will be able to make a family that was almost collapsing three generations ago become the most powerful in the clan with his grandson as the leader of the clan who may even reach Rank 5 in the future.

After leaving the ceremony, Chen Wei spends the night taking into account the events of today to adjust his plans to reach the position of clan leader, meanwhile in the clan leader's house, Wang Mei lies in her bed covering her face with embarrassment.

"Seriously, love at first sight? Well, it doesn't surprise me since Young Master Chen Wei is really handsome, besides being one of the greatest talents the clan has produced and, of course, being the grandson of a clan elder," Lian Zi, her personal maid, and the person Wang Mei has gotten closest to since transmigrating to this world say teasing her.

"But what kind of idea was that about starting to talk about gu worms on a date?" Lian Zi has to quickly dodge a pillow that came flying towards her face.

"Shut up, I was nervous, okay! I'm not used to talking to boys, especially one so handsome..." she starts blushing again when she realizes what she's saying and hides her face in the blankets.

"I'm sorry, Young Miss; I was just very surprised to see you, who have always been cold and distant, acting like this towards a boy," although it seems a bit strange for a servant to act like this towards the clan leader's daughter, they've been childhood friends, so they already have this kind of deep intimacy.

"Lian Zi, do you think he liked me too...?" she asks, wanting to hear an answer that confirms her feelings.

"Oh, despite your somewhat awkward conversation.... only a fool wouldn't fall in love with you, young miss," she speaks with certainty since she truly believes in what she said since Wang Mei is a beautiful girl who has already stolen the hearts of many young boys in the past just with a smile.

While the two girls are discussing Wang Mei's feelings, they don't even know that the boy they're talking about is planning how to emotionally manipulate her to gain a better political and strategic position for the future coup against Wang Mei's father.

"Things are going according to plan so far; actually, even easier since this girl has a personality quite different from what I was told," but he doesn't attribute this to her being a transmigrator now but rather to her maintaining a cold and distant facade when acting as the clan leader's daughter but what she showed today with him is her true personality.

Chen Wei flips through the "Legends Of Ren Zu" carelessly since he has read and reread this book, which is like the bible to the people of this world, countless times.

"Human path ahh... it's a pity that it can't be realy developed before Fate gu is destroyed, otherwise, it would have been my first choice," Chen Wei looks up at the heavens in deep thought as he reconciles his knowledge of the novel with life in this world.

"Even though you are up there, despising us mere mortals, I swear that by hindering my path forward, I will continue to attack you until one day one of us falls," he speaks with deep hatred against the Heavens Will since gradually his feelings of fear and apprehension have changed to hatred and anger against something that wants to control his life and dictate it for himself.