Chapter 83.3
Editor: Jodi
The head of the Gu family was extremely excited as he watched his cousin move as freely as before, his body gradually returning to full health, with even his mental power remaining undamaged— it was actually still at the 3S level!
At this moment, his satisfaction with Bai Jing reached its peak. His son really had an excellent eye!
Previously, it was he who had been blind to the potential in this young man, causing him to nearly miss out on an unpolished gem.
The head of the Gu family sighed softly. Maybe he should consider passing the position of family head to Gu Yuanzhao sooner rather than later.
Meanwhile, on Capital Star, within the Du family.
The head of the Du family, Du Feng, was holding a family video conference, and in addition to Du Jingya and Du Xingyu, the sister and brother pair, the meeting also included various leaders from different planets.
These individuals were all from branches of the main Du family and held considerable influence.
An old man opened his mouth, “Jingya isn’t getting any younger, so it’s time to prioritize the marriage alliance with Young Master Gu.”
A middle-aged man echoed this sentiment, “Exactly. The Gu family is now stronger than ever, so we have to seize this opportunity.”
Du Xingyu couldn’t help but protest, “But my sister doesn’t like Young Master Gu—”
However before he could finish, the old man cut him off, “Family interests come first before any other thing! Otherwise how else do you think the Du family became one of the Empire’s four great families?!”
Du Jingya scoffed, “You all have such lofty plans, but why would the Gu family even want to ally with us now?
The Gu family has Gu Yun, what’s more Master Gu Liu Bai has woken up, so they no longer need to rely on mutually beneficial arrangements like before. They simply don’t need us anymore.
Besides, anyone with eyes can see that Young Master Gu likes God Yun. Are you all blind?”
The middle-aged man’s expression darkened, “Jingya, watch your tone!
You’re only here because you’re directly involved. This isn’t your place to speak!”
Du Jingya rolled her eyes, “Not my place to speak? I’m the daughter of the head of the family and a Level Five Stone Gambler. Who do you think you are?”
The old man snapped coldly, “How dare you! Family Head, the rightful heir of the Du family is Du Xingyu, not Jingya. She shouldn’t be speaking here so recklessly!”
Du Jingya glanced at her silent father, then exited the video call angrily.
It was always like this. It was her father’s constant leniency that allowed these uncles and elders to hold so much power.
Besides, Xingyu didn’t even want to be the heir. He was more interested in mechas.
Especially now that he had become Gu Yun’s little fanboy, watching his videos countless times a day as he kept insisting that he wanted to join the military to fight alien beasts.
No, she couldn’t let things continue like this. She had to purge everything within the Du family!
Otherwise the Du family would really start to decline while the Gu family continued to rise.
That’s right, she had to become the head of the family!
However after she expressed her desire to her father once again, Du Feng only told her seriously, “There has never been a precedent for a woman to become the head of the Du family. If you want to be the head, you at least need to match my achievements.”
Du Jingya nodded. “You mean becoming a Level Seven Stone Gambler right? I’ll do it.”
However watching his daughter’s retreating figure, Du Feng sighed. Being the head of the family was never easy, and as a woman, it would be even harder.
He could only hope that Jingya would back down once she realized the difficulty.
After Du Jingya went back to her room, she activated the sound shielding device, and dialed Gu Yuanzhao’s communicator.
Gu Yuanzhao, who was wearing an apron and preparing dinner frowned when he saw her name on the screen of his light brain.
He plated the stir-fried pork with green peppers he had just learned to cook quickly and had Alpha 01 take it away before he answered the video call.
“What is it? Speak quickly.” His voice was ice cold.
“Young Master Gu, I’d like to ask you for a favor… cough, cough…”
Du Jingya froze when she saw the apron on him, then nearly laughed out loud. Fortunately she covered her mouth quickly and only coughed lightly a few times.
Bai Jing sat down at the dining table, however before he could say anything, Gu Yuanzhao explained, “Ah Jing, it’s a call from Du Jingya. It seems she needs something from me.”
Then to prove his innocence, he deliberately enlarged the screen so that Bai Jing could see it directly.
Du Jingya was once again shocked by Young Master Gu’s behavior.
Tsk, who would’ve thought? She originally assumed that Young Master Gu held the upper hand in their relationship, but now it seemed that it was God Yun who was the one in control— he was really skilled at managing him.
She sighed, “It’s like this: those old fossils in the Du family still want me to marry you, but I’m planning to escape and need to borrow some of the Gu family’s advanced technology—”
Gu Yuanzhao’s expression changed immediately, and ending the call hurriedly, he said to the teenager with a sense of urgency in his voice, “Ah Jing, I never had any such intentions! Those are just rumors.”
Bai Jing smiled. “I know.”
Then Gu Yuanzhao, with a cold expression, sent Du Jingya a two word reply: “Go ahead.”
Then he deleted her contact information.
Relieved, Du Jingya finally let out a sigh of relief.
The gap between an intermediate Stone Gambler and an advanced Stone Gambler was like that of a chasm. What’s more raising one’s rate of betting increase wasn’t an easy feat.
So she knew she needed to use the opportunity of the arranged marriage to delve deep into the mines of various planets, experience the raw state of rough stones up close, focus solely on gambling on rough stones, and stay far away from the conflicts of Capital Star.
And she had started planning all this a year ago.
She’d spent that year accumulating a significant amount of physical starcoins, approximately 5 million in total, an amount that was enough to use on remote planets.
And in addition, she’d prepared energy guns and defense shields, and had even learned how to pilot a mecha.
—And although she wasn’t proficient, it was enough to save her life.
She had originally planned to escape right after the Sotho Star Planet’s Emporium concluded, however the appearance of the large number of alien beasts forced her to delay her plan.
**
Du Jingya left her light brain in her room and slipped away from Capital Star silently in the middle of the night, unaware that her father and brother were watching her leave.
The next day, Du Feng broke his previous silence and rejected the proposal for an arranged marriage with the Gu family firmly.
Three years later, Du Jingya officially returned to Capital Star.
And within six months, she leaped from a Level Five Stone Gambler to a Level Seven Stone Gambler, shocking everyone!
Then she became the youngest Level Seven Stone Gambler, second only to the Divine Level Stone Gamblers, at the age of just 24.
She was even stronger than her father, Du Feng!
Then two years later, the Du family underwent a leadership change, and she became the new head of the family.
And in the years that followed, she used iron-fisted tactics to reform the Du family, elevating it to the position of the second most powerful aristocratic family in the empire!
The daughters of the aristocratic families who had mocked her for running away from home were still being married off according to their families’ arrangements, while Du Jingya, now firmly in control, no longer had anyone who could influence her decisions or her life!
She lived the life every woman aspired to.
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