23: Chapter 23 The Chen Sisters' Astonishment! Could their parents also hear Xiao Fan's thoughts?

Ignoring the speechlessly blank expressions on the three daughters' faces,

Chen Jianguo kept his hands behind his back and nodded with satisfaction:

"You took very good care of your younger brother today and didn't turn a deaf ear to your dad's words."

"As a reward, your allowance will be doubled this month."

"..."

The three sisters' eyes lit up simultaneously.

Allowance doubled?

This meant an extra one million would be added to their allowance cards.

Although the money they each earned was already enough to spend, who would complain about having too much money?

Their earlier trace of displeasure vanished into thin air instantly.

Chen Xuening pushed up her glasses and said reservedly:

"Taking care of our younger brother is our duty as elder sisters, it's only right."

"..."

Chen Yutong chimed in gently:

"Xiao Fan is very well-behaved, and we all like him very much."

"..."

Holding her drawing board, Chen Nianan fell silent for two and a half seconds: "... Mm."

After speaking, all three felt a bit guilty and secretly glanced at Chen Fan.

After all, they knew very well in their hearts that taking their biological younger brother to buy clothes today had somewhat of a "revenge" mentality at the start.

Sweeping up items crazily in the store was also done with the suppressed urge to "humiliate" him.

They saw Chen Fan looking at them with a beaming smile, his gaze sincere and his tone heartfelt:

"Thank you so much for taking care of me today, sisters! I've never worn such nice clothes, and I've never been doted on like this by anyone."

"This is the happiest day I've lived in my eighteen years."

"You are the best sisters in the entire world."

"..."

Facing Chen Fan's clear yet foolish eyes,

a certain soft corner in the three sisters' hearts was gently touched.

That gaze was so sincere that for a split second, it made them feel as though everything the other party said came from the bottom of his heart.

It even gave rise to a trace of guilt.

Perhaps... had they thought too poorly of him before?

This was their biological younger brother who shared the exact same Bloodline with them!

From the very root, he was good to begin with.

Even if he had grown somewhat crooked now, how bad could he possibly be?

As his biological elder sisters, they should guide him properly.

Instead of being pre-emptively biased because of Xiao Ci's matter, guessing his motives and resisting him with prejudice.

And deliberately buying a bunch of things to tick him off was truly going a bit too far.

Just at the moment when the three sisters' hearts softened and they felt inwardly guilty,

a familiar, aloof, and utterly sarcastic cold voice of the Immortal Venerable suddenly exploded in their minds!

[Hmph! Staying with these four idiots is truly the most aggrieved day the Venerable One has ever lived through in eighteen years!]

[A bunch of mortal trash, shoved forcibly into the hands of the Venerable One, forcing the Venerable One to accept this favor and become tainted with filthy Karma! The Venerable One only finds it disgusting!]

[On the surface, each one puts on the appearance of a good sister, but what about secretly behind the scenes?]

[They think the Venerable One has a dark mind and likes to maliciously guess others' motives!]

[They think the Venerable One falls short by a hundred thousand miles compared to their Fake Young Master brother!]

[These few idiots still think the Venerable One cannot see their favoritism!]

[As for which side the scale in their hearts tilts toward, the Venerable One knows it crystal clear.]

[It's just that the Venerable One couldn't be bothered to expose them and merely played along with them perfunctorily!]

[Anyway, it's useless to complain to that pair of blind and heartless mom and dad! Birds of a feather flock together! Complaining would be in vain anyway!]

[In past lives, they only knew how to favor these four stupid daughters and protect that Fake Young Master, turning around to accuse the Venerable One of petty calculations and disrupting family harmony!]

[How pathetic! How laughable!]

The corners of Chen Fan's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Big Brother Hao! You're at it again, aren't you?!

I'm begging you to stop overthinking and imagining things!

My sisters poured their hearts out to buy me the most expensive clothes, and Mom and Dad sincerely dote on me. Where is the favoritism in that? Where is the falseness?

Aren't you just talking nonsense with your eyes wide open?!

Aggrieved still? Disgusting?

I'm almost moved to tears, alright! I wish I could live such a good life every day!

Is it appropriate for you to slander my beloved family and friends like this?

If the sisters heard this and misunderstood me, what should I do?

If Mom and Dad heard this and formed an opinion of me, what should I do???

Fortunately... none of them can hear it. Thank goodness, thank goodness.

Otherwise, even if I grew mouths all over my body, I wouldn't be able to explain it clearly. I'd be completely unable to clear my name!

Chen Fan rejoiced inwardly.

[Whatever, whatever~~~]

[The most important matter right now is to find an opportunity to leave this family as soon as possible.]

[The Venerable One has just undergone Rebirth not long ago, and my strength has only recovered by 1%. I must hurry up and improve my Cultivation.]

[This realm may seem peaceful right now, but in reality, the Spiritual Qi tide is approaching, and there will only be more and more world-shaking anomalies in the coming years.]

[If I cannot reassemble my Divine Sense and open up my Dantian before the first outburst of spiritual power tides, the Venerable One won't even have the power for self-preservation by then.]

[I must find a quiet place abundant in Spiritual Qi as soon as possible to go into seclusion and Cultivate.]

[The Venerable One has no time to waste on this family of idiots.]

[As for this decadent mortal world, false familial affection, laughable family members, and the miserable endings of this family of cannon fodder villains, just let them enjoy it themselves!!]

[The Venerable One has done everything possible out of benevolence and righteousness, and disdains to be tainted by even a fraction more.]

Chen Fan: "..."

Spiritual Qi tide? World-shaking anomalies?

No way! Now in order to trick me into running away from home, even the recovery of Spiritual Qi has been made up, right?!

And strength recovered by 1%?

An ordinary person like me who doesn't even have the strength to truss a chicken, what kind of cultivation strength am I going to recover!

If you even rewarded me with a single Cultivation Technique, I could barely believe you by three points.

Which Immortal Venerable actually spoke these edgy quotes anyway?

Doesn't he blush?!

While Chen Fan was frantically ranting in his heart,

he was completely unaware that the expressions of the three sisters beside him were shattering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This brat! (•́へ• ́╬) He was actually acting?!

That passionate expression of gratitude just now was all an act?!!

To think that they actually felt guilty just now, were truly moved, and felt they were too harsh and had wronged their biological younger brother!

They even thought about guiding him properly onto the right path in the future!

So it turns out they were just clownish buffoons making a fool of themselves with unrequited sentiments?

What made them even more infuriated and humiliated was that this brat actually knew everything?!

He knew they thought his mind was dark, he knew they deliberately took him shopping just to tick him off, he knew their hearts favored Xiao Ci, and he knew what they said in front of their parents were all polite formalities...

He clearly knew all of it.

Yet on the surface, he pretended to be so obedient, so moved, and so sensible!!!

Sly!

Extremely sly!!!

This goddamned acting skill was probably more than a tier higher than the fourth sister's!!!

Being so two-faced and deep-minded at such a young age!

Terrifying!!!

The three sisters were shocked, embarrassed, and angry all at once, yet unable to expose it, so they could only hold it in.

ε＝ε＝ε＝(#＞д＜)ﾉ Rage of impotence, ahhhhhhh—

The only thing that brought them solace was...

Mom and Dad couldn't hear the inner voice.

Otherwise, given their current bottomless doting on Chen Fan,

having their allowance deducted was a minor matter, but there's no telling how they would scold them instead!!!

The moment this thought flashed across their minds——

the three of them suddenly felt a chill down their backs, their bodies tensing up in unison.

Two dangerous gazes, just like spotlights, fell upon them.

Chilly and carrying a wrath of disappointment over their failure to meet expectations.

Their hearts skipped a beat as they slowly raised their heads.

They saw Chen Jianguo and Wang Xiaoyun standing opposite them, their faces as black as the bottom of a pot, their eyes filled with disappointment and dissatisfaction.

Staring straight at the three sisters.

"Hmph! Are these the ways you three take care of your younger brother?"

"After spending an entire afternoon together, not only did you fail to ease the sibling relationship, but instead you made him feel that you were biased?"

"Making him increasingly detest this family, feeling that he can't stay in this home any longer? With his heart set entirely on escaping!"

"..."

Receiving the WeChat messages sent by their parents,

the three sisters stood stiffly in place like three statues struck by lightning.

In their minds, an absurd yet plausible thought simultaneously exploded.

No way?

It couldn't be?

That's impossible, right?!!!!!!

Mom and Dad? They can hear the inner voice too?!!!!!!

(ΩДΩ)!!!!!!