Fang Xinxin stepped forward with a smile, washed his hands, and helped make the meat paste. The meat was ordinary, but the seasonings and soup were not simple. With just a little help, he added a special pot, and in no time, a fragrance seeped out.

  Not only is it fragrant with meat, but also has a unique refreshing fragrance. As soon as you smell it, you feel refreshed and concentrated. Inside, there are also precious nutritional ingredients such as needle ear mushrooms.

  This must be the seasoning that removes fishy smell and adds fragrance, Fang Xin thought to himself.

  The third dish was the simplest stir-fried green vegetables, which is a vegetarian dish.

  "Alright, let's eat together, just two dishes and a soup!" Xiao Bing said with a smile, her whole body radiating a brilliant light, her eyes sparkling with amusement, revealing two dimples. Fang Xin was enchanted, and without realizing it, he leaned in again and kissed her dimples once more.

  Xiao Bing's eyes were filled with laughter as she slightly pushed forward and brought these dishes onto the small table, and lunch began.

  After all, it's the Xiao family, the fragrant rice is plump and crystal clear, emitting a unique fragrance, and the two dishes and one soup are extremely delicious. Fang Xin couldn't help but praise them, and suddenly looked at Xiao Bing with new eyes.

  Accompanied by a glass of ice-leaf wine, only half a cup was poured, and it reflected a pure golden color. The slightly icy taste had an extremely refreshing flavor, and after entering the mouth, the fragrance was even more refreshing, increasing the sensitivity of the taste buds, which is obviously the Xiao family's appetizer.

  Simple luxury is hidden in life.

  The lunch was very delicious, after eating, Fang Xin wanted to wash the dishes again. This time, Xiao Bing refused, seeing her resolute expression, Fang Xin also nodded and said: "Then I'll trouble you."

  Composed and at ease.

  A hint of unusual color flashed in Xiao Bing's eyes. She went to wash the dishes and then came out after washing her hands.

  "Fang Xin, do you have anything going on this afternoon?" She asked: "We're having some guests from home tonight. How about it?"

  "Alright, I'm free this afternoon, you have something to attend to, go ahead and do it. Give me a room key. I'll take a rest too." Fang Xin immediately understood her meaning, saying.

  "Alright, good. You must be tired from the journey, take a rest." Of course, there were rooms in the villa, and at that moment they were on the second floor. Find one of the rooms, the room was clean, spotless, and there was even a quilt prepared. It seemed to have been prepared early.

  She said a few words and then bid farewell, Fang Xin sent her downstairs, shook hands and ended, and then went upstairs.

  In the living room downstairs, a person came out of the side house at this time. Xiao Bing slightly lowered his head: "Mr. Jia, it's too much trouble for you, and you haven't had dinner yet. I'll immediately have a banquet sent to Qingping House for you."

  "It doesn't matter, I'm the uncle of this generation of Xiao family, of course, I have to see it clearly, not troublesome, not troublesome." This person is an old man with a calm tone.

  "What's your opinion then?" Xiao Bing asked somewhat nervously.

  "The last time I heard you liked this person. I was a bit opposed to it, and when I was young, I seemed to have seen him once. However, he was mediocre, but this time, it seems that he is really good." Old Jia said. "Oh!" Old Jia's evaluation of "really good" was rare, and Xiao Bing immediately put down more than half of her worries, revealing a hint of a smile.

  "The girl is already quite tense, but his current cultivation is pretty good. His internal energy and spiritual power are impressive, only one level below yours. However, the conditions you've had since childhood aren't something he can compare to. Looking at his quality, it's truly exceptional, only a hair's breadth away from achieving the 'Ice Muscle Jade Bone' state. I think even the empire wouldn't be able to find many with such talent. It's strange that the Fang family would let someone like him go to waste? Even if he is a distant relative, he's still a member of the Fang family!

  Old Jia shook his head in puzzlement and sighed: "Even you, right now, are only about equal to him. You've been using secret techniques and medicines since childhood to achieve this 'Ice Muscle Jade Bone' state. There are many things he doesn't understand yet, but that's not important - those things are just minor skills. What's key is that he doesn't have any inferiority complex, and has a very calm and composed demeanor. His bearing is quite good."

  Xiao Bing couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "This is actually the one thing I'm most dissatisfied with."

  Her expression was calm, but her eyes had an indescribable melancholy. She said in a low voice: "All love and affection are impermanent and hard to come by, life is full of fears, and fate is as fragile as morning dew. Sorrow and fear arise from love, if one separates from love, there will be no sorrow or fear."

  The old man suddenly understood the secret and his whole body shook.

  "This is what the Buddha said, without mentioning impermanence for the time being. There are still some principles in it. If you can take a step back and be at ease, it means that he doesn't love me deeply, nor has he ever been infatuated with me. Moreover, he has never been tempted by my family's wealth and power. To put it bluntly, if we don't crave for anything, what is there to fear about our family's rules? If we have no desires, then our evaluation of him would be meaningless. How could he not be at ease? How could he not be calm?"

  The less one seeks, the higher one's aspirations. If one can seek nothing from outside, then naturally one will not be bound by any rules. Of course, Fang Xing is able to do this because he has the Jade Like Intent. Even if others consider him a mouse, what does it matter? He is still a soaring dragon.

  However, there is a way in this world, being firm with oneself, walking firmly, able to be self-satisfied and self-sufficient, not seeking external help, how many people can do it?

  "If he loves me and values me, why would it be so easy?" Xiao Bing said in a low voice, then raised her head, but was stunned, completely not understanding why the old man was shocked, this should be the simplest truth.

  "People who do great things naturally have their own demeanor and foundation. You can't have both fish and bear's paw, where is the person who can do great things and be infatuated with you? The old man finally came back to his senses and said: "You are in the family, of course, you know that some things cannot be had. You chose him, he happened to have such a temperament, it's already lucky."

  The Xiao Bing family is naturally a political force in the local area, with multiple members of parliament emerging from it. As Xiao Bing's husband, he was at least a member of the Imperial Parliament later on, even if he didn't have any ambitions for officialdom.

  Xiao Bing nodded, got on the car, and it started to move forward. First, they sent him to Qingping House. Along the way, she and Old Jia didn't speak again. Until they were about to get off the car, Old Jia said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen!"

  Xiao Bing revealed a hint of a smile and replied: "I know!"

  Although the Xiao family can be said to be as deep as the sea, how can the masters of the past generations not control the overall situation? If they have made up their minds, then no one can change it. Giving some courtesy and listening to some opinions is just giving face and saving appearances.

  After that, he waited until he went in. Then he drove back to the Xiao family building, walked in, took the CEO elevator, and stopped on the 18th floor with a "ding". At this time, the person who came in was a man.

  The man in his twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall and handsome, bowed his head to her and said: "Ah, just right, my uncle asked me to call you to see him!"

  "Father wants to see me!" Xiao Bing frowned slightly and took a step back, she didn't like him being so close, even though he was her cousin.

  Press the key and continue upwards until the 24th floor.

  The door opened. The corridor was quiet, with only employees coming and going. Xiao Bing saw the CEO's office and walked forward.

  "Hello Director Xiao, Director Meng is inside, I'll let him know." The secretary came forward and said, although they were father and daughter, there were still some formalities to follow.

  A bunch of snow-white flowers is placed in the room. The fragrance flows quietly, just like the angel's horn.

  "Sorry, General Meng is still reviewing the document, please wait for a moment." Before long, the secretary came out and poured her tea, speaking in a low voice. Xiao Bing didn't say anything, she knew that her father had some resentment towards her choice, but she wasn't going to vent her anger on this secretary, so she calmed down and quietly drank her tea.

  One should be content with oneself and find joy in life, the only thing that can make oneself happy is oneself, so one must not mistreat oneself at any time, she had long been enlightened to this.

  In fact, the Xiao family has been practicing the tradition of passing down the family business to the eldest daughter, with all the shares in the hands of the head of the household, who has always held more than 60% of the controlling stake. Now, half of it has already been transferred to Xiao Bing's hands. In terms of shares and control, Xiao Bing has actually surpassed her father by a lot.

  It's just that when doing things, don't rush to seize power, some things don't need to be so urgent.

  After a while, she was called in again. Her father was sitting upright, looking at his daughter. He had intended to scold her, but now it seemed that there was no point. Some things couldn't be said. After a moment of silence, he asked: "Have you made up your mind?"

  Xiao Bing knew her father was referring to Fang Xin, nodded and said: "Dad, I've already chosen him."

  "But what's so good about him, I investigated and he's just an ordinary person. Except when you were young, you lived with him for two years which is a bit special." As his father, he was quite perplexed: "You won't choose him just because of this, will you? Childhood friends?"

  "It can only be considered partial, actually when I was a child, I promised him as my wife."

  Xiao Fu listened and was both angry and amused: "Is this what they call a private arrangement for life?"

  Xiao Bing showed a hint of a smile and said, "I suppose so. I just feel that he's the one I like, nothing more."

  Xiao's father glanced at her and knew that once she said she liked something, there was no use arguing. He sighed and said: "At least it looks good on the surface!"

  "Sixteen years old, third-grade internal breath and yin spirit, does it count?"

  "Ah!" Xiao's father was moved, he himself was only at the third stage of internal energy and yin spirit, it had taken him decades to understand the difficulties within, of course, he knew his daughter wasn't lying, and the Xiao family had always placed great importance on this aspect, so he fell silent for a moment before saying: "Now is not like before, nor is it enough to just have achievements in cultivation."

  "Dad, what's going on? Our family doesn't have any other options? How much money and power do we need to borrow from outsiders? We're not a family that's been around for just decades, relying on marriage. We're a family with thousands of years of history, we have our own foundation." Xiao Bing's voice was stretched out: "Dad, I'm your daughter, how can you not face me?"

  Xiao's father couldn't help but let out a sigh: "To be honest, I don't think he's worthy of you. You're mature and sensible, taking charge early on, and your achievements over the past few years are plain for everyone to see. Your cultivation is also high, what reason is there to not marry him? I heard that today you even personally cooked a dish for him, don't you feel humiliated? For example, the Luo family, or the Li family's one, aren't they all right?"

  Xiao Bing smiled as soon as she heard it.

  "Hey, what's so funny? Answer me."

  "Dad, emotions are one thing and business is another. If we have to use our emotions as a bargaining chip in life, then isn't that just too tiring and fake?!" By this point, Xiao Bing had collected her smile: "The Xiao family has gone through over 500 years before being able to lay down its roots, allowing the successive generations of masters not to sell out their own emotions in order to survive. I've long since understood this."

  "As for whether I'm wronged or not, I don't feel wronged myself, that's enough. Why bother talking about reason?" Xiao Bing said to this point, her eyes becoming hazy: "I'm just following my own heart, if I was really wronged, it would be something I brought upon myself."

  Xiao Fu wanted to say something, but suddenly remembered what had happened with her mother back then. Her heart softened instantly and she stared at her for a while before saying: "As the saying goes, children don't know their parents' hearts. Never mind that. How do you treat your older cousin?"

  Xiao Bingxin let out a sigh of relief, knowing that his father had passed this test. He smiled and said: "Elder cousin, I won't treat him unfairly either. There's still a piece of land in Qianguo where we can build a leisure resort, how about letting elder cousin take charge of it?"

  "Now that you've made up your mind, what can I say? After all, you're my daughter, and if I don't listen to you, who will?" Xiaofu said helplessly.

  "Thank you, Dad!" she said, and then Xue Bing went forward, kissed her father, and turned to leave.

  "Ah, this little girl!" Xiao Fu smiled, watching her leave, and after a moment, his gaze turned...

  At this time, Fang Xin was practicing qigong to consolidate his foundation. In fact, whether it was washing the marrow or increasing the original energy, both were actually a long-term process. Only when he had thoroughly digested and adjusted his body could he be considered complete. Therefore, in the room, Fang Xin followed the Great Heavenly Circulation Method, circulating one breath between inhalation and exhalation. He felt a thread of energy entering his body, seeping into his internal organs, although it was rare, but not cut off. This was the true Great Heavenly Circulation, from which he could seize the creation of heaven and earth.

  After a long time, Fang Xin finally let out a sigh of relief and slowly opened his eyes. In the afternoon sunlight, his skin emitted a faint glow that was almost visible to the naked eye, and he felt extremely satisfied in his heart.