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Raising them yourself is too much trouble, and dragons really do have a bad temper. Xiaotian and Jingyun were beaten into submission by them before!
Therefore, we still need to start with education from the very beginning!
95. Chapter 94: I'm Not Human Anymore
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After entrusting the matter of the dragon egg to Daolong and the Holy Lord, Lü Cheng returned home.
Ye Xinxia and Ding Yumin have been spending all their time in the school library lately. Ai Tutu also seems to have something to do and has been out for several days. Liu Xian and Liu Ru are still training with Dao Long. The huge villa suddenly feels empty and even a bit deserted.
"I don't remember you being an alcoholic."
Upon opening the door and entering the living room, the first thing you see is Mu Nujiao, who is drinking alone in silence.
"I'm not an alcoholic." Mu Nujiao hurriedly hid the wine bottle on the table with a slightly evasive look in her eyes. However, she seemed to have drunk too much and her eyesight was poor. The wine bottle fell to the ground, and the wine spilled all over the floor.
"I'm sorry, I..." Mu Nujiao stood up drunkenly, trying to clean up the spilled wine, but she accidentally fell to the ground.
"Don't move around after drinking so much." Lü Cheng instantly appeared behind Mu Nujiao, picked her up, and turned to walk towards the bedroom upstairs.
Several shadowy soldiers silently emerged from the shadows and quickly cleaned up the scene.
"I'm sorry..." Mu Nujiao was clearly drunk, tightly hugging Lü Cheng's neck, without her usual restraint and the slight sense of distance she felt at a loss.
Lu Cheng carried Mu Nujiao to the bed and asked, "What, did you do something to wrong me too?"
“No…” Mu Nujiao pursed her lips, hesitating to speak.
"Is there a problem at home?" Lü Cheng asked.
Mu Nujiao shook her head. "No, it's my own problem."
In this house, Ai Tutu is the beloved child of the Ai family. She is not restricted in any way and can live freely.
Ye Xinxia and Ding Yumin were the same; they didn't need to think too much because Lü Cheng was willing to shield them from all the storms, and they were willing to let go of their worries and enjoy this protection with peace of mind.
She envied them, but she also knew that she had brought this upon herself.
She was already caught up in it from the moment she first obtained resources from her family.
Lu Cheng had warned her before that, born into this environment, unless one becomes the supreme controller, one is merely a tool, and the so-called freedom is lost from the moment of birth.
All the privileges they have gained will come at a price in the future.
She naively thought that if she stopped demanding more from her family, she might be able to break free, but reality was cruel, and she had been overthinking it.
After returning from Jinlin, she tentatively asked her family about this matter.
The response she received was cold, colder than she had ever imagined.
With Lü Cheng's fate unknown, coupled with her questions about the demon-related experiments, the Mu family's previous arrangements for her have changed. The kind elders of the past are gone, replaced by warnings that are almost threatening.
During the months that Lü Cheng was missing, marriage proposals that she had previously avoided began to come her way. She wanted to refuse, but her family asked her to remain ambiguous about these matters.
When Lü Cheng reappeared, now holding the titles of Honorary Councilor of the Magic Court and Honorary Chief Judge of the Imperial Capital Tribunal, her family immediately cut off her ambiguous relationships and demanded that she continue with her previous arrangements.
She suddenly realized what Lu Cheng had said earlier. She had never been free; she just hadn't realized it and had even foolishly thought she could break free from those controls.
“I told you, you can come to me,” Lü Cheng said.
Mu Nujiao shook her head, "I don't want to cause you any trouble."
The only way for her to escape the vortex of the Mu family was to return what she had given back many times over. She needed to repay not only what she had received, but also what she was entitled to, what she should have paid, and the interest on everything from the past, present, and future.
The loan process began the moment she was born, and even all the interest was arranged.
She can't escape.
Unless she can become the head of the Mu family, freedom will always be a distant dream.
However, she can't even control herself now, so how can she control the Mu family?
The aristocratic families aren't idiots. If she doesn't get the desired result this time, she won't do it again.
“I can help you,” Lü Cheng said.
"Help me?" Mu Nujiao leaned close to Lü Cheng's eyes, her breath barely audible.
"What's the price?"
"You said that everything comes at a price, and nothing is free."
"Can I afford to pay this price?"
"How do you know you can't afford it if you haven't even tried?" Lu Cheng reached out and pinched Mu Nujiao's nose, then silently pulled back a little distance.
The smell of alcohol was strong, but given the atmosphere, he couldn't be too direct.
Mu Nujiao regained some of her senses, pursed her lips, and shook her head.
Every relationship requires give and take. Lu Cheng certainly has enough power to help her, but how should she repay him?
Will you pledge yourself to me?
She can't.
She does like him and hopes to have a future with him, but definitely not in this way.
She wanted to stand by his side, not be a parasite on him.
Ye Xinxia is Lü Cheng's sister, and she has every right to rely on him.
Ding Yumin possessed terrifying talent, and she didn't even need Lü Cheng's help much.
But lately, she has become increasingly afraid. Seeing everyone else making such rapid progress, she increasingly doubts whether her so-called talent was really real.
She didn't want to be a tool to be manipulated at will by the Mu family, nor did she want to be a burden to Lü Cheng.
Perhaps he wouldn't mind her small burden, but she couldn't accept it.
“You take life too seriously,” Lu Cheng said.
“You can be completely shameless, just like me.”
"You?" Mu Nujiao was taken aback, then laughed.
"Are you going to follow your example and date a rich woman?"
Everyone says that Lü Cheng became powerful by relying on a rich woman, but where is that rich woman?
She didn't see it, Ye Xinxia didn't see it, nobody saw it.
She only saw Lu Cheng's terrifying talent, a talent that seemed like a joke.
The "rich woman" label is just an excuse.
After all, no one knows just how much power a wealthy woman whose family background is unknown.
So no one dared to offend him, and even the Mu family's attitude toward this matter was strange.
In the past, the Mu family hoped that she could bring Lü Cheng, a talented individual, into the Mu family. Later, the Mu family wanted her to serve as a link to bind Lü Cheng to the Mu family. Now, the Mu family has become wary of Lü Cheng.
It wasn't because of his ability, but because of his untraceable background and the so-called rich woman he kept talking about, yet there was no information about her.
Honorary councilor of the Magic Court and honorary chief judge of the Imperial Capital Tribunal. These two titles may sound impressive to others, but the Mu family knows very well that they represent a level of prestige that even clans with forbidden spell masters do not possess!
There are two possibilities for the Magic Court to make this decision: either his talent is sufficient to make the Magic Court make this level of investment, or...
Or perhaps, Lü Cheng's background is beyond their imagination!
Neither option was worth the risk for the Mu family, as they risked getting themselves into trouble if they weren't careful.
“I’d like to, but I haven’t been able to find the right one,” Lü Cheng shrugged.
Before awakening his summoning abilities and getting involved with demons, his plan was to hook up with a rich woman.
He used the advantage of that storyline to hook up with every rich woman he could.
But after he got the demon, many things became simpler, and he no longer needed to rely on rich women.
“Suitable…” Mu Nujiao smiled and shook her head.
She didn't think Lü Cheng would really date a rich woman. After all, he knew very well what it would cost to do that. Even she, from a prominent family, had to use everything she owned as collateral for a loan. Lü Cheng... Rich women aren't stupid. Dating a rich woman would only come at a higher price, with more interest and more trouble.
Lu Cheng has always been very direct in his actions, which shows that he hates trouble and would never create unnecessary trouble for himself.
“Jiaojiao, human abilities are limited. What I’ve learned from my short life is that the more people try to scheme, the more likely their schemes are to fail due to unforeseen circumstances,” Lü Cheng suddenly said.
"To break this damned cycle, one must become a being beyond human."
If Mu Ningxue hadn't run away back then, his life would be completely different now.
He didn't expect that to happen, but it did.
The more you think you have everything under control, the more reality will give you a hard time.
"Beyond human? Acheng, what are you talking about?" Mu Nujiao didn't quite understand.
A dangerous red light flashed in Lü Cheng's eyes, and his figure changed rapidly. In just a few breaths, he transformed into a burly dragon-man covered in black scales.
“I’m no longer human, Jiaojiao.”