"The fate of the world is not my concern," the Silver Fox said calmly to Yan Aohan.
Yan Aohan looked at him. "But you are part of that world. To me, even a blade of grass or a flower holds equal status to you."
"This world is about the strong surviving and the weak perishing. Only the strong can live," the Silver Fox stated directly.
Zhu Yanyi looked at the Silver Fox. "You are so right. I just realized this too. Because I understood this, my inner strength grew stronger."
"Yes, only the strong survive. You are not wrong. But…" Zhu Yanyi’s tone became very serious.
"But you must know, strong people exist because weak people highlight them. If everyone was the same, who would be strong? Would we compare humans to ants? Or flies? Human strength is not about physical power. It is about inner ability. Like me."
Zhu Yanyi pointed at herself. "I never wanted to be strong. But just now, I realized I must be. Why? Because I have people who love me, and people I love, right here. To protect them, I must be stronger than everyone. I am not afraid to compete. I only fear no one wants to compete with me. That is different from no one daring to compete. When no one dares to compete with me, then I am truly strong."
Zhu Yanyi took a deep breath. "But there is always someone stronger. I might be strong, but others might be stronger. So I must keep improving myself to become stronger."
Zhu Yanyi looked at the Silver Fox with a serious gaze. "Silver Fox, do you understand? Being strong is not about bullying the weak. Strength has many meanings. I am a doctor. I heard a phrase: 'A mother becomes strong for her child.' It means a mother will overcome any difficulty for her child. Normally, women are seen as weaker. But for her child, she challenges any hardship. This shows her moral strength. This is also being strong. This is what a strong person should be."
"Silver Fox, you have good skills, but you only think of bullying others. That means you are not truly strong. In my eyes, you are a coward."
The Silver Fox did not get angry. He had nothing to be angry about. He just never expected Zhu Yanyi to say such things.
The Silver Fox looked at Zhu Yanyi for a long time before speaking. "Little Divine Doctor, I see you have become much stronger."
They all understood what "stronger" meant here. Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow. "I think so too. But I cannot be proud. I must keep working hard. No one knows the limit of strength in the outside world."
"You will become stronger than the strong," Yan Aohan smiled and rubbed Zhu Yanyi’s head.
Zhu Yanyi made a funny face at Yan Aohan. "I feel your words give me no motivation. I was already going to become that person. You should say I will become the strongest."
The Silver Fox watched the couple bicker with a smile. After a while, he said, "So, what do you plan to do about the Godfather?"
"Nothing. As long as he doesn’t come to us, we don’t care," Yan Aohan answered casually. "Besides, you said the Godfather is targeting you. If he is targeting you, what does it have to do with us?"
This was very willful. The Silver Fox looked at Yan Aohan. "I think you have been corrupted by this little girl, Zhu Yanyi."
"Hey, can you say that without me hearing? If you talk like that, I won’t filed it away without dwelling," Zhu Yanyi glared at the Silver Fox.
Yan Aohan quickly said, "Wife, you don’t need to settle it with him. I will settle it with him."
Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan, amused and helpless. Did he even get jealous over a sentence?
The Silver Fox twitched his face. After a while, he said, "You two are enough. Stop bullying the lonely one."
Yan Aohan looked at the Silver Fox. "You didn’t have to come find us. Then you wouldn’t be lonely. But since you came, it means you chose to be bullied by us."
The Silver Fox didn’t want to talk to Yan Aohan anymore. He felt he would only get angry if he continued.
"I won’t say much. I will only say one thing. I came to your banquet, and the Godfather knows," the Silver Fox said, a mischievous smile on his lips. This meant he did it on purpose.
Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan looked at each other. Zhu Yanyi looked at the Silver Fox and said after a moment, "You mean you told the Godfather where we are?"
"I didn’t tell him directly. I just leaked a little bit," the Silver Fox said, not feeling wrong about tricking them.
Zhu Yanyi stayed silent. Yan Aohan listened and was not angry at all. "If you only leaked a little, then let it be. We are not doing anything bad at this banquet. If the Godfather appears himself, that is best. If he doesn’t, it means he won’t appear before us for now."
The Silver Fox was stunned. He looked at Yan Aohan, then at Zhu Yanyi. "You are not worried about the Godfather at all?"
Yan Aohan smiled slightly. "It is not that we are not worried. It is that right now, there is nothing to worry about. Nothing worth worrying about."
The Godfather would definitely appear before them. But how he appeared was not up to them. The relationships were complex, involving Old Man Yao. So Yan Aohan did not think the Godfather would appear now. At least not until he was sure.
The Silver Fox felt confused for the first time. He wondered what these two were thinking.
Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi ignored the Silver Fox’s thoughts.
"Why are you two not anxious?" the Silver Fox asked his question. "If we catch the Godfather, Old Man Yao will be saved."
"Grandpa Yao is safe for now. The Godfather is not suitable to be caught here. Of course, if there is internal fighting in your Holy Church, we don’t care. It is your Holy Church’s business," Zhu Yanyi said calmly. "As long as it doesn’t involve us for now. Besides, on such a good day, I don’t want to hear bad news."