My father is the main character, but the female leads want to kill me.

“No, you still have to come with me to a party organized by the royal family after the academy selection competition!” Li Yuhan looked up from the pile of documents in front of her and said to Lin Ran.

"Ah, I have to attend some kind of party. No way, it's bound to be a hassle!" Lin Ran instinctively wanted to refuse when he heard about the party. In his opinion, such places always seemed to be the place where big things could inexplicably happen.

"no!"

Li Yuhan stood up, glared at Lin Ran and said coquettishly, "You have to participate because you helped me solve the problem of the engagement when you were Jiang Ran."

If you come to the party, it will further solidify my suspicion that I am Jiang Ran's woman. That would save me a lot of trouble and buy me time to reach a higher level as soon as possible.

"Won't some really powerful people come? If some knowledgeable and experienced people come, then I'll be in big trouble." Lin Ran was still unwilling to take on such a troublesome matter. With Li Yuhan's current charm, if she were by her side, there would definitely be a lot of trouble.

Seeing that Lin Ran was absolutely unwilling to go, Li Yuhan smiled and came to Lin Ran's side, bent down, and whispered temptingly in Lin Ran's ear: "If you agree, I'll give you a reward, okay?"

Feeling the warm breath on her ear and smelling the fragrance coming closer, Lin Ran was starting to lose control. Even veteran cadres might not be able to withstand this kind of test.

"What reward?" Lin Ran asked curiously.

"It'll be pointless to tell you, but I won't hurt you anyway!" Li Yuhan said mysteriously.

"Alright, alright, I'll go with you then. I've never seen anything like this before!" Lin Ran finally agreed. He wasn't particularly looking forward to the reward, but he was just curious about what a party like this at the Li Dynasty was like.

……

A week later, the academy selection competition concluded successfully. Lin Chong's performance was even better than Lin Ran had imagined, and he actually made it to the top four. However, in the end, he fought Qiu Wen, a Dao Yuan Realm one-star contestant who was also a favorite to win the competition, and the two were both seriously injured. In the end, Lin Chong's willpower was stronger, and he stood in the end, achieving a third-place finish.

Lin Chong's strength was only at the eighth level of the Daoist Realm, but he managed to defeat the first-level Daoist Yuan Realm cultivator. Lin Ran also went to the scene to see it. Lin Chong's use of Senior Ye Qiu's Azure Spirit Sword Technique was getting better and better. It was with the sword moves in that technique that he narrowly defeated Qiu Wen, who was at the Daoist Yuan Realm.

Then, Canglong Academy also made a rare move by recruiting Lin Chong. Anyone who watched the competition knew that the other two were slightly inferior to these two in terms of strength. Although they also made it into the top four, Lin Chong and Qiu Wen were grouped together due to the group assignments.

However, after Lin Chong recovered from his injuries, he unexpectedly chose Tianli Academy. When this decision reached Lin Ran's ears, Lin Ran asked Li Yuhan in surprise, "Why did Xiao Chong choose Tianli Academy instead of Canglong Academy? Isn't Canglong Academy far superior to Tianli Academy?"

After listening to Lin Ran's words, Li Yuhan thought for a while and then said, "Maybe it's because Tianli Academy has a special method for practicing swordsmanship, and Tianli Academy also has a quota for direct admission to the Sword Sect. You should know about the Sword Sect, right? It's a super power in the Central Region. Your child probably considered these things, which is why he chose that one!"

"Oh I see!"

Lin Ran suddenly realized that he hadn't really understood the five academies before, but now that he heard this, he understood. Lin Chong was pursuing the path of the sword, and among the five academies, only Tianli Academy had a special program for this path. Although Canglong Academy was the best, it was slightly inferior in terms of training in the sword.

When the Ye sisters learned that Lin Chong had chosen Tianli Academy, they naturally followed suit. After all, Canglong Academy and Shengqiong Academy only admitted one or two students each, so Tianli Academy was the best option available to them.

Ye Wanxi was worried that Lin Chong would choose one of the two academies mentioned earlier, which would mean she wouldn't be able to be with him. Since she couldn't go to either of those academies, they would have to travel a very long way to meet in the future.

The five academies are located in the vast Eastern Region, and the five academies are all very far apart, making it extremely difficult to meet them.

Now, the three of them can go to Tianli Academy together, study and live together, which is the most delightful thing.

A few days after the academy's selection competition concluded successfully, a grand party was held.

The gala was held in the royal palace of the Li Dynasty. The current emperor, Li Tianyi, also attended and met with the contestants who achieved outstanding results and the teachers from various academies.

Lin Ran, following Li Yuhan, also had her eyes opened, meeting the emperor of the Li Dynasty, Li Tianyi.

The emperor, with his white hair and beard, appeared quite vigorous and exuded an air of dignified authority. After saying a few words, he hurriedly left the meeting, and the evening's entertainment was then handed over to the eldest princess, Li Jinling, to host.

This was the first time Lin Ran had met Li Yuhan's mother. She was a beautiful and elegant woman with a graceful demeanor. Her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Li Yuhan's, both being long and narrow with a charming and alluring quality.

Li Jinling was adept at socializing at the meeting, chatting with many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital, occasionally letting out a charming laugh that sparked the imagination.

Lin Ran and Li Yuhan huddled in a corner of the party hall.

Li Yuhan was dressed in an elegant royal-style palace dress that accentuated her graceful curves. She sat gracefully with her legs crossed, while Lin Ran next to her was engrossed in eating, which seemed somewhat out of place in the elegant banquet hall.

This attracted the attention of many people around them, who shook their heads after seeing it, wondering why the bright and beautiful Li Yuhan would have such an unpleasant and silly person next to her.

Li Yuhan glanced at Lin Ran beside her and said helplessly, "Did I call you over here to eat? Even if you are eating, you should at least be a little more mindful!"

Despite saying that, Li Yuhan still handed a handkerchief to Lin Ran to wipe her mouth.

After taking the handkerchief, Lin Ran wiped her mouth, picked up a glass of wine, took a sip, let out a burp, and said, "The food here is quite good!"

“No one comes here to eat all the time. They all want to take advantage of this time to curry favor with those high-ranking officials and wealthy people in order to gain more benefits,” Li Yuhan said.

Lin Ran smiled at the radiant beauty in the hall and said, "Your mother is indeed beautiful, and her social skills are truly worthy of a mother and daughter!"

Li Yuhan also looked over and saw her mother talking to someone. Her eyes were somewhat complicated, and she obviously didn't want to comment on her mother. Instead, she changed the subject and said, "Look at your child and those two Ye family daughters. Like father, like son. They are both hiding in the corner and working hard to make ends meet!"

Following the direction Li Yuhan pointed, Lin Ran saw Lin Chong eating with his two younger sisters and couldn't help but laugh, saying, "This kind of party is really boring. What else can you do besides eat? Why don't you go and chat with those people? It would be good for your career, wouldn't it?"

Li Yuhan picked up the wine glass on the table in front of her, raised her swan-like neck, took a few sips, then propped her pretty face up with one hand, looked at Lin Ran with seductive eyes, and said, "Aren't you jealous?"

"What's there to be jealous about? It's the looks from your suitors that are giving me a bit of annoyance!" Lin Ran naturally noticed that many people in the hall were looking this way, and quite a few of them were hostile.

From the moment he and Li Yuhan arrived at the party hall, he knew that being with this vixen would definitely lead to a lot of trouble.

"Hahaha, otherwise why would I make you my bodyguard!" Li Yuhan actually enjoyed seeing Lin Ran's troubled expression, as it satisfied her wicked sense of humor.

In one small corner of the party, Lin Chong sat with the Ye sisters.

Ye Wanxi leaned against Lin Chong, her eyes glancing towards Li Yuhan, and whispered to Lin Chong, "Is that Li Yuhan, the sister who helped us? Why is she with a strange man..."

"Maybe he's just letting loose since returning to the capital?" Lin Chong said casually, but he had already marked Li Yuhan in his heart. If his father were to get entangled with this woman again in the future, he would definitely stop him. This kind of fickle woman did not deserve to be with his father.

Ye Wanxi could sense Lin Chong's unhappiness. She found it somewhat strange, since when they arrived in the capital, Sister Li Yuhan had been very hospitable and had given them a lot of help. She had also helped the Ye family with their affairs out of respect for the Lin family.

According to Lin Chong, Li Yuhan has an unusual relationship with Lin Ran, the head of the Lin family, which is why Li Yuhan is so eager to help him.

Moreover, Li Yuhan is a big celebrity in the capital, but I have never seen her have such an intimate relationship with other men before.

But this one… Ye Wanxi could sense from a woman’s intuition that Sister Li Yuhan seemed particularly happy with that unfamiliar young man, but this one wasn’t Lin Ran, the head of the Lin family. This was indeed somewhat puzzling.

The Hua family, one of the three great families, also attended the party. Hua Xiong, the head of the Hua family, brought his son Hua Feng to the party. Hua Feng originally wanted to rely on his position in the capital and the prestige of the three great families, and since his father was also there, he wanted to find Li Yuhan to "rekindle their past relationship".

Especially now, Li Yuhan is not only much stronger, but her appearance has also become more and more charming and beautiful, like a bewitching fairy.

Hua Feng became more and more indignant about this alluring flower. Anyway, that kid named Jiang Ran hadn't come out for a long time. Maybe Li Yuhan, his backer, had already run away. He should be fine picking the flower now!

But just as he was about to go up and strike up a conversation, he was terrified when he saw the man sitting next to Li Yuhan. He ran back to his father in a panic, saying, "Father, Father... it's... it's that kid!"

……

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Open and Covert Struggles at the Party

"What a flustered scene! The eldest princess is still here!" Hua Xiong snarled at his good-for-nothing son. How could he have given birth to such a damned brat, a useless egg that only causes trouble?

"Ah, greetings, Princess!" Hua Feng then noticed that Princess Li Jinling was also there, and quickly bowed to the beautiful woman to greet her.

Li Jinling smiled gently at Hua Xiong and said, "Patriarch Hua Xiong has done a good job raising his son. Hua Feng has always been such a vibrant and energetic young man, which is very endearing!"

"Haha, no, Your Highness is too kind!" Hua Feng thought this was a compliment and scratched his head happily.

Hua Xiong, who was standing to the side, was so angry that he almost fainted. Didn't his stupid son understand the subtext?

You've always acted like a young person. You're happy when people criticize you for being impulsive and immature, right?

Hua Xiong quickly smoothed things over, cleverly shifting the topic to Hua Feng, and said with a smile, "Xiao Feng, what did you want to tell me when you rushed over here?"

"I was going to say..." Hua Feng glanced at the eldest princess, hesitating to speak. Li Jinling astutely seized on this and said with a smile, "I'll go over there and chat with the other family heads first. You all go ahead with your work..."

Before Hua Feng could even speak after Li Jinling left, his father grabbed him and dragged him outside the hall, angrily shouting, "You unfilial son! What are you trying to do? What couldn't you have said? Do you know you've offended the eldest princess?"

"Oh, wasn't he praising me?" Hua Feng asked, dumbfounded.

Hua Xiong gasped, his chest heaving. It took him a while to suppress his anger before forcing a smile and saying, "So what exactly do you want to tell me?"

“Father, I just saw…” Hua Feng recounted what he had seen about Jiang Ran and Li Yuhan getting together.

"Ok?"

Hua Xiong was stunned. He hadn't expected that the person who beat up his son last time, who was suspected to be the disciple of Gu Qiumeng, the master of the Primordial Holy Land, would actually come to the capital.

But that doesn't make sense. Doesn't Princess Li Jinling know their identities? If she did, wouldn't she treat them as honored guests and treat them well? Why would she be sitting in a corner with Li Yuhan?

Could it be that the eldest princess and Li Yuhan didn't know this person's identity?

Hua Xiong thought about it a lot. He felt he had to meet that person and try to get some information out of him to find out if the person was genuine or fake.

"Come on, come with me to apologize!" Hua Xiong pulled his silly son back to the hall.

When Hua Feng heard his father's words, he was filled with despair. He had been beaten black and blue before, and now he had to apologize to someone else and ask them to let him go!

In the party hall, Li Yuhan and Lin Ran were chatting when Lin Ran keenly sensed a powerful aura approaching him, and he couldn't help but look over.

Because of Li Yuhan's introduction, he knew who had come: Hua Xiong, the current head of the Hua family, who was also a Spirit Pill Realm expert, and his strength might even be a little stronger than his own.

"See? I told you, being with you is just a troublemaker." Lin Ran whispered to Li Yuhan. Every time she was with Li Yuhan, it was always troublesome. She would have to pay more to take the job next time.

"If you pass smoothly, you'll definitely get a great reward!" Li Yuhan said softly, her little hands fidgeting restlessly on Lin Ran's back, making Lin Ran a little agitated.

Upon seeing Hua Xiong bring Hua Feng over, Li Yuhan pulled Lin Ran to her feet and smiled, "Patriarch Hua Xiong and Young Master Hua Feng, good evening! I hope you enjoyed the party."

"Hahaha!" Hua Xiong laughed loudly and said, "I have drunk quite a lot of fine wine at this party. It is like nectar, and it is truly unforgettable. If Miss Li does not mind, may I take a few jugs back to enjoy at my leisure?"

"Of course!" Li Yuhan covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes glancing around casually. She noticed that after Hua Xiong's loud laughter, many people at the party were looking in their direction and had noticed her and the unfamiliar young man beside her, and they had started to whisper among themselves.

This made Li Yuhan curse inwardly, "Damn old man!"

Even though she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't help but curse the head of the Hua family. Although the grandchildren of the Hua family were quite useless, the head of the Hua family, including the former head Hua Yunlong, were not simple.

"I wonder who this young master is..." Hua Xiong turned the tables on Lin Ran, extending his hand and looking at Lin Ran with a smile.

Lin Ran glanced at Hua Xiong, a faint smile on her face, and gently shook his hand, saying, "My surname is Jiang, and my given name is Ran, Jiang Ran!"

"I had heard of the Hua family patriarch's reputation before. His strength at the seventh level of the Spirit Core Realm is enough to dominate a region. Seeing him today, I can see that he is indeed extraordinary!"

Lin Ran chuckled softly.

Hua Xiong's expression changed. He hadn't expected this young man to reveal his strength so easily. However, he concealed his change in expression well and laughed, "I'm not that powerful. Before, in Linshan City, Young Master Jiang Ran had a conflict with my good-for-nothing son."

Previously, Young Master Jiang Ran had probably returned to the Primordial Holy Land to see his master. I had visited Miss Li several times, hoping to meet Young Master Jiang Ran, but I never expected to run into him today. What good luck!

Hua Xiong's words caused a minor stir among the attendees. The Primordial Holy Land was quite familiar with these dignitaries, and the fact that this young man so intimately acquainted with Li Yuhan was actually from the Primordial Holy Land meant that the royal family must be…

Of course, Lin Chong didn't know much about the Primordial Holy Land, while Ye Wanxi did. After explaining it to him, she felt even more strange. If that was the case, then this Young Master Jiang Ran was very close to Li Yuhan in Linshan City, but why was he so close to his father later? Was he two-timing?

The eldest princess was also drawn by the commotion. After learning the reason from her subordinates, she gracefully walked over and came to Li Yuhan's side, saying coquettishly, "Yuhan, Young Master Jiang Ran has arrived, and you didn't even tell me! If you neglect Young Master Jiang Ran, I will hold you responsible!"

After scolding Li Yuhan, the eldest princess smiled and pulled Lin Ran aside, saying, "We apologize for the poor hospitality we have provided for Young Master Jiang Ran's esteemed presence."

"No, your wine is quite good. Please take a few jugs with you when you come!" Lin Ran nodded, glancing at Hua Xiong's side as she spoke.

"Of course that's possible!" The eldest princess mediated again, and then found a reason to take Li Yuhan and Lin Ran away, which ruined Hua Xiong's plan.

They could only watch as the eldest princess led the two away from the party hall. Meanwhile, the other people at the party were discussing the identity of the young man from the prehistoric holy land beside Li Yuhan, wondering what kind of person he was that the eldest princess respected him so much.

The eldest princess led Li Yuhan and Lin Ran around and around until they arrived at a rather secluded palace. After lighting candles, the eldest princess sat down in a chair, poured a glass of warm water for Li Yuhan and Lin Ran, and said with a very gentle smile, "Yuhan, could you please tell me who this young master is?"