Cultivation Online

"Mmm…" Chu Liuxiang woke up from her long slumber when it was almost evening.

After stretching her body on the bed, she sat up and looked around the dark room with a dazed face.

She quickly noticed Yuan, who was still cultivating in the balcony.

After staring at Yuan's figure for a couple of moments, she got off the bed and went inside the bathroom to wash her face.

As she walked out of the bathroom, she noticed her cell phone ringing.

"Father? I wonder what he wants…"

Chu Liuxiang answered the call after realizing who the caller was.

"Hello? Father? Did something happen?"

"My dear daughter… When do you plan on letting us know that you have returned to the mountain?" Chu Shijian's sighing voice resounded through the phone.

"Oh, I completely forgot. Sorry, father. I planned on calling you once I settled in this place, but I had spent the past week inside Cultivation Online." Chu Liuxiang said.

"Cultivation Online? You never showed interest in that game before. In fact, you even refused to play it after trying it out for a few days." Her father said in a surprised voice.

"Well, I didn't have Yuan by my side before, and I had no reason to play. Things are different now that we're playing together. The game seems so much more intriguing when I follow him compared to playing with the family."

"Yuan… I heard about his most recent achievement. He'd opened a floodgate to the next realm for all players."

"And I was there to witness everything from the beginning to end! If you were there to witness his trials and what he had to endure, you would admire him even more!" Chu Liuxiang said in a somewhat proud voice.

"..."

plan on coming back to the family? You're already back in the Dragon Spiral Mountain, so you might as well come back

the contrary, father, now that I have returned to the mountain, I can stay

give you until the end of

"W-Wait—!"

Chu Shijian hung up the phone before

her phone

of the month…" she mumbled to

at the calendar a moment later only to realize that she has less than three weeks left before the Chu Family starts making things

now?" Yuan's voice suddenly resounded as he

was just speaking to my father

see… Did something happen to your

because he wants me to return to the family, and he has given me until the end of the month to return…" She said with a bittersweet

the mountain, right? I don't

that simple. Once I return to the family, they will most likely start arranging my future and forbid me from leaving the house. By the time I am allowed to leave,

he heard this even though he's already heard similar words from Sebastian

you okay with that?" Yuan asked her after

start a family with you! You should already know that!" She quickly

your

"..."

respond this time because she has never

eventually muttered

you should let them know

simply refuse and do as they please, anyway. That's just how the Chu Family

certain until you do it. Don't worry, even if they refuse, they can't force you to do something that you don't want,

"Really?"

forces their own children,

you away from them