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Chapter 4722: The Future Won't Be as You Expect

"Sister Xueyuan is obedient now; she promised you she'd never marry and would guard the Long family's future. But Grandmother, you're going to die soon!" Long Xiangyun couldn't help but cry out, "What if, years from now, Sister Xueyuan doesn't want to return the mermaid pearl or protect this family anymore? Will you crawl out from underground and kill her again?"

"We are all your children, each an independent individual, with our own thoughts and our own hearts! We're not puppets you can just command and manipulate, telling us where to go and what to do!"

"Rebellious daughter!" Long Qian attempted to slap Long Xiangyun's cheek.

But then she felt her arm tighten, held firmly by Long Hui.

Long Hui pulled Long Xiangyun and the old woman back quickly, dodging a fierce wave of hot air rising from the seabed.

"Are you all, one by one, two by two, trying to defy heaven??" Long Qian's old eyes gleamed sharply as she glared at the Long Hui siblings.

The light in Long Hui's eyes, however, dimmed little by little. He looked at her, his gaze filled with disappointment, and said, "Grandmother, I will not follow your arrangements or walk the path you've laid out. I will not marry Duo Shanmei of the Duo family. Give up on that idea."

"Tr-treacherous!!" Long Qian was so enraged that she spat out a mouthful of blood, her eyes turning a dead, ashen white.

She knew her time was short, but these juniors, one by one, two by two, none of them would listen to her.

The grand plan she had meticulously crafted, the glorious future of her Long family, was about to be destroyed by these unfilial descendants!

She asked Long Chuyun to hand over the mermaid pearl, and she refused.

She asked Long Hui to marry Duo Shanmei of the Duo family, and he also refused.

She asked Long Xiangyun to assist Long Hui's future child, and Long Xiangyun actually scoffed at her wishful thinking, telling her that everyone was an individual with their own thoughts, not puppets in her hands!

Even the most obedient Xueyuan…

Could it be that once she obtained the mermaid pearl and woke up, she might truly, as Long Xiangyun said, stop listening to her?

She wanted to find someone who would wholeheartedly assist the family, someone who could make the family prosper. Why was it so difficult?!

From the depths of the sacrificial sea abyss, a terrifying roar echoed, sending shivers down their spines.

Everyone turned to look and saw a giant snake tail curling up from the depths of the seabed. In an instant, it snagged a Long family member standing beside Seer Tu, dragging him down with a splash.

Everyone's pupils couldn't help but slightly constrict.

That Long family member was at least at the fifteenth level of the Spirit Realm, yet he was dragged down so effortlessly and silently by that giant snake tail.

He had no ability to resist whatsoever.

This sea demon beast, it might be…

"A mature Saint Beast!" Long Qian suddenly burst into a wild laugh.

She stared at Qiao Mu, whose figure was separated by the rolling waves not far away, and said coldly, "You are indeed stronger than I imagined. But… your life ends here!"

Qiao Mu couldn't be bothered with the old woman; she understood now.

This old woman's stubbornness and self-righteousness had probably reached their peak.

She self-righteously drew up a blueprint for the Long family's future, believing that everyone must obey her arrangements and become tools for the family's step-by-step ascent.

But was that even possible?

The future would not be as she expected.

Because…

The Forgetful River Long family had already been so devastated by her that there was no future left.

The future of the Forgetful River Long family had been destroyed by this old woman's own hands.