Let them offer their loyalty!

Among them, only a few important successors might often come into contact, like these granddaughters arranged for political marriage, it's hard to say how many times they had seen each other before today...

Therefore, faced with this situation, Qiu Tu didn't even wait for these five distinguished young ladies to introduce themselves with their names, ages, and hobbies before he directly spoke up, saying, "Elder Xie, bring in another group. I don't like this batch."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, the atmosphere at the scene stagnated. The expressions on the faces of several girls were a bit difficult to maintain.

The youngest one even had reddened eyes.

It was likely that if The Five Elders weren't there, they would have burst into curses or tears.

At this moment, the expressions on The Five Elders' faces weren't great either.

After all, Qiu Tu's somewhat insulting remarks, although directed at their granddaughters, were also a slap in their faces.

So, their expressions darkened slightly.

Elder Xie tentatively glanced at Elder Lu, who was leading them. Elder Lu glanced at Qiu Tu, who was leaning on the sofa with his legs crossed as if nothing was amiss, his face went through several changes before he finally gave Elder Xie a slight nod.

Upon hearing this, Elder Xie, with a smile, said, "Alright then. Since there's no fate, you ladies can go back to the gathering."

Hearing Elder Xie's words, the five distinguished young ladies left the living room with unsightly expressions.

From beginning to end, they didn't dare to show even a hint of dissatisfaction.

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu, still with his legs crossed and looking up at the ceiling, exuded an air of frivolity and arrogance, yet the corners of his mouth imperceptibly curled into a smile.

He wasn't deliberately insulting those five daughters of fortunate families, nor was he intentionally provoking The Five Elders. He was probing...

The Five Elders had clearly come prepared tonight.

From the granddaughters' gathering already arranged, to probing the relationship between Qiu Tu and Shen Lingshuang, to their understanding of the Investigation Bureau and Qiu Tu, one could see that they had put in quite some work in preparation for today.

Moreover, since his interaction with The Five Elders began, Qiu Tu had noticed their division of labor was clear:

Elder Lu was the leader of the five, and the last line of defense, hence he seldom spoke, merely guiding the entire process of the evening.

This not only confirmed his central position but also added a layer of insurance to all of tonight's negotiations—as long as he didn't speak, there was room for maneuver.

And Elder Fang, being Fang Ming's grandfather and closest to Qiu Tu, plus with the emotional connection of Fang Ming, played the "good cop."

All sensitive issues that might provoke Qiu Tu's antagonism or rejection were raised by him, such as "Yan Chen's revenge," "political marriage," and so on.

As for Elder Xie, because he held the lowest status among the five, he took on the role of the "bad cop," with a gentle attitude, smoothing over tensions, and flattering Qiu Tu.

Even the silent Elder Tian and Elder Wei served as the last reserves: if the talks truly broke down, they could take the opportunity to align with Qiu Tu another day as a last-ditch effort to remedy the situation.

It was because he saw through The Five Elders' entire layout tonight that Qiu Tu suddenly realized... The Five Elders seemed to value tonight's negotiations even more than he and Tang Feifei did.

Otherwise, they would not have set up so many safeguards.

Having realized this, Qiu Tu suddenly grasped the pulse of tonight's negotiations.

However, uncertain whether his guess was wrong, he tested The Five Elders' bottom line in this manner.

Sure enough, everything was as he had analyzed: The Five Elders valued the negotiations more than he thought...

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After they exchanged a few glances, Elder Xie took the initiative to speak again, "By the way, Minister Qiu, I just heard Jingjing say that she has a few sisters who happen to be playing cards there as well."

"How about I invite them over for a chat?"

Hearing Elder Xie's words and confident in his understanding, Qiu Tu smiled and then nodded, "Then I'll trouble Elder Xie."

Seeing Qiu Tu agree once more, Elder Xie breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out his communicator again and made a call.

Soon another five daughters of wealthy families appeared before Qiu Tu.

Because he had already probed earlier, this time Qiu Tu patiently listened as the five girls finished introducing themselves and then asked a few questions before shaking his head to Elder Xie.

Clearly, he did not like any of these five girls either.

Although still rejected by Qiu Tu, perhaps because he behaved very normally this time, The Five Elders weren't angry.

This "political marriage" was indeed different from other normal political marriages.

In a regular marriage alliance, the parties involved are at least closely matched in strength and may help each other in the future.

Therefore, feelings don't matter, and the person involved is not important. Anyone will do.

But the marriage alliance with Qiu Tu was different.

The few of them, although still able to deal with Qiu Tu, were relying on their past influence.

However, Qiu Tu was a deputy head of the Political Department in his early twenties, with an extremely promising future.

They were like one going downhill, and one climbing up. As time went on, the gap between them would only grow wider, and more women would gather around Qiu Tu.

In such a situation, if it was just an indifferent tool for marriage, Qiu Tu could kick them away at any time.

So, it was better to expend more effort to let Qiu Tu truly pick a girl he liked.

That way, even if there was a great disparity between them in the future, as long as the girl stayed by Qiu Tu's side, there would still be a trace of kinship.

If Qiu Tu truly liked the girl very much, and she whispered in his ear by his pillow, their five families might even be revitalized through Qiu Tu's second bloom.