Chapter 274

Why did he suddenly send a message?

Well, I have some things to ask him anyway.

Thinking this, Chloe accepted the call without hesitation.

On the light screen projected by the terminal, Xavier's face was still strikingly handsome.

Chloe admired it for a moment with satisfaction, then said:

"You called right after I finished my mission. If you miss me, you can just say it directly, Daddy."

Xavier looked at her silently for a while, then said:

"I'm not so pathetic as to miss a daughter who hasn't given me peace of mind for over a decade."

Hearing this, Chloe pouted and made a gesture to hang up the call.

Xavier's face, handsome enough to shock heaven and earth, quickly disappeared.

After about a few minutes, the video call came through again.

This time, Chloe waited for more than ten minutes before deigning to press the answer button.

Xavier's expression looked somewhat helpless.

He pressed his long fingers to his brow and said, "I was in a meeting just now."

Chloe blinked her eyes: "So, do you feel you can no longer bear the responsibility of being the Ancestor of the Vampire clan and plan to abdicate?"

"..."

Xavier was silent for a moment, then asked in return, "Do you really want to take my position?"

"If you want, I can temporarily..."

Chloe immediately interrupted him, saying calmly: "No need! I think you can stay there for at least a few hundred more years!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xavier's brows furrowed slightly: "I thought you kept bringing this up because you wanted to take power."

"No interest in that," Chloe flatly refused, "By the way, what did you mean about being in a meeting earlier? Are you still in one now?"

"No."

Xavier's gaze deepened as he looked intently at Chloe for a moment before looking away. Then he said, "But the fact that you hung up on me has now spread throughout the Vampire Mansion."

Chloe: "..."

She didn't seem to care much, and even said flippantly: "You're inept at managing your subordinates, Daddy. If it were me, I'd make sure they couldn't utter a single word about it."

Hearing this, Xavier said sarcastically, "Well, aren't you capable," then continued: "Unfortunately, sometimes those in power aren't as unrestrained as you imagine. When the time comes, you'll have more to face and consider, not less."

Although Ren Yunying wasn't particularly kind to her, and often abused her authority to punish her,

Chloe thought that someone as magnanimous as herself wouldn't dwell on such trivial matters.

So she said straightforwardly: "No, Instructor Ren respects you very much and hasn't said anything negative about you."

But clearly, Chloe's credibility with Xavier was almost zero.

As soon as Chloe finished speaking, Xavier's lips curled slightly: "I don't believe you."

Chloe: "..."

Fine, don't believe it then.

"Can I ask why I can't have contact with the Viper Group?"

It was a simple question, but strangely, Xavier didn't immediately answer.

Chloe's eyes darkened, inevitably recalling what the man in the black robe had told her earlier.

A lifespan of one hundred years.

Chloe raised her eyebrows, asking half-jokingly, half-seriously: "Could it be that the Viper Group has some kind of leverage over me?"

"Or is it that you don't want me to know something?"

Before she could finish, she was severely reprimanded by Xavier: "Stop talking!"

The room instantly fell into silence.

Realizing his overreaction, Xavier's eyes flickered, wanting to explain further.

But before he could speak, Chloe said nonchalantly:

"But I'll find out sooner or later, Father."

Xavier's face clouded over, visibly displeased.

His voice was low, tinged with a barely noticeable weariness: "I don't want you to be distracted by other matters. I'll find a solution."

Chloe thought to herself that since she was the one involved, she should have the right to know, shouldn't she?

But looking at Xavier's condition, she ultimately didn't voice these thoughts.

Finally, she compromised: "Alright, if you insist."

Father and daughter gazed at each other for a long moment, until Chloe eventually ended the call.

No sooner had she hung up than Ren Yunying's call came through.

As soon as the call connected, Ren Yunying's frantic shouting filled the air:

"Your father is a madman! A lunatic! It's bad enough that he won't let you handle these kinds of missions, but he just dispatched five military units to the Viper Group's hideout!"